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08-14-2012, 05:11 AM
By Gerry Dulac / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
08/14/2012
After one preseason game, it is apparent Todd Haley wants to bring back a lost art to the Steelers offense:
The screen pass.
While four-wide receiver formations and vertical passes were nowhere to be found Thursday in Philadelphia, Haley wanted to be sure to emphasize a lot of screen passes to running backs -- beginning with the first pass play to Isaac Redman and carrying right on through to a touchdown pass to rookie Chris Rainey.
"We got a bunch of different screens -- that's been an emphasis for us," said Haley, the team's new offensive coordinator. "We want to get a bunch of them called in real action and see if we can't get pretty efficient at them because it can be a real weapon."
Do not worry.
The offense that had a 4,000-yard quarterback and two 1,000-yard receivers in 2011 is not transitioning to a West Coast-style, dink-and-dunk attack, even though it appeared that way against the Eagles.
Haley said it is all part of a plan to emphasize certain parts of the offense in each preseason game, the idea being to bring it all together for the start of the regular season.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/screen-passes-in-haley-plan-648891/#ixzz23VvaamRe
08/14/2012
After one preseason game, it is apparent Todd Haley wants to bring back a lost art to the Steelers offense:
The screen pass.
While four-wide receiver formations and vertical passes were nowhere to be found Thursday in Philadelphia, Haley wanted to be sure to emphasize a lot of screen passes to running backs -- beginning with the first pass play to Isaac Redman and carrying right on through to a touchdown pass to rookie Chris Rainey.
"We got a bunch of different screens -- that's been an emphasis for us," said Haley, the team's new offensive coordinator. "We want to get a bunch of them called in real action and see if we can't get pretty efficient at them because it can be a real weapon."
Do not worry.
The offense that had a 4,000-yard quarterback and two 1,000-yard receivers in 2011 is not transitioning to a West Coast-style, dink-and-dunk attack, even though it appeared that way against the Eagles.
Haley said it is all part of a plan to emphasize certain parts of the offense in each preseason game, the idea being to bring it all together for the start of the regular season.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/screen-passes-in-haley-plan-648891/#ixzz23VvaamRe