PLAYERS:
Keenan Lewis,
Bryant McFadden,
William Gay,
Dwayne Bowe,
Tyler Palko,
Ike Taylor,
James Harrison,
LaMarr Woodley,
Rob Ryan
TEAMS: New Orleans Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs
TEAMS: New Orleans Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs
It's kind of a random stroke of luck that the Saints landed a former Pittsburgh Steeler player for me because I actually have a good rapport with two very good and smart Steelers bloggers, believe it or not. So naturally I reached out to my two expert sources on Steelers football to get the skinny on the Saints' brand new cornerback. I think you'll really enjoy this feedback as it's detailed and really helps shed light on pretty much any and all questions we might have about the player. Many thanks to Ian of Steelers n'at and Brian Schaich of Blitzburgh Blog, the latter who is right here on the Bloguin Network. These guys are always very active and worthwhile follows on twitter, too, so make sure you follow them: Steelers n'at on twitter and Blitzburgh Blog on twitter.
So here's what Ian of Steelers n'at had to say:
Many around Pittsburgh seemed to think that re-signing Keenan Lewis should be the team's top priority this season in Fr...
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