In his two-year NFL career Limas Sweed has seven catches for 69 yards. He already has three big drops.After Sweed dropped a wide-open touchdown that would have proven to be a game-clincher against the Bengals, he now has one catch for five yards this year and one drop that would have been much more important. That drop reminded everyone he also had a key drop in the AFC Championship game against the Ravens. He also dropped a bomb he should have caught against the Browns in the finale of the 2008 regular season.
That's the frustrating part of all of this. Sweed has shown that he can get open against almost anyone -- he just can't catch the easy ones. Pittsburgh had the same problem with Nate Washington early in his career, but they stuck with him until he turned into a relatively reliable No. 3 receiver. In Sweed's case the emergence of Wallace means that even if the Steelers try to work with Sweed, he will have significantly less chances than Washington had.
Sweed's already had a second and a third chance. I may be one of the few Steelers fans left who hopes that eventually he'll get another shot. At this point he has to know that the Steelers fans will not be kind if he drops one at home. His talent is too much to give up on two games into his second year, but at this point the hope is just that he develops into a No. 3 receiver, as Wallace is clearly a better option as a future starter.




