- Coach Mike Tomlin wasn't too happy about Mendenhall's fumblings and bumblings against the Brownies in the humiliating loss on November 25th, thus leading to Mendenhall's exile into street clothes.
- Mendenhall is equally displeased by the benching and counter punches by hitting the snooze button about three dozen times last Sunday, missing the Chargers game entirely.
- Tomlin, with heightened indignation, opts for the trump card and suspends Mendenhall for at least one game.
The writing on the locker room wall is crystal clear on this one. The Steelers' patience with Mendenhall is waning as rapidly as their number of opportunities to resurrect this soon-to-be lost season. Don't think these issues are independent of each other. As we've learned through the past years, story lines surrounding an NFL team often have some form of relevant interaction with each other. Coach Tomlin, and even some of his players, have stepped forward and admitted to certain focus issues as of late. Some of these admissions were shrouded, some were straightforward and in plain English.
The team is now officially mired in a leadership quandary, with must-win situations looming on the horizon. Tomlin has no room for a clubhouse cancer at this juncture, nor does he have any time for another distraction. Mendenhall's reformation opportunities are long gone. It's clear that the team is not considering any contract extension for him. The current running stable is adequately stocked with Jon Dwyer and Isaac Redman, even if the past few games have been questionable. Speedster Chris Rainey could also become a bigger factor, and the team could always look for another big play type guy in the draft. If the Steelers were willing to dump former Superbowl MVP Santonio Holmes for a fifth round draft pick in return, they would be happy to watch Mendenhall stutter step his way out the door.
Nothing would surprise me after watching the drama of the 2012 Steelers' season, but I suspect that we have seen our last spin move from #34.
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Good riddance. Why not go back to Redman?
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Thankfully - I can see the blog now from work.
On to the rough part...Steelers blew another big chance to move up in the PO race. They went into the game knowing that the Ravens lost.
The CashMoneyBrothers need to start acting like Pros. AB fumbling that punt return in the 4th quarter was unacceptable. You need to be able to realize the situation and what is more important at that time....possession of the ball, or a few more yards.
And again - Ben was under seige from the pokey O line.
agree with Adawg on the cash money team....was glad steelers wore the black or i would have had the white 84 on my back. He had a few other mistakes yesterday, lining up 70 yards deep on the punt?!?! really!?!! wtf?
disagree on the line. Given that we have beecham and Dcastro out there i thought they did a decent job for pass protection. The killer pick was not the lines fault.
as for the line and the running game, weak. Not sure how much is the RBs fault. Seems to me like redman runs better than dwyer at this point.
With regards to the O line and to reference the HC...the standard is the standard. We all know it is a BS line, along with "I don't want my 2 point plays on tape"....but if he is going to say it, might as well adhere to it.
And I hope all the Ike Taylor haters stick a sock in it. I'll bet they all wish he was playing yesterday. #shutdowncorner
It's do or die this Saturday my friends. Wonder which team will show up.
oh - and about the RBs. I agree with MP...but I also think that they aren't quick/fast/strong enough to be lining up 8 yards deep like they're Walter "Freaking" Payton. Hole opens and closes before they get to it. Makes me think I'm watching the 2nd coming of Merril Hodge.
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