With free agency just weeks away, there's always going to be speculation regarding certain Steelers players. This week, that player is the team's big deep thread, wide receiver Mike Wallace.
Wallace can become a restricted free agent in March, and the fear among many in Steeler Nation is that another team will make him a huge offer which he wouldn't be able to refuse, and which the Steelers wouldn't be able to match due to their salary cap situation.
It's a legitimate concern, although Kevin Colbert did say that the Steelers held the cards in any Wallace sweepstakes since they have the right to match any offer that Wallace would get from another team.
The funny and very ironic part about so many fans being concerned about Wallace leaving is that the cry by many in Steelers Country in recent years is for the team to get back to running the football more.
Team President Art II even said he wouldn't mind seeing the team return to their blue collar identity.
If the owner and the fans are so concerned about running the football and a blue collar identity, why the concern for keeping Wallace?
I'm, of course, being a smart-ass, but I wonder what the reaction would be if the Steelers let Wallace walk, and then used the first round pick that they would receive as compensation to pick a fullback.
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