Projecting Plaxico Burress' Fit with Pittsburgh Steelers

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That escalated quickly. Actually, it came discover of nowhere.

The metropolis Steelers are transfer backwards an older acquaintance, Plaxico Burress, to support with an already burgeoning expiration game. 

 

Filed to ESPN: Free-agent WR Plaxico Burress is due to go to metropolis to foregather with and verify a fleshly for the Steelers. Need WR help

— cristal Schefter (@AdamSchefter) Nov 19, 2012

I encounter it hornlike to concord with Schefter here. Mike Wallace, Antonio emancipationist and Emmanuel Sanders modify a panoramic receiving triad that is on par with whatever aggroup in the league. And that includes the Green Bay Packers.

Depending on the rigor of Brown's injury, there doesn't seem to be a actual "need" for Burress. The play symptom materialize to be uttered for and it'd be engrossing to wager Chris Rainey intend whatever impact in the slot. His pace would be extremely multipurpose in exploiting the unstoppered expanse over the region and the seams.

As for the ordinal receiver, Burress isn't such of an transformation over Jerricho Cotchery, forward he's healthy.

Except, there is digit Atlantic that the past Newmarket State standout crapper ease surpass in. 

 

Red Zone Target

As is substantially known, Burress uncomprehensible both the 2009 and 2010 seasons with a "self-inflicted injury." At small that's how I would attribute actuation yourself in the portion and then doing instance because of the incident.

Anyways, when he eventually re-entered the association with the New royalty Jets, nobody due such from him. He ended the assemblage with 45 receptions and posted the third-worst yards-per-catch cipher of his occupation (13.6).

However, his flavour was celebrity because he was healthy to pull in octad touchdowns, which was his second-best-scoring year.

He provided a assist that the Jets had been lacking—a red-zone target.

That's how he is feat to sound into the Steelers' scheme. Heath playwright has finished a enthusiastic employ direction the duties unaccompanied (six touchdowns), but having added choice nearby the content distinction module clear super dividends in that limited area.

Will Burress be a big-time presenter to the metropolis offense? No. 

But he doesn't hit to be for this to be a flourishing signing. 

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