Anonymous League Source: "MB Reinstatement Imminent"

[bradshaw2ben]

http://www.timesonline.com/sports/steelers/martavis-bryant-s-reinstatement-to-steelers-imminent-per-league-source/article_7648441c-14b1-11e7-8fad-ff9708d16979.html
Also, 25-year old Bryant just welcomed his 3rd child to the family. He's going to have to hire Artie Burns to take care of them. (Just kidding-- supposedly he's a devoted father.)

[Orangesteel]

Massively important piece to getting another ring. Sure up the defense and we can do it.

[rooneytunes]

Welcome back Marty McFly

[tbsteel]

[Legacy User]

Awwwwwwww yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaah.

[DP39]

I found this interesting...I had heard he added some muscle weight, but not 25 lbs! He was already about 215 and that would put him at 240...I don't see it.


The Beaver County Times' Chris Bradford reports Steelers suspended WR Martavis Bryant's reinstatement is "imminent."

Bryant applied for reinstatement back on January 28, and by rule, the league has 60 days to make a decision. That would put the deadline at this week. The Steelers have kept quiet on Bryant's possible return, but all accounts have suggested Bryant has stayed on the straight-and-narrow while away from the team. In his time away, Bryant has reportedly added 25 pounds of muscle to his 6'4 frame and is in "excellent condition" as he works as a volunteer high school coach.

Source: Beaver County Times Mar 29 - 3:57 PM

[Steelafan77]

Real Happy about this. I bet Martavis will be as well. Hopefully, before the draft?

[smithessmokin]

I found this interesting...I had heard he added some muscle weight, but not 25 lbs! He was already about 215 and that would put him at 240...I don't see it.


The Beaver County Times' Chris Bradford reports Steelers suspended WR Martavis Bryant's reinstatement is "imminent."

Bryant applied for reinstatement back on January 28, and by rule, the league has 60 days to make a decision. That would put the deadline at this week. The Steelers have kept quiet on Bryant's possible return, but all accounts have suggested Bryant has stayed on the straight-and-narrow while away from the team. In his time away, Bryant has reportedly added 25 pounds of muscle to his 6'4 frame and is in "excellent condition" as he works as a volunteer high school coach.

Source: Beaver County Times Mar 29 - 3:57 PM

Just because you add 25 pounds of muscle doesn't mean that he gained 25 pounds overall. He probably cut about 10-15 pounds of bad weight and turned it into muscle plus another 10-15 pounds of pure muscle. My guess is that he weighs somewhere in around 225 pounds.

[fractalsteel]

As long as he puts weed away at the appropriate times and doesn't physically morph into David Boston 2 things should be dandy. Lot to hope for.

[steelmann58]

Nothing official let's hope he can stay clean and make it they this season

[JackLambert58]

I really hope he's a new man. Then the worst obstacle this offense has is not the Patriots defense, it's Todd friggin' Haley.

[Kodiak]

Just because you add 25 pounds of muscle doesn't mean that he gained 25 pounds overall. He probably cut about 10-15 pounds of bad weight

I don't see where he had much fat, at all, before.

My bet would be he's added 15 lbs of muscle and 10 lbs of fat, which he'll lose conditioning and play around 230.

[Steelafan77]

I love it. Additional muscle means more strength, means overpowering a DB or two for a pass in traffic. It's been his hands that's concerned me since his arrival. Not so much his muscle mass. Hopefully he has a jugs machine (http://jugssports.com/football/ only around $2,000) and has worked with it in addition to someone throwing him passes while running routes. Bit exciting.

[bradshaw2ben]

I love it. Additional muscle means more strength, means overpowering a DB or two for a pass in traffic. It's been his hands that's concerned me since his arrival. Not so much his muscle mass. Hopefully he has a jugs machine (http://jugssports.com/football/ only around $2,000) and has worked with it in addition to someone throwing him passes while running routes. Bit exciting.

You mean like this?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRbnW1XFtdR/?taken-by=martavisbryant10&hl=en

[BethlehemSteel]

Ha Ha, juggssports....... ( o )( o ) in 3,2,1......

[fractalsteel]

Alien is on AMC right now. MB just burst through John Hurt's chest.

[DP39]

I found this interesting...I had heard he added some muscle weight, but not 25 lbs! He was already about 215 and that would put him at 240...I don't see it.


The Beaver County Times' Chris Bradford reports Steelers suspended WR Martavis Bryant's reinstatement is "imminent."

Bryant applied for reinstatement back on January 28, and by rule, the league has 60 days to make a decision. That would put the deadline at this week. The Steelers have kept quiet on Bryant's possible return, but all accounts have suggested Bryant has stayed on the straight-and-narrow while away from the team. In his time away, Bryant has reportedly added 25 pounds of muscle to his 6'4 frame and is in "excellent condition" as he works as a volunteer high school coach.

Source: Beaver County Times Mar 29 - 3:57 PM

Just because you add 25 pounds of muscle doesn't mean that he gained 25 pounds overall. He probably cut about 10-15 pounds of bad weight and turned it into muscle plus another 10-15 pounds of pure muscle. My guess is that he weighs somewhere in around 225 pounds.

While the concept you describe is not lost on me and I certainly understand that can be the case with someone that has extra body fat to spare, but have you not seen pictures of MB when he was 215? Dude had such little body fat on him already (couldn't have been more than 8%). I have seen many previous pictures of him and that's why I made my original comment. If your explanation is correct, he must be somewhere under 4% body fat at, your stated, 225. Nearly impossible. My guess is his agent is embellishing a bit....wait...agent embellishment....that doesn't sound right! Wait, didn't you say that's what your studying to be...a sports agent?

Either way, I'm glad it sounds/appears as though he's in better shape. I just hope he doesn't put on too much muscle, which could slow him a bit.

[smithessmokin]

I found this interesting...I had heard he added some muscle weight, but not 25 lbs! He was already about 215 and that would put him at 240...I don't see it.


The Beaver County Times' Chris Bradford reports Steelers suspended WR Martavis Bryant's reinstatement is "imminent."

Bryant applied for reinstatement back on January 28, and by rule, the league has 60 days to make a decision. That would put the deadline at this week. The Steelers have kept quiet on Bryant's possible return, but all accounts have suggested Bryant has stayed on the straight-and-narrow while away from the team. In his time away, Bryant has reportedly added 25 pounds of muscle to his 6'4 frame and is in "excellent condition" as he works as a volunteer high school coach.

Source: Beaver County Times Mar 29 - 3:57 PM

Just because you add 25 pounds of muscle doesn't mean that he gained 25 pounds overall. He probably cut about 10-15 pounds of bad weight and turned it into muscle plus another 10-15 pounds of pure muscle. My guess is that he weighs somewhere in around 225 pounds.

While the concept you describe is not lost on me and I certainly understand that can be the case with someone that has extra body fat to spare, but have you not seen pictures of MB when he was 215? Dude had such little body fat on him already (couldn't have been more than 8%). I have seen many previous pictures of him and that's why I made my original comment. If your explanation is correct, he must be somewhere under 4% body fat at, your stated, 225. Nearly impossible. My guess is his agent is embellishing a bit....wait...agent embellishment....that doesn't sound right! Wait, didn't you say that's what your studying to be...a sports agent?

Either way, I'm glad it sounds/appears as though he's in better shape. I just hope he doesn't put on too much muscle, which could slow him a bit.

My point is that he said that he didn't work out or take care of his body in his first two years in the league. He probably put on some bad weight initially when he was suspended (lot's of people do when they're laid off) and that's what he worked back into muscle. I'm not saying that the agent isn't embellishing a little, hell I would if I was his agent to continue create the mantra that my client has worked his ass off and to stay clean.

I could be totally off on that argument, that's just what popped into my head when I heard that 25 pound figure. I work for Indiana University Football and I continue to be amazed how our strength and conditioning staff and nutrition team bulk these guys up so quickly. I remember when Jason Spriggs got here as a freshmen weighing 250 pounds and by the time the season got started he was at 275lbs. When he left here he a rock solid 305 pounds.

[Old School Steeler]

MB is coming back with scored earth mentality. Could add some longevity to some careers including unfortunately Haley.

[Louis Lipps Service]

MB is coming back with scored earth mentality. Could add some longevity to some careers including unfortunately Haley.

I'm no fan of Haley's, but my biggest gripe with him last year was red zone scoring. If Bryant helps fix that problem, and Haley's career is extended here because his offense is putting up TDs...I'm OK with that.

[Legacy User]

Imagine what a healthy Ladarius and a clean and ready to roll Martavis do for this offense.

Now use Drama's latest mock, and factor in Evan Engram and Curtis Samuel. Holy shit.....

[Pabst]

Imagine what a healthy Ladarius and a clean and ready to roll Martavis do for this offense.

Now use Drama's latest mock, and factor in Evan Engram and Curtis Samuel. Holy shit.....

Yeah, about that....

[955876]

Haley has a boss. One who presumably signs off on the weekly game plan as well as hear the plays as they are called.

I have no problem bashing Haley or criticism of him. I just feel it's misguided as he has a higher power to answer to with that person is ultimately more responsible for the results on the field.

If you dislike Haley that's fine. But you should then dislike Tomlin even more because e is the one who allows it while at the same time possesing the power to correct it.

[bradshaw2ben]

Aside from firing him-- which in Pittsburgh the owner does, not the HC-- Tomlin doesn't have time to draw up plays and create an entire offensive system that makes everyone better. That is soecifically th OC's job. There could conceivably be a lot of tension between what aTomlin wants as a top level concept and all the ways Haley wants to try and achieve that. Tomlin is not calling plays except for maybe a veto on a 4th and 1 or during timeout in last few minutes. Even then, he is asking Todd what do you want to run here? And probably only vetoing that choice if it's completely different from hat he wants to do strategically. There's an organization, and the Manager of manager is just plain not firing everybody Willy nilly nor micromanaging all his employees.

I think the personnel roster choices he has more say in than playcalling, for instance, the gen you think about how organizations work.

[955876]

I think that's more opinion than actual fact B2B. Do you have evidence to show Tomlin isn't on board with Haley's plan?

And if he isn't and simply a "victim of circumstance" what does that say about him as a HC?

Cowher never fired a coordinator? Somehow it's been established that the HC of the team has no say over the coaching staff and and is just along for the ride?

You've created scenarios where Tomlin is responsible for nothing and a victim of the decisions made by everyone else.

Was the defensive gameplan in the AFCCG all on Butler too? Tomlin stood there watching that game thinking if only Deuce would hire a better DC??

I find all that very hard to believe.

[Legacy User]

Aside from firing him-- which in Pittsburgh the owner does, not the HC-- Tomlin doesn't have time to draw up plays and create an entire offensive system that makes everyone better. That is soecifically th OC's job. There could conceivably be a lot of tension between what aTomlin wants as a top level concept and all the ways Haley wants to try and achieve that. Tomlin is not calling plays except for maybe a veto on a 4th and 1 or during timeout in last few minutes. Even then, he is asking Todd what do you want to run here? And probably only vetoing that choice if it's completely different from hat he wants to do strategically. There's an organization, and the Manager of manager is just plain not firing everybody Willy nilly nor micromanaging all his employees.

I think the personnel roster choices he has more say in than playcalling, for instance, the gen you think about how organizations work.

Pretty much my exact thoughts as well

[Steelafan77]

Looks like there's some misinformation being generated from the rumor mill these days regarding Bryant. Go figure...

The league refuted a Times report on Wednesday that cited a source stating that Bryant’s return from suspension was "imminent." http://www.timesonline.com/sports/steel ... c4564.html

Either way I'm rooting for Martavis to return accomplishing all the necessary milestones as he pursues an All Pro Career in Pittsburgh.

[955876]

Poor Miley T. Maybe someday the owner will provide him with decent coordinators.

I wonder how he even makes it through a game without biting his tongue off.

[Legacy User]

Poor Miley T. Maybe someday the owner will provide him with decent coordinators.

I wonder how he even makes it through a game without biting his tongue off.

Let me underline a couple of facts for you

1. LeBeau and his staff were part and parcel when Tomlin was hired
2. In accordance with the above Butler was heir to the DC spot prior to Tomlin
3. Arians was the WR coach and promoted to OC upon Tomlins hire as HC
4. Prior to Tomliin as HC Arians was the WR coach and promoted to OC
5. Tomlin stated publicly his intention to retain Arians post 2010.
6. Rooney Colbert stated Arians retired
7. Arians quickly persued a successful coaching career shortly after
8. Todd Haley who couldnt get work in the nfl even as a position coach, was hired by the Steelers who worked with his Dad before Tomlin was even born

Given all of that......why is it so hard to believe the GM and the owner exert more coaching staff influence than the HC ?

Additionally....do you really think its unquestionably the best approach for the owner and gm to wield such influence over such a long period of time ?

Do you truly not see how Tomlin can be seen as a guy who has not been given full control over his path ?

[Kodiak]

I wonder how he even makes it through a game without biting his tongue off.

Probably occupies his mind with different ways of counting his money.

Like "hey, I just made about $3000 during that play".