Steelers Training Camp Day 14 08/12/2012

Practice is over, but there were a lot of reports from camp today. Getting right to it, then...
A couple hours ago~

"Jon Dwyer, Issac Redman and Emmanuel Sanders among those not practicing today"

"Mike Adams with brace on his right knee as he mingles with the Steelers hogs"

 

"Colon back at LG for practice, Marcus Gilbert at LT W 1st team."

"Ramon Foster at RT. DeCastro at RG."

"Marcus Gilbert again starts 1st tm LT, then goes RT as Trai comes in with Legursky subbing Colon at LG "

"Ramon Foster again started RT"

 

"Rainey seems to get a lot of reps in practice. Presumably b/c he's part of 1st team offense in his role, and also the "3rd team featured RB"

"2nd unit OL Beachum-Foster-Legursky-Malecki-Trai left to right."

"Similar OL rotation as yesterday. Foster then Gilbert at RT( Gilbert than Essex at LT; Colon then Legursky at LG"

"PUP List - 92, 34, 78, 98. 93 seated. Only 4 of the team's best"

 

An hour ago~

"John Clay taken from practice in a cart."

"Mike Tomlin seems to take special pleasure in the fullback dive plays involving Will Johnson."

"Will Johnson just lined up as lone RB and got a carry. One of 3 healthy RBs practicing as Clay injured today"

"Ike just got deked out by Rainey in the open field"

"Jamie McCoy was just FB for Will Johnson. Tomlin "allright Will" as he caught an outlet pass from Ben"

"Steelers troubles at WR after the Big Three continue. Ike goes up for an easy INT taking the ball away from Jamorris Stewart"

"Goal line drill today!!"

 

"Clay's injury is not a knee."

"John Clay leaves practice on cart with trainers. Hoping to learn more from Coach Tomlin after practice."

"Short yardage drill starts. First play? Botched snap."

"First O on First D in short yardage sim at Steelers camp. O taking it to D so far... Three straight conversions"

"Battle of Wills: Will Johnson blocks Will Allen head on. Slight adv, offense"

"Will power: Allen vs. Johnson in boomer of a collision in short yardage drill..."

 

"Rainey, Batch, Williams, Maze back deep for kickoffs. Batch stays on to block when Rainey receives"

"Amazing how much Ben looks to AB first, even in practice"

"Remember, the Will Johnson Experiment was on even before David Johnson got hurt. Been carrying the ball & catching balls in flat in practice"

"Curious to see if Rainey goes in today's goal line drill. Only other RBs right now are Baron Batch and Will Johnson"

"Antonio Brown nearly runs into water cart & crane after catching pass. a few thousand Steelers fans @ practice hold their breath. He's fine"

"Curtis Brown jumps route & makes pic in Steelers 7 on 7. He needs to improve after lousy exhibition game."

 

"Jerrod Johnson just threw a wounded duck"

"Major fight in endzone Ike v Antonio"

"Wow. Ike Taylor and Antonio Brown get into shoving match after ball up for grabs in the end zone!"

"Second tussle of camp between Ike Taylor and Antonio Brown. Good one."

"Ike with a great INT w 1 hand along ground 1st play redzone. Antonio didn't like something. Ike's helmet off. A few punches"

 

"Ike breaks up first pass of red zone O practice, intended target AB takes a swing at him. Fisticuffs ensue."

 

"Roethlisberger handoff to Baron Batch for "TD" on 3rd & Goal in #Steelers red zone drill"

"Goal line here we go"

"Right now, first team defense vs second team offense, ball at the 3. 3rd and goal, Baron Batch stopped short. Goal line drill up!"

'Rainey in 1st huddle"

"Ta'Amu and McLendon both in"

"Rainey stuffed. Will allen"

"Rainey STUFFED in the backfield on the 1st play"

'2nd run Baron w 46 lead. Wow [Foote] destroys Will Johnson...Baron stopped at 1"

 

"Larry Foote getting good penetration on 1st 3 goal line plays!"

"3rd carry Will Johnson gets carry, again Foote crushes. 0 for 3"

"Larry Foote-will Johnson collision like a rifle report in steelers goal line. D owning O"

"4th try lame playaction. Ben throws it away"

"Now the defense even sniffs out the play-action! ALL defense right now"

 

'Rainey with a nice lunge for the goal line. Offense is on the board"

"Rainey in for 5th attempt, scores w nifty plant and leap off LG"

"Little Chris Rainey goes over top for first O TD of day in Steelers goal line"

 

"6th attempt Damon Cromartie Smith backfield tackle on Baron off edge"

"Offense finishes 1 for 6 in goal line drill'

"7th and final another play fake, Charlie throws incomplete. At least Rainey acted a nice fake fumble"

"Steelers practice ends on incomplete goal line pass"

"Ike and AB fighting AGAIN. after practice now. No punches. Just shoving, talking"

"Ike and Antonio have to be separated after practice. Hampton in the mix jawing at Antonio"

"Ike and AB went at it again after practice. Kevin Colbert jumped in to restrain Brown then Ike. Morons."

 

Don't like hearing that Clay had to be carted off. I was really hoping he would make a strong push to make this roster. Hopefully not too serious.

 

"Tomlin on AB v Ike "We're competitors. Those things happen. When we step in stadiums we're together. Emotional gm played by emotional men"

"John Clay with a "hip or groin. Don't know significance of it. Obviously went down with a lot of pain" per Tomlin"

"Doug Legursky didn't finish with "strain to quad, should be day to day"

"Tomlin on goal line: "Great goal line period by guys like Larry Foote. From where I stood it looked like Larry Foote owned the whole drill"

"Tomlin also said Emmanuel Sanders just got a day off"

"Will Johnson, who was blown up twice by Larry Foote in goal line "I say it was a draw. Not sure where the back went, I was a little woozy"

 

"Antonio Brown and Ike Taylor seemed to have kissed and made up. Kevin Colbert talked with both. Ike has ice on his forehead (result of AB??)"

"Defense dominates Offense 6-1 in second goal line drill of camp. The bigger development Sunday was Antonio Brown and Ike Taylor brawling 2X."

"Taylor, Brown had long post-practice discussion. It was monitored by WR coach Scottie Montgomery, GM Kevin Colbert. Ike held icebag to head"

"2 visible signs of frustration from Ben Sun., a spike into the ground after a double-pump in red zone and a launched throw-away in goal line"

"Tomlin on Rainey doing goalline:"Obviously, he doesnt fit the cookie-cutter of a man who runs in that situation,but he did a nice job today"

"Only goal line TD was Chris Rainey cutting hard inside on what looked like a run off tackle and then going airborne with the ball extended."

"Rainey (1-2), Baron Batch (0-2), Will Johnson (0-1) rushed in goal line. Passes failed on Ben throw-away, Batch play-action to David Paulson"

 

Yeah, you hate to see that. Hopefully he's back in a day or two.

 

Great pics, Hack. The interactions between Allen and Lewis are hilarious.