Source: Erie Times-News, Pa.迷你倉Jan. 01--If you thought the Pittsburgh Steelers experienced significant roster turnover last offseason, wait until this one.A long list of unrestricted free agents and a handful of players with enormous cap figures for 2014 leave the Steelers with plenty of difficult decisions to make over the next few months.And that doesn't even include the possibility of changes on the coaching staff, where offensive coordinator Todd Haley was under fire before a strong second half smoothed over some of those concerns and where defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau will turn 77 in September.Coach Mike Tomlin wasn't ready to address any of those questions in his final weekly news conference Monday, instead focusing on a few players he felt stood out this year and, not surprisingly, officiating."Any personnel issues, any staffing issues, is inappropriate," Tomlin said a day after the Steelers finished the season 8-8 and missed the playoffs when the Chargers beat the Chiefs in overtime. "I haven't met with the team and I haven't met with the staff. I will at some point. Obviously I acknowledge that change is a part of football in staff and in players. But other than that, I'm not getting into that today."Potential unrestricted free agents include wide receivers Emmanuel Sanders and Jerricho Cotchery, defensive linemen Ziggy Hood and Brett Keisel, safety Ryan Clark, linebacker Jason Worilds and running back Felix Jones.Clark said Sunday he wants to return for a ninth season but indicated he's willing to go only so far in accepting a pay cut."I'm not a minimum (salary) player," said Clark, who just completed the final year of a four-year, $14 million contract. "If I was putting out minimum effort, I'd expect minimum pay. But until I do, I think I'm worth more."The Steelers also have about $75.2 million in 2014 salary cap space tied up in six players -- Ben Roethlisberger ($18.9 million), LaMarr Woodley ($13.6 million), Lawrence Timmons ($11.8 million), Troy Polamalu ($10.9 million), Ike Taylor ($10.5 million) and Heath Miller ($9.5 million).Asked Sunday if he was excited about the Steelers' chances self storageext season, Timmons smiled and said, "I just hope I'm around next season."Assuming Haley, under contract for 2014, returns for a third season and LeBeau, who recently said he hoped to coach next year, is back, turnover on Tomlin's staff could be limited.Tomlin said Monday "there is no plan in place, specifically" for linebackers coach Keith Butler to succeed LeBeau, but would go no further in discussing possible personnel moves."Necessary business has to take place," Tomlin said.Instead, he singled out a few players, including Roethlisberger, offensive lineman Kelvin Beachum and wide receiver Antonio Brown, for noteworthy seasons.Roethlisberger posted the second-highest totals of his career in passing yards and touchdowns. Brown caught 110 passes -- two shy of Hines Ward's single-season franchise record -- for 1,499 yards. Beachum was a valuable, versatile blocker, playing as a blocking tight end in six-man line packages and as a natural tackle.Tomlin said through his involvement with the league's competition committee he looks forward to "rolling up my sleeves" to help find a solution to some of the inconsistent officiating that plagued games nearly every weekend.The NFL this week admitted the Chargers should have been penalized for an illegal formation on a missed 41-yard field goal by the Chiefs' Ryan Succop that would have won the game and sent the Steelers to the playoffs. Succop would have had another try from 36 yards had officials caught the infraction."I've received calls, texts, e-mails," Tomlin said. "I appreciate that. But it doesn't change what transpired."Tomlin acknowledged that improving officiating is a complicated, hot-button issue without a simple solution."Obviously there is a lot of work that needs to be done from an officiating standpoint," he said. "I think that's been played out and well documented over the last several weeks."JOHN DUDLEY can be reached at 870-1677 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNdudley.Copyright: ___ (c)2014 the Erie Times-News (Erie, Pa.) Visit the Erie Times-News (Erie, Pa.) at .GoErie.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷利倉
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