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The Steelers likely sacrificed their fourth-round draft choice on the altar of having defensive end Aaron Smith back -- maybe, possibly --for the playoffs.

 

Linebacker Thaddeus Gibson, who was placed on waivers Saturday so the Steelers could add defensive lineman Steve McLendon to the roster for a third game this season, likely will be claimed by another team off waivers today. It is expected that, at the very least, Buffalo will put in a claim for him; Doug Whaley, the former Steelers pro personnel coordinator, is Buffalo's assistant general manager

 

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10305/1099796-66.stm?cmpid=relatedarticle

 

I hope they put in a waiver claim, he's an extremely athletic OLB; that was only cut because the Steelers have insane depth at LB.

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I was just thinking last night, that we need as many Steelers defenders as possible. Would love to pick this guy up. Add more athleticism to our nonathletic defense. That would be 2 Steelers draft picks we stole from them. Urbick being the other one.

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Please sign him and waive Maybin....please let's put the man out of his misery....

 

 

How about Kelsay instead of Maybin. At least when Maybin plays theres some excitement because he may be getting better, but we all know Kelsay is just getting worse and worse (if thats possible).

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He probably won't help the pass rush all that much, but supposedly he is a good against the run.

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In fact, we should've traded Kelsey for him. Kelsey probably would look like an average player (as opposed to the bottom of the barrel) surrounded by Steeler defenders.

 

Here is link to his draft coverage. Looks better than the trash we have now.

 

Gibson's Resume

 

Looks good. In fact, the Bills should be raiding the Practice Squads of decent teams. These kids wouldn't be any worse than our current starters. We'll get some great quality young players this way. It would be like a mid-season draft.

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I'm often skeptical of the accuracy of pre-draft scouting reports, but on some of these sites he sounds an awful like Maybin. No idea what Gibson's done w/Pitt up to this point of course.

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He probably won't help the pass rush all that much, but supposedly he is a good against the run.

 

We SUCK against the run... bring him in!

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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10305/1099796-66.stm?cmpid=relatedarticle

 

I hope they put in a waiver claim, he's an extremely athletic OLB; that was only cut because the Steelers have insane depth at LB.

 

I find the original article's wording kind of funny. It says at the very least Buffalo will put in a claim for him. If it is a sure bet that Buffalo puts a claim in is it not a sure bet that he will be a Buffalo Bill?

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The Steelers are very good at drafting, especially on defense. We have to admit we would all love to draft the way that they do. They didn't cut the guy because they hate him. They have injury issues on the defensive front and needed to make room so they decided to free up space where they are heavy. Plus, they at least thought enough about him to sign him to the practice squad. There isn't much of a downside here. Let's give the kid a shot.

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The Steelers are very good at drafting, especially on defense. We have to admit we would all love to draft the way that they do. They didn't cut the guy because they hate him. They have injury issues on the defensive front and needed to make room so they decided to free up space where they are heavy. Plus, they at least thought enough about him to sign him to the practice squad. There isn't much of a downside here. Let's give the kid a shot.

Unless he is in a full body cast, he's got to be an upgrade to the Bills OLBs. Scratch that, even if he is in a full body cast, he'd be an upgrade. B-)

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Good thing bout our record is we get him if we want him :thumbsup::oops:

 

I believe they go by last years' record as opposed to this year when deciding whom gets whom on the waiver wire. If that's the case, we'll have about 8 teams in front of us for Thadeus' services. Not a lock, at all.

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We have nothing to lose, but this kid hasn't even played a down in the NFL yet. That's not saying he won't be able to contribute... it just means he hasn't been able to crack that tough defensive line-up in Pittsburgh.

 

Hell, I'm ready for anyone to come in and help, why not start the auditions now?

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I believe they go by last years' record as opposed to this year when deciding whom gets whom on the waiver wire. If that's the case, we'll have about 8 teams in front of us for Thadeus' services. Not a lock, at all.

 

The order in which NFL teams are given the opportunity to claim a player from the waiver wire is determined by the previous season's final standings. The team with the worst record gets the first chance at claiming players off the waiver wire, then the team with the second worst gets the next chance, and so on up to the league's best team.

 

NFL Waiver Rules

I thought it was current record but you are correct. So the Bills are #9 in the pecking order.

 

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