Deion Sanders takes shot at Todd Haley
September 9th, 2013
Mark Kaboly | Tribune-Review
If it wasn’t bad enough that the Steelers offense was non-existent in a 16-9 loss to Tennessee Sunday afternoon, now a Hall-of-Famer is calling out offensive coordinator Todd Haley.
NFL Network analyst and co-host of NFL Gameday highlight show Deion Sanders put the majority of Sunday’s lackluster offensive performance by the Steelers on Haley.
“I am not concerned about the Steelers because of Mike Tomlin,” Sanders said. “(However,) I am concerned about their rushing attack (and) offensive coordinator Todd Haley. It seems as if every place he goes, this happens.”
There’s no denying that the Steelers offense looked out of sync and out of ideas by the second half, but putting the blame on Haley alone isn’t fair, and isn’t necessarily a correct place to put it.
Was it Haley’s fault that Isaac Redman fumbled what could’ve been a game-changing play into the end zone in the first quarter?
Was it Haley’s fault that Emmanuel Sanders dropped a pair of key passes?
And most of all, was it Haley’s fault that the offensive line that was provided to him by Tomlin and the front office couldn’t block anybody?
Let’s face it, Haley was very limited in what he could call because of the offensive line. Break down what you want, but it is truly that simple.
You can’t call a run play if there are no holes.
You can’t call a pass play if your quarterback keeps getting hammered.
I am sure there is enough blame to go around for this loss to the Titans, but Haley is way down on that list in my eyes.
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