Kion Wilson?

Tomlin pretty much said the same thing in his press conference Tuesday.

 

i'm not sure why all the hating on the defense? they gave up 16 points and were on the field all day. we lost our starting CB and well first ILB to injury.

Wilson played, golden played, JJ played, woods played, heyward played, gay played, it was the opening game so there is time for the young guys to get on the field and i'm sure they will. actually quite a few new guys played sunday. Wilson played quite well in preseason. i'm looking forward to seeing a difference with him in there over foote.

 

Ya if you can't handle the typo, Steelers dot com has the changes to the depth chart clarified here:

http://www.steelers.com/news/articl...-changes/a3f09e86-5330-4d83-8f60-189a14c1639c

What's interesting is that it says Velasco is behind Beachum and Redman is still a co-starter followed by Jones and then Dwyer. A lot of time for this to change but I will vomit if Redman starts again.

 

The only issue I have with that statement is that we played against a very average Titans offense. Now, if we hold the Bengals to under 17, then I will feel better. I still would like to see more of pass rush to help out the secondary. I thought Troy played well on Sunday as well as Jarvis.

BTW, I also thought that Timmons would be the D caller.

 

Was about to post the same thing mac but quoting you will do nicely

 

I read the same thing in a different article. But I also heard that Wilson was calling the D after Foote got hurt so i'm not 100%. My guess is Timmons will be the defensive QB and Wilson and Williams will "co-start" in place of Foote. They really like that co-starter title this season don't they?

 

Shamarko played too.

 

Foote was injured mid drive and there wasn't a stoppage... Maybe Wilson called the plays for the rest of that drive and Timmons took over after? Just a guess.

 

I feel like our D always does well with CJ for whatever reason. Im not saying our D is bad- I am just cautiously optimistic at this point I think. I hope you are right about the game vs. Cincy.

 

While I too want to see some of the young guys, I am not sure it is all DL and not Tomlin to some extent who does not want rookies out there. That said, the defense played well enough to win this game for sure. Especially since they were on the field so often due to a propensity of the O to go 3 and out.

 

i saw eric reid in sanfrancisco start like a beast

 

Don't you just hate it when you get to a thread, and by the time you get to the second page everyone has said everything you wanted to say on the matter?

 

I don't wish injuries ( but I'm smiling for this one ).. in order to get our young blood in there ,,this seems to be the only way our blind coaches can see what they really have, instead of playing it safe by keep putting in the same old, over the hill, are done, get lost,, veterans.

 

I agree and I'm also looking forward to the youth movement and WHO from the new group develops and EARNS the title of LEADER on the defense. I don't mind our bend but don't break mentality but what's missing for me is our ability to get off the field when we have to. I don't want to hear how we limited the QB in the Titan game because that's what we SHOULD DO, IT WAS JAKE LOCKER PEOPLE! But with the score being 10 - 2 and the Steelers pinning the Titans deep on their side of the field our Defense could not get a 3 and out, AND THATS WHAT HAS TO CHANGE!

 

DL trust him so lets see what he can do. I think the defense would have kept them to fewer points than 16 if the offense didn't stink up the other side of the ball. Kinda hard to throw a shut out when the offense isnt giving you any support.

 

no it wasn't perfect but it was a good showing for week one. they had a lot of snaps played because of all the 3 and outs by the offense.

our D usually gets stronger as we go, and the league going a lot more to the pass will change some of the things we are trying to do on defense. creating more pressure from the DE's and such is going to cause a weakness somewhere else, it's just part of it.

I just read JJ is starting this week and I sure hope that's true because I zoned in on worilds a lot and he's not playing very well. he's taken a step backwards if you ask me. maybe he see's the writing on the wall, but it looks like he's playing very uninspired football and we don't need that on the field.

I believe Williams, Wilson and even garvin are going to become very good with increased reps every week. they have all done some good things. I don't agree that Wilson is just a ST's player. when they get more comfortable with these guys playing Timmons can then do his thing.

 

Wilson is built if you look at him. the kid will get his time and I believe they will use both of them. Wilson just has a little more experience in the NFL. maybe not in game snaps but in camps and knowledge. I think that's what they are looking at, at this point of the season. I don't dislike Williams at all. I think with JJ starting, they want as much experience as they can get on the field. one rookie instead of two may be a little easier to not have someone out of position. that's my take on it.

 

I think Wilson is small as well but I think farrior played around 230. I remember going into the super bowl against green bay he sated at that time he was under 220.