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Steelers won't shop Wallace, holdout irks Tomlin
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08:05 AM ET 08.08 | The Steelers reportedly do not expect Mike Wallace to report to training camp before they depart later this month. [But] they have no intention of trading their Pro Bowl wide receiver at any point this season, a team source told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Wallace has yet to sign a one-year tender worth $2.7 million, and the Steelers have not heard from him since training camp began July 25. Several players, however, have remained in contact with him. The source also said the Steelers will wait several weeks before they decide if they need to sign a veteran free-agent receiver if Wallace doesn't report. ... The Steelers are not overly optimistic they can sign Wallace to a long-term deal, but he can play for them this season and then be labeled a "franchise" or "transition" player in 2013. Wallace's holdout has upset coach Mike Tomlin, who is no longer supportive of his big-play receiver, a team source said.
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Hard for anyone to side with him... Just keep playing, be a professional, and show you deserve the big payday.
Robataille
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^^^^^^^^^THIS
Mickey Bad Arse
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Take one for the team and show up!
TxHeat
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Wallace's value to other teams declines every day. He'll be a forgotten footnote in a few years.
Debbie Does
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He'll have way more leverage in future contarct negotiations if he'd just show up and have a monster season. Sitting at home isn't going to make him anymore money.
Whitey0302
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Wallace is done with the Steelers, perfect fit for the Jets, except there is no one to throw deep to him there. He will probably hold out until November when he must report to get credit for the year. I would have him returning punts and kick offs until he gets busted up; then release/cut his sorry butt. I really can't see how this behavior will increase his worth with other teams... This is not the Steeler way!
Mangler.
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Good Luck Pittsburgh, as you wallow thru da Myer!
Not4Nutten
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A few years back Javon Walker did exactly that at Green Bay. And then blew out his knee and never was the same. This is a Not For Long league, and there is no point trying to get money when you're no longer viewed as someone who is on the rise.
DarkArmadillo
San Antonio , TX
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Yankusn nailed it. Wallace will be a spam product by mid-season.
Debbie Does
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New York seems to be the perfect landing place for former Steeler receivers. He and Holmes can take turns talking about how awful Temarkbow is.
Bandbum003
Snow Shoe , PA
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Rumors have it that Miami is trying to trade for him. If I was M. Wallace I'd show up to training camp immediately and become the biggest team player they had ever seen. A trade to Miami? Ugh!
Whitey0302
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I see your point, but credibility has to be taken into account when leveraging for a pay day.
He's not doing this.
Robataille
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Whoever is whispering in Wallace's ear is doing him no favors; first by telling him that he deserves "Fitzgerald-money" for being a one-trick pony who can't run routes, and second, by telling him that the Steelers will blink if he holds out.
Alysandir
Hanover , MD
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No offense Steeler nation but as a Ravens fan, I'm glad we don't have to worry about Mike Wallace's speed. Sanders and Brown are good but Wallace's speed is intimidating especially when they stretch him outside.
Illegal Mexicans
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Can't blame him. This is a business. He's just looking out for himself. If the Steelers can cut whoever they want, whenever they want then why can't a player with one year left on his contract do the same. Hang in there 17!!
CrazyEddy
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He will show. no leverage gained by him to not show. He loses credit for this year and is in the same boat a year from now, except his value decreases if he does not play a year.
He now owes them money for every day not there, and lots of it. Send him the bill in the mail and see how he reacts.
50yearfan
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Oh, he has leverage but not with the Steelers. With his speed and good hands, some contender with injured receivers late in the season will desperately trade for him which the Steelers can't refuse then negotiate his contract and pay him top dollar.
Illegal Mexicans
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Exactly...dont understand why most fans always side with the team. I'm all about dudes cashing in when they can. Ok...so lets say he plays the good soldier, comes into camp and blows out his Achilles?? Think the Steelers wont cut his butt as soon as they can to avoid a cap hit? Think the Steelers will sign him to a long term deal after that? Then he would have squandered possibly his only opportunity to cash in on his talent.
DR_Universal
Charlotte , NC
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