Here's an article. I assume you've already read the details so I'll skip all that and just get to my thoughts.
Let me just get this out of the way: Heath Miller is my favorite player. He blocks better than most of the lineman in Pittsburgh and drops about as many passes as Hines Ward. Great hands, always falls forward, punishes defenders, and when Ben throws a pick you can usually count on Heath to make the tackle. What a complete football player. He'd probably play middle linebacker if the coaches asked him to and he'd probably be good at it.
This is the NFL where a "great" TE is actually a WR that lines up next to the O-line. Antonio Gates. Dallas Clark. Jason Witten. Tony Gonzalez. These guys are known as pass catchers. Maybe not so much with Tony Gonzalez, but certainly Gates and Clark. And Jason Witten might me my favorite Cowboy, putting him somewhere above herpes and below dentist appointments in terms of things I like.
But this is Heath's big payday. I believe him to be the best all around TE in the league, and ironically I wish more plays were drawn up for him to catch passes. But he takes as much satisfaction in burying a linebacker as he does converting a 3rd-and-6, or so it would seem by the amount of celebtrating you get from him. Not a big talker. Definitely a team player. Probably smart enough to make this signing bonus last the rest of his life if he retired tomorrow. Now, for Miller, it's all about playing football. He's to the point in his life most NFL players dream of when they're little kids. Couldn't be happier for him.
I'm glad the Steelers see the same thing in Heath that I do and I'm excited for him to be a part of the future here in the 'Burgh.
Training Camp is just about underway. Time to get this party rollin'.
Let me just get this out of the way: Heath Miller is my favorite player. He blocks better than most of the lineman in Pittsburgh and drops about as many passes as Hines Ward. Great hands, always falls forward, punishes defenders, and when Ben throws a pick you can usually count on Heath to make the tackle. What a complete football player. He'd probably play middle linebacker if the coaches asked him to and he'd probably be good at it.
This is the NFL where a "great" TE is actually a WR that lines up next to the O-line. Antonio Gates. Dallas Clark. Jason Witten. Tony Gonzalez. These guys are known as pass catchers. Maybe not so much with Tony Gonzalez, but certainly Gates and Clark. And Jason Witten might me my favorite Cowboy, putting him somewhere above herpes and below dentist appointments in terms of things I like.
But this is Heath's big payday. I believe him to be the best all around TE in the league, and ironically I wish more plays were drawn up for him to catch passes. But he takes as much satisfaction in burying a linebacker as he does converting a 3rd-and-6, or so it would seem by the amount of celebtrating you get from him. Not a big talker. Definitely a team player. Probably smart enough to make this signing bonus last the rest of his life if he retired tomorrow. Now, for Miller, it's all about playing football. He's to the point in his life most NFL players dream of when they're little kids. Couldn't be happier for him.
I'm glad the Steelers see the same thing in Heath that I do and I'm excited for him to be a part of the future here in the 'Burgh.
Training Camp is just about underway. Time to get this party rollin'.
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