Cortez Allen Contract Extension 4-years, $26 million

[steel shinin]

So that means he isn't worth a damn?

Bullshit, he was destroyed in the Vikings game and was a liability all year.

He had a bad game. It happens. Here's a few good writeups on Allen from the last few seasons.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/player/27179/cortez-allen

https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2013/06/07/secret-superstar-cortez-allen/

http://www.rantsports.com/nfl/2013/07/22/pittsburgh-steelers-2013-breakout-candidate-cortez-allen/

http://www.si.com/nfl/audibles/2013/06/05/breakout-player-to-watch-cortez-allen

 

[Vader]

Don't know who's better until Allen gets a full injury free season in. But you guys keep hyping up Lewis like he's Richard Sherman. Look at his interception stats for starters, not in the elite category, average perhaps. Give Allen a full healthy season this year and you likely won't see a huge difference in stats between the two.

So you're ok with signing him even though you can't evaluate him because he has been hurt?

 

[Franco]

We signed a very poor RT, Gilbert who gave up 11 sacks , we sign a mediocre corner who can't stay healthy and can't cover and we wonder why we are an 8-8 squad talent wise.

 

[steel shinin]

Why do you guys even bother to watch the games if you're going to ***** about 95% of the roster......every ******* coach and hype up players who don't even play here anymore, some of which aren't even playing drastically better than what we have here now. (Keenan Lewis)

 

[Steelers1356]

So you're ok with signing him even though you can't evaluate him because he has been hurt?

Yes, I think Allen can at least match Lewis's stats, he played well in 2012 when healthy, I think that's a better sampling of his performance.

 

[Franco]

Why do you guys even bother to watch the games if you're going to ***** about 95% of the roster......every ******* coach and hype up players who don't even play here anymore, some of which aren't even playing drastically better than what we have here now. (Keenan Lewis)

Moron, why do you hype the signing of a mediocre player when we let a better player go ? These type of signings is why Tomlin is a tool and the Steelers roster is mediocre and overpaying for players that are not good much less worth tying up for 4 more years.

 

[Vader]

Yes, I think Allen can at least match Lewis's stats, he played well in 2012 when healthy, I think that's a better sampling of his performance.

So you admit that you don't know who is better. But you think Allen will be based on what exactly? Why won't Lewis be better? Lewis, despite what some on here think, played very well last year. Why can't he continue to get better? Why is it only Steeler players that are getting better?

 

[Idioteque]

Why do you guys even bother to watch the games if you're going to ***** about 95% of the roster......every ******* coach and hype up players who don't even play here anymore, some of which aren't even playing drastically better than what we have here now. (Keenan Lewis)

I can assure you I wasn't bitching much when we had a talented roster. But my makeup doesn't allow me to blindly talk up the talents of Marcus Gilbert, Jarvis Jones, and the other mediocre guys who now make up our nucleus.

 

[Idioteque]

Why do you guys even bother to watch the games if you're going to ***** about 95% of the roster......every ******* coach and hype up players who don't even play here anymore, some of which aren't even playing drastically better than what we have here now. (Keenan Lewis)

Lewis just put up an outstanding season in NO. His great play was called out all year by numerous sources.

 

[Hineswardkickedurpanzyass]

I think Tomlin is an idiot, but i really do think this was a goos deal for us. It isnt about what a guy has done in the past. Cortez isnt going to be a top ten CB, but he is solid....remember that we nailed the Brown vs Wallace signing

 

[Idioteque]

I think Tomlin is an idiot, but i really do think this was a goos deal for us. It isnt about what a guy has done in the past. Cortez isnt going to be a top ten CB, but he is solid....remember that we nailed the Brown vs Wallace signing

The issue I have is that he signed for MORE than Lewis got from New Orleans, despite having never put together a good, healthy season. We missed the boat on Lewis, so we just gave his contract to the next guy up.

 

[SteelBuckeye]

The issue I have is that he signed for MORE than Lewis got from New Orleans, despite having never put together a good, healthy season. We missed the boat on Lewis, so we just gave his contract to the next guy up.

Worked out good giving Wallace's money to Brown ... J/K

 

[Idioteque]

Worked out good giving Wallace's money to Brown ... J/K

LOL. Let's hope that'll repeat.

 

[Steelers1356]

So you admit that you don't know who is better. But you think Allen will be based on what exactly?

Geez, when did I say I knew for sure he would be better? Let's see what he does this year, ok? And if he does play well, I sure hope your happy about it.

 

[CoolieMan]

so Tomlin decides who the team signs and not their GM??????

 

[Idioteque]

so Tomlin decides who the team signs and not their GM??????

No, the GM never asks the coach about personnel.

 

[CoolieMan]

but the GM is not going to blindly sign a guy.....

GM signs the players, coach fits them into the system....

y'all want to blame Tomlin for every ******* thing...

they have scouts, a GM and coaches...all are supposed to play a part in deciding who the team signs...not all the stupid **** is the coach's fault

 

[Franco]

Tomlin is the head coach, no player is extended without his approval. Here's a radical idea, we know our secondary is for ****, how about spending some premium picks on a CB instead of wasting one on a small gimmick player. Two straight years we address a glaring need by picking 2 5th round corners that can't make the roster.Brilliant

 

[CoolieMan]

and you know this is a fact? nope...you might assume it, but you could be incorrect.

The GM is not going to sign a guy he thinks sucks *** just because the coach says to. blaming everything on Tomlin is ******* retarded

GM, scouts, coaches and even the owner have input on the draft...not all the stupidity is Tomlin....

 

[Franco]

The GM is not going to sign a guy to a huge contract if the coach is not on board. You know the coach who decides who is going to start. Think maybe the moron Tomlin signed off by saying Allen is going to be the starting CB the next 5 years, naah evidently the moron is also as impotent on personnel decisions as he is with his dumb ******* deer in the headlights on display 16 times a year of course excluding the playoffs which are a distant memory.

 

[CoolieMan]

so Colbert is just going to blindly listen to Tomlin? No ******* way.

You Tomlin haters are ******* blinded by your hatred. Is he a great coach? probably not....but he is not the clueless moron you ******* make him out to be. The Rooneys are not going to let a ******* idiot coach just to make a point. They know more about football than you or I ever will...they, their scouts and GM ALL have ******* input on player signings....to blame Tomlin alone is ******* blind hatred

 

[Franco]

The personnel decisions, the drafting and the mediocre product in the field say otherwise. Funny Colbert was never this inept prior to Tomlin and never resigned unproven players to huge extensions nor drafted smaller 4-3 players to play in the 3-4. Yeah you're right, pure coincidence.

 

[CoolieMan]

yep...pure blind hatred....so Colbert is just a figure head...just sits in his office all day surfing the web...the scouts just travel around and hang out in strip clubs and Tomlin alone makes ALL the ******* decisions....not ******* likely

 

[Franco]

So Colbert signs players to extensions, drafts smaller players and picked the POS Jarvis without Tomlin's input, got it. All the philosophical changes just happen to coincide with the con man 's tenure. I hope you enjoy another 8-8 season, it is the new black.

 

[CoolieMan]

so the Rooney's are just going to turn over complete control to Tomlin? They, their GM and scouts have NO ******* input??? ******* pure blind stupid hatred.....