Comments on: A training camp of surprises, scraps, Big Al

By: Phantaskippy

Phantaskippy — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:50:01 +0000

I agree there. I don’t know how Tuitt or any of our OLBs are going to do as 4-3 DEs.

No defense works if you don’t get pressure.

By: mikerozier30

mikerozier30 — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 12:55:31 +0000

Great , great work Neal… Your steelers coverage best around

By: Neal Coolong

Neal Coolong — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 11:44:32 +0000

Can’t even get through the preseason before it’s mandated the Steelers trade up for a defensive back in next year’s draft…you have no idea who’s available, who’s any good and where the Steelers will be picking, but the pick must be traded and a defensive back must be taken…love it!

By: Neal Coolong

Neal Coolong — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 11:43:23 +0000

Thank you,

McLendon snapped after the offense broke off two big runs in a row. It was a great moment. He got them fired up.

By: Neal Coolong

Neal Coolong — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 11:42:32 +0000

Ha! I highly doubt any of those guys even know who I am anymore. We moved to Lakeville in 2009 and I don’t think we made it up there for a game after the 2010 season. I’d be happy to do it if anyone felt it was worth anything.

By: Neal Coolong

Neal Coolong — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 11:41:23 +0000

You can disguise one thing with anything. And the fact the Steelers are running both the Tampa 2 (which is a cover 2 defense but the middle linebacker covers the vertical seam by dropping deep into coverage, much like Jack Lambert did in his day) as well as the Cover 2 with 2, 3, 4 and maybe even 5 down linemen shows they really want to create a multiple defense.

My only concern is the personnel they have are still kind of 3-4 based. I think Heyward and Tuitt can play inside, but they don’t have a pure 4-3 defensive end, and they made no effort to draft one. Maybe that’s something for a future conversation, but they have the linebackers to do it, I really like what I’ve seen of Antwon Blake as a Cover 2 corner, Boykin will be good in any set, Allen should be good in any set. A little worried about the safeties. All these parts have to play together well for this defense to work, we’ve seen a few cracks in that so far.

Gonna need more out of the front four though. However they align whatever players, they’re going to need to get in the QB’s face a bit more, otherwise teams like the Packers will just run clear-outs with an underneath drag by a RB or quick receiver and just outflank the LBs in coverage.

By: Skip

Skip — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 03:38:31 +0000

I appreciate you saying that, JB!

By: Phantaskippy

Phantaskippy — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 02:45:36 +0000

Neal, I’ve been reading up on cover-2 and Tampa-2 a lot.
I have a question you might have an answer to:

Could a defense disguise a Tampa-2 or a cover-3 like we ran last season as the other one?

The reason I ask is it seems like LeBeau’s weakness is Tampa-2’s strength, and if you could not tip which you were in before the play it would really mess with QBs, as their reads would be delayed until after the snap.

By: Jay Baileys

Jay Baileys — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 21:35:22 +0000

My family thanks you Skip, for your service sir!

By: Skip

Skip — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 19:25:40 +0000

Take it from a fellow Ranger: we will never, ever have to question the intestinal fortitude of Alejandro Villanueva. Proud to have him on my favorite football team.

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