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Found February 14, 2012 on Steelers Depot: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Mike Wallace,  Steve Hutchinson
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Steelers,  Minnesota Vikings

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The threat of the Pittsburgh Steelers losing restricted free agent Mike Wallace to another team because of a poison pill included in an offer sheet seems to be no more as Mike Florio reports today that he has been informed that the ability of one team to sign another player to an offer sheet that includes language that would qualify as a poison pill to the team that possible could lose the free agent is no more. The most famous example of this of course was several years ago with Vikings guard Steve Hutchinson as Florio points out in the post. With the poison pill no longer a threat, the Steelers Read more [...]
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