http://nicepickcowher.com/2012/06/06/names-and-faces-may-change-but-replenishing-talent-a-continuing-theme-for-steelers/ A Pittsburgh Steelers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Sun, 30 Dec 2012 06:16:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://nicepickcowher.com/2012/06/06/names-and-faces-may-change-but-replenishing-talent-a-continuing-theme-for-steelers/comment-page-1/#comment-2054076 DomDiTolla Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:17:01 +0000 http://nicepickcowher.com/?p=13208#comment-2054076  @Kimmy Appreciate the kind words Kim, and totally agree with your sentiment.  I thought about adding more for the Linebackers but I could have gone on and on.  Lol.  Didn't even include Bryan Hinkle or multiple Pro Bowler Mike Merriweather from the 80's, or Clark Haggans who had a nice 3-4 season starting run, let alone Steelers flop/Patriots great Mike Vrabel who was in town for a few seasons.  @Kimmy Appreciate the kind words Kim, and totally agree with your sentiment.  I thought about adding more for the Linebackers but I could have gone on and on.  Lol.  Didn’t even include Bryan Hinkle or multiple Pro Bowler Mike Merriweather from the 80′s, or Clark Haggans who had a nice 3-4 season starting run, let alone Steelers flop/Patriots great Mike Vrabel who was in town for a few seasons.

]]> http://nicepickcowher.com/2012/06/06/names-and-faces-may-change-but-replenishing-talent-a-continuing-theme-for-steelers/comment-page-1/#comment-2054069 Kimmy Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:18:04 +0000 http://nicepickcowher.com/?p=13208#comment-2054069 Great post Dom!  You could have wrote one based just on the linebackers that have come and gone alone.  The Steelers as an organization have a very unique ability to know when to cut ties with a player and when to hold onto them.  The fact that they are still so widely respected throughout the league shows that they do it in a way that doesn't leave the player bitter or disgruntled.  I thought it was a big gamble letting Porter go at the time that they did, and to some degree it was considering the season he had in Miami, but the defense didn't skip a beat.   Great post Dom!  You could have wrote one based just on the linebackers that have come and gone alone.  The Steelers as an organization have a very unique ability to know when to cut ties with a player and when to hold onto them.  The fact that they are still so widely respected throughout the league shows that they do it in a way that doesn’t leave the player bitter or disgruntled.  I thought it was a big gamble letting Porter go at the time that they did, and to some degree it was considering the season he had in Miami, but the defense didn’t skip a beat.  

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