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Kenny vs Rams Film Analysis

This guy, who like most good coaches, wasn't much of a player BUT HE speaks volumes better than most "experts" on TV right now. He is, like we are, dumbfounded by the simplicity and repetitive nature of our scheme. Even when something works, we are repetitive until the bone is dry. Thanks for posting!

Hire his *** as a OPC at the very least. Anyone is better than the clown-show we have right now. He may not be ready for an OC job but as an OPC who's played for a million different teams, he probably has seen more than most.
 
keslerclan said:
This guy, who like most good coaches, wasn't much of a player BUT HE speaks volumes better than most "experts" on TV right now. He is, like we are, dumbfounded by the simplicity and repetitive nature of our scheme. Even when something works, we are repetitive until the bone is dry. Thanks for posting!

Hire his *** as a OPC at the very least. Anyone is better than the clown-show we have right now. He may not be ready for an OC job but as an OPC who's played for a million different teams, he probably has seen more than most.
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Not to mention every time he watches our offense he uses terms like "old" to describe the play designs, and he constantly watches plays like "I don't understand what we're trying to accomplish here". He's admitted he hates watching our offense. So do we JT, so do we.
 
Steelmann said:
Great YouTube find Tape. What I like about this is that it isn’t all the negative. Many positive as well. This should actually e mandatory viewing as a Steelers fan. Liked and subscribed.
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Not all positive or negative usually means a more sensible approach. Plus fans watching game tape can be completely biased before they hit play. Which is why I liked TMC as he didn't go into watching anything with an underlying agenda.
 
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Iirc Osullivan sells a qb for dummies type program to tech basic offensive principles or something along that line.

One thing i like about his breakdowns is that he ALWAYS points out that he is making general assumptions using typical strategies… any given play could have a wrinkle he doesn’t know about because he is not privy to the playbook or playcall…

A wr could have run a wrong route, a qb misread something on a hot read, a blocker could have blocked the wrong guy…

The only ones that know for sure is the coaches… but yeah, he points out a lot of things that are wrong in general…

Watching these breakdowns and others like them are where I got my theory that we ignore the deep routes and middle routes for most of the game unless the qb is told specifically to throw one…

The past few seasons the qb never even reads them most plays… and when they do go deep or over the middle … it almost always is a predetermined throw with no other reads…
 
madinsomniac said:
Iirc Osullivan sells a qb for dummies type program to tech basic offensive principles or something along that line.

One thing i like about his breakdowns is that he ALWAYS points out that he is making general assumptions using typical strategies… any given play could have a wrinkle he doesn’t know about because he is not privy to the playbook or playcall…

A wr could have run a wrong route, a qb misread something on a hot read, a blocker could have blocked the wrong guy…

The only ones that know for sure is the coaches… but yeah, he points out a lot of things that are wrong in general…

Watching these breakdowns and others like them are where I got my theory that we ignore the deep routes and middle routes for most of the game unless the qb is told specifically to throw one…

The past few seasons the qb never even reads them most plays… and when they do go deep or over the middle … it almost always is a predetermined throw with no other reads…
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I believe that is possible. In the medical industry they would say, "can't rule that out."
 
slashsteel said:
Not all positive or negative usually means a more sensible approach. Plus fans watching game tape can be completely biased before they hit play. Which is why I liked TMC as he didn't go into watching anything with an underlying agenda.
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Slash, what happened to TMC? Haven’t seen him here in a long time. Excellent poster!
 
steelhurt said:
Slash, what happened to TMC? Haven’t seen him here in a long time. Excellent poster!
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I think it was multifold. He got tired of cooch and everything was too time consuming. Not sure which one ultimately led to calling it quits. Perhaps one of the older posters might know...
 
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madinsomniac said:
He was a casualty of the great Dri Archer war IIRC… many a poster was sacrificed to that wretched thread in that calamitous time..
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I picture the frank constanza scene recalling the "incident" in Vietnam to Kramer when I read this 😂
 
Really good overview again. If you watch the 4th quarter pass plays vs. the 1st quarter, the difference is almost inexplicable. 1st quarter, very few open receivers. On the 4th quarter plays, night-and-day; watch how two guys are wide open on most plays. On the back shoulder to Pickens, Heyward is uncovered over the middle. On the game-clincher to Pickens, Robinson is BY HIMSELF on the left sideline.

I am unable to explain what changes from the 1st to the 4th quarter. I just don't know. The review does underscore that Kenny needs to stop happy-footing and deliver some passes on time. The reason for that is likely the terrible pass protection. Watch O'Sullivan's segments for the 49ers, or Eagles, or Bengals and compare how much time their passers have. The Steelers need to improve the protection, right the **** now.
 
Looked up O'Sullivan and learned he attended my high school. I KNEW there was a reason to like him.
 
Steeltime said:
Really good overview again. If you watch the 4th quarter pass plays vs. the 1st quarter, the difference is almost inexplicable. 1st quarter, very few open receivers. On the 4th quarter plays, night-and-day; watch how two guys are wide open on most plays. On the back shoulder to Pickens, Heyward is uncovered over the middle. On the game-clincher to Pickens, Robinson is BY HIMSELF on the left sideline.

I am unable to explain what changes from the 1st to the 4th quarter. I just don't know. The review does underscore that Kenny needs to stop happy-footing and deliver some passes on time. The reason for that is likely the terrible pass protection. Watch O'Sullivan's segments for the 49ers, or Eagles, or Bengals and compare how much time their passers have. The Steelers need to improve the protection, right the **** now.
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In Ben's one season with Canada, I believe the Steelers had one of the best offenses in the league in the 4th quarter, while he and the offense were complete garbage in the prior quarters throughout the season.

It's definitely a trend with Canada's offense that is really hard to make sense of, though the offense was a "bit" better early in games the second half of last season.

It's not like Canada is designing the plays that fail early, but not the ones that work late.

He might be someone who needs to see an NFL defense in game for three hours before he gets a sense for what to call, but that obviously won't cut it in terms of overall scoring.

Adding to that, I tend to seriously question the game planning between him and Tomlin going into these games. How often in recent years have we heard/read Steelers players claiming the opposing defense did not show them what they expected and practiced for? I've lost count.

Three years of Canada and three years of being near the bottom in scoring. He would not have lasted after his first season with a lot of teams.
 
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