That should be really fun to watch. That inside cross blitz was effective when we used to run it with Farrior and Foote. The upgrade in speed to Shazier and Timmons could make Farrior and Foote look like Casey Hampton and Jamain Stephens trying to run the conditioning test.
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.
Pending on where Timmons starts from don't you have to have someone at least cover his zone briefly to discourage a pass into that area? That might mean Willianms? I don't think so. Jones? Probably not. Heyward or Hood? Doubtful. Worilds? Maybe. Polamalu or Clark? Here are your best options provided the opponent isn't running 3 or 4 verticals.
Before you start sending people after the quarterback, you need to have some cover behind it, don't you? The Steeler defense was lacking in so many places last year that blaming the play calling is like blaming a fork for being obese.
Pappy
1.20 - JC Latham, OT, Alabama
2.51 - Xavier leggette, WR, South Carolina
3.84 - Sedrick Van-Pran Granger, OC, Georgia
3.98 - Andru Phillips, CB, Kentucky
4.119 - Maason Smith, DT, LSU
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7.195 -
"Football is a physical game, well, it used to be anyways" - Mel Blount
I wasn't hired for my disposition.
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.
Suggs ran a 4.85, which is what Jones supposedly ran...Jones also reportedly tweaked a hamstring during his 40, but continued with the workout anyway...
Im not sure why the only 40-time people are using for JJ is the one from the Georgia Pro-Day when he had a bad hammy. According to the Sporting News heading into his final season at Georgia, Jones was listed as running a 4.65 40-yard dash.
In his first season at Georgia after transferring from USC, Jones (6-3, 241, 4.65 40-yard dash) displayed the game-changing talent to make plays behind the line—something that was expected of him when he first arrived at USC. Jones has the agility to change directions in a blur to avoid blocks, and the lightning-quick burst to finish plays, which led to his 19½ tackles for loss and 13½ sacks in 2011. With so many NFL teams playing 3-4 defenses, Jones could be a top 10 pick as an outside linebacker because there is a premium on playmakers at that position. Projection: First-round pick
Btw, James Harrison was timed at one point at 4.85 in the 40. So again, the 40 doesn't really equate to ability to play LB.
Back to Harrison and those "measurables." Can you guess what his 40-yard time was? It was 4.85. I believe he was able to make it to the quarterback over 60 times during his career in Pittsburgh.
Oh, and there was that 100-yard dash--he sure looked pretty fast there:
Truthfully, JH did not look fast in that 100 yard dash...it was a combo of good blocking and the same indomitable will that made an undrafted player who was cut four times into a Defensive Player of the Year...
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