Training Camp 7/31

[Iron City Inc.]

Better weather today for sure. Ben got the day off and Thomas was back at practice today.

Early players getting extra reps were Coates ,Ayers and Norwood. Hitting jugs machine very early.
92 in pads today which is rare for him.
Punt returns had Rogers , Ayers , Norwood followed by Wheaton. Ayers showing off a nice jump cut as coach Smith looking for returners to run a counter in order to avoid the gunners. Rogers and Ayers have that lateral quickness and all 4 returners today caught everything. Conditions without any wind made it easier. In the "how many punted footballs can u hold contest" Rogers held three and dropped the 4th and the crowd gave him a big hand.
Some WR drills had players taking reps in this order....84 ,11,88,14,17,82.18.16. For what that's worth.
Goal line:
D Johnson runs a drag and catches a td from Jones.
31 blankets AB on a slant and breaks up the pass.
James gets under AV on an outside rush causing quick slant to go incomplete.
Vaughan hits Nix on a slant for a TD.
D Williams on a A gap run gets stuffed by Tuitt n Heyward.
Vaughan tries to hit Bell on a slant tipped away by Garner.

1 on 1 db vs receiver:

AB beats 31 on a go.
Wheaton beats Burns on a come back.
DHB beats Grant on an out.
Coates beats 31 on an out.
Rogers falls making a cut Garner right on him tight cover.
Severin covered by Garner well on a in cut. Pass tipped away.
Blakeney toasts Shabazz on a in cut.
Ayers beats Burns on a go.
Wheaton easy over Grant on an in cut.
Coates beats Davis on a come back move.
Rogers easy over Golden on an out cut.
Blakeney beats Vintrone on a stutter n go.
Norwood catches an out over Grant but it took perfect pass as Grant just missed tipping it away.
Coates beats Burns on a slant.
D Johnson beats D Washington on a arrow pattern.
Ayers makes a diving catch on an out route and a diving Burns in almost perfect position to pick it couldn't believe it was caught.Welcome to the NFL.
Coates on stop n go beats 31 deep.
11 on 11
24 on a gut run stuffed by 91 n 93.
AB catches a 25 yd in cut with a leaping grab. Super play. Crowd loved it.
Toss play blown up by 50 8 yds deep in backfield. Explosive speed and ability to read the play.
Simple draw play blown up by Davis.
Nix opens a A gap run for 24 who picks up 5 yds.
Johnson could not turn corner short 2 yd run on off tackle play.
Norwood beats D Washington on a 15yd out.
A gap run stuffed by LB Reilly and DE Newberry.
Stingley blown up in the A gap by 46 rookie Matakevich. Huge hit.

BG at qb just misses 11 with a deep in cut, Tuitt gets good pressure with quick get off.
11 beats 31 on a comeback for 8yds.
Timmons in good coverage tips pass away from Bell.
DHB catches a 10 yd in with Fort in coverage.
Tucker catches a 5 yd out and is belted by Grant.

Vaughan in at qb Deep in by DHB tipped away by Fort.
Slant inc intended for Ayers.,,pass off target.
Coates drops one running a come back pattern.
Tucker beats Shabazz on an in cut.
BG back at QB.
Short pass incomplete to Lang.
Draw to Richardson blown up by Timmons.
A gap run stuffed by 79 Hargrave who used good leverage to make play at los.
Pass play pressured by 79 pass falls incomplete. Rookie made 2 very solid plays back to back.
JJ catches a screen and takes it for about 10. He looks solid.

Punt coverage note Roy Philon steady blocker getting better of most guys including TE P Lang.
17 n 82 clean today on all punt returns. Both have been solid.

7 on 7
13 at qb D Johnson catches drag over middle covered by Timmons.
13 complete to 87 big pop by Shabazz,
Johnson beats JJ on an in cut.
Rogers catches short pass over Garner.
Coates runs a deep in and makes nice hands catch. Takes it to end zone. Kids having a good camp.
Last 11 on 11:
Toss Bell blown up by JJ.
Right back to Bell on screen opens up for huge gain. Bell showing nice speed.
34 D Will hits an A gap run solid block by JJ. TE ran a wham type block. Kid has nice overall game.
Coates again open on deep in. He is looking excellent.
50 explodes into backfield blowing up back for 5yd loss.
Gradkowski pressured rolls out hits Richardson on an out for 5yds.
JJ blows up another running play as he stuffs 24 5yds in backfield.

Post practice:
Shazier leading a group of backers running sprints.
Lake going over hand placement and hand fighting techniques with Burns, Davis and Golson.

That's it for day 1 in pads.

[SteelCrazy]

Thanks for update. Looks like Jarvis is still playing well against run. How does he look on passing downs?

[Iron City Inc.]

Thanks for update. Looks like Jarvis is still playing well against run. How does he look on passing downs?
I'll try to watch him more today.Moving guys around with practice so JJ and Dupree flipped sides often yesterday. Also they are NOT sacking the QB just running by them. Sometimes tough to tell if the Qb could just step up to avoid or got to step up cause of the non contact there.

[Eich]

I've been to training camps multiple times in the past. It's no simple task to create that many bullet points from watching practice. Kudos to Iron City Inc.!

[RuthlessBurgher]

Awesome once again, brother!

Sounds as if our O is dominating our D against the pass (even without Ben in there), but our D is manhandling our O against the run so far.

Keep 'em coming...

[SteelCrazy]

I'll try to watch him more today.Moving guys around with practice so JJ and Dupree flipped sides often yesterday. Also they are NOT sacking the QB just running by them. Sometimes tough to tell if the Qb could just step up to avoid or got to step up cause of the non contact there.

I really appreciate it. Youre right....hard to tell with no contact

[Oviedo]

Sounds like "31" Ross Cockrell was losing more than he was winning. That's not a good sign

[Oviedo]

I'll try to watch him more today.Moving guys around with practice so JJ and Dupree flipped sides often yesterday. Also they are NOT sacking the QB just running by them. Sometimes tough to tell if the Qb could just step up to avoid or got to step up cause of the non contact there.

Probably not hard to tell since Jarvis doesn't make contact with QBs in games either. What you see is what you have.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Practice Report: Shazier Dominated
Posted Jul 31, 2016

By Mike Prisuta

LB Ryan Shazier shows up in pads with a purpose.

LATROBE, Pa. - A breakdown of Practice No. 3 at Saint Vincent College:

BACKS-ON-’BACKERS: LB Ryan Shazier dominated in the one-on-one pass-rush/pass-protection exercise that traditionally highlights the Steelers’ first day in pads.

RB DeAngelo Williams was beaten by a swim move on Shazier’s first rep, the third of the drill. Shazier subsequently got the better of FB Roosevelt Nix and then knocked RB Cameron Stingily flat on his back on the way to the quarterback.

Head coach Mike Tomlin immediately called for a repeat rep for those two, as he often does when one of the combatants gets overwhelmed.

After Shazier won that, as well, Tomlin declared “5-0 looks like the man today.”

Shazier’s last winning rep came at the expense of RB Brandon Johnson.

RB Le’Veon Bell took the first rep for the offense and got the better of LB Lawrence Timmons.

LB James Harrison took a rep and was opposed by TE David Johnson (Harrison eventually got to the quarterback but it took him a while to get there in what became quite a battle).

And RB Brandon Brown-Dukes, a rookie from Mercyhurst, apparently made some progress.

Tomlin referred to Brown-Dukes as “Hyphenated Mercyhurst” before Brown-Dukes prepared to engage LB L.J. Fort.

After Brown-Dukes prevailed, Tomlin had some words of encouragement.

“I’m going to start calling you by your name,” Tomlin said.

SEVEN SHOTS: QB Ben Roethlisberger had the day off and QB Landry Jones was given the keys to the first-team offense.

Jones went 1-for-4 passing, missing Bell (LB Bud Dupree broke up the pass), hitting David Johnson for a conversion, missing WR Antonio Brown (CB Ross Cockrell had the coverage) and failing to connect with Williams, who beat Fort but dropped the pass.

Williams was also tackled well short of the goal line on a draw (the first official tackle of camp in the first “live” drill of camp).

QB Dustin Vaughn found Nix in the end zone and threw incomplete for Bell and the drill ended 5-2 in favor of the defense.

TACKLE FOOTBALL: The shoulder pads were put to good use in an 11-on-11 drill as well as in “Seven Shots.”

RB Fitz Toussaint felt the wrath of S Mike Mitchell, S Robert Golden and CB William Gay but hung onto the ball.

Shazier and Harrison blew up an attempt to get wide by RB Daryl Richardson.

Richardson also got smoked by S Sean Davis but avoided being tackled and kept going.

Davis later blasted Brown-Dukes on what became a tackle for a loss.

And Toussaint was tackled by about five defenders late in the drill (apparently the Steelers are still emphasizing running to the football on defense).

Shazier also had a big hit on Stingily on one of the last plays in the final 11-on-11 drill of practice (the Steelers had stopped tackling by then).

WELCOME TO CAMP: Kentucky basketball head coach John Calipari and West Virginia football head coach Dana Holgorsen were among the visitors to campus.

Gay, a product of Louisville, taped a sign to his T-shirt that read “Louisville Rules” in Calipari’s honor.

MEDICAL FILE: Nix (“shaken up,” according to Tomlin), Brandon Johnson (“shaken up”) and TE Xavier Grimble (heat exhaustion) started practice but didn’t finish. S Shamarko Thomas (sick) returned to practice.

AUDIBLES: DE Cam Heyward got the pre-practice stretch off to a rousing start, shouting “Happy birthday, ‘D-Will’ (Williams). I’m proud of you. You 35?”

The crowd on the hillside took that as a cue to serenade Williams with a chorus of “Happy Birthday.”

Williams, who turned 33 on April 25, responded, “It’s not fun to make fun of an old guy.”

http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Practice-Report-Shazier-Dominated/5334080c-40b6-40c4-aec9-ee8b672fdcc0