SB Nation User Blog: steelguy99

our new TE

steelguy99 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:31:04 -0000

I've been doing some research on Sean McHugh who I doubt anyone has heard of except for maybe his 14 yard catch against us awhile back. He was set to be the 4th TE for the detroit lions but they decided they needed more than two RBs at the last minute and cut him. I strongly wish that we had done something else than pick up a 3rd TE, but that's what we have done, so with that aside...it looks like we have picked up a decent TE, and not some total scrub, so there is something to be thankful for. He can and often does also play fullback, and if he's a good blocker it'd be pretty helpful.

Last year McHugh started in 12 games for the lions and played for 15. He grabbed 17 receptions for 252 yards

Against their pre-season game of the Broncos he pulled a pass down and took it for 46 yards. In another display in YAC, he got 23 yards vs. chicago.

He hasn't been a slouch this pre-season, but obviously didn't make the 3 TE cut in detroit. Maybe a detroit fan would know more about their TE situation. The three they kept were: Dan Campbell who was injured last season but before then was getting some serious yards, Casey FitzSimmons who is another TE/FB that mostly blocks, and John Owens who was new to the team last year and didn't catch much. He seems pretty adept adept at catching the ball, I'm not sure about his other issues.

He probably still has an ankle injury which happened on one of the last pre-season games. Maybe the ankle injury tipped him over the edge?

practice squad

steelguy99 — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:19:57 -0000

http://news.steelers.com/article/94875/

That's the squad.I like Bailey and Lewis especially, and would like to see more of Vincent. Anyone that didn't make the practice squad that should have?

Fan posts need to be too l o n g w h e n y o u a r e j u s t t r y i n g t o p o s t n e w s.

using starters = bad?

steelguy99 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:31:57 -0000

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08242/907935-66.stm

Ron Cook usually drives me crazy, still does.

What do you guys think about using starters even in the last pre-season game? Personally I don't mind at all. I don't think they need to be in there the whole time, but whining about "what if" they get injured on 2 series in the pre-season seems a bit overly cautious. 2 series is nothing in the schedule of the NFL.

In other news, he does point out that our team played against 2nd stringers the whole game. Something to keep in mind.