Camp could be make or break for Limas Sweed

By Scott Brown, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Ryan Clark was walking through the Steelers' locker room before Super Bowl XLV when he noticed wide receiver Limas Sweed cutting a lonely figure in front of his stall.

Clark handed Sweed a pair of headphones. The veteran free safety had cued his iPod to his favorite gospel song, "Your Tears," and he left it with Sweed.

"It seemed like he needed something," Clark said. "By the time I came back, he had it on repeat."

Fast forward to the second day of training camp. Sweed, bothered by setbacks on and off the field the past two seasons, declares he is "110 percent" physically and mentally.

He leaves little doubt that he has found his footing -- this following the dropped passes that threatened to be the epitaph of his Steelers career, a stint on the non-injury/illness list and a major foot injury.

Still, one of the intriguing questions of this preseason is whether Sweed can find a spot in the wide receiver rotation after getting passed by Mike Wallace, Emmanuel Sanders and Antonio Brown.

"I feel like I have something to prove to my coaches and to myself, that I'm ready to be here and that I'm ready to play," Sweed said. "Yeah, I have a chip on my shoulder."

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"Yeah, I have a chip on my shoulder."

Which will end up being replaced by either a sling or a cast.

I'm still hoping he'll pull through it but the drop against the Ravens and Bengals nearly kills me every time I hear his name.

If Sweed can make it back to his college type production days, our WR corp would be invincible. To the point that Ben would have problems sharing the ball.



However, with the many setbacks that Sweed has experienced, I'll hold my breath on this one and see how well he produces in camp.

sweeeeeeeeed

I'd love to see this kid stay healthy and prove all the naysayers wrong. I've been pulling for him from the start and would like nothing more than to see him make the Steelers feel good about not signing Burress.