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.

 

I am afraid he has to go, his message is not getting thru.

 

Highsmith: 53 snaps
Herbig: 29 snaps

"Coaching malpractice"

 

he coaches players instead of coaching football. it won't change until he's gone. he got set on being some type of defensive guru in his mind and nobody can tell him any different. he won a super bowl as DC in tampa and won one here and lost one so he knows best even though those teams were built before he got there and had little to do with it. he had many players in place while going to those super bowls. most of the reason he likes vet players. they do most of the work he can't do but thinks he can. he does what he knows and can take in no further.

 

last year didn't do it for you

 

One thing that I have never really been clear on. Just how much input does Tomlin have on the defense? I know that Austin is calling most of the shots during the game, but what about practice too? Is Tomlin pushing the plan and then on game day, Austin calls the plays that are essentially handed to him by Tomlin? Or is Austin really the man in charge?

Opponent's points per game by year:

2005 16.0 LeBeau SB win
2006 19.7 LeBeau WC loss
2007 16.8 LeBeau Tomlin become HC, WC loss
2008 13.9 LeBeau SB win
2009 20.3 LeBeau
2010 14.5 LeBeau SB loss
2011 14.2 LeBeau WC loss
2012 19.6 LeBeau
2013 23.1 LeBeau
2014 23.0 LeBeau WC loss
2015 19.9 Butler Div loss
2016 20.4 Butler Conf loss
2017 19.3 Butler Div loss
2018 22.5 Butler
2019 18.9 Butler
2020 19.5 Butler WC loss
2021 23.4 Butler WC loss
2022 20.4 Austin
2023 19.1 Austin WC loss
2024 20.4 Austin WC loss
2025 23.3 Austin

Compared to several other teams I looked at, the Steelers are not bad in PPG by opponents. The difference is that we are fairly consistent and haven't had that really good year that propels the team upward for a long time. The last time we did was in 2010 and 2011.

 

Sure you can throw Austin under the bus. But this is all on Tomlin.


https://www.dkpittsburghsports.com/...in-stephon-tuitt-update-analysis-steelers-fdl

 

Now we're blaming
THE CHEERLEADER??

 

Funniest thing I have heard post game so far came from Deebo. We can't bust a grape in a fruit fight" I laughed so hard