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The Steelers started the Hall of Honor in 2017. It's meant to recognize former players, coaches, and other personnel who have played a prominent role in the Steelers' success from 1933 until the present.
To be considered, a player must be retired at least three years and played a minimum of three seasons for the Steelers. Former coaches and contributors had to make significant contributions to the team and community.
Full story on steelers.com
A bit late to be posting stuff for Jerome Bettis's birthday, but I had to find a video that had James Farrior going, "HERE COMES THE BUS, HONK HONK." (It's there, toward the end.)
Why Releasing Farrior, Ward Will Help Pittsburgh In The Long-run
Why the Steelers released offensive captain, Hines Ward and defensive captain, James Farrior was a snap decision is very simple. Both, Ward and Farrior are on the bad side of 30 and you can clearly see their production diminish as for both, they just can't play at as high as a level as before.
If the Steelers would of kept Ward, he'd be getting $4M for sitting on the bench and at a point in time, they were well over $20M over the salary cap so changes had to be made and very well, they did by making the tough decisions and releasing long-time veteran, all-pro players like Hines Ward, Aaron Smith, James Farrior, Bryant McFadden & Chris Kemoeatu which were getting paid way to much for their production where it wasn't even worth it for these players to be getting paid the veteran minimum.( $925,000)
Now, why Farrior was released was for the same reasons. Even though he was never really talked about in the sense that he may be cut is beyond me. But, he should of been gone 2 years ago as we've had players like Keyaron Fox and Stevenson Sylvester that were being put in for replacing Farrior. But, the releasing of James isn't as brutal as you may think so right now, at the moment the Steelers are actually in a better position than they were last week. Here's how- There is no longer the pressure of keeping, overpaid and under-productive veterans and that we have younger players than SHOULD of overthrew the current starters and finally, that now the salaries of the players is well under the cap.
It only feels personal with Steelers
Sunday, March 04, 2012
By Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It's just business. It isn't personal. It's business.
Keep telling yourself that.
It will help you deal with the Steelers terminating team legends Hines Ward, Aaron Smith and James Farrior last week.
There probably isn't an uglier phrase in sports than, "The team has terminated the contract of ... " One day, a player is a valuable member of an organization, maybe even among its all-time greats. The next day, he is gone. Terminated. It's an awful word.
Legend has a much nicer ring to it even if the word never should be used lightly. With Ward, Smith and Farrior, it applies. They might not join the 18 Steelers players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame -- Ward is the only one with a realistic chance -- but they will be remembered forever as football legends in this town.
It's just business ...
From a football standpoint, it's hard to argue with the release of Ward, Smith and Farrior. Ward was barely an afterthought in the Steelers' offense during the second half of last season. Smith had major injuries in each of the past three seasons and four of the past five. Farrior shared inside linebacker duties last season with inseparable pal Larry Foote, who must be having a brutal time sorting through his mixed feelings about the team deciding to keep him instead of Farrior.
Termination day comes for even the greatest of the great legends.
It's the harsh reality of sports....
The Steelers needed the salary-cap space, presumably to sign, among others, wide receiver Mike Wallace. They need to get younger and had to clear roster spots to do it. The moves to release Ward, Smith and Farrior -- tough as they were -- had to be made....
The change was inevitable....
It's not personal ...
It's business ...
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12064/1214161-87.stm#ixzz1oAJktKhj
Steelers' Clean House, Release Long-Time Veterans Ward, Smith, Farrior & Kemoeatu
The Pittsburgh Steelers have been quite busy in the last 72 hours as they have released various veteran players. The most surprising transaction was the release of 14 year veteran, Super Bowl MVP, Hines Ward and the ones that were quite obvious were Offensive Lineman, Chris Kemoeatu and defensive players, James Farrior and Aaron Smith. The Steelers' started the season at a projected $25,000,000 over the salary cap and now, they are clearly under it to sign superstar, 4th year Wide Receiver Mike Wallace who's a unrestricted free agent this off-season as that is high on their list of priories.
So, it is very clear that coming into the 2012 season will have many new faces and personally I remember these guys from the very beginning. When I was growing up the defense looked a little like this- Keisel, Hampton, Smith (Defensive Line) Porter, Haggans, Foote & Farrior (Linebackers) Polamalu, Taylor, McFadden & Clark (Defensive Backs). As you see, the majority of those players are still currently on the team, have been recently cut or most likely be cut so, this has been a very interesting off-season to say the least. All we can do is see what Mike and the boys will put together for the 2012-13 Pittsburgh Steelers campaign.
The Steelers have released defensive captain James Farrior.
During his time with the Steelers from 2002 to 2012 the 2 time Pro-Bowler racked up 1078 tackles and and 30 sacks.
