He is being payed way too well just to be a run stuffer. He claims his injury held back his on the field play. Now he has a chance to show it. I prefer they work out some short term friendly deal but I would cut him before I ask him to bulk up. IMO that wouldn’t be getting the best bang for the buck. As you need those inside guys capable of pressuring QBs. Keeps your D not dependent on outside pressure…
Conditioning will help his run defense. All that other motivational crap won't help unless it's equal to the work put in.
That is a good point. I'd be fine with that. However, unless I missed it, that option was not raised in the context of this discussion. It was always about bringing someone in.
The process is FAR from over; we got cuts coming up where some decent players will emerge as FAs. And then there's these:
Now wait. I thought the perimeters of this was players who could take the Steelers to another level. I'm not so sure any of those players on the list do that. Would they be better to some degree with a JC Jackson or Xavien Howard? I guess. Do those guys play slot? But I don't know that it takes them to another level. And I don't know if opening a hole at DE is worth just getting marginally better somewhere. If they can get that big talent, and they have to cut Cam Heyward to do so and don't have to lose high draft capital, I am on board.
Here I thought the reason why Cam was skipping OTAs was he wanted an extension. I wonder why Cam didn't just say he was on vacation?
He can always hock the trophy..
Btw… Truitts mental health sabotaged the defensive line ..
my point is a vet missing OTAs is not a big deal. missing training camp would be a problem
Lol....I know what your point was but Ben being on a vacation and Cam wanting a new contract is like total opposite ends of the spectrum. Kind of laughable example you thru out there....no?
Yes if your QB the leader of your team can say, hey **** OTAs I am on Vacation, then a Vet who wants a new contract can stay away from OTAs.
Yep yep. You are spot on.
Vets like Cam don’t need OTAs
Going off of what? Last season? He missed a large portion of the season hurt and play another large portion hurt. And our defense wasn't anything special. The year or two before last season same results but he played in every game. Maybe it is scheme. In the end Cam isn't a game changer on our D. Whether he olays or doesn't our run defense has sucked.
Our old 3-4 with all beefy linemen used to work just fine with relying on pressure from OLB. As a matter of fact, it was a better D than capt. Tomfoolery puts on the field, who doesn't comprehend what a real NT looks like in a 3-4 D. Those Dick Lebeau/Cowher Ds were superior to what goofball puts on the field, which is consistently the most expensive D in the NFL ranking in the 20's.
Times change cooch. DL’s defense was exposed. Now you have to get with the times. But one thing that hasn’t changed is that pressuring the QB works. If you do it effectively. I see undersized players is their new experiment in regards to the position. Thing is they still have to be able to stop the run simultaneously.
Loved that defense. A. Smith to me is the most underrated Steeler of all time. But the NFL has changed since then. Rules favor offenses way more than they did then
Agreed on both, but I'm not so sold that the old 3-4, with a legit NT, couldn't still fair better today than Tomfoolish's hybrid Tampa D is doing today. He spends THE most on D and gets so-so results: 21st in yards given up. #1 in $ spent. 19th in rushing yards given up. That's not Pgh football as far as I'm concerned. Gimme a Dick LeBeau D with a Hampton or Joel Steed at NT in there. Tomlin is aloof to that D.
They need to change the scheme. I only coached HS football but can read what they are doing. god knows NFL caliber coaches see right through it
I think the 3-4 could still hold up today.
Once again, that falls on the head coach, like so, so many things do.
