Porter projected to start?

[NorthCoast]

Having "press coverage" CBs sound good on paper, but it doesn't always work out that way. J Peezy Jr. is gonna find NFL WRs can "get away" from his press coverage and get wide open. What's he gonna do then? Pick off the pass? Not according to his history.

That is what safeties are for my friend. Besides, disrupting timing and giving enough time for the pass rush to hit home is an equal part of playing press. WRs in the NFL are going to catch passes. The rules are written for it. Limiting the damage is what CBs (and safeties) are tasked with.

[feltdizz]

Thanks. I'd like to hear from a PSU fans who saw most of there games take on Porter jr.

Here is video of the Steelers ( why doesn't Tomlin have a PC / smart device, everyone else in the room does ) of Porter jr being drafted.

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/joey-p...1-894fa5a2ca5d

This isn’t a video of the war room.

Why the hell do you guys keep pointing out what is or isn’t in front of Tomlin?

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

This is a fair point, but he has shown this ability to play press coverage in college, and we have lacked such a player for a while. With our pass rush having the ability to play press coverage well is an asset. Porter must watch those grabby hands but when the ball is in the air on short routes, his lenght and abiltiy to defend the pass by getting in position to knocking it down is clearly an asset.

Can he defend the other routes well? I don't know because he was rearly put in position to do so. Scouting corners is tough business, just look at the bust rate at the position. I clue you in, its high. Maybe somelse has the data.

BUT at least the ability to play press and have a good pass rush compliments each other as those 5-8 yard cushion can disappear when you can play that style of coverage.

IMO, Porter went to the right team. I am a big believer in NFL bloodlines. If he is half as good as his dad was, we have a player! Porter sr was a great LB in coverage.

-JB

All true. This is the crap shoot of the draft. He definitely passes the eye test physically. He has competed well against top college competition. He has shown at a college level to have a skill that this team covets. He has bloodlines. He has connections for top flight assistance if he needs help. Almost everything a team looks for when drafting.

But unless he puts it together on the field, he is just another guy who looked like he should have hit but didn't.

[Blitzer]

He was basically a 1st roud pick. I would hope he starts at some point. And I hope the do not annoint him the starter. make him earn it.

[Joel Buchsbaum]

This isn’t a video of the war room.

Why the hell do you guys keep pointing out what is or isn’t in front of Tomlin?

There is a video playing the moment he was drafted in the link. It is the war room. I'm stating that Tomlin has no screen, laptop, or smart dive showing, the other coaches and GM's do. Why? Other war rooms show the head coaches with a screens. Tomlin not having one is very old school.

[whisper]

he locked people down with coverage so good people did not go after him.

rotmfflmmfao

[whisper]

There is a video playing the moment he was drafted in the link. It is the war room. I'm stating that Tomlin has no screen, laptop, or smart dive showing, the other coaches and GM's do. Why? Other war rooms show the head coaches with a screens. Tomlin not having one is very old school.

Cool Shades bases drafts on how his chicken wing dinners go. Old school.

[NJ-STEELER]

There is a video playing the moment he was drafted in the link. It is the war room. I'm stating that Tomlin has no screen, laptop, or smart dive showing, the other coaches and GM's do. Why? Other war rooms show the head coaches with a screens. Tomlin not having one is very old school.

I saw that and took it as a sign to let the GMs do what they do best.

hopefully they get away from tomlin being so involved in the draft process.
let him concentrate on coaching.
Maybe the game planning and game management won?t suck as much.

[Joel Buchsbaum]

All true. This is the crap shoot of the draft. He definitely passes the eye test physically. He has competed well against top college competition. He has shown at a college level to have a skill that this team covets. He has bloodlines. He has connections for top flight assistance if he needs help. Almost everything a team looks for when drafting.

But unless he puts it together on the field, he is just another guy who looked like he should have hit but didn't.

At Offensive Line the crap shoot of the draft among the first 32 players drafted ( as Porter was ) ... you need to roll a 7 or 11 to find a good player. In other words good odds. At corner back the odds and a bit worse say you needs to roll a 3 or 12 to find a good player. For those who understand Craps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craps that is my take on the game and the draft. It's a crap shoot.

[Joel Buchsbaum]

I saw that and took it as a sign to let the GMs do what they do best.

hopefully they get away from tomlin being so involved in the draft process.
let him concentrate on coaching.
Maybe the game planning and game management won?t suck as much.

It a sign that Tomiln is very involved or too school old to use a pc. He might not even have one in his office. Other NFL head coaches use PC's or smart devices during draft day.

[NJ-STEELER]

It a sign that Tomiln is very involved or too school old to use a pc. He might not even have one in his office. Other NFL head coaches use PC's or smart devices during draft day.

The video I saw, he was away from khan weidl and the scouts.
up front by the tv as Porter was getting announced.
while khan was in the phone and a laptop with weidl focused on his laptop as well.

as almost to say. Go over there Mikey and let the pros handle this. Lol

[Steel Maniac]

It a sign that Tomiln is very involved or too school old to use a pc. He might not even have one in his office. Other NFL head coaches use PC's or smart devices during draft day.

That's your boy! Tomlin is old school..per 1992!! No laptop; no X's & O's in tight games; Tomlin running it the way that's been so succesful for him the last 6 playoff years. Yeah!!

[feltdizz]

lmao.. so hilarious seeing folks cherry pick Tomlin’s involvement in the draft based off a photo or 10 second video clip.

[Captain Lemming]

lmao.. so hilarious seeing folks cherry pick Tomlin?s involvement in the draft based off a photo or 10 second video clip.

They are scared of the future success and are proactively trying to make the case that Tomlin had nothing to do with it.

I can hear it now.

IT WAS KHANS TEAM.

[hawaiiansteel]

They are scared of the future success and are proactively trying to make the case that Tomlin had nothing to do with it.

I can hear it now.

IT WAS KHANS TEAM.

Tomlin could only win with Khan's players.