High-Flying Steelers WR Wallace Slowing Down

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh wide receiver Mike Wallace was already thinking about his touchdown dance when the pass from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger dropped out of the sky toward Wallace's waiting hands.

Clank. The ball smacked off Wallace's hands and fell harmlessly to the ground.
No biggie. Twice more during last week's 13-9 win over Kansas City, Roethlisberger chucked it deep to one of the NFL's emerging big-play receivers. And twice more the Steelers missed, turning what could have been a rout into a game that wasn't decided until the final seconds.

Wallace offered no excuses for the uncharacteristic drops even as they extended a monthlong slide in which his eye-popping numbers have turned ordinary.

"They're just plays I usually make," said Wallace, who had a season-low two receptions for 17 yards against the Chiefs. "I just got a little bit overly excited for that game. I've just got to come back down, take a step back."

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I really hope the writer was just being facetious in the lead paragraph.

Maybe he thought the Chiefs were gonna hand him some big plays. Looking past them maybe? Wake up son and CATCH THE BALL!!!

solardave wrote:

Maybe he thought the Chiefs were gonna hand him some big plays. Looking past them maybe? Wake up son and CATCH THE BALL!!!

Yes sir!

focus focus focus mr. wallace

effyou515 wrote:

focus focus focus mr. wallace

I'm trying, but it's hard with all the noise around ... oh, you mean the OTHER wallace.


I don't know how many times I've said that people always talk about Wallace's speed and never mention that he has good hands. I think he just had a bad game for whatever reason. Let's see what happens Sunday.

Wallace108 wrote:

effyou515 wrote:

focus focus focus mr. wallace

I'm trying, but it's hard with all the noise around ... oh, you mean the OTHER wallace.


I don't know how many times I've said that people always talk about Wallace's speed and never mention that he has good hands. I think he just had a bad game for whatever reason. Let's see what happens Sunday.

I'll say this if he drops a couple more today peope will start taking and it will read like this. He's fast as hell but what good is that when he doesn't hang onto the ball. It's like Ike can cover the best of them but can't hold onto an INT thrown right at him. Well most of the time.

solardave wrote:

Wallace108 wrote:

effyou515 wrote:

focus focus focus mr. wallace

I'm trying, but it's hard with all the noise around ... oh, you mean the OTHER wallace.


I don't know how many times I've said that people always talk about Wallace's speed and never mention that he has good hands. I think he just had a bad game for whatever reason. Let's see what happens Sunday.

I'll say this if he drops a couple more today peope will start taking and it will read like this. He's fast as hell but what good is that when he doesn't hang onto the ball. It's like Ike can cover the best of them but can't hold onto an INT thrown right at him. Well most of the time.

Yeah, I think today's game will go a long way in determining whether he just had a bad game or whether he has an issue. I'm not going to get too concerned over one bad game.