LaMarr Woodley Official Website

Unhappy Jeff Reed or unhappy LaMarr Woodley? A $2,814,000 salary to kick a football for the Steelers or a $550,000 deal to be one of their sack monsters? Who gets your sympathy?

LaMarr Woodley, already an NFL star, has a money problem. And some of his teammates think it’s a laughing matter.  Woodley is clearly one of the best defensive players in the league. Yet, he’s due to be paid less than 34 players on the Steelers’ roster.  

Updating a previous item, the Saginaw News reports the Steelers are expected to sign OLB LaMarr Woodley to a long-term contract once a new collective bargaining agreement is in place. 

With the entire NFL all riled up about the Ben Roethlisberger suspension, saying that it will stop the Steelers from making the playoffs and end their dynasty once and for all, everyone seems to have forgotten the Steelers' defense. 

Woodley, whom the Steelers selected out of Michigan in the second round of the 2007 NFL draft, is a workhorse in the training room and on the field. But he's also generous with his time and enjoys returning to his hometown of Saginaw for community-service projects.