Great Article on Jason Worlids and I could't agree more

http://nicepickcowher.com/2013/12/24/steelers-selves-blame-jason-worilds-situation/

I have always said to my friends that DL gets a pass from the fans and MT and the O-coordinator always are taking the brunt of it...

The D is garbage this year and this article especially towards the end sums it up great...

 

MT is the head coach and it is up to him to change things like not getting young players on the field. DL doesn't out rank him.

DL has also put a top defense on the field every year as very good players are being replaced. james Harrison, Woodley always hurt, aaron smith, james farrior, casey Hampton and I hate to say larry foote. hard to replace that type of talent. kevin Colbert also has to give them the talent to replenish these aged vets.

with players like that and the soon to be replaced guys like ike and clark and t-roy and keisel, it's not easy to take these guys off the field to get players like worilds a lot of playing time.

sure worilds looks good on this defense this year, but that has more times than not always been the case with steeler replacement LB'ers. they have always had good players step in at LB'er for as long as I can remember. we just didn't have the money issues with them and some others as we do now.

 

True with Worilds, but Keenan Lewis seemed to develop slowly as did Cam Heyward. Shoot, Worilds did too for that matter. Shamarko Thomas has barely seen the field this year in spite of Ryan Clark's shortcomings. Worild's quote is troubling. It's essentially saying that even if you win the job, young chap, you can forget about playing. I've often been frustrated that our defense is apparently so complex that we can't get a young and talented player contributing until their third year and they're on the cusp of entering free agency. It's almost like its a source of pride for the coaches and the vets to be able to hold the young'uns back, citing a much too complicated defensive scheme to decipher while every OC and mediocre quarterback in the league now seems to have it deciphered! It's football for crying out loud! Let the young guys play and figure out a way to make it happen. IMHO, this is part of the reason why it's time for DL to move on.

 

i'm not against lebeau , but if a rookie need 3 years to develope , something is wrong .

 

Four years ago, this wasa different defense than it is today. Worilds was also not the same player four years ago that he is today.

 

IDK how many Fire Dick threads has their been in here...? not as many as Todd, BA, MT... public outcry is always focused on the O. That is why I believe DL gets a free pass on some things...

I believe the D needs to shoulder most of the blame for the past 2-3 years... not the O... of course both had their moments one way or the other, but the D has been below the line more often...

IMO the article cover all the defensive coaches when it refers to coaching staff...but yea Butler should be lumped in there


As far as worilds goes... I agree he has been injured, but the coaching staff needed to recognize his talent and natural position ....he showed major flashes of it last year...


2 major things stick out to me

#1 It’s frustrating because you know you probably could have helped. When I was coming up, I was told that no matter what I did — good or bad, no matter how much I improved — I wasn’t going to see the field. That’s kind of discouraging. But you have to take it as an opportunity to better yourself in other ways. That’s what I was able to do if this is true ...this is unacceptable


#2 Wasting much of a promising player’s rookie deal while they are forced to learn an outdated and mildly antiquated defensive system benefits nobody involved, and I hope that Pittsburgh’s brass will realize this sooner as opposed to later. Been saying this for a while now...

 

Agreed ..thats the problem with our coaching staff...

 

some one help me out
what is it called when there is a contract say for 4 years but then there's an extra year that could be had by the team if wanted?
also is this action possible on rookie contracts?

 

is it a 5th yr option?

 

thanks Elvis you answered my question wasn't sure on it

it would be nice to have every draftee have a 5th yr option the way things are with the learning curve in our scheme

 

ABSOLUTELY INEXCUSABLE!!! If I were the Rooneys, I would be ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS reading this. This is talent that the Steelers have bought and paid for, made a huge commitment to, and we're going to leave it on the shelf??!! Didn't Art Rooney III say a couple of years ago that he wanted to get the younger players contributing sooner? This is a major act of insubordination by DL, Tomlin and Butler if that's the case!

 

Our defensive scheme is so complex for our defensive players, but yet marginally mediocre quarterbacks like Jake Locker, Matt Cassell, Ryan Tannehill, Terrell Pryor, Matt Flynn and others can seem to figure it out and find huge holes in it. Hmmm. Something is wrong with that picture.

 

Obviously

those huge holes are where the rookies are supposed to be

SNAFU

 

Not necessarily, but don't you think SOMEBODY is supposed to be there??!! Is LeBeau simply being out-schemed because the OC he's going against has his ultra-complicated defensive scheme deciphered while his own defensive players are still trying to figure out the formula? These are all fair questions, don't you think?

 

Very interesting point...

Here is the other thing that burns me up when I hear it...

DL's Defense works better with a lead because he can open up the playbook...

Why does seattle and SF and Ariz. d not have a problem playing d without the lead..i get the talent level is different...but not that much

 

anyway , we should do something ..right now rookies can't shine and veterans can't hold

 

Even if you are playing behind the best in the world, you should get some snaps. Everyone needs a break. We see other teams give Suggs, Ware, Dummervill, and other players breaks during a game. That's probably why we give up so many end of the game wins to other teams because our pass rushers are spent by time the 4th quarter comes around.

This is not the first time we've heard or seen players sit on the bench when veterans are clearly not meeting the standard. Kiesel, Woodley, Townsend, McCleadon, Worilds, Lewis, Heyward, Hood all sat on the bench when they should of been used more than they were.

 

O C'mon, how long have we had to complain about the D?

 

Here is the problem I have with Worilds quote. A lot of you are getting outraged about if it is true or not but ask yourselves are you really saying that some kind of improvment by him would justify taking a healthy James Harrison or Woodley out of the game? I'm sorry but nothong he shows in practice against the second team is going to get the coaching staff to replace healthy vets who know what they are doing. Injuried players are a different story.

 

Well said. It's not like Bruce Davis from UCLA was sitting ahead of him on the depth chart.