Now that a lot of readers have weighed in on the latest Hines Wards comments that he made back to Ben Roethlisberger about the team needing a wide out – here are my thoughts.  If I was to have a direct line to Hines, I would tell him one thing – get some thicker skin.  Ben asking for a wide out with some height means nothing against Ward, nor should it have been taken that way.  All Ben was doing was expressing an opinion about what type of player the team should look for in free agency or the draft.

Ben also said a few years back that the team should have kept wide out Plaxico Burress, yet they didn’t.  And instead of filling Plax’s role with another tall wide out, they went out and got undersized Cedric Wilson, who for the most part has been a bust in his three seasons with the team.  As far as Hines goes, you are and will still be a main cog in the Steelers offense. 

I don’t see the backup offensive linemen that would be playing guard being upset with Ben saying the team needs to keep free-agent to be Alan Faneca.  Why?  Becuase they know better that keeping Faneca would make the team better.  Same theory goes with getting a taller target for Roethlisberger.  No doubt this team needs to stop worrying about their hurt feelings and needs to start playing a little bit tougher.  And that focus falls on Mike Tomlin.