Comments on: Willie Colon smells first-round tender

By: spyboots

spyboots — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:37:13 +0000

Deb is right. A new coach will make a difference. The O line seemed confused half the time on what their assignments were. That didn’t happen with Grimm.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:55:12 +0000

@SDiegoSteel …
Amen on center. Justin Hartwig is no Jeff Hartings. We owned center for so many years with Webster, Dawson, and Hartings. Hartwig isn’t in that class. I have high expectations of Kugler, but Hartwig is a huge concern.
Production on the line deteriorated as soon as Grimm left for AZ and Zierlein took over. Having a coach who takes his job seriously instead of spending his work time e-mailing porn will make a big difference with talented pros like Colon, Kemo, and Starks. From what I’ve read of Kugler, he’s big on teaching footwork and blocking schemes and practice, practice, practice. So I think we’ll see improvement on Colon’s false starts. But the real test will be what he can do with Hartwig and what personnel changes he makes. Essex may not get that job; it may go back to Stapleton–or someone else.

By: SixburghDynasty

SixburghDynasty — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:35:27 +0000

@SDiegoSteel
I agree with you completely, spot on. Colon has been much improved over the past 2 years. He’s great in run blocking and his pass blocking is much better. I do agree he’s more of a guard, which is why he had problems in the past in pass protection and why he has been known to false start.
It’s laughable some on here would say freakin Hartwig and Essex are better.
Some of you shouldn’t even comment on O-line play since your the people who only watch the guy with the ball.

By: Whines_Hard.86

Whines_Hard.86 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:55:51 +0000

As long as they draft his replacement this year, I don’t care what money they throw at him. Just protect Ben, and open up holes for Mendy while you’re here.

By: SDiegoSteel

SDiegoSteel — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:33:11 +0000

People who hate on Colon are idiots and judge him based on getting false starts. A Football Outsiders clone had him ranked out as the third best right tackle in the league last year. The problems with the Steelers’ o-line are at center and right guard, not Colon.

By: SixburghSteelers

SixburghSteelers — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:24:07 +0000

Put him @ guard or get rid of him…don’t re-sign him, JEEZ!!!!!!

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:06:46 +0000

I don’t necessarily buy that Colon’s some great unsung talent but he doesn’t suck. And the Steelers aren’t known for throwing money around; if they think he’s worth $2.521 mill, I’ll trust their judgment. I’d just like to get the deal done because I wouldn’t want to pay more.
Expect new o-line coach Sean Kugler to improve the effectiveness of that line going forward.

By: Klytus

Klytus — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:02:31 +0000

Steelers management knows that if you let the fans make your decisions then you will eventually be sitting with them. I have faith in the Steelers organization. They get more things right than not and they have the record to prove it.
I believe the quality of line play is directly affected by the play calling. You still need to run in this league when the situation warrants.
GO STEELERS!

By: drumbug71

drumbug71 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:40:35 +0000

Sepulveda is a nice punter, but how durable is he? With that ACL injury he had in college that he hid from the team, he was out all last season and we had to deal with Mitch Berger.
If he gets signed elsewhere, we can pick up another one in the draft and still keep ticking.

By: buckeye044

buckeye044 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:26:55 +0000

Colon Blow…..s

By: wyoff

wyoff — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:21:54 +0000

I just don’t get it. The Steelers fanbase HATES this guy- he doesn’t even seem to be starter material, and looks to be the clear-cut worst player on the line- yet the Steelers’ coaches routinely praise him and even Belichick talked him up.
Hopefully some sucker team will sign Colon so the Steelers can take the draft pick and get a decent starting tackle.

By: TFBuckFutter

TFBuckFutter — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:19:46 +0000

“The Notorious V.I.C. says:
March 2, 2010 8:18 PM
TFBuckFutter: “Is his middle name Dewar?”
hahahahahahahah
So stupid, yet so funny.”
I was pleased with it.

By: slipkid

slipkid — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:33:53 +0000

he ought to put some banta-cain on that before he gets a cramp.

By: Beezer

Beezer — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:31:19 +0000

“many consider Colon one of the more underrated tackles around. ” By many do you mean you and Florio?

By: The Notorious V.I.C.

The Notorious V.I.C. — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:18:08 +0000

TFBuckFutter: “Is his middle name Dewar?”
hahahahahahahah
So stupid, yet so funny.

By: Bubby Brister

Bubby Brister — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:16:27 +0000

Willie Colon does suck, as a tackle. The guy is a guard and always will be, and even if they had him at guard he’d be mediocre at best. Anytime a guy starts to get around him you can guarantee you’ll hear “holding, 74″ not to far off in the near future because even Rosenthall probably has more reach than him. And it always happens during big plays. Chris Kemo is their best lineman. I’d probably put Hartwig and Starks ahead of him as well. Willie the Colon is a bum.

By: sweetloudunbar

sweetloudunbar — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:15:05 +0000

It had to have been intentional to use the words Colon, smells and tender in the same sentence. funny

By: robhug71

robhug71 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:57:24 +0000

colon is awful. He never gets the snap count right, can’t pass block for shit either.

By: TFBuckFutter

TFBuckFutter — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:13:37 +0000

Is his middle name Dewar?

By: WhoDey_Man

WhoDey_Man — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:07:47 +0000

colon smells? nice.

By: jimicos

jimicos — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:06:15 +0000

Harry Colon smells…. No, that’s it. I was done.

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:01:25 +0000

Willie Colon doesn’t suck (she rolls her eyes). Just hope he signs so we can be done with it. I’d really like to keep Sepulveda, too.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:00:30 +0000

“Colon smells”…I have to admit I laughed when seeing this headline. Who cares about the rest of the story, that’s all you really wanted to say no??

By: DanRooney

DanRooney — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:54:06 +0000

“CaptainFantastik says:
March 2, 2010 6:39 PM
That’s just sad. Willie Colon sucks and would be a backup on most other teams.”
orly?! Because he’s the best offensive lineman on the Steelers team. What does that say? Oh nevermind, Roethlisberger is responsible for all 150 sacks in the last 3 years.

By: flavordave

flavordave — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:47:56 +0000

Colon smells. LOL Clever.

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:46:07 +0000

I smell chicken tenders.

By: CaptainFantastik

CaptainFantastik — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:39:16 +0000

That’s just sad. Willie Colon sucks and would be a backup on most other teams.