Somewhat surprised by today's cuts...

user · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 15

Friday, February 22, 2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Steelers today released three veteran players: tight end Jerame Tuman,
linebacker Clint Kriewaldt and cornerback and kick returner Allen Rossum.

Tuman, a fifth-round draft pick in 1999, played in 121 games in his career
with the Steelers, catching 43 passes for 500 yards and seven touchdowns. He
started in 56 games.

Kriewaldt signed with the Steelers as an unrestricted free agent in 2003.
Rossum was acquired from the Falcons in September 2007 in return for a
conditional 2008 draft pick.

First published on February 22, 2008 at 5:30 pm

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The last time they cut the ST captain it was a morale disaster and now
they've done it again. I thought CK did OK there and would have been one of
the few ST's that I might have kept based solely on ST play.

Rossum didn't light the world on fire, but he was a far sight better than
anything else they had. But... if you're trying to make a statement about
ST... cutting the captain and the return man would get a few people's
attention, I suppose.

Tuman... well... the general concsenus seemed to be that they were trying to
get away from a traditional FB and go with the west-coast approach and that
meant keeping three TE. Maybe Krieder isn't dead after all... maybe they
watched Davis' horrible blocking and rethought things... maybe they figured
they needed DK's blocking after all (I can hope)?

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Tank McGee · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 34

"62" wrote in@giganews.com:

> Friday, February 22, 2008
> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
> The Steelers today released three veteran players: tight end Jerame
> Tuman, linebacker Clint Kriewaldt and cornerback and kick returner
> Allen Rossum.
>
> Tuman, a fifth-round draft pick in 1999, played in 121 games in his
> career with the Steelers, catching 43 passes for 500 yards and seven
> touchdowns. He started in 56 games.
>
> Kriewaldt signed with the Steelers as an unrestricted free agent in
> 2003. Rossum was acquired from the Falcons in September 2007 in return
> for a conditional 2008 draft pick.
>
>
> First published on February 22, 2008 at 5:30 pm
>
> -----
>
>
> The last time they cut the ST captain it was a morale disaster and now
> they've done it again. I thought CK did OK there and would have been
> one of the few ST's that I might have kept based solely on ST play.
>
> Rossum didn't light the world on fire, but he was a far sight better
> than anything else they had. But... if you're trying to make a
> statement about ST... cutting the captain and the return man would get
> a few people's attention, I suppose.
>
> Tuman... well... the general concsenus seemed to be that they were
> trying to get away from a traditional FB and go with the west-coast
> approach and that meant keeping three TE. Maybe Krieder isn't dead
> after all... maybe they watched Davis' horrible blocking and rethought
> things... maybe they figured they needed DK's blocking after all (I
> can hope)?
>
>
>

I think Tuman had a nagging injury, IIRC.

Brian Allen · Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 40

> The Steelers today released three veteran players: tight end Jerame Tuman,
> linebacker Clint Kriewaldt and cornerback and kick returner Allen Rossum.

Tuman is injured and already replaced by the last two drafts. Rossum served
his purpose of giving the Steelers a passable return man for a year. Now
they need to solve the problem long-term. CK was bottom of the barrel as a
defender, and let's face it, the "best player" on special teams for the
Steelers... is still a stinking pile. No real loss from losing any of the
three, although cutting Rossum without a real alternative is sort of
disconcerting.

Dan Darby · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 74

Rossom is not a huge loss. Was a terrible player anyway. What did he
have, one good return? The other two....not big losses either.

Strickland · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 32

>
>> The Steelers today released three veteran players: tight end Jerame Tuman,
>> linebacker Clint Kriewaldt and cornerback and kick returner Allen Rossum.
>
>Tuman is injured and already replaced by the last two drafts. Rossum served
>his purpose of giving the Steelers a passable return man for a year. Now
>they need to solve the problem long-term. CK was bottom of the barrel as a
>defender, and let's face it, the "best player" on special teams for the
>Steelers... is still a stinking pile. No real loss from losing any of the
>three, although cutting Rossum without a real alternative is sort of
>disconcerting.
>

I believe Rossum was hurt... maybe it was something that would slow him down...
never-the-less... we need a returner who can do something else besides just
return kicks... like maybe be a third wide receiver or a nickle back

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GOING FOR 6!

user · Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 13

Strickland wrote:
>>>The Steelers today released three veteran players: tight end Jerame Tuman,
>>>linebacker Clint Kriewaldt and cornerback and kick returner Allen Rossum.
>>
>>Tuman is injured and already replaced by the last two drafts. Rossum served
>>his purpose of giving the Steelers a passable return man for a year. Now
>>they need to solve the problem long-term. CK was bottom of the barrel as a
>>defender, and let's face it, the "best player" on special teams for the
>>Steelers... is still a stinking pile. No real loss from losing any of the
>>three, although cutting Rossum without a real alternative is sort of
>>disconcerting.
>>
>
>
> I believe Rossum was hurt... maybe it was something that would slow him down...
> never-the-less... we need a returner who can do something else besides just
> return kicks... like maybe be a third wide receiver or a nickle back
>
>
.....and a new coach!

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