Roethlisberger Said It

[NorthCoast]

Note to Canada; listen to your quarterback and get this guy MORE INVOLVED in your offense. Only good things will result....

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MUTH!!!!!!

[flippy]

If Pat got 5+ targets 10-20 yards down the middle of the field each game, the running game would start working and the line would look good.

[Disco1981]

And...He can actually catch, unlike the other TE we have

[Shawn]

Muth splitting the seam is the solution to cover 2. Also getting Harris more involved in the passing game makes sense.

[Northern_Blitz]

One of the plays in the highlight pack on the OL is stinky page shows PF wide open in the middle of the field, but the play goes elsewhere.

It's good to call better plays. And I'm sure we could design things better to attack the single high looks we seem to face a lot.

But it's not the OC who ultimately determines where the ball goes either.

[Northern_Blitz]

Muth splitting the seam is the solution to cover 2. Also getting Harris more involved in the passing game makes sense.

I've heard that we're mostly seeing single high (not cover 2).

Maybe that's why we're throwing down the sideline so much?

[feltdizz]

Ben has to pass to him when he is wide open too. It was only one play but that film breakdown had Pat wide open.

[BURGH86STEEL]

Forgot saying it. Execute it.

[Northern_Blitz]

One of the plays in the highlight pack on the OL is stinky page shows PF wide open in the middle of the field, but the play goes elsewhere.

It's good to call better plays. And I'm sure we could design things better to attack the single high looks we seem to face a lot.

But it's not the OC who ultimately determines where the ball goes either.

Here's Alex K with a counter argument to this statement. If someone's the 2nd or 3rd read. The QB isn't going to throw to them if a higher priority option is open because you throw it to your 1st option if he's open without checking option 3 first.

[NJ-STEELER]

Here's Alex K with a counter argument to this statement. If someone's the 2nd or 3rd read. The QB isn't going to throw to them if a higher priority option is open because you throw it to your 1st option if he's open without checking option 3 first.

was the first play really being talked about?

the ball is gone before DJ breaks open from 2 defenders in the area

[papillon]

was the first play really being talked about?

the ball is gone before DJ breaks open from 2 defenders in the area

Alex K is saying that since his first read was open that Ben was correct in throwing him the ball. I would argue a bit that Juju wasn't open because the LB was matching stride for stride and as soon as he caught the ball he was tackled. He was running laterally which doesn't give you much of a chance at breaking a tackle or juking the defender. Had he waited one more tick he would have seen Johnson flash open and may have been able to get him the ball. It would have been a throw that Ben is not making right now that intermediate range pass over LBs and in front of DBs.

The offense is going to struggle, I'm just hoping the young guys learn and get better each week.

Pappy

[Northern_Blitz]

was the first play really being talked about?

the ball is gone before DJ breaks open from 2 defenders in the area

I don't know about the discussion on this one in particular.

But it's something I don't always think about when I see a replay with a guy that looks wide open.

The PF play was the one I was referencing in my post above. Essentially saying Ben should throw it to PF when he's open if he wants PF to be more involved.

While it's not the play Alex is talking about, the principle may still apply in that play, or just more generally.