Q is in the Hizzouse!

The Steelers announced today that they resigned WR Quincy Morgan. This is the signing I've been waiting for. Terms of the deal were not announced, but I truly believe Q will be your opening day starter on one side and it will be at a bargain price for the Steelers. He will probably also return kickoffs and showed flashes of success in that role last year. After the deals David Givens and Randle El signed, unless the Steelers gave Q $3 million a year, if he approaches his 2002 numbers of 56 for 964 and 7 TDs - he could be the steal of the 2006 FA signings. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess the Steelers gave him something close to $4 million for 3 years. I am now more than comfortable going into the season with Ward, Wilson, Morgan, Washington, Mays and Morey as the receivers. Morey probably won't playa down as a WR but I love his tenacity on special teams. I would think this would end the speculation about taking a receiver early in the draft. Ben now has 2 big targets running around out there in Heath Miller and Quincy Morgan. Cedrick Wilson will also have plenty of room to roam in the slot with Quincy going deep and Miller running down the seam. I'm excited about the passing game.

I Think Quincy Can Start

I think the Steelers had a plan when they cut Fred Gibson late in camp last year and signed Quincy Morgan. If not, maybe they should have. They signed Morgan to a cheap 1-year contract. They sat Morgan on the bench behind Hines Ward, Randle El and newly aquired Cedric Wilson and allowed him to return kickoffs and play in the 4 receiver sets. I don't know about you, but to me it looks like a beautiful blueprint for when Randle El decides to split town. Cedric Wilson, who is similar in stature to Randle El, will become the new slot receiver and Quincy Morgan, a bruising 6'1" 215 pounder will take over as the new #2 receiver, all for slightly more than league minimum. Why? Last season he had 9 catches for 150 yards. That's a single game for some receivers. He will not get much attention with those numbers. But, he also didn't get an opportunity to catch many balls. It was just 2002 when Q tore up the league with 56 for 964 yards and 7 TDs. The qb situation kept changing and he had 38 for 516 the following year. He wound up in Dallas catching 31 for 404 but that was from 82-year-old Vinny Testeverde. The Browns were also going through qb turmoil when Quincy was there. Holcomb was good to him but Couch was not. I think the Steelers are thinking that with Big Ben at the helm, Q can return to the player he was in 2002 when he had 17 catches of over 20 yards. Thats outstanding and would compliment Ward very well. Maybe it was by design they signed him last year, knowing they would be able to resign him cheaply this year. At this point it really wouldn't surprise me at all if Q lined up as a starter in week 1 next year. The options would be hard to defense with Parker and Wilson playing the parts of the shifty runners, Ward catching everything thrown his way, Miller going over the middle and Quincy going deep.