How Many Snaps???

[flippy]

I think the most interesting thing is to see how many snaps guys will get early on.

I have a feeling we'll see more of a mix early in the season and as we hunker down later in the season some guys will never come off the field especially on D.

What is our base O and base D?

Will the push to get 2 TEs and a FB in the game while we've likely got some depth at WR. I think it's going to be hard not to want to get as many reps possible for Claypool, but I don't see it happening at the expense of Juju and DJ. Then you've got Washington who's got that sneaky speed where he doesn't seem fast but can get behind guys and separation which comes out of no where and I don't even see how he gets on the field sometimes.

I almost think we'll see Ben get to run more no huddle this year than ever to make him comfortable and I think we present matchup problems for D's everywhere.

I see Alualu subbing a good bit for Heyward and Tuitt early. But beyond those 3, how many of our DLine players get PT?

I have no idea who's going to get into the rotation at LB.

At DB, the only experienced backups we have are Sutton and Davis. I expect to see Sutton get a ton of reps but probably not Davis.

Defensively I expect we'll see a lot of Dime with Sutton and Hilton on the field a lot. Maybe one of them gets replaced by Davis to provide us with some additional size in the backend?

I guess what I'm saying is at this point, I don't even know if we have depth? Maybe we do, but I have no idea at this point.

[Steel Maniac]

Flippy, if we don't feature those two TE's (especially in the red zone) I think the entire Steeler empire will be asking, " WTF". This is the perfect opportunity ( team) to get the things we want to do on offense worked on. Why not?

27-13 Steelers

[NorthCoast]

Listening to Tomlin's pressers, it's the offense that has a bunch of unsettled questions. So I expect a lot of moving pieces on that side of the ball.
Defensively, force Jones to win the game. (He has the arm to do it, but I don't think the Giants have enough pcs on O.)

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

Defensively, force Jones to win the game. (He has the arm to do it, but I don't think the Giants have enough pcs on O.)

Especially if you gameplan to take Barkley away. Also, keeping in mind that NYG has a new OC, a new HC, and a second year starting QB. There may be a time when they are able to put it together, but this off-season it probably is not week 1.