Cutting Will Allen the latest screw up by our GM

[peplaw06]

I mean, I know he sucked compared to NFL starting safeties. But was he making a stink in the locker room because of the demotion?

I don't understand any other reason you cut a guy who was brought in as a veteran to try to help the young guys move along. His salary was already guaranteed, so we didn't save any money. Now Wilcox and Church are hurt, and instead of bringing Allen in to try to stop the bleeding, we got Heath (who showed flashes Sunday) and Jakar Hamilton. What happens if/when one of those guys, who have 1.25 NFL games of experience between them, go down?

 

[Midswat]

It was Will Allen brah...

 

[peplaw06]

I think Jerry would take him back if he would agree to it.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

Is Allen not still on the Steelers?

I dunno, this one doesn't bother me. He was pretty terrible. I don't think he'd have been a bit better than Heath, and maybe worse.

 

[UVAwahoos]

Is Allen not still on the Steelers?

I dunno, this one doesn't bother me. He was pretty terrible. I don't think he'd have been a bit better than Heath, and maybe worse.

Exactly.

It's sad that some have come to yearn for even the shittiest of players.

If you're not a WR, then jerrah ain't got time for all that noise...

 

[Midswat]

We've made a jillion mistakes at the safety position since Woodson retired. They all fall at the feet of the GM.

I'm hardly lamenting the cutting of Will Allen though.

Now, signing Allen thinking he'd offer anything in the way of quality safety play to begin with? Yeah, theres that.

 

[peplaw06]

OK, forget about Allen...

I'm excited about Heath and Hamilton!

Mods please delete.

 

[dbair1967]

Good grief. Talking about bitching over nothing.

Will Allen is hardly worth 5 seconds of discussion. Letting go a guy who clearly wasnt a very good player isnt cause to bitch pepgirl.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

I wouldn't necessarily be against finding some vet, though. We might have too much youth back there now with Wilcox (when he comes back), Heath, and now Hamilton. Three out of four rookies is a lot.

They probably should've done that before they called Hamilton up, though. Not sure, maybe no one is out there.

 

[peplaw06]

I said forget about Allen dbair. gosh.

 

[Rock Slamdance]

Safties that have been on the active roster since Woodson retired:

Steve Cargile
Keith Davis
Tony Dixon
Lynn Scott
Roy Williams
Willie Pile
Derek Pagel
Abram Elam
Pat Watkins
Ken Hamlin
Courtney Brown
Michael Hamlin
Gerald Sensabaugh
Barry Church
Danny McCray
Akwasi Owusu-Ansah
Andrew Sendejo
Charlie Peprah
Eric Frampton
Jeff Heath
Will Allen
JJ Wilcox

 

[boozeman]

Safties that have been on the active roster since Woodson retired:

Steve Cargile
Keith Davis
Tony Dixon
Lynn Scott
Roy Williams
Willie Pile
Derek Pagel
Abram Elam
Pat Watkins
Ken Hamlin
Courtney Brown
Michael Hamlin
Gerald Sensabaugh
Barry Church
Danny McCray
Akwasi Owusu-Ansah
Andrew Sendejo
Charlie Peprah
Eric Frampton
Jeff Heath
Will Allen
JJ Wilcox

 

[Rock Slamdance]

yeah, but we'll pay a gillion dollars to Scandrick!

 

[bbgun]

did someone pick him up?

 

[boozeman]

did someone pick him up?

He went right back to the Steelers.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I wouldn't necessarily be against finding some vet, though. We might have too much youth back there now with Wilcox (when he comes back), Heath, and now Hamilton. Three out of four rookies is a lot.

They probably should've done that before they called Hamilton up, though. Not sure, maybe no one is out there.

Noone is really. Maybe Bob Sanders would be nice.

 

[dbair1967]

Noone is really. Maybe Bob Sanders would be nice.

Why, are the other guys on our IR list getting lonely and require Sanders-glass spend some quality time with them?

 

[yimyammer]

Good grief. Talking about bitching over nothing.

Will Allen is hardly worth 5 seconds of discussion. Letting go a guy who clearly wasnt a very good player isnt cause to bitch pepgirl.

Lol, no shit. Go young and see if anyone steps up, the sooner we know about these young guys the better. Barring some kind of miracle this team ain't going anywhere this year and Will Allen isn't in their future, so no loss here, imo