Pittsburgh Steelers Offense to Be “Sweeder” in 2009

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Published: June 9, 2009

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... was to shrug.  I had never been that impressed by Washington.

I liked him as a player, but he seemed imminently replaceable and not worth the kind of money he was going to make in free agency. 

But, then I watched the Steelers 2008 Super Bowl video and couldn't help but notice that Washington made a ton of big plays for the Steelers in 2008, more than I remembered actually watching the games the first time.

He filled a very important role as the guy who stretched the field, and Ben Roethlisberger frequently looked in his direction for the team's biggest offensive
plays.

It was a flashback to 2006 when Antwaan Randle El left for the Washington Redskins.  I became more acutely aware of what he had meant to the Super Bowl winning 2005 squad after watching the Super Bowl DVD and noticing how many huge plays he consistently made for the Steelers that season.

Randle El and Washington were very different kind of players.  One was a...

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