Is pierre tradeable?

stylee10 · 05-15-2008, 03:38 PM

Saying someone is a "freak accident" is a cop-out.

Not many players make it as undrafted players - but the ones that do are not "accidents", they're talented guys who were overlooked for whatever reason.
Fast Willie Parker is much more productive than Cedric Benson. On draft day, it might have been "obvious" to those who put a lot of stock in draft position that Benson was better - after all, 30+ teams passed on Parker through 7 rounds, so he's "obviously" not very good!

CantonLegend · 05-15-2008, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by stylee10

Saying someone is a "freak accident" is a cop-out.

Not many players make it as undrafted players - but the ones that do are not "accidents", they're talented guys who were overlooked for whatever reason.
Fast Willie Parker is much more productive than Cedric Benson. On draft day, it might have been "obvious" to those who put a lot of stock in draft position that Benson was better - after all, 30+ teams passed on Parker through 7 rounds, so he's "obviously" not very good!

ok with reference to willie parker and tony romo specifically....i dont think they would be the players they are today had it not been for great player to player mentorship and the teaching of position coaches as well as others....i think that the system a player falls into may have a lot to do with the success of the player....case in point pierre..but lets take this a step further...reggie could have been a bust...it has yet to be seen...but granted payton is a great designing and drawing up plays to utilize the talents available...specifically reggie....we have arguably mastered the reverse and the end around with our slots and reggie....its easy to say that another team would have run him up the middle a few times...noticed he cant do it very well and given up on him.....i think our team is great at developing offenses for our players....i think that in another system PT may not work out...but i think in Pittsburgh just about ne running back would work....i dont know if New Orleans is the best place for PT but that still remains to be seen....he has not proven ne thing....he has shown he has and upside and a great amount of potential but he is not yet a threat in the NFL...that will hopefully be seen this year

CantonLegend · 05-15-2008, 04:00 PM

with argument to ur cedric benson statement...he was a threat...in '06...he had thomas jones to take some of the pressure off....when benson was asked to do it himself he was not able to....parker has the same sort of position in pitt....he does not have to carry the load because of the plethera of depth and talent in the pittsburgh RB rotation....besides...when u play pittsburgh u know what they are going to do...they are going to run the ball down ur throat and they dont care how....they do it because of their line....im afraid however with the departure of alan faneca that the decline of the steelers in evident and very probable for the near future

05-15-2008, 03:38 PM	#1
stylee10 Registered Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 46	Re: Is pierre tradeable? Saying someone is a "freak accident" is a cop-out. Not many players make it as undrafted players - but the ones that do are not "accidents", they're talented guys who were overlooked for whatever reason. Fast Willie Parker is much more productive than Cedric Benson. On draft day, it might have been "obvious" to those who put a lot of stock in draft position that Benson was better - after all, 30+ teams passed on Parker through 7 rounds, so he's "obviously" not very good!
stylee10 Registered Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 46

05-15-2008, 03:54 PM	#2
CantonLegend 1000 Posts + Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 2,685 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Is pierre tradeable? Originally Posted by stylee10 Saying someone is a "freak accident" is a cop-out. Not many players make it as undrafted players - but the ones that do are not "accidents", they're talented guys who were overlooked for whatever reason. Fast Willie Parker is much more productive than Cedric Benson. On draft day, it might have been "obvious" to those who put a lot of stock in draft position that Benson was better - after all, 30+ teams passed on Parker through 7 rounds, so he's "obviously" not very good! ok with reference to willie parker and tony romo specifically....i dont think they would be the players they are today had it not been for great player to player mentorship and the teaching of position coaches as well as others....i think that the system a player falls into may have a lot to do with the success of the player....case in point pierre..but lets take this a step further...reggie could have been a bust...it has yet to be seen...but granted payton is a great designing and drawing up plays to utilize the talents available...specifically reggie....we have arguably mastered the reverse and the end around with our slots and reggie....its easy to say that another team would have run him up the middle a few times...noticed he cant do it very well and given up on him.....i think our team is great at developing offenses for our players....i think that in another system PT may not work out...but i think in Pittsburgh just about ne running back would work....i dont know if New Orleans is the best place for PT but that still remains to be seen....he has not proven ne thing....he has shown he has and upside and a great amount of potential but he is not yet a threat in the NFL...that will hopefully be seen this year
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05-15-2008, 04:00 PM	#3
CantonLegend 1000 Posts + Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 2,685 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Is pierre tradeable? with argument to ur cedric benson statement...he was a threat...in '06...he had thomas jones to take some of the pressure off....when benson was asked to do it himself he was not able to....parker has the same sort of position in pitt....he does not have to carry the load because of the plethera of depth and talent in the pittsburgh RB rotation....besides...when u play pittsburgh u know what they are going to do...they are going to run the ball down ur throat and they dont care how....they do it because of their line....im afraid however with the departure of alan faneca that the decline of the steelers in evident and very probable for the near future
	"deal with it or you can go play the saints and get trounced by 30 and you won't have to worry about it."-colin cowherd