Run to prominence: Wallace a big-play threat

By Scott Brown, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW

A knock on the door led her to a youth football coach holding her injured son. For Sonjia Wallace, it also slammed shut a different door.

There would be no more football for her son, not after someone had stepped on his eye, leaving it swollen and in need of medical care.

It took several trips to the doctor to fix the eye. It also took years before Wallace allowed her son to play organized football again. When she finally relented, she told him, "OK, Michael, you can play, but you make sure you run. Don't let nobody catch you."

Mike Wallace has done his best to follow through on an impossible mandate from his nervous mother. And if his sublime speed gets the New Orleans native where he ultimately wants to go, that anecdote may well become part of Wallace's lore.

In his third NFL season, the Steelers receiver has established himself as one of the NFL's premier big-play threats.

Wallace on Thursday night eclipsed 1,000 yards receiving for the second consecutive season, and he already has a dozen 100-yard receiving games to his credit. Hall of Famer John Stallworth had 25 such games during a 14-year Steelers career.

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Great, he's like Forrest Gump.
RUN, WALLACE, RUN!!

Good read but I'm afraid we'll see this from the outside looking in because I think it'll be hard to sign him. Of course his brother being a big fan might make it easier and he does get out next year. The fact that he plans to bring him to the Burgh might be an omen. I sure hope so.

solardave wrote:

Good read but I'm afraid we'll see this from the outside looking in because I think it'll be hard to sign him. Of course his brother being a big fan might make it easier and he does get out next year. The fact that he plans to bring him to the Burgh might be an omen. I sure hope so.

I suspect we'll have him for at least one more year. He's a restricted free agent, and if they can't work out a deal, they can always franchise him.

very good read, I still believe he'll be a steeler for many years to come

Wallace108 wrote:

solardave wrote:

Good read but I'm afraid we'll see this from the outside looking in because I think it'll be hard to sign him. Of course his brother being a big fan might make it easier and he does get out next year. The fact that he plans to bring him to the Burgh might be an omen. I sure hope so.

I suspect we'll have him for at least one more year. He's a restricted free agent, and if they can't work out a deal, they can always franchise him.

I was thinking he would be a UFA. I forgot. MY bad. Franchise him!!

solardave wrote:

Wallace108 wrote:

solardave wrote:

Good read but I'm afraid we'll see this from the outside looking in because I think it'll be hard to sign him. Of course his brother being a big fan might make it easier and he does get out next year. The fact that he plans to bring him to the Burgh might be an omen. I sure hope so.

I suspect we'll have him for at least one more year. He's a restricted free agent, and if they can't work out a deal, they can always franchise him.

I was thinking he would be a UFA. I forgot. MY bad. Franchise him!!

I'm not a numbers and cap guy, so I'm not sure how it's all going to work out. But I figure we'll be losing several veterans (including Aaron Smith), which should free up some money. Maybe we'll be able to sign him. All I can do is speculate, and I'm using that word loosely.

Wallace be around for many years

if not l'll be pissed