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On the Steelers: Big Ben's wish list topper: no huddle
Thursday, October 20, 2011
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Lake Fong/Post-Gazette
LaMarr Woodley gets ready for practice Wednesday.
Ben Roethlisberger wants to run the no-huddle offense more often and admits to some disappointment because his coaches will not let him.
"Yeah, a little bit," Roethlisberger said Wednesday. "I feel we can change it up. I think it's a weapon for us, and we just haven't had a chance to get into it yet."
The quarterback, in his eighth season, has had two offensive coordinators, and both will be on the field when the Steelers play the Cardinals at Arizona Sunday. Ken Whisenhunt tutored him from 2004 through 2006, then became Arizona's head coach. Bruce Arians succeeded him as coordinator in 2007.
Roethlisberger, who admits to having had some difficulties accepting Whisenhunt's tight rein on a young quarterback, has a good relationship, personal and professional, with Arians, and his desire to use more no-huddle may not be an issue between them. But the quarterback admits to lobbying Arians to run it "all the time."
"I wanted to get into it last week," Roethlisberger said of the Steelers 17-13 victory against Jacksonville at Heinz Field. "I love doing it. I think we have so many weapons we need to utilize."
Roethlisberger said the Steelers generally go to a no-huddle when their offense bogs down, but he would prefer to use it in many different situations.
"I like to do it every game regardless how we're doing," Roethlisberger said. "Traditionally, we've kind of gotten into it when we've struggled on offense, when it's a couple three-and-out. I went to him this past game, I think at the eight-minute mark [of the fourth quarter] after we went three-and-out a couple times to try to change up the pace."
One of the reasons Roethlisberger prefers the no-huddle -- and perhaps his coaches not as much -- is that it swings the play-calling from the offensive coordinator to the quarterback. Roethlisberger acknowledged as much.
"A lot of it is I'm calling the plays, so I can see what the defense is. When a play is called from the sideline, it's off of tendencies, which when you have a good coordinator like we do, they know tenedencies pretty well. I have a feel for who's playing well, who's doing good things, the looks on defensive fronts, the secondary. For me, it's a rhythm thing as well."
Arians has said he does not like to use the no-huddle on the road because it is tougher for everyone to hear the calls. Roethlisberger said yesterday he has no trouble running it away from home.
"Absolutely, we've done it everywhere. I don't think there's an issue with it."
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Isn't it time Arians, and the Steelers for that matter, hand the reigns to the offense over to their two time Superbowl winning QB? I mean isn't the ONLY reason we won the Superbowl over Arizona due to Ben running the no huddle and calling the show? Sorry but at this point Ben is a veteran QB in the NFL and has had a ton of success so let him be the franchise QB you drafted, and signed, and who has brought you more success then you dreamed! Get out of the dang 1980's mentality and utilize your weapons and the leagues rules to your advantage.
I think with that quote in RED Ben is letting the cat out of the bag a little bit without fully blasting Arians.
On the Steelers: Big Ben's wish list topper: no huddle
Thursday, October 20, 2011
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Lake Fong/Post-Gazette
LaMarr Woodley gets ready for practice Wednesday.
Ben Roethlisberger wants to run the no-huddle offense more often and admits to some disappointment because his coaches will not let him.
"Yeah, a little bit," Roethlisberger said Wednesday. "I feel we can change it up. I think it's a weapon for us, and we just haven't had a chance to get into it yet."
The quarterback, in his eighth season, has had two offensive coordinators, and both will be on the field when the Steelers play the Cardinals at Arizona Sunday. Ken Whisenhunt tutored him from 2004 through 2006, then became Arizona's head coach. Bruce Arians succeeded him as coordinator in 2007.
Roethlisberger, who admits to having had some difficulties accepting Whisenhunt's tight rein on a young quarterback, has a good relationship, personal and professional, with Arians, and his desire to use more no-huddle may not be an issue between them. But the quarterback admits to lobbying Arians to run it "all the time."
"I wanted to get into it last week," Roethlisberger said of the Steelers 17-13 victory against Jacksonville at Heinz Field. "I love doing it. I think we have so many weapons we need to utilize."
Roethlisberger said the Steelers generally go to a no-huddle when their offense bogs down, but he would prefer to use it in many different situations.
"I like to do it every game regardless how we're doing," Roethlisberger said. "Traditionally, we've kind of gotten into it when we've struggled on offense, when it's a couple three-and-out. I went to him this past game, I think at the eight-minute mark [of the fourth quarter] after we went three-and-out a couple times to try to change up the pace."
One of the reasons Roethlisberger prefers the no-huddle -- and perhaps his coaches not as much -- is that it swings the play-calling from the offensive coordinator to the quarterback. Roethlisberger acknowledged as much.
"A lot of it is I'm calling the plays, so I can see what the defense is. When a play is called from the sideline, it's off of tendencies, which when you have a good coordinator like we do, they know tenedencies pretty well. I have a feel for who's playing well, who's doing good things, the looks on defensive fronts, the secondary. For me, it's a rhythm thing as well."
Arians has said he does not like to use the no-huddle on the road because it is tougher for everyone to hear the calls. Roethlisberger said yesterday he has no trouble running it away from home.
"Absolutely, we've done it everywhere. I don't think there's an issue with it."
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Isn't it time Arians, and the Steelers for that matter, hand the reigns to the offense over to their two time Superbowl winning QB? I mean isn't the ONLY reason we won the Superbowl over Arizona due to Ben running the no huddle and calling the show? Sorry but at this point Ben is a veteran QB in the NFL and has had a ton of success so let him be the franchise QB you drafted, and signed, and who has brought you more success then you dreamed! Get out of the dang 1980's mentality and utilize your weapons and the leagues rules to your advantage.
I think with that quote in RED Ben is letting the cat out of the bag a little bit without fully blasting Arians.
A few weeks ago it was being talked about that Ben missed some easy first downs because the young WRs were not making the correct route adjustments at the line. The No-Huddle has the potential to exacerbate that problem further. And I believe Arians addressed this concern in the Ron Cook interview as well. He said with the constantly changing Oline, getting everyone on their blocking assignments would be difficult.
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