I don't know what games Mr. Neal Coolong was watching, but Heyward has looked pretty disruptive in the snaps he played last year in live games...
Also, if Ta'amu isn't "getting it", why is he on the roster? He must be getting something...4th round picks aren't exactly locks to make the team...
Heyward was hot and cold last year as expected by a rookie especially in our system since we require them to play very different than they typically did in college. T-mu is just going through the same learning process.Originally Posted by Slapstick
Coolong may watch games but that has nothing to do with what he writes. He writes what he thinks will get enough "buzz" to have people read what he writes. Being accurate has nothing to do with what he writes. He is simply another version of Madden but less obnoxious.
"My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"
Worried Coulmn:
Kicker/Punter
Coverage team
Can Foote fill the shoe's of Farrior ( no pun intended )
Harrison probably won't be the force we need to make our defense click
Troy....I think he has lost some desire/ lost a step or something.
I don't know if Ziggy has come of age yet.
Can Lebeau figure out how to stop the run or get ff the field on third down ?
Positive Column:
I think our o-line will be better
I like our young runners that want to prove they belong
Our receiveing group has to be the best in the NFL
Keenan Lewis should be a plus
McCleddon given the chance should add to the d-line
Rainy on special teams is huge
Haley has to be better than Arians.
Side bar: Since I made the comment about Arians I quickly went back to the Steelers/Eagles game when the Eagles treated Ben like chum.
Arians made no adjustments to help out his friend the quarterback at all that day and if that was the only reason to get rid of Arians then so be it but sadly, there were many reasons to get rid of Arians. So to continue my last positive line in my positive column.........Haley might make our offense the lights out show many of us thought it could be.
It's only preseason but Ben looked an awful lot like chum when we played the Eagles.
Arians never had a good OL and it just made the result of his stubborness and unwillingness to adapt worse. Haley has a chance if the OL improves. If not, more of the same.
"My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"
But Arians never added more protection, tried any draw plays, quick passes or anything to take the heat off of Ben.
I've heard a couple of teams laugh at the Steelers and their arrogance or stupidity on how they don't protect Ben when there is a constant jail break at getting to Ben. And I agree.
I'm not saying Haley will be Gods gift but I'm sure he is willing to try.
The last time Ben looked like chum vs. the Eagles, we won the Super Bowl that year.
Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.
Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.
We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.
We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.
If you are selling, I'm buying that!!!!
"My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"
That fact hasn't escape my memory. So if we allow Ben to get beat, drug through the mud, broken nose, mugged up and down the field then, we should have won Super Bowls each season Ben has played.
My biggest concerns have to do with health and the OL on Offense. It would be great for these guys to be able to actually gel as a unit. On Defense, I'm concerned about the LB corps and the turnstyle that we are starting to see there. I'm pretty confident that if our starters are healthy and ready to go that we'll be in good shape. However...
Maybe Ben is better when he play mad.
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