OK folks help me out here. I've heard he's a speedy receiver who can stretch the field, but has anyone seen him play as a Steeler? I don't recall him in lighting it up in the preseason games, yet he stays on the roster. Anything you can provide to fill in the blanks will help me feel better about this pick. Go Steelers!!!!
Calvin Austin III....???
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He has been injured and O'Canada says he doesn't know how to fit him into this offense.
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Canada does not know how to fit a receiver who is extremely fast, with razor-sharp cuts, into "this offense"? Unlike Kansas City, Miami, the Bungles, the Eagles, and every other team in the NFL who use very fast and small receivers to blow up defenses?
Uhh, sure.
Uhh, sure.
Before I go back to my normal dislike of his offense I do have to give him credit for the Heyward catch where he went hurry up knowing they were going to make substitutions. Also late and early the offense clicked.
Other than that I return you to our regularly scheduled offensive program.
He didn’t play in the preseason… he hurt himself right before tge first game
Canada's got an idea.
since Muth is out, we put Austin at TE and have him run straight down the field. well, 2 yards, and a curl. right in the center of the field.
since Muth is out, we put Austin at TE and have him run straight down the field. well, 2 yards, and a curl. right in the center of the field.
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Good call. The problem was that we don't know if that was really him or not.
I'm not giving him too much credit. The LB is standing flat footed trying to call a TO. He didn't even try to cover Heyward. Not sure if it was a great play call or just dumb luck.
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But the bad plays are definitely him. No question. No one else
He started practicing on the 5th or thereabout. They have, at most, a week to activate him; or he will be on IR for the rest of the season.
The stupid play calls are 100% on him. The jet sweeps, the run ,run , pass on him. The throwing behind the sticks on 3rd downs , all on him. The poor execution of said plays are on the players, but you have to put them in a place to succeed. And I believe Canada fails on that aspect around 75% of the time.
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agreed. but he has to get credit for the good plays right?
He was injured in the preseason so he missed most of his learning process. That's why I've been saying it is most likely he stays on IR or comes off IR and doesn't get a hat on Sunday's (at least for a while). That's why Canaduh said he's getting on a moving train and Tomlin has said this about rookies in the past who got injured and missed most or all of camp and the preseason. It's too hard for them to catch back up when they were never there in the 1st place. I would be more shocked if they activated him and he plays in the first few weeks than if they just leave him on IR for the rest of the year.
I think that is where people tend to close their vision off. Because even a coordinator with a boatload of suck can have good plays. Doesn't mean the suck scale isn't still pointing down.
I see that with our players too, fans refusing to give players on their suck list credit.
Sure they might overall suck but a good play is a good play.
According to Tomlins conference he says it is always a collective effort. So if we are to blame one or give credit to one then other should receive their due too.
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I am not blaming Canada for Run, Run, Pass, we have been witnessing that for multiple Coordinators now. I think what we are finally starting to see as we continue to get even more inept coaching hires is that Tomlin has his hands in way more than we think he does. He is the only Constant as the coordinators and coaching staff keeps changing but the philosophies of this team and the problems they pose continue to stick around and continue to get worse.
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Meh, about half of our defensive starters from last week missed the preseason.
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It is a collective effort, I've been an OC at several levels and there is A LOT of input from different people.
1. Scheme is week to week depending on your opposition's strength and weakness. Coaches huddle and discuss which personnel packages to use, install new ones if needed, discuss personnel in those packages due to poor play or injuries. This is where the Head coach has a lot of say. If he wants run heavy 80/20 or more balanced attack or in Mike Tomlin's case to not throw to the middle of the field to reduce risks. We even discuss changing the QB's progression chart on certain plays.
2. Install the playbook for the week based on the packages and personnel. For instance, I had an RPO scheme with a talented running QB who went down with an ankle sprain. The backup was a lefty with stone feet. So, we switched to a play action style and incorporated some wildcat plays to keep some of the RPO packages in play.
3. Film and group breakouts are where we pitch the Scheme, packages, and strategies and we receive input from players here as well. sometimes they see things on the field that we either don't think about or miss on film.
4. Assistant coaches are a godsend during a game. It's difficult to call plays, strategize, keep packages at the ready, and diagnose what the defense is doing with your sets. I usually focus on the trenches; assistants will focus on backers and secondary and the opposing sideline to see what personnel packages might be at the ready. We talk in real time as the play happens and boom, it's time for the next call.
Man, do I miss it. Writing that brought back a flood of memories.
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Well yeah of course he doesn't know how to fit him in. In order to use him properly, you have to throw more than 3 yards down field!!!
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Honestly I think they need TE to help the ****** line which means the Boykins, Austin's etc all are getting next to nothing.
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Well, that ******* WR screen that everyone in the stadium knows is coming every time he runs it is a bad call. AND run run pass punt twice in a row when we were down by a boatload against the Bills, that's just ******* asinine. So yeah, there's that.
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My point is if he gets ridiculed for the bad calls, he should get credit for the good.