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11-19-2013, 06:45 AM
Through three offensive coordinators over 10 seasons, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has begged to use the no-huddle offense more often.
All three declined. Oh, they let him run it here and there, sometimes to such great success that it put at least one Super Bowl ring on everyone’s finger.
In the end, though, Ken Whisenhunt, Bruce Arians and now Todd Haley just weren’t willing to cede all of the control, all of the play-calling to their quarterback.
They all had their public reasons, too. Whisenhunt had a young Roethlisberger who wasn’t quite ready. Arians preferred to use it to change the tempo of a game, often when his team fell behind. Haley has had to deal with young players and injuries everywhere.
Yet, there was the no-huddle again, popping up right from the start of the game Sunday at Heinz Field, and it tore apart a good Detroit Lions defense for a 37-27 victory.
Every Steelers series featured some no-huddle plays, sometimes all of them. Some no-huddle plays were not recorded as such because of timeouts, penalties, replay reviews, official timeouts, etc. In the NFL’s official play-by-play of the game, however, 33 of the Steelers’ 73 snaps came without a huddle.
Those plays produced 238 of Roethlisberger’s 362 yards passing, two direct touchdowns and one indirect (an official measurement prompted a huddle). All three field goals also came after heavy no-huddle use on those three series.
And, if it matters, 23 of the Steelers’ meager 40 yards rushing came on no-huddle calls.
Only days after the NFL Network claimed that Roethlisberger was no Peyton Manning, he did a pretty good impression of him.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2013/11/19/On-the-Steelers-No-huddle-worked-to-perfection-vs-Detroit/stories/201311190020#ixzz2l5wVgjhZ
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All three declined. Oh, they let him run it here and there, sometimes to such great success that it put at least one Super Bowl ring on everyone’s finger.
In the end, though, Ken Whisenhunt, Bruce Arians and now Todd Haley just weren’t willing to cede all of the control, all of the play-calling to their quarterback.
They all had their public reasons, too. Whisenhunt had a young Roethlisberger who wasn’t quite ready. Arians preferred to use it to change the tempo of a game, often when his team fell behind. Haley has had to deal with young players and injuries everywhere.
Yet, there was the no-huddle again, popping up right from the start of the game Sunday at Heinz Field, and it tore apart a good Detroit Lions defense for a 37-27 victory.
Every Steelers series featured some no-huddle plays, sometimes all of them. Some no-huddle plays were not recorded as such because of timeouts, penalties, replay reviews, official timeouts, etc. In the NFL’s official play-by-play of the game, however, 33 of the Steelers’ 73 snaps came without a huddle.
Those plays produced 238 of Roethlisberger’s 362 yards passing, two direct touchdowns and one indirect (an official measurement prompted a huddle). All three field goals also came after heavy no-huddle use on those three series.
And, if it matters, 23 of the Steelers’ meager 40 yards rushing came on no-huddle calls.
Only days after the NFL Network claimed that Roethlisberger was no Peyton Manning, he did a pretty good impression of him.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2013/11/19/On-the-Steelers-No-huddle-worked-to-perfection-vs-Detroit/stories/201311190020#ixzz2l5wVgjhZ
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