Catching up again
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Moving SteelerWatch — and the entire family — to a new home is going well, but it’s obvious my time to devote to the site has been cut short. Fortunately news has been slow (fairly regular commenter Seeker recently pointed out that he noticed news had been completely absent for over a week in Steeler Nation) which makes me look like less of a slacker.
So, here’s what’s been going on:
1) The team re-signed running back Verron Haynes Monday to a one-year contract believed to include a veteran league-minimum $595,000 base salary. There are no details available yet on a signing bonus.
2) Also now under contract with the team are fourth-round pick and uber-punter Dan Sepulveda and fifth-rounder Cameron Stephenson, a guard from Rutgers. Stephenson will likely be warming the bench this season, because the Steelers have now got decent depth on the offensive line. Sepulveda, however, will participate in what will, in all likelihood, amount to a mockery of a training-camp battle with perennial August roster filler Matt Barr. The Steelers are not known for cutting a fourth-round linebacker…err…punter.
And now, around the league:
3) Odel Thurman is potentially in trouble with the law. It now officialy Goes Without Saying that Thurman is a member of the Cincinnati Bengals; from this point on, if I report a felony and I fail to specify a team, you can simply assume it was the Bengals and you’ll have about 99.95518 percent chance of your assumption being correct. The remaining 0.04482 percent possibility is reserved for “a current NFL or former college teammate, or a relative, of Mike Vick.”
4) Disgruntled Patriots cornerback — and bearer of the team’s Franchise Player tag — Asante Samuel announced he will not be attending minicamp, training camp, or even the first 10 weeks of the regular season as he cries like a little girl over his numerous millions of dollars holds out in a contract-related dispute. Apparently unbeknownst to Samuel, holding out is costing him a shot at a long-term deal. If he hasn’t signed a long-term contract by July 15, he can only sign a one-year contract — exactly what he is eligible for under the franchise tag rules. Failure to show up for 10 games will cost him nearly $5 million of the $7.79 million he would be due this year as the team’s franchise player. Holding out the entire season means the Patriots can lock him down again next year — and don’t put it past the Kraft family to do it purely out of spite.
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June 6th, 2007 at 7:42 am
News is so dead i got excited to read something you posted. So now that we have a large amount of backs, what do we do with them?
June 19th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
“if I report a felony and I fail to specify a team, you can simply assume it was the Bengals”.
I know this sounds odd coming from a Steeler fan but I really feel bad for Marvin Lewis. He was a Western Pennsylvania boy. (Ft Cherry HS, McDonald Pa. Played against Cowher) Got his first assistant coaching job with the Steelers. Coached that great defence that took the Ravens to the Super Bowl. Now he’s head coach of the biggest fluster cluck in football. Just goes to show ya that drafting players with character is much better than drafting players that are characters.