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Steelergenie
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 Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 5:14 am |
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Adams can be a better backup for both tackle positions than fat boy Essucks.
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SteelPerch
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 8:33 am |
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Follow the money. Scott is making a lot of money to be a backup. If Essex shows he can play LT in a pinch, he could be your swing tackle and Scott could get cut.
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Jeemie
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 9:10 am |
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SteelPerch wrote: Follow the money. Scott is making a lot of money to be a backup. If Essex shows he can play LT in a pinch, he could be your swing tackle and Scott could get cut. Provided Kugler has gotten rid of all of Scott's blackmail pix.  _________________ I know this, your ability to think concisely, your ability to make good judgments is much easier on Thursday night than during the heat of the game. -Bill Walsh 
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collector423
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 10:56 am |
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Quote: Rotoworld: Free agent OT Max Starks (ACL surgery) is unlikely to be ready for training camp.
"It would be pushing it to be in training camp," Starks said. Starks also revealed he hasn't been contacted by the Steelers. His Pittsburgh fate was sealed when the Steelers used the No. 56 pick on OT Mike Adams. Adams will compete with Marcus Gilbert on the blindside. Still barely four months removed from tearing his ACL in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, Starks will have to be near full health for his phone to begin ringing.
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Jaxboro
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 2:52 pm |
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Starks could be swing tackle in the event Essex can't do the job.
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 1:05 pm |
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Essex was an LT at Northwestern if memory serves.
Essex is also a whole hell of a lot skinnier if those off-season pics are real.
I'm not saying he'll be good...but this year he may be better than you think.
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Jeemie
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 8:17 am |
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Essex has played LT before, and played OK. Well, except on one of the most infamous playcalls of Bruce Arians' tenure- the jet sweep against Jacksonville on 3rd-6. Essex missed his block, which was one of the reasons the play was blown up.  _________________ I know this, your ability to think concisely, your ability to make good judgments is much easier on Thursday night than during the heat of the game. -Bill Walsh
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rhino43grr
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 1:25 pm |
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Jeemie wrote: Essex has played LT before, and played OK. Well, except on one of the most infamous playcalls of Bruce Arians' tenure- the jet sweep against Jacksonville on 3rd-6. Essex missed his block, which was one of the reasons the play was blown up. that wasn't a jet sweep. _________________ This post consists solely of the opinions of the author, and should in no way, shape or form be interpreted as an assertion of fact. 
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Steelshoes
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 1:31 pm |
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rhino43grr wrote: Jeemie wrote: Essex has played LT before, and played OK. Well, except on one of the most infamous playcalls of Bruce Arians' tenure- the jet sweep against Jacksonville on 3rd-6. Essex missed his block, which was one of the reasons the play was blown up. that wasn't a jet sweep. No it wasn't!
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Jeemie
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 3:24 pm |
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rhino43grr wrote: Jeemie wrote: Essex has played LT before, and played OK. Well, except on one of the most infamous playcalls of Bruce Arians' tenure- the jet sweep against Jacksonville on 3rd-6. Essex missed his block, which was one of the reasons the play was blown up. that wasn't a jet sweep. Sorry...I'm always doing that. QB sweep. Essex missed his block no matter what I call the play. _________________ I know this, your ability to think concisely, your ability to make good judgments is much easier on Thursday night than during the heat of the game. -Bill Walsh
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