who ends up #2 WR for Pittsburg Wilson or Holmes (1 Viewer)

[greenheads]

Holmes was playing second string last night! I thought he had a great finish in 06 and was projected to start

Are we looking at a WRBC?

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Holmes missed some time with a "non football related surgical procedure" a few weeks ago.

from the Tomlin post game PC:

http://steelers.scout.com/2/665246.html

Your depth chart continues to list Santonio Holmes No. 1 and Ced continues to start. Why?

Yeah, but you know Santonio missed a significant amount of time and Ced’s been delivering for us. But there’s plenty of time to let that sort itself out. We did play Ced in front of him tonight. We thought he was deserving of that given the time that was missed. But that’s just the nature of football and injuries. Somebody else’s misfortunes creates opportunities for others and he took advantage of it tonight. We’ll put one foot in front of the other and see where we are next week.

Holmes is clearly the #2. No way CW starts ahead of him.

 

[Jeff Haseley]

IMO, the answer here is Santonio Holmes. 53 of his 86 targets came in his last 8 games last season. That's 62%. He came on strong in the second half and I think he'll continue to do the same this year. He was 7th among all WRs in yards after the catch (7.0 YAC avg), which helped give him an impressive 16.8 yards per reception. 50-55 recs with 800+ yards and 5-6 TDs is what I'm thinking.

 

[CrossEyed]

Holmes. Not even a competition, IMO.

 

[Family Matters]

Holmes missed some time with a "non football related surgical procedure" a few weeks ago.

from the Tomlin post game PC:

http://steelers.scout.com/2/665246.html

Your depth chart continues to list Santonio Holmes No. 1 and Ced continues to start. Why?

Yeah, but you know Santonio missed a significant amount of time and Ced’s been delivering for us. But there’s plenty of time to let that sort itself out. We did play Ced in front of him tonight. We thought he was deserving of that given the time that was missed. But that’s just the nature of football and injuries. Somebody else’s misfortunes creates opportunities for others and he took advantage of it tonight. We’ll put one foot in front of the other and see where we are next week.

Holmes is clearly the #2. No way CW starts ahead of him.

I agree with you on Holmes. At times last year he looked dominate. I fully expect him to look even better this year.

 

[Tommy Collins]

After watching the HOF game, regardless of him being 2nd string or not... he made some nice catches and showed good poise. I'm bumping him up a good bit on my list. Wilson has had his opportunities to shine and hasn't. Holmes is in his 2nd year and I believe will make a big impact this year.

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

That was definitely temporary. Wilson is a nice dependable 3, and will get more snaps that a typical 3 in this offense, but Holmes is only with the second team right now because of the early missed time, ACP is on point. Holmes looked great on that fade, and his speed is legit. I'm excited to see him Ward, Wilson, and Reid on the field at the same time, we can give teams a 99 Rams look.

 

[switz]

Holmes was playing second string last night! I thought he had a great finish in 06 and was projected to startAre we looking at a WRBC?

I'm hoping Holmes, becaude I stole him off waivers in my dynasty last year, and I'm really in need of one of my WRs t step it up (as well as RBs TEs Ks DTs and QBs )

 

[The Jerk]

Holmes will be the starter as long as he is healthy. There's a nice little bandwagon starting on the Steelers suddenly becoming Air Tomlin. I see a slight uptick in the passing game over last year, and remember that the numbers were inflated somewhat last year due to the Steelers playing from behind most of the first 8 games. However, a realtiy check here is that Willie Parker and Hines Ward are still the first options in this offense (Ward arguably wasn't 100% all season last year), and the Steelers may go to more 2 TE sets, especially in the red zone with Heath Miller and 6'7" Matt Spaeth. I like Holmes, and he COULD be a solid #3 fantasy WR, but he also could end up near the waiver wire in terms of production.

We hear the talk, but it's not clear exactly how significant the changes might be with the Pittsburgh offense.

Even if they want to become more pass-friendly, there's no guarantee of success.

As a Steeler fan, I want to see it work out. I think Ben has the talent and the competitiveness to shoulder the burden of becoming more involved with the offense. He performed well in a pass-first offense in the 2005 playoffs (except for the SB). Yet until he does it for a full season, he's still unproven in this role, so until then there's a a possbility of overestimating Ben, Hines and/or Santonio as a FF producer for your squad.