IF Colon is out...Pouncey to play LG...

Some of you that wanted to see Pouncey at LG may get a chance to see it if Colon cannot play this weekend.


Ed Bouchette ‏@EdBouchette
#steelers Pouncey says he will play LG if Colon can not go


Mark Kaboly ‏@MarkKaboly_Trib
Maurkice Pouncey will start at LG if Willie Colon doesn't play. Legursky will be at center.


Gerry Dulac ‏@gerrydulac
Maurkice Pouncey played left guard in practice and said he will play there if needed if Willie Colon is out again.

 

Oh. wow. Okay, this could work.

 

You little image/box or whatever of the tweets look much better than me copying and pasting the info...haha.

And yeah...hopefully it won't happen but if Colon is out this is the best option I think. Legs is a MUCH better C than G and Pouncey and play all 3 interior spots better than Legs...so it should work...even though we all hate line shuffling its part of the game.

 

This could be okay. I think the Big Legursky plays center better than guard.

 

I guess DeCastro isn't a real option this weekend if pouncy is the backup guard.

 

thats too bad I really wanted to see what decastro had to offer

 

Never knew (or paid attention) to that. I thought it was some kind of image or whatever not a simple code...well I'll be damned. Now if I can remember this going forward my Twitter quoting will look more fancy! haha

 

interesting. smart. bout time some moves are being made. i like the thoughts of 52-53 at the guard spots. mobile mobile mobile. watch the screens and outside runs and passes now. i know wishful thinking but thats whats needed. those two types/builds are needed at the guard spot.

 

Don't count decastro out foster spent most of the day at RT. So is a decastro just coming back better then I guess it would be beachum because I doubt malecki would start.

 

Thats what I couldn't understand this past week was why keep Legs at guard where he struggles instead of center where he plays better. I know most people were like why move your probowl center but really two athletic guards would be better than an backup center who struggles at guard in my book.

 

legs can hold his own in the middle. pulling guards that can get there before the ball carrier does is pretty important. we haven't had that, as much as many think colon is doing a good job. two mobile guys will work wonders for the run game and passing game. we can run our whole offense. we only ran up the gut with foster and colon. we couldn't get guys on the edge with slow guards.

 

The part of this that bugs me is that Colon is apparently injured enough that he may miss another game (or more)? I don't remember ever hearing when he was hurt in the first place and suddenly his knee starts swelling? Sounds ominous to me given his injury history.

 

So this puts Legursky at center? I think he's done good at center. Does Pouncey have experience playing a different position?

 

Started in practice on Friday. Tomlin addressed it. He tried to warm-up on Sunday, but couldn't go.