The Facts: Following up on a previous item. ... I think the Mike Wallace story tells me one thing about the Pittsburgh Steelers: They compromise their salary and architecture principles for no one. I remember speaking with a person very close to the Steelers front office in the spring, and this person told me the Steelers valued receiver/returner Brown more than the speed receiver Wallace. "They'd rather pay Brown in 2013 than Wallace this year,' the person told me. "Mike Wallace had better not overplay his hand.'

Diehards Line:So wrote SI.com's Peter King, who went on to note the obvious: In the Steelers' eyes, Wallace did just that. So Pittsburgh, convinced it didn't want to risk losing both men next year when Brown would be a restricted free agent, gave Brown the deal they'd offered Wallace, a six-year, $42.5 million extension. Not bad for a sixth-round pick in 2010. Now Wallace is in limbo, not having signed his franchise tender -- and if you believe them, the Steelers have no intention of trading him.