Tommy Maddox has become the most hated player in Pittsburgh at the moment. His children are being teased at school and trash is being thrown on his home lawn. Now I knew the Pittsburgh Steelers have extremely emotional - and for a lack of better words - hard core fans, but this is ridiculous. Out of all the cities that I could see this happening, Pittsburgh was one of the last. Pittsburgh has been known for bringing in classy players and the people have Pittsburgh have reflected that. However, the fans of the Steelers should be Steelers 36 Bettis Jersey
disgusted with themselves.Maddox led them to the AFC North title in 2002, and set a team record for completions in 2003 (298). Maddox's story is truly remarkable. From being a backup to Elway for a few years to an XFL star, he has accomplished quite a lot. But the fact of the matter is that he is a one-hit wonder, or in this case, a one-year wonder. In 2002, he was amazing, named comeback player of the year in 2002. In 2003 he was still pretty good, but nothing like the 2002 season. Face it Steeler fans, he was a one year wonder, BUT this gives them no reason to throw trash on his lawn or boo him in a game. He is a Pittsburgh Steeler, he plays in the NFL. Hey, who knows if he had come to the NFL a few years earlier maybe he wouldn't be playing as badly as he is now. He was a one-year wonder and he is quite old now. Ever since Maddox lost the job to Roethlisberger, people have brutally hated Maddox, but do they forget what he did for us? He was our starting QB for two years, and was a lot better in those two years then Kordell Stewart was for most of his quarterbacking career. Yes Maddox is bad, yes he is not playing well, but then again, look what he did for us. There are also other issues that have led to Maddox's bad play this year. When Maddox played the Ravens, he was given almost no time, and their was no way he or even Ben Roethlisberger could of gotten a good enough pass off. We saw that same bad offensive line against the Colts on Monday, so I think some Maddox-haters may need to back off a little bit. Roethlisberger was not able to get many passes off so how was Maddox going to? Yes, two different defenses, but to me there was no difference, it showed how weak the Steelers offensive line is this year (which hasn't been an issue before but it now suddenly has become one). Another issue that most Pittsburgh Steeler fans look past is the play calling. I find myself saying "Why did they do that" many times while watching the Pittsburgh Steelers play, it is extremely frustrating. Out of all the people I would ever blame for a game, Bill Cowher would be the last, but guess what? I blame the loss to the Colts on Bill Cowher. I blame the loss to the Ravens on Bill 4 Brett Favre Purple jersey
Cowher (in combination with the offensive line of course). Wow I never thought I would blame the godly Bill Cowher for somethingWe all can sit here and say "Maddox is a bum" but he is in the NFL. He is in no way a bum. He may be out of football next year, but either way, in my mind Maddox was a temporary hero to the Steelers, and I will never hate him. Pittsburgh Steelers fans are frustrated right now, we are losing games that we shouldn't, but don't put all the blame on people like Tommy Maddox.
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