Call the doctor, 'cause the Steelers have got a tender Colon!

/rimshot sound effect

Oh wait, that's the Steelers have tendered Colon.

My mistake.

That little disgraceful stab at the obvious joke aside, the Steelers have in fact offered RT Willie Colon the 2nd highest tender at their disposal, which comes with a $2.5 million, one-year contract.

Meaning that if another team wanted to sign him after free agency begins tonight at midnight, they'd have to put up a 2010 1st round draft pick in order to do so, and even if they do, the Steelers can match any offer another team makes and keep Colon all to themselves.

I've heard from a number of sources (including his agent) that Colon is one of the more underrated offensive linemen in the league (despite the negative popular sentiment). And obviously the Steelers agree, or they wouldn't have made him a 1st round tender.

Now, I'm not sure if anyone has taken into account his penchant for false start penalties, but the implication is that despite what we may think, he just might be an awfully attractive guy to some other teams around the league. Enough so that his agent seems to think another team might be willing to try and snatch him away from the Steelers - or perhaps that's more like wishful thinking.

I don't really care about any of that, though, so I'm just going to keep this train moving, baby...

Either way, Colon isn't the only restricted free agent the Steelers tendered over the past two days.

Along with Colon, the team offered Dan Sepulveda, Willie Gay and Matt Spaeth the lowest allowable tenders, meaning that if another team tries to sign them, the Steelers have a right to match that team's offer, and if they don't, Spaeth would get them a 2010 3rd round pick, Sepulveda would get them a 2010 4th round pick, and Gay would get them a 2010 7th round pick.

Personally, if any other team wanted to sign Willie Gay, I would make it required that they watch this as well...


But that's just me.

Anyways...

Finally, because they're still not sure why Carey Davis or Darnell Stapleton are on the team, those two have not been tendered.

And thus ends today's coverage of yesterday's news.

This blog used to not suck so much...wtf happened, man?

**SIGH**

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