El Yeah!

I don't care who you are, you have to love the re-signing of Antwaan Randle El. They call him a bust in Washington, I call him an x-factor type player who they tried to use as a regular old wide receiver, which he surely is not. In Washington he was basically nothing but an overpaid punt returner. In Pittsburgh, he is Slash 2.0. The guy does it all and we love him for it. This signing along with the pick up of Arnaz Battle pretty much phases out Limas Sweed, of whom I am one of the few who still believe he's talented. If Limas gets his head together he can be a productive NFL receiver. It just looks like its not going to be in the black and gold. Anyway, back to the fact. Look at these names and imagine the combinations of receivers we can have on the field at the same time: Hines, Santonio, Mike Wallace, Randle El, and Battle, who was also a college quarterback and similar to Randle El in versatility. You are going to be looking at possibly three guys on the field who can chuck it all at the same time. How do you gameplan for three quarterbacks on the field? This is assuming Big Ben is wearing the pads on Sundays and not an orange jumpsuit. Of course with the signing of El comes another little target for Ben, who has yearned for a big guy to throw to, but I think it adds so much guess work in regards of how to defend us. This also adds a lot to the return game as Steph Logan will almost surely remain on kickoff return as he was better last season at it than El ever was. But you have to think 82 will be back there on punts. And if necessary, Battle is a return man too. I don't know if it will actually happen, but I think if used properly it could revolutionize offensive football, just as the wildcat basically has no quarterback, we could be rolling three deep. I know we're fans of smash mouth and we know that Mendenhall can bang it with the best of them, but you gotta admit it's fun to think about the potential three ring circus that could break out on the Heinz Field turf. In my head I'm seeing double reverses and some of those old tricks from back in the early 2000s. I am hoping that the higher ups in the organization did this because they remembered what worked. You can tell me about last year's offensive stats all you want, we didn't win football games like we did in the years prior. I hope it was a good move and a step back in the right direction, but one thing is certain when it comes to Steelers fans. If it works, they're geniuses and if it doesn't, they're idiots.