One player who is hurting the Steelers is...

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

Re: One player who is hurting the Steelers is...

I don't understand the hate for DJ. He is playing at a Superbowl level!!

Oh. Wait ...

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

Re: One player who is hurting the Steelers is...

I was just rewatching a bit from the first Q. It was a little after the Wallace toss as I pulled that up to show my son and watched a bit further.

Mendy takes the handoff and gets blown up in the backfield. Ahead of him you see DJ sneaking through the hole without the tackler and getting through nicely. If only he was carrying the ball he would have gone at least ten yards untouched.....but that isn't what lead blocking is supposed to be like, is it?

[hawaiiansteel]

Re: One player who is hurting the Steelers is...

I don't understand the hate for DJ. He is playing at a Superbowl level!!

Oh. Wait ...

I must finally be over the Super Bowl loss because I was actually able to laugh at that...

[SteelAbility]

Re: One player who is hurting the Steelers is...

Yes, but Johnson has accomplished something that no other Steeler has ever accomplished. He has single-handedly managed to unify all normally bickering Steeler forum members EVERYWHERE on one point of view.

[SteelCrazy]

Re: One player who is hurting the Steelers is...

It's really not Johnsons fault that he sucks at FB. He blocks decently from the TE pos. but he seems to have a hard time grasping the role of the FB and all the blocking schemes. Arians is at fault here for not utilizing a true FB who understands all the complex schemes....

[Djfan]

Re: One player who is hurting the Steelers is...

I was just rewatching a bit from the first Q. It was a little after the Wallace toss as I pulled that up to show my son and watched a bit further.

Mendy takes the handoff and gets blown up in the backfield. Ahead of him you see DJ sneaking through the hole without the tackler and getting through nicely. If only he was carrying the ball he would have gone at least ten yards untouched.....but that isn't what lead blocking is supposed to be like, is it?

I almost cussed at that play.

BA let Krieder go for this TE dream he keeps failing at. If I were DJ I would be very frustrated.

As for the back field, I can see Legursky being a good FB. He has the physical build for it, and seems to be a smart guy. Plus his name says "Meat-head" to me. He just sounds like a guy who can hit.