Football Outsiders rated him the 5th most valuable/productive WR in the NFL this year, #1 in 2010.

Or it could be that Pittsburgh's entire offense went in the tank down the stretch, especially given the injuries to their OL and to Ben.

I have to think most WRs have worse numbers if their QB can't throw the ball right because of a leg injury.

Where are the Pittsburgh fans to weigh in on this.

Complete speculation here, but perhaps Brown was/is the better option for someone like Roethlisberger when he's hurt because he's a short/intermediate wiggle guy that makes his money on quick hits and YAC. Wallace's moneymaker is obviously his speed and those routes take much more time to develop and the throws require much more push off.

Also, I doubt that NFL defenses took 1.5 years to figure Wallace out. Everyone knew going into LAST year that he was a real danger. And let's hope that isn't the issue or else we can expect to see Torrey take a dip in production pretty soon.

wallace is a stud. we should get him. because torrey also can go deep doesnt mean we shouldnt get him. we need more wrs who can seperate. wallace excels at that. he's still getting better too.

Man.... yall not hearing me. FUCK MIKE WALLACE! We dont need him. I feel you we can make a play and drive up the price, I dont know all the parameters of that, but we better not end up with him. Not for a 1st rounder! Damn that. Ozzie drafts HOFers. is Mike Wallace a hall of famer? No, then I will take our chances in the draft. Besides we beat the steelers last year with him playing, so who cares if they keep him.

And as previously stated, Cam Cameron has demonstrated that he doesnt need more than 1 WR to run his shitty offense. See weeks 15 and 16, where Torrey was the only wideout to catch a pass. Im done here, I cant wait till the steelers resign this asswipe at some ridiculous pricetag.

I wouldn't mind signing Reggie Wayne for a year or two.

I'm also in favor of Vincent Jackson but he is injury prone, already 29 and in big trouble if he fails another drug test. At least we wouldn't have to give up a draft pick to get him though. I think Reggie Wayne would be a mistake for the amount of money it would take to sign him. He seems like a possession receiver at this point in his career.

Yea, no one is giving Wayne big money

It's more "chicken" than "cat and mouse" but I would have no problem with Oz faking an interest in MW and driving the price up for the Eels to keep him.
In fact that would be awesome.

I was assuming Evans wouldn't be brought back, but if he is at a cheap dollar amount that's fine too.

The problem is that you need at least one more vet WR over Williams/Doss in case Boldin or Smith miss any kind of significant time. The Ravens have been incredibly lucky with Boldin IMO, based on his history you have to think one of these years he's going to miss significant time (4 or more games). If they end up in a situation where Tandon Doss or Laquan Williams have to start at WR for 1/4 of the season due to injury, it's a failure from a roster standpoint.

I think Wayne at his age and circumstance, plus what I'm assuming would be his price tag (pretty cheap) would be a good fit as that 3rd WR/insurance policy.

I have a lot of faith in their ability to find bargain/quality veteran FAs to fill out the depth at most positions. It seems like just about every year they grab a guy like Jim Leonard, Cory Redding, Bernard Pollard, etc., and that guy ends up far outperforming expectations/salary. That's what I would assume they'll need to do at several spots this year, notably OL/DL/WR, for depth.

Not at all. They took on Bryant McKinnie and Andre Gurode just this past year, but 30+year old former Pro Bowl guys cut loose by their previous teams. Same with Willie Anderson at OT a few years back, another former Pro Bowl guy. Matt Birk too.

All older vets signed to reasonable short term deals that (except for Gurode) performed very well.