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Calvin Austin

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by Blast Furnace, Mar 21, 2024.

  1. dirty

    dirty Well-Known Member

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    is this the year austin breaks out lol, maybe we can have this thread next year as well.
     
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  2. pczach

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    The offense has been unable to use whoever has played in the slot for years in the Steelers offense. The offense has been flawed. It started with Ju Ju. Then it was Claypool. Now Austin.

    The slot was never utilized in the offense. That was under multiple quarterbacks.

    It has been a flaw in the design of the offense and the implementation of it.
     
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  3. cajunyankee

    cajunyankee Well-Known Member

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    Im too lazy to look him up, but the same draft was a CB taken by the jets, won DROY……. They battled in college and he couldn’t stop Austin lll, said he was the hardest wr he had faced in his college career.

    I’ve been anxiously awaiting him to be healthy and used .

    He is our secret weapon and I Predict he’ll have a great year. The Steelers know it and is part of the reason they wanted to get rid of DJ!!!!

    Cajun
     
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  4. Born2Steel

    Born2Steel Well-Known Member

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    CA3 was an outside the numbers WR in college. I read a lot of posts saying he is too small to play outside the numbers in the NFL. I disagree with that analysis. Sauce Gardner agrees with me.
     
  5. steelersrock151

    steelersrock151 Well-Known Member

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    CA3 was playing basically his rookie year last year, with an offensive coordinator who didn't believe in throwing the ball down the field. Let's see how he looks in a play action offense before we ditch him.
     
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  6. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Just chilling

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    DJ missed games 2-5 last year

    Even with DJ out Austin amassed a whopping 6 receptions during that period

    And he’s a shrimp

    WooHoo
     
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  7. 86WardsWay

    86WardsWay Well-Known Member

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    Yea but he’s a faaaaaaaaaaassssssstttttttt shrimp! Those suckers are hard to catch!! I wonder if that midget CB coach could catch him?
     
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  8. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Yup, that was Gardner. Hopefully this is Austins year.
     
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  9. Jammasterc

    Jammasterc Well-Known Member

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    get some better turf to workout on.
     
  10. Steel_Elvis

    Steel_Elvis Staff Member Mod Team

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    It was Sauce Gardner. There’s a YouTube video showing plays from their matchup. The QB play was just terrible. I mean… beyond horrendous. But he did give Gardner trouble.
     
  11. Hanratty#5

    Hanratty#5 Well-Known Member

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    Austin had 28 touches on offense last year for 237 yards and 2 TD's. I hope Arthur Smith can get the ball to him a lot more than 28 times.
     
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  12. cajunyankee

    cajunyankee Well-Known Member

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    Thanks, saw and remembered his name a little while ago .

    He sure looks quite and sharp in & out of his Rte cuts.

    DJ Who??

    Cajun
     
  13. Wardismvp

    Wardismvp Well-Known Member

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    He must step up if he wants to continue his career with Steelers.
    Lowdermilk,Leal in same boat.
     
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  14. JAD

    JAD Well-Known Member

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    Calvin reminds me a lot like Pickett, not quite sure if the OC held him back some or is it him. He didn't get targeted much last year. I guess we will see what happens now with a new QB and OC.
     
  15. mac daddyo

    mac daddyo Well-Known Member

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    you like shrimp.
    :cool:
     
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  16. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Just chilling

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    Cooked

    Guess which one is Austin

    upload_2024-3-25_10-3-54.jpeg
     
  17. mac daddyo

    mac daddyo Well-Known Member

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    what's cookin. austin edition.

    :cool:
     
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  18. Trafalgar

    Trafalgar Well-Known Member

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    We have hardly seen him, I blame the last regime, he has not had a chance to show what he can do.
     
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  19. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Just chilling

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    Great

    Another player that “wasn’t given a chance”
     
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  20. CanadianSteel

    CanadianSteel Well-Known Member

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    If Smith knows what a slant is, Austin should have some success.
     
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  21. mac daddyo

    mac daddyo Well-Known Member

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    i like the kid. :cool:
     
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  22. Hanratty#5

    Hanratty#5 Well-Known Member

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    I do too, he's the fastest player on the team. I'm hoping Smith can figure out how to get the ball to him in space and let Austin use his speed.
     
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  23. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Just chilling

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    It’s raining outside so I thought I would share it and rain on the Austin Parade

    I’m seeing what I expected a shrimp taking up a roster spot

    Apparently it was not the OC holding him back

    He’s had a year and 5 games of chances this is like saying Mason didn’t have a chance all over

    One game with 4 catches and back to pitewie (or however it’s spelled Google thinks I made the word up)

    If Roman Wilson gets snaps today he’s taking them from Austin and I expect if he catches a ball he will keep taking snaps from Austin

    Now that I’m done with this I’m going to have a beer with @Karl if he’s started yet if not I’ll get him going

    Go Yinz Stillers n’ at
     
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