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14 Limas Sweed, WR
Height/Weight: 6-4/220
| Birthdate: 12/25/1984
| Birthplace: Navasota, TX, USA
| Team: Pittsburgh Steelers
| College: Texas
| NFL Experience: 2
| Owned/Started%: 1/0 | Average Draft Position: 152.00
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 Steelers list Week 7 inactives
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Updated 10/25/2009 |
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| News: The Steelers have listed the following players as inactive for Week 7 against the Vikings: QB Dennis Dixon (3rd), DE Ra'Shon Harris, CB Keenan Lewis, LB Andre Frazier, WR Limas Sweed and FB Carey Davis. | Analysis: None of the players on this list are expected to have much Fantasy appeal this season. Leave them on the waiver wire in all leagues. |
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Steelers list Week 6 inactives
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Updated 10/18/2009 |
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| News: The Steelers listed the following players as inactive for Week 6 against Cleveland: QB Dennis Dixon, WR Limas Sweed, DB Keenan Lewis, RB Carey Davis, LB Andre Frazier, DL Ra'Shon Harris. | Analysis: None of the players on this list are expected to have much Fantasy appeal this season. Leave them on the waiver wire in all leagues. |
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Steelers go without stats Week 5
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Updated 10/11/2009 |
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| News: Pittsburgh TE Matt Spaeth saw a start in Week 5 in a win over the Lions but did not make any catches. Also playing in the game but not making any statistics were: WR Limas Sweed, RB Carey Davis and TE David Johnson. Backup QB Charlie Batch did not play. | Analysis: These players hardly ever do enough statistically to matter in Fantasy. Leave them all on waivers for now; the Steelers play Cleveland Week 6. |
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Steelers list Sunday night inactives
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Updated 10/4/2009 |
| Limas Sweed, WR PIT | |
| News: Pittsburgh has announced that RB Willie Parker is inactive for Week 4 at home against the Chargers on Sunday night. The following other players are also inactive: WR Limas Sweed, DB Roy Lewis, TE David Johnson and 3rd QB Dennis Dixon. | Analysis: Sweed has been relegated to the bottom of the depth chart and Mike Tomlin is not happy about his pass-catching ability of late. He does not need to be owned in Fantasy play right now, though he could become viable later in the year. The rest of the names above, save Parker, do not need to be owned in Fantasy. |
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Sweed heading to the bench?
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Updated 9/29/2009 |
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| News: Steelers receiver Limas Sweed may have dropped his way onto the bench. Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday he may deactivate Sweed, the team's second-round pick last year, for Sunday night's game against the Chargers. "Absolutely," Tomlin said at his weekly news conference when asked if he was considering benching Sweed in favor of veteran Shaun McDonald. Sweed had one catch for 5 yards and dropped a pass in the end zone in the third quarter on Sunday as the defending Super Bowl champions fell to 1-2 with a 23-20 loss to the Bengals. Sweed, who missed the previous game with a foot injury, has a history of dropped passes in his young career - most famously a drop while wide open during last season's AFC Championship game. "Quite frankly, he's not catching the football when he's deep down the field," Tomlin said. "He's got some tape that shows that. He's got to shake that off. If and when he's given his next opportunity to make a similar play, he better make it." | Analysis: Tomlin said he was "concerned" about Sweed's inability to catch the ball when he's open. It is clear that rookie Mike Wallace, who is third on the team with 12 catches for 147 yards, has moved ahead of Sweed on the depth chart. Sweed is a safe drop in all leagues at this point. |
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Sweed looks like Steelers' No. 4 WR
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Updated 9/27/2009 |
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| News: Steelers WR Limas Sweed, who looked like the team's No. 3 WR coming into the season, had only one catch for five yards Week 3 at Cincinnati. Rookie Mike Wallace, his primary competition for the No. 3 job, had seven catches for 102 yards. | Analysis: Wallace seems to have displaced Sweed on the depth chart, leaving Sweeed with little Fantasy appeal. As the fourth receiver on a balance offense, he doesn't figure to get many grabs each week. Leave him on waivers for Week 4 against the Chargers. |
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Steelers list inactives for Week 2
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Updated 9/20/2009 |
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| News: The Steelers' list of inactives for Week 2 at Chicago includes LB Arnold Harrison, QB Dennis Dixon, DL Nick Eason, DB Keenan Lewis and WR Limas Sweed. | Analysis: None of these players does enough statistically to matter in Fantasy even when active. Leave them all on waivers. |
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Sweed won't play in Week 2
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Updated 9/18/2009 |
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| News: Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Limas Sweed won't play Sunday against the Chicago Bears because of a sprained foot. Sweed was hurt during practice Wednesday and hasn't practiced since. Rookie Mike Wallace is expected to be the Steelers' No. 3 receiver, with Shaun McDonald taking Sweed's spot on the active roster. | Analysis: Sweed dressed for Week 1's game against the Titans but did not end up with a stat in the game. Keep him on your bench or waiver wire for Week 2 at Chicago and don't activate him until further notice. |
 Sweed will miss Week 2 game
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Updated 9/18/2009 |
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| News: Steelers WR Limas Sweed won't play Sunday against the Bears because of a sprained foot. Sweed was hurt during practice Wednesday and hasn't practiced since. Rookie Mike Wallace is expected to be the Steelers' No. 3 receiver, with Shaun McDonald taking Sweed's spot on the active roster. | Analysis: Sweed played in the Steelers' first game against the Titans but did not record a stat. He would not be recommended for Week 2 whether he was injured or not, so just keep him out of all lineups Week 2. Wallace and McDonald should also remain inactive for Week 2. |
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Sweed not expected to play
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Updated 9/16/2009 |
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| News: WR Limas Sweed were listed on the Steelers' injury report as having limited participation in practice on Wednesday and Thursday. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Sweed has a mid-foot sprain and is not expected to play against the Bears this week. | Analysis: Sweed dressed for Week 1's game against the Titans but did not end up with a stat in the game. Keep him on your bench or waiver wire for Week 2 at Chicago. |
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Steelers OC: Sweed still No. 3 WR
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Updated 9/12/2009 |
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| News: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette warns not to read too much into the way Mike Wallace was used in Week 1 against Tennessee. Limas Sweed remains the team's No. 3 wide receiver. | Analysis: The Post-Gazette adds that while Wallace took nearly all of the snaps as the third receiver, it wasn't by design. Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians said he even told Sweed after the game that he didn't mean to keep him on the bench as much as he did. Arians wants to involve Sweed, last year's No. 2 draft choice, in the offense this season, especially after his productive preseason. And he insists Sweed and Wallace are interchangeable in that role, meaning either one could end up getting most of the snaps in a given game. For now, we consider both receivers as reserve options who may be useful during bye weeks as one-week replacements in larger leagues, but no more. Don't use either for Week 2 at Chicago. |
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Sweed nowhere in sight Week 1
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Updated 9/11/2009 |
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| News: Steelers WR Limas Sweed dressed for a Week 1 win against the Titans, but the second-year receiver recorded no catches or targets. | Analysis: Sweed really has a golden opportunity to be part of the Steelers' passing game in 2009 since Nate Washington left in the offseason for Tennessee. Pittsburgh needs a third receiver behind Santonio Holmes and Hines Ward. However, it seems the rookie Mike Wallace has currently passed Sweed on the depth chart. The former Texas standout is not looking like a very attractive Fantasy option heading into Week 2 against the Bears. |
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Sweed ready to step up for Steelers?
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Updated 9/8/2009 |
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| News: Steelers WR Limas Sweed will head into Thursday night's opener against the Titans as the likely No. 3 wide receiver, after spending 2008 as a rarely-used No. 4 option. | Analysis: Sweed is a nice low-end sleeper option in deeper Fantasy leagues heading into the 2009 season thanks to the departure of Nate Washington to Tennessee. Stash him away and just hope he sees enough targets from Ben Roethlisberger to be worth using during bye weeks. |
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Sweed grabs for No. 3 WR job
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Updated 8/30/2009 |
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| News: Pittsburgh WR Limas Sweed took advantage of a missing Santonio Holmes in Saturday's preseason win over the Bills. Sweed caught four passes for 34 yards with a long of 16. Steelers' wideout Shaun McDonald caught two passes for 18 yards. | Analysis: Sweed proved he's ready to step up if the Steelers' need him this year as a capable No. 3 WR. He's still vying for the job with McDonald, but it seems, after Saturday's game at least, the job is Sweed's to lose at the moment. You can still treat Sweed, or McDonald if he wins the job, as a low-end Fantasy reserve to begin the year. |
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McDonald vying for No. 3 job
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Updated 8/25/2009 |
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| News: Pittsburgh WR Shaun McDonald continues to be locked in a battle to become the Steelers' No. 3 wide receiver, a job vacated when Nate Washington signed with Tennessee. McDonald, second-year WR Limas Sweed and rookie Mike Wallace are all vying for the job. "I’m kind of worried about what I can do," said McDonald. "I know I can play. But do I fit in with what they’re trying to do? I just have to show what I can do and hopefully I fit in with what they’re trying to do." | Analysis: Whichever receiver actually wins the No. 3 WR job behind Hines Ward and Santonio Holmes will be, at best, merely a low-end Fantasy reserve to begin the season. They will have one-week values at times but shouldn't be more than mid-season waiver wire pickups. |
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Sweed battling for No. 3 WR job
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Updated 8/14/2009 |
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| News: Steelers WR Limas Sweed, trying to win the No. 3 receiver's job vacated by Nate Washington, hooked up with Charlie Batch on a 45-yard pass play to the Cardinals 39 that led to Jeff Reed's 50-yard field goal in the second quarter of Thursday's preseason game. Sweed drew cheers while making two catches for 56 yards in his first game at Heinz Field since, while wide open, he dropped an apparent TD pass in the AFC Championship Game against Baltimore. "I just wanted to catch the ball -- and hold on to it," Sweed said. | Analysis: Sweed was hardly a factor for the Steelers as a rookie in 2008. He posted six catches for 64 yards in 11 games. With a vacancy in the wide receiver rotation, Pittsburgh would like to count on Sweed a bit more this season. Sweed is merely a low-end Fantasy reserve to begin the season. |
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Sweed back at practice
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Updated 8/10/2009 |
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| News: Steelers WR Limas Sweed tweaked his hamstring Sunday, but he's on the field Monday showing no problems. | Analysis: Sweed, who is expected to replace the departed Nate Washington as the No. 3 WR in Pittsburgh, has the chance to be a sleeper in deep formats. Don't draft Sweed in standard leagues, but he is worth a late-round flier in larger leagues. |
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Sweed leaves practice Sunday
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Updated 8/9/2009 |
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| News: Pittsburgh Steelers second-year wide receiver Limas Sweed (hamstring) didn't finish practice on Sunday. | Analysis: Sweed, a second-round pick in 2008, may be the top candidate to replace Nate Washington as Pittsburgh's No. 3 receiver. This injury is not considered serious. He's probably not going to make a major dent in 2009 but could develop into a phenom by 2010, his third NFL season. As such, Sweed is a guy worth a look in dynasty/keeper leagues with a late-round pick. Owners in seasonal formats can get away with passing on him and hope to grab him off the waiver wire if he takes off. |
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Sweed to get shot at No. 3 job
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Updated 3/3/2009 |
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| News: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians identified second-year WR Limas Sweed as a candidate to replace WR Nate Washington in the Steelers' receiving rotation. Between the regular season and postseason, Sweed had 84 yards receiving. "Limas has the ability to do it. He just has to continue to grow and be consistent," Arians said. "He's shown the ability to get behind people and that was the No. 1 thing Nate gave us, the ability to stretch coverage." | Analysis: Sweed has immense size (6-foot-4) and good speed and should eventually evolve into a nice NFL receiver. He just needs to put it all together. He's probably not going to make a major dent in 2009 but could develop into a phenom by 2010, his third NFL season. As such, Sweed is a guy worth a look in dynasty/keeper leagues with a late-round pick. Owners in seasonal formats can get away with passing on him and hope to grab him off the waiver wire if he takes off. |
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Steelers minions don't factor
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Updated 12/21/2008 |
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| News: The following Steelers did not record an offensive statistic in Week 16 at Tennessee: QB Byron Leftwich, TE Matt Spaeth, WR Limas Sweed, RB Gary Russell, RB Carey Davis and TE Sean McHugh. | Analysis: The Steelers lost on Sunday and were locked into their playoff position as the No. 2 seed in the AFC. That means that these players could be seeing more playing time in Week 17 against Cleveland. However, we don't recommend riding a Fantasy title on any of them. |
