Well it's official. Steelers have officially released Hines Ward.
“We had a conversation today with Hines Ward and informed him that we plan to release him of his contract prior to the start of the 2012 NFL calendar year,” Steelers President Art Rooney II told the team’s website, Steelers.com. “Hines has been an integral part of our success since we drafted him in 1998 and we will forever be grateful for what he has helped us achieve. He has meant so much to this organization, both on and off the field, and we appreciate his efforts over the past 14 years. Hines’ accomplishments are numerous, and he will always be thought of as one of the all-time great Steelers. We wish him nothing but the best.”
Ward was originally drafted by the Steelers in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft out of Georgia. He spent 14 years in Pittsburgh and became the team’s all-time leader in receptions (1,000), receiving yards (12,083), receiving touchdowns (85) and 100-yard receiving games (29). Ward is the eighth player in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions and joined only Hall of Famer Jerry Rice as the only two players in league history to post 1,000 career catches and win multiple Super Bowls.
Ward was the MVP of Super Bowl XL after leading the Steelers to a 21-10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. He posted a game-high 123 receiving yards on five receptions with one touchdown.
The Steelers’ 2008 Walter Payton Man of the Year, Ward was named to four Pro Bowls (2002-05) and was a member of the team’s 75th Season All-Time Team.
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Not enough cap space to pay him.
He's a restricted free agent, it's not quite that simple.
how theyz gonna lose wallace?
They would lose him due to the Steelers being over the cap, even with Ward's release, and when a player like Wallace is a restricted free agent, as opposed to an unrestricted free agent, it limits certain things the team bidding for, as well as the player's current team, can do. So, here's the scenario, one that is very plausible might I add, where Mike Wallace is playing for another team next year.
Steelers are in a situation where Wallace's extension amount is not as high as one that he attains from another team, say the Ravens. If the Ravens offer him 8 million a year over the next 5 years with say, 14 of it guaranteed, and make much of the entire first year guaranteed, the Ravens get Wallace and have to give the Steelers a first round draft pick. That is assuming that the Steelers cannot match or increase the offer that the Ravens gave, which they couldn't, because they are too high in the cap to take a 5,6 or 7 million dollar hit with Wallace.
I'm beginning to think that the Steelers will get Wallace to stay somehow, purely because I don't see Schefter shitting his pants about it right now, which is what he or any sane man would do if it was a realistic possibility.
Jacobs willing to take pay cut to stay with THE CHAMPS. Manningham is 50/50 about staying with THE CHAMPS. I say pay him. Can't buy chemistry. Just gotta get under the cap.
no starting wide out is worth a first rounder minus Johnson and Johnson and fitz....IMO Wide outs are to easy to find to give up a first rounder...especially with there history of being shitty team mates
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Ward was originally drafted by the Steelers in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft out of Georgia. He spent 14 years in Pittsburgh and became the team’s all-time leader in receptions (1,000), receiving yards (12,083), receiving touchdowns (85) and 100-yard receiving games (29). Ward is the eighth player in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions and joined only Hall of Famer Jerry Rice as the only two players in league history to post 1,000 career catches and win multiple Super Bowls.
Ward was the MVP of Super Bowl XL after leading the Steelers to a 21-10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. He posted a game-high 123 receiving yards on five receptions with one touchdown.
The Steelers’ 2008 Walter Payton Man of the Year, Ward was named to four Pro Bowls (2002-05) and was a member of the team’s 75th Season All-Time Team.
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Steelers are in a situation where Wallace's extension amount is not as high as one that he attains from another team, say the Ravens. If the Ravens offer him 8 million a year over the next 5 years with say, 14 of it guaranteed, and make much of the entire first year guaranteed, the Ravens get Wallace and have to give the Steelers a first round draft pick. That is assuming that the Steelers cannot match or increase the offer that the Ravens gave, which they couldn't, because they are too high in the cap to take a 5,6 or 7 million dollar hit with Wallace.
I'm beginning to think that the Steelers will get Wallace to stay somehow, purely because I don't see Schefter shitting his pants about it right now, which is what he or any sane man would do if it was a realistic possibility.