Tag Archive: Mike Wallace

Feb 23

Estimating the Value of WR Greg Jennings

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Well today the story came out from multiple sources that free agent wide receiver Greg Jennings of the Green Bay Packers would like a contract worth $14 million a season. That seems like pretty lofty goals for a player who only saw action in 8 games last season and created 366 yards of offense for the team. A salary of $14 million a year would rank Jennings 3rd in the NFL and well above the market prices for anyone not named Johnson or Fitzgerald.  I’ve personally considered Jennings to be the least of the “big 3” of Jennings, Dwayne … Read the rest

Feb 18

Estimating the Value of WR Mike Wallace

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Since the first player valuation seemed to be well received I wanted to turn my attention (especially since I have a number of stats ready to go) to WR Mike Wallace of the Pittsburgh Steelers who is one of a number of wideouts that will be competing for top dollar in free agency. Unlike Dwayne Bowe in Kansas City there seems to be no door open to return to Pittsburgh, who not only have salary cap issues but also seemed fed up with Wallace’s late entry to camp as he refused to sign his restricted free agent tender.  I also … Read the rest

Feb 05

Mike Wallace Ready to Part Ways With Pittsburgh…

The rocky marriage between Mike Wallace and the Pittsburgh Steelers is about ready to end according to reports by Chris Wesseling of NFL.com.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette acknowledges that the Steelers are likely to lose Wallace, who “turned off some in the front office and the coaching staff” with last year’s holdout. The writing has been on the wall since head coach Mike Tomlin demoted Wallace to “co-starter” with Emmanuel Sanders in November. The speedster went on to complain about his role in coordinator Todd Haley’s spread-the-wealth offense while struggling with concentration and effort.

Wallace, who begrudgingly played out 2012 on … Read the rest