Plaxico Burress (shot himself, prison) Hines Ward (physical danger to DBs) Antonio Brown (is Antonio Brown) Mike Wallace (Trump rally speaker) George Pickens (two unsportsmanlikes today) Nobody develops wide receivers like the Steelers - ThreadSky

alexkirshner.com • 84 days ago

Plaxico Burress (shot himself, prison)
Hines Ward (physical danger to DBs)
Antonio Brown (is Antonio Brown)
Mike Wallace (Trump rally speaker)
George Pickens (two unsportsmanlikes today)

Nobody develops wide receivers like the Steelers

Reposted from Alex Kirshner

The Steelers' most normal, adjusted star wide receiver of this century is probably Hines Ward, who was such a headhunter of defenders that the NFL sorta kinda changed its blocking rules in response to him

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kitwrenaway.bsky.social•84 days ago

Chase Claypool

bigredwolfer.bsky.social•84 days ago

Before you get to JuJu and Martavis Bryant as well. Santonio Holmes seemed somewhat well adjusted at least.

mikeginmd.bsky.social•84 days ago

JuJu the original TikTok WR

rodger.bsky.social•84 days ago

And the most controversial, JuJu Smith-Schuster (liked posting little dances on social media)

alexkirshner.com•84 days ago

"bad teammate" i.e. "was a little annoying on instagram"

dawgfromcanton.bsky.social•84 days ago

His real crime was not being scary enough to keep people from ever commenting on it.

rjd.bsky.social•84 days ago

Randel El?

celebrityhottub.bsky.social•84 days ago

what a fun way to remember Lynn Swann was the AD at Southern Cal during the college admissions scandal thing

goldentoucan.bsky.social•84 days ago

I’ll always remember him as co-star of Sandlerverse classic ‘The Waterboy’

roscoegbarrel.bsky.social•84 days ago

As an aside: Lynn Swann, most overrated HoF entry? Some are saying yes.

dctrojan.bsky.social•84 days ago

Honestly I kind of wish they had been letting wealthy families get their kids who’d never played the game onto the team, that would be a marvelous excuse

bravesandbirds.bsky.social•84 days ago

It would explain a lot about the Alex Grinch era.

dctrojan.bsky.social•84 days ago

“Varsity Blues but for assistant coaches”

mnbrpg.bsky.social•83 days ago

He skipped an all hands staff retreat for the Ath Dept in the aftermath of that so he could collect a paid appearance fee at a charity golf tournament on the other side of the country!

alexkirshner.com•84 days ago

that was his backup job after he failed to become the governor of pennsylvania

origzeat.bsky.social•84 days ago

Curious if baby Alex remembers when Franco Harris's son Doc failed to become mayor of pgh?

jakenazar.bsky.social•84 days ago

also one time abc sports commentator

rudyboy.bsky.social•84 days ago

Hines would knock you tfo

rudyboy.bsky.social•84 days ago

Not you... You get it

buzzlightbeer.bsky.social•84 days ago

Seems like Limas Sweed is a normal, well-adjusted guy now: is that because he busted, or did he bust because he was too normal to be a star for PIT?

mrbrooksher.bsky.social•84 days ago

You're not giving UGA enough credit for Pickens.

youngshull.bsky.social•84 days ago

Do the Steelers or the Trojans get to claim Lynn Swann for this type of list?

alexkirshner.com•84 days ago

yes

klsmd12.bsky.social•84 days ago

💀

tequila0341.bsky.social•84 days ago

AB spoke at the Trump rally, not Mike Wallace.

alexkirshner.com•84 days ago

both of them AND lev bell were invited to the podium and went right up there in the middle of the rally

janecoaston.bsky.social•84 days ago

Real 2000s Bengals energy

alexkirshner.com•84 days ago

Burfict was a Steelers wideout in a Bengals linebacker's body

jstar2.bsky.social•84 days ago

Burfict nearly killing Antonio Brown is the 21st century’s most vicious hit

icedbrew2.bsky.social•84 days ago

I think one could argue that was the moment AB’s brain quit working and his body has survived on cocaine ever since.

jstar2.bsky.social•84 days ago

No argument from me.

napoleon-the-pig.bsky.social•84 days ago

i know he wasn't a wide receiver, but you got to mention Ernie Homes

joelskeetsos.bsky.social•84 days ago

Manny Sanders had to get out of there because he was too normal

smilner.bsky.social•84 days ago

LB, but a favorite old Onion headline ran something like, "James Harrison rescinds threat to retire upon realizing you can't do that stuff in real life, either"

meyerson.bsky.social•84 days ago

We used to think wide receivers had some kind of mental disease because they scored the coolest touchdowns, but now we know it's because they take the highest-speed hits to the head.

voncornhole2.bsky.social•84 days ago

Isn't that an ejection for two taunting penalties?

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