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  • SidSmythe
    Hall of Famer
    • Sep 2008
    • 4708

    This is the Worst......

    This is the Worst 3rd and Long defense I can remember since the late 90s when Tim Lewis ran the defense.

    How do you honor the underneath patterns on 3rd and Goal from the 16 yard line???

    Lack of pass rush from the outside doesn't help either.
    Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
    Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
    Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...!!!
  • pittpete
    Legend
    • Aug 2008
    • 6825

    #2
    Zone, can you say zone.
    Impossible to defend when recievers are allowed to run free.
    I wonder what Butler watched on tape on defending Seattle?
    Has to be that these zones are really complicated because the blown assignments are numerous.
    Probably a reason why a braindead Thomas cant play on the defense.
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    • feltdizz
      Legend
      • May 2008
      • 27532

      #3
      Defending an "area" doesnt work... play some damn man and cut the guys who keep getting burned.
      Steelers 27
      Rats 16

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      • SteelBucks
        Legend
        • Aug 2008
        • 8075

        #4
        Originally posted by feltdizz
        Defending an "area" doesnt work... play some damn man and cut the guys who keep getting burned.
        We'd have to cut everybody.

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        • SidSmythe
          Hall of Famer
          • Sep 2008
          • 4708

          #5
          I don't care about it being zone. But 3 deep??

          At least run up the seams with the WRs using ur underneath guys
          Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
          Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
          Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...!!!

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          • The Man of Steel
            Pro Bowler
            • Dec 2009
            • 2236

            #6
            Just poor fundamentals. Kind of depressing to watch.
            Obviously the standard is the standard.

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            • SteelCrazy
              Legend
              • Aug 2008
              • 5049

              #7
              Lake says the DB s are playing well....what else u need to know?
              2019 Mock

              1. ILB
              2. CB
              3. ILB
              4. S
              5. CB
              6. ILB
              7. S

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              • squidkid
                Legend
                • Feb 2012
                • 5847

                #8
                i've finally had. lebeau needs to retire
                steelers = 3 ring circus with tomlin being the head clown

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                • pittpete
                  Legend
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 6825

                  #9
                  No, LeBeau is still here
                  [url]http://grantland.com/features/dick-lebeau-evolution-coverage-tactics-zone-blitz/[/url]
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                  • pittpete
                    Legend
                    • Aug 2008
                    • 6825

                    #10
                    You need a high football IQ to play zone in this defense.
                    Also, have to love this [url]http://www.draftinsider.net/reports/2012/CB/Antwon-Blake[/url]
                    Negative: Struggles getting his head back around and locating the pass in the air. Misses assignments in zone.
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                    • bostonsteeler
                      Pro Bowler
                      • Oct 2008
                      • 1529

                      #11
                      We don't have a third and long defense, going back to the days when Vick could beat a third and 25..
                      Its sad and frustrating.

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                      • WindyCitySteel
                        Legend
                        • Nov 2011
                        • 15684

                        #12
                        Originally posted by pittpete
                        Zone, can you say zone.
                        Impossible to defend when recievers are allowed to run free.
                        Wonder why they're doing that?

                        Mike Tomlin has been more actively involved in what the defense will be doing in 2015, and it’s already been evident at training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe. Tomlin has spent periods of several days this week working with the cornerbacks and safeties on zone coverages similar to what he employed when he was the secondary coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.


                        It’s the first time since he became head coach in 2007 that Tomlin outwardly has put his imprint on the defense and changed the way the Steelers play in the secondary. He didn’t do it his first eight years out of deference and respect for LeBeau, a Hall of Fame player and one of the greatest assistant coaches in NFL history.

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                        • NJ-STEELER
                          Legend
                          • May 2008
                          • 12563

                          #13
                          Dickie is gone, but his legacy lives on

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                          • Djfan
                            Legend
                            • May 2008
                            • 5184

                            #14
                            I said this a few weeks ago. This D would be very good if we just switched to man-on-man. Even the scrubs we have would make the other QBs think an extra second to pass if we were in their face. That would increase the time for the rush.

                            It's just a long dead techinque in the NFL to do this.
                            Steel City Mafia
                            So Cal Boss (Ret)
                            [URL]http://www.anewsong.com[/URL]

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                            • WindyCitySteel
                              Legend
                              • Nov 2011
                              • 15684

                              #15
                              Originally posted by NJ-STEELER
                              Dickie is gone, but his legacy lives on
                              Nice try - Tomlin took over this defense in camp. He owns it, if you will.

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