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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. -
I was looking through the pictures from the rookie practice today. There is one that looks like Goodwin up catching a ball off the top of the backboard if on a BB court. The guy covering looking up like he sees a plane. Could be angle of pic or is he a plane. Take a look some serious vertical.Comment
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Pittsburgh Steelers rookie WR Sammie Coates isn't dropping the ball
By Jacob Klinger
on May 27, 2015
Pittsburgh Steelers third round draft pick, wide receiver Sammie Coates out of Auburn, participates in an NFL football rookie minicamp, Saturday, May 9, 2015, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) (Keith Srakocic)
PITTSBURGH -- Sammie Coates needs to sharpen up his attention to detail – pre-snap, in his routes, the proverbial little things – fellow Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Markus Wheaton said.
But so does every rookie receiver, he said. And the biggest knock on Coates, that he drops too many passes, hasn't shown up through the first two days of Steelers organized team activities (OTAs).
"I haven't seen that at all," Wheaton said. "He's been doing a great job of catching the ball."
All rookie receivers are raw, Wheaton said. There is simply more to pay attention to as a pro receiver than in the college ranks.
After Pittsburgh drafted Coates in the third round with the 87th overall pick, Steelers wide receivers coach Richard Mann said the Auburn standout did drop balls and that it might be a matter of losing concentration from coming in and out of the game.
On Tuesday, Coates said he's been watching Antonio Brown and the Steelers' other experienced receivers, he has to work harder as an NFL receiver but that it's hard to tell much while running around in shorts.
"Everybody looks athletic when you're in shorts and a helmet," Coates said.
Wheaton said analysts had similar criticisms of himself when he was coming out of Oregon State and that it doesn't mean much.
"They say a lot of negatives that – things they said about me I didn't think was true and now I'm sure he thinks the same thing," he said. "We just go play football, we don't worry about it."
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Sammie Coates showing Steelers he knows how to finish
Jeremy Fowler, ESPN Senior NFL Writer
Steelers rookie receiver Sammie Coates is a proven deep-ball finisher, but now he needs to refine his route-running. AP Photo/Keith Srakocic
Pittsburgh Steelers third-round rookie receiver Sammie Coates just finished his first two days of offseason team activities -- he missed Thursday’s session while flying to Los Angeles for NFL Rookie Premiere -- and so far the results are positive.
Steelers team policy is not to disclose details from practices unless confirmed from players or coaches, but two offensive players commented generally about Coates’ ability.
It stands out.
Right tackle Marcus Gilbert said that although it’s early in offseason workouts to characterize a young receiver’s route-running precision, he did notice that Coates is a finisher. “He looks like he knows how to finish a play with strength, especially in the middle of the field,” Gilbert said. “That’s something I noticed.”
Coates was a deep-ball finisher at Auburn, averaging 20-plus yards per catch during his junior season. One label attached to Coates during the draft process was that he drops passes. But fellow Steelers receiver Markus Wheaton said Coates has been catching the ball “great” this week.
“He looks good,” Wheaton said. “Obviously as a rookie, he has a lot to learn. But physically, he’s where he needs to be.”
Like most rookies, Coates needs to sharpen his attention to detail with routes and pre-snap reads, Wheaton told pennlive.com. At 6-foot-1, 212 pounds with a 41-inch vertical and 4.4 speed, Coates will always look good in shorts. Everyone knows he can go deep. He can become a matchup nightmare for cornerbacks with his speed/size combo downfield.
The key for Coates will be grasping the nuances of a Steelers offense that, under coordinator Todd Haley, relies heavily on short-to-intermediate passes. The Steelers will give Coates time to master this. With Antonio Brown, Martavis Bryant and Wheaton ahead of him on the early depth chart, Coates can ease into his role and hope to provide a spark at some point in his rookie season.
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