LaGarrette Blount released...

captnbrojangles wrote:and the Browns release Ben Tate for the same reason. cannot tolerate malcontents on the team

diehardsteersfan wrote:He walked off the field before the game was over last night because he was pissed he didn't get to run the ball.

Steely wrote:

diehardsteersfan wrote:He walked off the field before the game was over last night because he was pissed he didn't get to run the ball.

Bad move by the Steelers in my opinion. Tomlin and company knew Blount was dysfunctional when they signed him. Tomlin should have taken him under his wing and been a father figure to Blount. Who knows, maybe he did do that. Still, what if Bell gets hurt? The Steelers signed Josh Harris off the practice squad to replace Blount. Good luck with that! Oh, and we have Dri Archer. LOL!!!

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Steely wrote:

diehardsteersfan wrote:He walked off the field before the game was over last night because he was pissed he didn't get to run the ball.

Bad move by the Steelers in my opinion. Tomlin and company knew Blount was dysfunctional when they signed him. Tomlin should have taken him under his wing and been a father figure to Blount. Who knows, maybe he did do that. Still, what if Bell gets hurt? The Steelers signed Josh Harris off the practice squad to replace Blount. Good luck with that! Oh, and we have Dri Archer. LOL!!!

 As much as I agree about loosing talent.  I have to think the attitude issue was something they felt they could not allow to bloom. It has been reported all over Pitts area, that Blount had become a very negative person in the locker room.... that more than a few players were happy to see him go.

Randell60 wrote:

captnbrojangles wrote:and the Browns release Ben Tate for the same reason. cannot tolerate malcontents on the team

Now watch, The Browns will pick up Blount, and the Steelers, Tate....LOL

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Steely wrote:

diehardsteersfan wrote:He walked off the field before the game was over last night because he was pissed he didn't get to run the ball.

Bad move by the Steelers in my opinion. Tomlin and company knew Blount was dysfunctional when they signed him. Tomlin should have taken him under his wing and been a father figure to Blount. Who knows, maybe he did do that. Still, what if Bell gets hurt? The Steelers signed Josh Harris off the practice squad to replace Blount. Good luck with that! Oh, and we have Dri Archer. LOL!!!

 As much as I agree about loosing talent.  I have to think the attitude issue was something they felt they could not allow to bloom. It has been reported all over Pitts area, that Blount had become a very negative person in the locker room.... that more than a few players were happy to see him go.

Randell60 wrote:

captnbrojangles wrote:and the Browns release Ben Tate for the same reason. cannot tolerate malcontents on the team

Now watch, The Browns will pick up Blount, and the Steelers, Tate....LOL

Steely wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

captnbrojangles wrote:and the Browns release Ben Tate for the same reason. cannot tolerate malcontents on the team

Now watch, The Browns will pick up Blount, and the Steelers, Tate....LOL

Tate was claimed off waivers by the Vikings. At least that will help my fantasy team.

Randell60 wrote:

Steely wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

captnbrojangles wrote:and the Browns release Ben Tate for the same reason. cannot tolerate malcontents on the team

Now watch, The Browns will pick up Blount, and the Steelers, Tate....LOL

Tate was claimed off waivers by the Vikings. At least that will help my fantasy team.

I thought I heard Blount is back in New England.

diehardsteersfan wrote:

I thought I heard Blount is back in New England.

You heard correctly.


For the veteran minimum.  Chump change.  So he's coming with no delusions, knowing he's lucky to have a job after clearing waivers.  He knows that either he marches to Belichick's beat and accepts whatever role he's given, or he's out the door in the blink of an eye, no loss to the team.  Plus, the leaders in the locker room (Brady, Wilfork, Ninkovitch, O-Line vets) simply won't tolerate any "me, me, me" attitudes.  We'll just wait and see when and where Belichick and McDaniels plug him in.  He'll have to earn it in practice.  I suspect they'll have him do some special teams work to start off.

guppy wrote:

diehardsteersfan wrote:

I thought I heard Blount is back in New England.

You heard correctly.


For the veteran minimum.  Chump change.  So he's coming with no delusions, knowing he's lucky to have a job after clearing waivers.  He knows that either he marches to Belichick's beat and accepts whatever role he's given, or he's out the door in the blink of an eye, no loss to the team.  Plus, the leaders in the locker room (Brady, Wilfork, Ninkovitch, O-Line vets) simply won't tolerate any "me, me, me" attitudes.  We'll just wait and see when and where Belichick and McDaniels plug him in.  He'll have to earn it in practice.  I suspect they'll have him do some special teams work to start off.

George1963 wrote:

guppy wrote:

diehardsteersfan wrote:

I thought I heard Blount is back in New England.

You heard correctly.


For the veteran minimum.  Chump change.  So he's coming with no delusions, knowing he's lucky to have a job after clearing waivers.  He knows that either he marches to Belichick's beat and accepts whatever role he's given, or he's out the door in the blink of an eye, no loss to the team.  Plus, the leaders in the locker room (Brady, Wilfork, Ninkovitch, O-Line vets) simply won't tolerate any "me, me, me" attitudes.  We'll just wait and see when and where Belichick and McDaniels plug him in.  He'll have to earn it in practice.  I suspect they'll have him do some special teams work to start off.

The Pats have leaders in the lockerroom?

Well, not like the mighty Colts do.  They're sure going to need them (whoever they are) and their (cough cough) Number One rated offense to crank it up this week against the um, mighty 1-9 Jags.   Should be a barn burner. 

Wait, how could I forget?  The Colts lockerroom leader must be tackle Anthony Constanzo.  After the game wasn't the biggest news in Indy his awesome TD dance he copied from a kids video game after catching a fluff one yard pass, even though his team was exposed as soft and getting dominated all game long? 


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Hee. Hee hee heee.

You said it brother. 

diehardsteersfan wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

Steely wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

captnbrojangles wrote:and the Browns release Ben Tate for the same reason. cannot tolerate malcontents on the team

Now watch, The Browns will pick up Blount, and the Steelers, Tate....LOL

Tate was claimed off waivers by the Vikings. At least that will help my fantasy team.

I thought I heard Blount is back in New England.

You heard correctly.

George1963 wrote:

Anthony Constanzo scored as many points in that game as the great Rob Gronkowski did. And he managed to do it without getting a punkish double personal foul.




The league fined Gronk precisely $8,268.00 for dishing out a little player to player justice on that play.


Money well spent.

guppy wrote:

diehardsteersfan wrote:

I thought I heard Blount is back in New England.

You heard correctly.


For the veteran minimum.  Chump change.  So he's coming with no delusions, knowing he's lucky to have a job after clearing waivers.  He knows that either he marches to Belichick's beat and accepts whatever role he's given, or he's out the door in the blink of an eye, no loss to the team.  Plus, the leaders in the locker room (Brady, Wilfork, Ninkovitch, O-Line vets) simply won't tolerate any "me, me, me" attitudes.  We'll just wait and see when and where Belichick and McDaniels plug him in.  He'll have to earn it in practice.  I suspect they'll have him do some special teams work to start off.

Steely wrote:

diehardsteersfan wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

Steely wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

captnbrojangles wrote:and the Browns release Ben Tate for the same reason. cannot tolerate malcontents on the team

Now watch, The Browns will pick up Blount, and the Steelers, Tate....LOL

Tate was claimed off waivers by the Vikings. At least that will help my fantasy team.

I thought I heard Blount is back in New England.

You heard correctly.

Just an all around bad move by the Steelers.. They made New England a stronger team. We can't beat New England when they're weak. Tom Brady and LeGarette Blount will whoop it up on the Steelers in the playoffs. I can practically see it!

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Steely wrote:

diehardsteersfan wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

Steely wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

captnbrojangles wrote:and the Browns release Ben Tate for the same reason. cannot tolerate malcontents on the team

Now watch, The Browns will pick up Blount, and the Steelers, Tate....LOL

Tate was claimed off waivers by the Vikings. At least that will help my fantasy team.

I thought I heard Blount is back in New England.

You heard correctly.

Just an all around bad move by the Steelers.. They made New England a stronger team. We can't beat New England when they're weak. Tom Brady and LeGarette Blount will whoop it up on the Steelers in the playoffs. I can practically see it!

So... you advocate keeping someone who is so selfish he walks out on the team during a game.... because he did not get what he wanted? What if he was needed the next week, but didn't want to put out the effort? Since when are professional athletes supposed to let their wants dictate what they do?I personally think NE showed their lack of class for signing him. Quitters should be banned from the NFL.

Steely wrote:

diehardsteersfan wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

Steely wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

captnbrojangles wrote:and the Browns release Ben Tate for the same reason. cannot tolerate malcontents on the team

Now watch, The Browns will pick up Blount, and the Steelers, Tate....LOL

Tate was claimed off waivers by the Vikings. At least that will help my fantasy team.

I thought I heard Blount is back in New England.

You heard correctly.

Just an all around bad move by the Steelers.. They made New England a stronger team. We can't beat New England when they're weak. Tom Brady and LeGarette Blount will whoop it up on the Steelers in the playoffs. I can practically see it!

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 in fact.. if he blows his acl out coming in the front door... we'd laugh...

I'm sure you would.  But that says a whole lot more about you, than it does about him, or me.


why didn't the spoiled little child learn something last year and carry it with him?

I don't know.  But I'd say that's more of a question for your team than mine.  When he finished in NE he was a free agent, free to sign anywhere.  Maybe the better question is, why didn't the Steelers know better what they were getting when they signed him to that contract?  All I was pointing out that after he screwed up in Pittsburgh, Belichick is giving him a shot to come back to NE, but at a team-friendly price, not the player's price.  And any playing time he's going to get is "totally up to him, he has to earn it."  You don't think that's low risk, potential high reward move by Belichick?  All I'm sayin is it will be interesting to see how the player responds to his new no nonsense reality where he surely knows he could be out the door faster than he came in.

Pretty vanilla comments by me.  But whatever.  Next time I'll remember how thin skinned you are and I'll be extra cautious.  Wouldn't want you to blow a gasket.

guppy wrote:

Admin wrote:

 in fact.. if he blows his acl out coming in the front door... we'd laugh...

I'm sure you would.  But that says a whole lot more about you, than it does about him, or me.


why didn't the spoiled little child learn something last year and carry it with him?

I don't know.  But I'd say that's more of a question for your team than mine.  When he finished in NE he was a free agent, free to sign anywhere.  Maybe the better question is, why didn't the Steelers know better what they were getting when they signed him to that contract?  All I was pointing out that after he screwed up in Pittsburgh, Belichick is giving him a shot to come back to NE, but at a team-friendly price, not the player's price.  And any playing time he's going to get is "totally up to him, he has to earn it."  You don't think that's low risk, potential high reward move by Belichick?  All I'm sayin is it will be interesting to see how the player responds to his new no nonsense reality where he surely knows he could be out the door faster than he came in.

Pretty vanilla comments by me.  But whatever.  Next time I'll remember how thin skinned you are and I'll be extra cautious.  Wouldn't want you to blow a gasket.

Admin wrote:

Steely wrote:

diehardsteersfan wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

Steely wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

captnbrojangles wrote:and the Browns release Ben Tate for the same reason. cannot tolerate malcontents on the team

Now watch, The Browns will pick up Blount, and the Steelers, Tate....LOL

Tate was claimed off waivers by the Vikings. At least that will help my fantasy team.

I thought I heard Blount is back in New England.

You heard correctly.

Just an all around bad move by the Steelers.. They made New England a stronger team. We can't beat New England when they're weak. Tom Brady and LeGarette Blount will whoop it up on the Steelers in the playoffs. I can practically see it!

So... you advocate keeping someone who is so selfish he walks out on the team during a game.... because he did not get what he wanted? What if he was needed the next week, but didn't want to put out the effort? Since when are professional athletes supposed to let their wants dictate what they do?I personally think NE showed their lack of class for signing him. Quitters should be banned from the NFL.

Steely wrote:

Admin wrote:

Steely wrote:

diehardsteersfan wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

Steely wrote:

Randell60 wrote:

captnbrojangles wrote:and the Browns release Ben Tate for the same reason. cannot tolerate malcontents on the team

Now watch, The Browns will pick up Blount, and the Steelers, Tate....LOL

Tate was claimed off waivers by the Vikings. At least that will help my fantasy team.

I thought I heard Blount is back in New England.

You heard correctly.

Just an all around bad move by the Steelers.. They made New England a stronger team. We can't beat New England when they're weak. Tom Brady and LeGarette Blount will whoop it up on the Steelers in the playoffs. I can practically see it!

So... you advocate keeping someone who is so selfish he walks out on the team during a game.... because he did not get what he wanted? What if he was needed the next week, but didn't want to put out the effort? Since when are professional athletes supposed to let their wants dictate what they do?I personally think NE showed their lack of class for signing him. Quitters should be banned from the NFL.

Tomlin and company knew he was dysfunctional from the beginning. Bill Cowher didn't cut Hines Ward when he walked off the field against the Browns on Sunday night about 10 years ago. They showed him walking off on TV.. They should have had a talk with him and maybe suspended him a game or fined him. I had a feeling he would wind up going back to the Patriots.. Belichick will have a talk with him, like the dog whisperer he is and all will be fine. Blount will be a stud in New England once he gets the carries.