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Steelers sign RB Rico Dowdle


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They have been doing the mercenary one year RB now for a little while. Foreman.. 

It works pretty well. You can find ball carriers. The passing game trips a lot of those guys up. Pass blocking, route running, they have a lot to know. 
 

Rico wasn’t a great pass blocker but he got in the way most of the time. He is a really good pass catcher.  
 

He’s tough. Needs to find out why he was cramping late in the games. If he can fix that maybe can step up even more. Wish him luck. I think he’ll do well. 
 

If Brooks can be something, what a bonus that would be at this point.  I really believe they went for him because of his extra layer with being a good receiver. And we need more of that with what we are working with trying to move the ball. 

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3 hours ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Literally turned our season around. Hate to see him go. Somebody else gonna have to carry the workload on offense. 

He earned his contract for sure. Fell off later. He ain’t gonna like playing Baltimore twice though. Lol.
I am not sure he went to the best situation, but I don’t know his options.

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11 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

He's talking mad poo on Twitter for a guy that disappeared down the stretch.

Not to mention that abortion of a fumble against the Bucs. 

Canales opened the door to all this with how he managed the RB carries. Then you've got some of our own fans goading him for whatever reason like we paid him a ton of money. These folks should have kept that same energy for other backs who were making record salaries while riding the bench.

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