Winners and Losers vs GB

Watt Wack · Aug 20, 2018

steelersrule6 said: ↑

After Dupree got his sack, the announcer said he was a Pro Bowl player .
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I heard that and almost fell off the couch. But BD did _look_ like a pro bowler on _that_ play. He had the reflexes of a cat and the quickness of a mongoose.

Formerscribe · Aug 20, 2018

thesteeldeal said: ↑

Fantastic Mac...I've been saying the same thing about scheme and I've been saying the same thing about our coach not putting our players in the best position to succeed for even longer. Everytiime you bring up the deficiencies in our HC you get met with ....We were 13-3, look at his record and all the other built in excuses. Tomlin is what he is ,a players coach and a pretty good motivator (most of the time). I thought by now with his tenure and experience he would be more of a tactician and attention to detail HC. He is neither...I've always been of the thought that this team gets by with talent as opposed to top notch coaching.
The O pretty much speaks for itself with the talent we have but I do feel it could be a lot better if it was fine tuned and attention to detail was a bigger priority.
The D not having the same talent as the O need more of a emphasis on proper scheme to fit the talent and coaching that demands fundamentals and responsibilities. While I admit that I don't watch many other games the ones that I do watch I don't see the same blatantly obvious deficiencies that I do with our team.
Are we playing on a 60yd wide field? It sure as hell seems like it ....
I was all for and happy when we started using our DL in a more flexible manner but for some reason now it seems to be causing some of the issues on D. The stunting is ineffective and not well choreographed. The players are rarely on the same page or in the right spot to ensure that the gaps and escape routes are covered up. Do we need a 1st or 2nd round pick at every position on defense too ,in order to be effective or can our coaching actually step up and put a competent defense on the field. I've seen a lot of coaches do more with less....that's what we need from ours.

Side note. The reason we had less plays on D is because of our poor tackling. Too many plays going to the house.
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That was part of it. Another part was the offense doing a good job in time of possession. The long, sustained drives help cover for a lousy defense.

thesteeldeal · Aug 20, 2018

Formerscribe said: ↑

That was part of it. Another part was the offense doing a good job in time of possession. The long, sustained drives help cover for a lousy defense.
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Probably I don't know the TOP numbers but I did post a link from BTSC that said we were 31st in the league in missed tackles,( in a bad way)so I'm leaning towards that being the major factor ...

NY STEELERFAN · Aug 23, 2018

I only go to watch the first half last night gonna finish tonight or tomorrow but I did like the way Conner ran. His 2 biggest runs he had monster holes(the TD he wasn't touched the first 11 yds) but he showed good moves and broke tackles. Edmunds had a nice strip and recovery on ST, I also thought Burnett played well around the LOS. My big loser of the first half was #68 Rodgers, he needs to be cut ASAP if he hasn't been already. He looked like something in A NYC train station....WTF? Also noticed we blitzed a ton but just can't get to the QB, VW and Chick were putting pressure but not sacks. I am starting to worry about Bostic......... Just my take on the first half.

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