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Wallace108
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| | Subject: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:40 am | |
|  Steelers sign Plaxico BurressSteelersXtreme.com Who says you can't go home again? Eight years after leaving Pittsburgh and signing with the New York Giants, wide receiver Plaxico Burress is a Steeler once again. According to Ed Bouchette of the Post-Gazette, the Steelers signed the 35-year-old veteran today to help fill the void created by the injuries to Antonio Brown and Jerricho Cotchery. Brown suffered a high ankle sprain two weeks ago against the Giants, and his return date is uncertain. Multiple sources say that Cotchery suffered a rib injury in the Steelers' loss to the Ravens, and his status is questionable. That leaves little depth behind Mike Wallace and Emmanuel Sanders. David Gilreath, a first-year receiver who was promoted from the practice squad last week, is the only other receiver on the active roster. Burress was drafted by the Steelers with the eighth overall pick in 2000. In 2001, Burress and Hines Ward became the first Steelers' receiving duo to gain 1,000 yards each in the same season. They accomplished the same feat again in 2002. _________________  If you're going to be a smart ass, you'd better be smart. Otherwise, you're just an ass. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 1:42 pm | |
| Hopefully he doesn't spike the ball when he makes his first catch.  _________________ If you're going to be a smart ass, you'd better be smart. Otherwise, you're just an ass. | |
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| | Subject: burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 1:44 pm | |
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- By Ed Bouchette / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Steelers this afternoon signed wide receiver Plaxico Burress and quarterback Brian Hoyer to one-year contracts. They must still remove two players from their 53-man roster to make room for them.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/its-official-steelers-sign-burress-add-qb-662942/#ixzz2Cn25462G
Anyone still have a Burress jersey in their collection?
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 1:47 pm | |
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- Hopefully he doesn't spike the ball when he makes his first catch.
Good lord I remember that and I was screaming "NO, YOU DUMMY! THIS ISN'T COLLEGE!" after he did it.  I will try to get behind Burress and begrudgingly support him, but I'm not a big fan and hope this is a short-term thing. I'm sure Ben is excited to get back even more now that he has his tall receiver he's been longing for since Plax left. Look for Ben to toss a lot of jump balls in the endzone when he gets back. _________________  -"I stand corrected... But I absolutely and wholeheartedly fart in the general direction of almost every other thing you have posted to this point."- | |
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Wallace108
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:00 pm | |
| - jgm820 wrote:
- Anyone still have a Burress jersey in their collection?
Nope. And speaking of jerseys ... I wonder if he'll go back to No. 80 since his No. 17 is currently taken. _________________ If you're going to be a smart ass, you'd better be smart. Otherwise, you're just an ass. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:02 pm | |
| - Wallace108 wrote:
- jgm820 wrote:
- Anyone still have a Burress jersey in their collection?
Nope. And speaking of jerseys ... I wonder if he'll go back to No. 80 since his No. 17 is currently taken. He could always just follow Wallace around and wait for him to cough it up.   _________________ -"I stand corrected... But I absolutely and wholeheartedly fart in the general direction of almost every other thing you have posted to this point."- | |
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:03 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:06 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:07 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:09 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:12 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:16 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:43 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 3:36 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 3:40 pm | |
| - Wallace108 wrote:
- Hopefully he doesn't spike the ball when he makes his first catch.
Thats like shooting yourself in the ass. _________________  ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:24 pm | |
| On a serious note, it's good to have a quality WR in the mix again. When Brown comes back it could prove vital to have Plax on the field as well. _________________  60 MIN 53 MEN 1 NATION STEELERS NATION  I am the MAN that created the MYTH that started the LEGEND
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| | Subject: Re: Steelers sign Plaxico Burress Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:45 pm | |
| - stlrtruck wrote:
- On a serious note, it's good to have a quality WR in the mix again. When Brown comes back it could prove vital to have Plax on the field as well.
The more I've thought about this today, I'm actually excited about it. He gives us an end zone target that we haven't had in quite some time. _________________ If you're going to be a smart ass, you'd better be smart. Otherwise, you're just an ass. | |
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