Timmons looking forward to coach Butler and blitzing more

[SteelCrazy]

LB Lawrence Timmons is excited about Keith Butler's new role as defensive coordinator.
There will be some changes for Lawrence Timmons this year as he will have a new linebackers coach, but one thing that makes him happy is the man who was his position coach for the past eight years is now the team’s defensive coordinator.

Keith Butler is the man who molded Timmons from a number one draft pick in 2007 to a Pro Bowl linebacker, and Timmons is happy he is now the man in charge of the defense.

“Coach Butler is a great teacher,” said Timmons. “I have known him since I came here in 2007. He’s been my position coach. He’s a Christian man, a great man. I think he is going to do a great job being our defensive coordinator. I am looking forward to it.

“I know I am going to be the best player I can and play well for him.”

Butler has coached the Steelers linebackers since 2003, after serving in the same role for four seasons in Cleveland. Butler brought playing experience with him when he arrived in Pittsburgh, after a 10 year career with the Seattle Seahawks (1978-87).

“As a coach you can really relate to him having been a player,” said Timmons. “Plus, he knows what I think since he has been here. I think that’s a big cheat sheet for him.”

Butler doesn’t plan any wholesale changes for the defense, but there is one thing that Timmons is expecting.

“I am pretty sure he is going to have his own little twist to it,” said Timmons. “I am going to be looking forward to it. I know we’re going to be blitzing. So look forward to that.

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[Oviedo]

The heavens are opening and I think I hear the angels singing "Hallelujah"

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

I'm also excited about the new DC. While some are saying that it will just be more of the same, I think that it will be a revitalized version of what was once a premier system. Butler has watched as the great system that he once was a part of has deteriorated, and I'm sure he has some of his own ideas as to what went wrong. Hey, if all of us seem to know the problem, why wouldn't a professional football coach who has been front and center the whole time not know?

[ikestops85]

The heavens are opening and I think I hear the angels singing "Hallelujah"

Yes, he's a Christian man. That will get us more sacks.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Yes, he's a Christian man. That will get us more sacks.

Getting more Buddha's up front might help.

Perhaps even a Ganesh to fill the important "elephant" position on D.

[steelsnis]

HAHAHAHAHA ^^^^^^^^

[Oviedo]

Yes, he's a Christian man. That will get us more sacks.

"Through God all things are possible"

[SidSmythe]

Yes, he's a Christian man. That will get us more sacks.

and so will posting on a forum right??? ::insert eye roll::

[Slapstick]

Getting more Buddha's up front might help.

Perhaps even a Ganesh to fill the important "elephant" position on D.

Every team needs a Brahman bull...rusher on the opposite side of the elephant....

[feltdizz]

and so will posting on a forum right??? ::insert eye roll::

lol... good one.