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Where is Limas Sweed?
Steelers Q&A with Ed Bouchette
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
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Q: Why have we not seen more of Limas Sweed in the passing game? I thought all the hype in the off season was to get a tall receiver and we haven't even seen him yet.

John David, Hanover

BOUCHETTE: Players advance at different paces, some faster than others. Sweed is not in that group. He has not developed as quickly as they had hoped - they thought he could compete as the No. 3 receiver when they drafted him. They don't have confidence right now that he can operate in this offense, so the learning curve will be a little longer for him. It should be worrisome to them that a No. 2 draft pick cannot even dress for games. He pulled on a uniform for the game in Jacksonville but he and backup quarterback Byron Leftwich were the only active players not to get into the game.

First published on October 8, 2008 at 1:33 pm