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OT: Great Receivers?

Lynn Swann just said that someone (Hines Ward) is carrying on the tradition of "great" receivers in Pittsburgh.  

So just who are these "great" receivers of Pittsburgh past?  Lynn Swann is in the Hall of Fame but I don't know any knowledgeable football fans who consider him "great".  Heck, most people consider John Stallworth to be the better of the two.  Hines Ward?  Solid receiver, great blocker (I guess) but is he "great"?  Um ... no.  Are there any other receivers in Pittsburgh history who could be considered "great"?

I guess Lynn could have meant "great" for a Pittsburgh receiver ... kinda like Charlie Hough would be considered a "great" pitcher for the Texas Rangers.

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Hmmm
I'm trying to think of a starting WR on that Steelers team that played the Cowboys in the Super Bowl when Dallas had Switzer coaching them (ugh).

It may be that I have blanked everything from the awful Barry Switzer years, but I can't think of a receiver on that Pittsburgh team.

by Adam J. Morris on Nov 5, 2007 9:06 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

'95 Steelers
http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/rosters.nsf/Annual/1995-pit
"On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage," Baker said. "Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me."

by jparks77 on Nov 5, 2007 9:15 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I wonder
what Bam Morris is up to these days?
Some professionals get better with age and experience. Lawyers, professors, engineers. Hookers? Not so much. -- DJ Cahill

by tricer on Nov 5, 2007 11:24 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

The "great"
Louis Lipps
Charles Johnson
Yancey Thigpen
Plaxico Burress
Kordell Stewart (the early years)

meh

by badradiorules on Nov 5, 2007 9:13 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Damn
I forgot about former Cowboy great Ernie Mills

by badradiorules on Nov 5, 2007 9:18 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Slash
Does Kordell Stewart count?

by texasbuckeye on Nov 5, 2007 9:15 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

ya'll
just don't like Lynn Swann 'cause he's a Republican running for office. Fight the power Lynn!!!
Duncan Hunter for President in '08

by dstar442005 on Nov 5, 2007 9:15 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Ward is not the typical WR
but he can be considered great for the system the Steelers run. To have four 1,000 yard seasons and three with over 10 TD's is pretty remarkable considering how "run heavy" the Pittsburgh offense has been since he's been in the league.

by cgolden on Nov 6, 2007 12:06 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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