Teryl Austin

I knew we were in trouble when they interviewed Tomlin at halftime on the sideline and he said that we had to stop the run and never mention about Bengals receivers setting records for targets and completions, and not changing things up.

 

It has become painfully obvious Tomlin and Austin know squat about defense and/ or adjustments.

See definition of insanity.

 

We saw the bad version of Queen again last night. The poor tackle was part of it, but he got lost in coverage far too often. Flacco fooled him badly on the touchdown pass to Fant.

 

He was right. Chase and Higgins were going to make plays. Allowing the Bengals to run and failing to pressure Flacco turned a difficult defensive night into a losing one.

 

Not that I am aware of.

 

Jalen was brought in for this very reason. A man-to-man cover corner, future HOF!! Problem is that he’s older, a bit slower, a little less quick. He would probably, at this stage of his career, be a FS! Can he still play man to man, sure, but against lesser talent than Chase & Higgins. He’s also not quick enough to play against most slot receivers .

Austin AND Tomlin plays him EVERYWHERE. This also creates a problem.

We couldn’t stop the Run worth a dang!! They lost gap integrity, Benton was a liability and tackling sucked.

Austin is a bad DC and has been, nothing new. They held onto bad OL coaches too long, bad OC too long. This is nothing new.

Cajun

 

No, he lived in his fear. So blinded by it he couldn’t see the obvious. The bangles knew what they were going to do and played accordingly!!

Cajun

 

Go back to the HOF game when Cowher was inducted. Tomlin let him call a few defensive plays and Bill remarked something like: man nothing has changed.

It's an old tired defensive scheme that need revamped or replaced.

 

I usually stay out of most conversations, and I will probably regret posting this, but I just looked up Teryl Austin's history. Granted, it's from Wikipedia, but I am actually starting to really wonder if the DCs, since LeBeau, really are basically figureheads for Tomlin. Below is the part on Austin that I copied.

"On January 11, 2018, it was announced that Austin had been hired as the defensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals.[15] On November 12, 2018, Teryl Austin was relieved of his duties as defensive coordinator after the Bengals defense became the first in NFL history to give up 500+ yards in 3 straight games, against the Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and New Orleans Saints, respectively.

On January 8, 2019, it was announced that Austin had been hired as the Senior Defensive Assistant/Secondary for the Pittsburgh Steelers.[16] On February 9, 2022 he was promoted as the defensive coordinator for the Steelers after the retirement of Keith Butler.[17]"

And then comments from players like Heyward being pissed about the DL not doing their job, being out of place, etc, etc. As a 'casual' fan, as in I don't know all the X's and O's of the game, it seems to be the same thing year in and year out lately, no matter what players they put out there.

 

Good point. And now Minnesota has the best pass defense in the league.

 

I suddenly want the steelers to be on 'Hard Knocks' so I can see just what Teryl Austin does for a living.