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Per Mark Madden, AB related

Steelers have all the leverage, he can come down or he can go play for some bum qb and put up so-so numbers. He's still under contract, and he's going to be 29, if he won't budge, he can play his final season under contract, then we can franchise him.
 
If you guys honestly think the Rooney's are gonna make themselves look like ******** to every player on their current roster and around the NFL you're nuts. You don't tell someone and promise someone for two years and then back out. That would be an awful look.
 
He's either getting paid by us or he's getting traded. At this stage of Ben's career it makes no sense to get rid of his best weapon. AB will get paid very well and probably most of it up front or in the first few years so they can cut him at the end of the deal if/when he starts to regress due to father time. We have a small window to get another trophy with Ben, its time to floor it and get that 7th Lombardi.
 
You don't just give up on the leagues top receiver. You just don't do dumb **** like that.

Ben, Antonio and Leveon.....3 of the best at their positions. Supplement talent around them, see if the defense develops and keep making pushes for another title. Losing Brown will be a huge hit, I don't care who you trade him for.

I think 2017 will be our best chance because we will have Bryant back. That helps a lot.

Brown, Bryant, Rogers, Green (if he ever sustains) and then Bell with Ben then you have a prominent offensive unit. Im all for selecting Joe Mixon in later rounds if hes available, He mitigates any loss of time we might see with LeVeon, makes DWill expendable and may even be a replacement should Bell depart via FA.
 
I get it. The franchise tag is what 14-15 million so you aren't starting negotiations LESS than that. But he also has to realize he's due 8.71 million (lets round to 9). Steelers could hypothetically not sign him and pay him 9 million this year and tag him for lets say 15 million next. That is 24 million for 2 years and then he risks injury and going into free agency at age 30. He does not want that. He probably is looking at Julio Jones and AJ Green and wants that type of money. Not going to happen he could get close. I feel he will get around 25 million guaranteed and probably average in the 14 million range. So he is uncuttable his first two years but at age 30 going on 31 if he's performing he is going to start getting the big time salary portion of his contract. Win win for both sides.
 
Did the Rooney's say they'd make him the highest paid wr? I know they said they'd get a new deal done, but it doesn't mean hand him a blank check either. No wr is worth that.
 
Coryea said:
Did the Rooney's say they'd make him the highest paid wr? I know they said they'd get a new deal done, but it doesn't mean hand him a blank check either. No wr is worth that.
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This!

I agree. I think they'll negotiate a deal that will keep AB around. If he wants more money, then bye bye. I'm not gonna be mad, as the league is trending to favor any WR in a passing game. Does AB offer that dynamic playmaking ability? Absolutely, but give any WR in the nfl an opportunity to catch the ball in the open field and they can get the necessary yardage
 
Yep...That is what was said when Wallace left also....
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Ya, we don't have Antonio Brown and Emmanuel Sanders sitting behind Antonio Brown this time...

And Mike Wallace could do ONE thing. He could run really really fast. That was it. This truly is an apples to oranges kinda thing.
 
AB is the best WR in the game and it's his right to want to be paid like the best. Doesn't mean we can afford him under the cap though. Have fun on a suck-*** team with cap space. Money is still green. Cleveland is nice this time of year.
 
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Coryea said:
Did the Rooney's say they'd make him the highest paid wr? I know they said they'd get a new deal done, but it doesn't mean hand him a blank check either. No wr is worth that.
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Its not about making him the highest paid WR in the league, its about paying him among the top and that's where it needs to be to keep him around. Sure we can make him play out his deal and let him walk, but that just opens another hole for us. Better to pay him with a large amount up front so he can be cut later in the deal with less dead money.
 
the rooneys gave AB an extra 4 million last year that they didnt have to. lets see how AB shows his gratitude
 
muncher said:
you do know that 52 other guys need to get paid too and fit under the cap?
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You do know we have 34 million in cap room and that the cap will continue to go up because of the TV deal and then the fact that owners hid money from the players

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muncher said:
the rooneys gave AB an extra 4 million last year that they didnt have to. lets see how AB shows his gratitude
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That's false. The moved money from this contract into a bonus. You're not a very intelligent man, are you?
 
AB and Mike Wallace aren't even in the same universe, and as pointed out before, we don't have someone on the roster right now that's prime to breakout into superstar stature like AB was. People forget that we had Wallace AND Brown for 3 years togethere, and it was Brown's second year where he made his impact felt. An 1,100 yard receiving season to go along with 1,000 return yards. We don't have anything close to that right now (mostly because we can't count on Bryant).

AB is going to get paid, and he is going to get paid by the Steelers. They aren't going to trade him, the FO isn't sick of his "antics" (which are completely blown out of proportion by the media and the fans), and he is at the top of his position. His "down" year had him over 100 catches for the FOURTH straight year (only one other WR has ever done that) which was 2nd in the league and he didn't even play the last game, he was 5th in the league in receiving yards at 1,200 yards, and 2nd in the league with 12 receiving TD's... I'll take that down year, especially since he did ALL of that with no clear #2 on the roster the entire season.

Keep downplaying AB's importance to the team all you want, "oh he only touches the ball 5-12 times a game", but he influences the other 60 offensive plays during the game when he's on the field as well. Look at what NE did to take him out of the game, you think that doesn't effect the others on the field at all? If we had Bryant, or a healthy Bell for the entire AFCCG, it might have turned into a shootout because of all the attention they gave to AB.

He is worth every penny of what they are going to pay him, especially since he has out performed his current contract by unmeasurable amounts.
 
What's lost in this is brown is playing with a hof qb... he's allowed to do what he wants to get open and Ben hits him. Put him in the jets or 49ers offense watch his numbers plummet. Our problem is the receiver pipeline is dry. If we had to go into next season without brown I don't see anyone on the roster that comes close to picking up the slack like he did when Wallace and sanders left. More problems from poor drafting.
 
If wheaton could be kept for 4,5M avg on a 2 year contract, 5M guaranteed I would pull the trigger. There's your #2 wr on a decent contract
 
Ron Burgundy said:
AB is the best WR in the game and it's his right to want to be paid like the best. Doesn't mean we can afford him under the cap though. Have fun on a suck-*** team with cap space. Money is still green. Cleveland is nice this time of year.
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I'm sorry, I don't agree with this. the best WR in the game is Julio Jones. now Brown is the 2nd best in the game and does deserve to make that. but the Steelers don't have to pay him that.
 
stuntmanmike said:
What's lost in this is brown is playing with a hof qb... he's allowed to do what he wants to get open and Ben hits him. Put him in the jets or 49ers offense watch his numbers plummet. Our problem is the receiver pipeline is dry. If we had to go into next season without brown I don't see anyone on the roster that comes close to picking up the slack like he did when Wallace and sanders left. More problems from poor drafting.
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Sooooo not having a superstar to take over for a superstar is poor drafting? Also, I don't think Jerry Rice or Randy Moss would have any success on the current 49ers and Jets rosters so that argument isn't going to take you too far either.
 
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