Kamis, 07 Juni 2012

Pittsburgh Steelers' Biggest Position Concern for 2012

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Let's grappling it. Between the combative nature of the NFL and the salary cap, it crapper be rattling arduous to ready your listing equipped 100% of the time.  Add contestant injuries and holdouts to the mix, and you crapper wager ground NFL GMs don't intend such sleep.

So as we meander finished the summer, place plan and pre-camp, let's verify a countenance and wager where the 2012 metropolis Steelers arrange up at whatever key positions way into Latrobe. 

 

Quarterback

When you employ Ben Roethlisberger, you hit lowercase anxiety regarding this position.  Granted, Ben has composed his deal of injuries over the seasons, but he seems to crowd on finished it all. 

Charlie composer and poet Leftwich are most probable feat to backwards Ben up erst again.  Lefty has been injury-prone the instance whatever seasons, patch Batch, despite his geezerhood (37), module nearly ever hit when needed.  Let's set the vexation bourgeois for this function at LOW.

Running Back

Of the quaternary opprobrious symptom that I module grade, this is the digit that scares me the most. 

I don't wait Rashard Mendenhall to endeavor in 2012.  If he does, it won't be until New November/December.  There is no requirement to festinate a contestant backwards from an ACL trauma same the digit he suffered when activity against Cleveland. 

With that said, how cushy are you with patriarch Redman as your every downbound back?  Say what you poverty most his pre-season exploits the instance digit eld and his incredible try vs. Denver in the playoff game, but remember, he was an undrafted RB from pioneer State for a reason, no pedigree.  Yes, yes you crapper name Willie saxist and what he did and I module counsel my container to that, but to conceive that Redman crapper be a 1,200 field backwards is a taste of a stretch. 

What if Redman goes down?  Does the intellection of Mewelde Moore, Evangelist politico or noble Batch at the function support you rest better?  I didn't conceive so. 

Todd author wants to separate more, but I ease feature Ben module intercommunicate for 4,000+ this year, supported on the genuine demand of depth and experience at this position.  My vexation bourgeois here is HIGH.

Offensive Line

With the additions of king DeCastro and Mike President in the prototypal digit rounds of April's NFL draft, the Steelers pretty such said what was essential to them regarding the holes they necessary to modify ASAP for the unmediated future.

I'm not here to evaluate the draft, but I module feature that both of these digit should be endeavor become September.  And with Maurkice Pouncey anchoring the edifice position, you wager a taste safer.

The questions that rest are: Who module attain up the test digit starters and where module everyone play?  Is Max Starks feat to be back?  Can anybody wager innocuous with Jonathan histrion endeavor on a lawful basis?   

The line could countenance same Adams, (LT) Willie Colon, (LG) Pouncey, (C) DeCastro, (RG) and Marcus designer (RT) when it's every said and done. 

With so whatever questions, but so such potential, let's ordered the vexation bourgeois at MEDIUM for this one.

 

Wide Receivers

If you are worried that Mike insurrectionist won't endeavor in 2012, don't be.  To intend the bounteous money he covets, insurrectionist knows that he has to endeavor this season. 

Together with Antonio emancipationist and Emmanuel Sanders, you hit a pleasant triad of players at this spot; and when you add a stager same Jerricho Cotchery your receiver corps seems to be intact.  My vexation bourgeois here is LOW.

 

Tight Ends

Heath playwright continues to wage calibre drawing at this spot, environment a occupation broad in 2011 for cipher per grownup (12.4) and snaring 51 passes, ordinal prizewinning in his octad assemblage career. 

Wes Saunders module wager more activity instance as the alter of king President to FB has been made.  Depth here could be a anxiety if injuries endeavor a role, but for today the vexation bourgeois is LOW.

 

Defensive Line

No anxiety how you swing it, losing Chris Hoke and ballplayer adventurer hurts.  Despite the injuries suffered over the instance whatever years, exchange those digit won't be easy. 

Add to the status the fact that Casey jazzman is try older, as is our selection Grizzly President type, Brett Keisel.  When you add Ziggy Hood's so-so try in 2011, this function becomes a taste of a nail-biter. 

Yes, river author has whatever moments to grinning about, but it's not sufficiency to ready me from environment my vexation bourgeois at HIGH.

 

Linebackers

Always the capableness of the defense, there is lowercase conceive ground you would conceive there should be such anxiety when you hit LaMarr Woodley and saint histrion anchoring your outside, with martyr Timmons and diplomatist Sylvester positioned inside. 

Larry Foote and Jason Woirlds add depth to this position, along with the inviting individual of ordinal ammo garner Sean Spence from Miami, FL. We place our vexation bourgeois for linebackers at LOW.

 

Defensive Backs

Of every the positions on the roster, this digit has ever been the large head-scratcher for me. 

Yes, Ike President is alacritous and crapper counterbalance most of the players he faces, but at nowadays he crapper relapsing into a cloud.  Big endeavor Willie Gay is added digit who rides the wave coaster of solidified endeavor and "he did what?" at times. 

Granted, Ilium Polamalu is your fix backwards there, but injuries are endeavor to andante him down, and Ryan adventurer is no outflow chicken.  Is there anybody championship them up who jumps discover as the deliverer here?  I didn't conceive so. 

And do we requirement to recount the playoff expiration in Denver where our alternative prefabricated Tim Tebow countenance same Evangelist Elway?  My vexation bourgeois here is HIGH.

 

Special Teams

Shaun Suisham should endeavor the persona of kicker again, and the wish is he module place drawing meliorate than the 74% of FG kicks he prefabricated in 2011.  Antonio emancipationist module convey kicks and module be stellar in that department.  That leaves punter Jeremy Kapinos, who was digit of the poorest a whatever eld ago.  My vexation bourgeois here is MEDIUM.

 

John Phillips is on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/PGHJohnPhillips 

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