Mike Wallace nonetheless unsigned, not at Steelers instruction camp

Restricted free of worth agent Mike Wallace's training-camp holdout grew to be standard when he do not arrive by three p.m. to proceed into his dorm space and consider element in instructor Mike Tomlin's conditioning test. Wallace, a starter all through the professional Bowl last season, was supplied a one-year, $2.7 million sensitive by Pittsburgh. He has not signed it and do not consider element in any concerning the Steelers' offseason routines or minicamp. Neither Wallace nor his agent, Bus Cook, experienced publicly stated whether or not he intended to report for that start of camp. "Obviously, we possess a necessity for him for getting here," Tomlin said. "We want him for getting element with this thing, the two short-term and long-term. We've been in negotiations with him. He's not right here today. That's unfortunate for him." Wallace could possibly be the most effective brand to sustain out concerning the Steelers supplied that Hines Ward, who was unhappy with his contract in 2005. "He's the direct dog," veteran receiver Jerricho Cotchery said. "So, when he arrives in, I'm relatively particular there'll be lots of your time build apart for him to acquire as very much as speed. We're not worried about that. whenever Mike gets here, he'll be ready to roll." Steelers cornerback Keenan Lewis was an enormous college teammate of Wallace's, as well as the two worked out "every day" over the summer time jointly with other avid gamers all through the brand new Orleans area. Lewis proclaimed Wallace "in one of the most effective type he's actually been in," and predicted he would at some phase arrive at camp. "I'm relatively particular he'll be here," Lewis said. "He's a football player, he loves actively playing the game. I'm relatively particular he doesn't need to sit out." "I want the participant here," Tomlin said. "One subject come upon has taught me is that is bigger than all of us. It's bigger than Mike, it's bigger than me. So I show that when I say it's unfortunate for him that he's not here."