IX- J.J. Cooper of AOL Fanhouse says that the new four year contract for Max Starks and the extension of Trai Essex signals that the Steelers confidence that Tony Hills will start at tackle or even be able to be a back-up in 2009 is extremely low. He implies that Hills will spend another year on the practice squad and makes it sound like Hills will be the latest in a growing line of Steelers o-line...
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by JJ Cooper Filed under: Steelers , AFC North When the Steelers drafted Tony Hills in the fourth round of the 2008 draft, there was some thought among Steelers fans that he might be the team's starting left tackle in 2009. Max Starks was playing under a one-year transition-tag contract while his backup, Trai Essex , was also in the final year of his deal. So the thought was: Starks and Essex may leave...
by JJ Cooper Filed under: Steelers , AFC South , NFL Free Agency A couple of months ago, the list of Steelers free agents after the 2009 season looked downright frightening. But slowly and surely, Pittsburgh is whittling down its list of potential departures. First the Steelers re-signed left tackle Max Starks to a four-year extension, now there's word that they are working on a long-term deal with...
Haven't had a video MPotD in quite some time. And this one is extremely worthy of the honor. It's mini horses sped up in fast forward. The fact that something like this exists is reason enough to start another blog based entirely around that concept. The :30 mark is clutch. Max Starks is locked up. [ OFTOT ] Unreal shirt. In the good way. [ The Pensblog ] Stan Van Gundy has no problem stealing your...
by JJ Cooper Filed under: Steelers , AFC North The Steelers have never seemed to fully know what to do with Max Starks , but it seems clear that Starks has always wanted to be a Steeler. Two years ago, Pittsburgh slapped Starks with a transition tag--guaranteeing him a contract worth nearly $7 million even though he was considered a backup. It took an injury to Marvel Smith to finally get Starks into...
It's not often that us fans get legitimately substantial news stories this time of year. We got one today when it was reported that offensive tackle Max Starks inked a four-year contract extension. As reported by ESPN , the contract is worth roughly $26.3 million over the next four years, with $10 million dollars of guaranteed money for the two-time Super Bowl winning tackle out of the University of...
by Chris Burke Filed under: Steelers , NFL Free Agency After two straight offseasons of scrambling to keep Max Starks in a Steelers uniform, Pittsburgh has locked in the veteran offensive tackle for a while. Starks, who was transitioned tagged in 2008 and franchise tagged in February , agreed to a four-year extension with the Steelers . Financial terms were not immediately available, but at least one...
Steelers OT Max Starks just signed a 4-year $26.3M deal according to ESPN’s John Clayton. For those that don’t remember he was franchised earlier this offseason at $8.45M, but agreed to the long term contract instead. This is a good thing as far as the Bills are concerned for this reason. I’m not saying it’s going [...]
Max Starks Signs 4 Year Contract With Pittsburgh Great news today in Steeler Nation, the financial details of the contract have not yet been released, but according to ESPN.com the contract is estimated at four years 26.3 million dollars with 10 million dollars in guaranteed money. This will certainly free up cap room and allow the Steelers to focus on signing Heath Miller to a long term extension,...
There are probably an undefinable number of cliches to use in this instance, not the least of which would be "kiss the rings, bitch." But embarrassingly, I can all but guarantee I've used that one before on here...and frankly, it sucked that time, and it'd suck again if I used it today. So I won't. Instead, I'll let the immortal words of the Cash Money Millionaires speak for me... A notion...
Mike Florio has written his 10 worst offseason moves, and the Steelers have made the list with what he writes is the 7th worst move. Florio writes that the Steelers placing the franchise tag on Max Starks was a bad move, and here’s his take on it: 7. Pittsburgh Steelers using franchise tag on Max Starks Last [...]
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