Ben Roethlisberger says Steelers will run more no-huddle this year

[86WARD]

The no-huddle offense will be commonplace in Pittsburgh this year.


Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/1181/ben-roethlisberger) said at Organized Team Activities that going no-huddle will be the norm this year, and the Steelers wont just be running it when the game situations dictate it.


“I don’t want to call it our base offense, but I think you’ll see more of it (http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/6241333-74/huddle-offense-steelers#axzz33xO6s5Uf), so it was more important for us to get it in early and often,” Roethlisberger said, via the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.


New Steelers receiver Lance Moore (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/3545/lance-moore), in his first year in Pittsburgh after eight in New Orleans, was surprised at how quickly the no-huddle has been installed.


“If you would’ve told me a month ago that we would be doing no-huddle on the fourth and fifth OTA, I would’ve said you are crazy,” Moore said.


But it’s not crazy. It’s just a part of the Steelers’ new offensive identity.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/08/ben-roethlisberger-says-steelers-will-run-more-no-huddle-this-year/

[GBMelBlount]

Do Pittsburgh Steelers use enough no-huddle offense?

Watching Ben Roethlisberger run Pittsburgh's no-huddle offense, it's fair to question why the Steelers would do anything else.

The veteran quarterback is one of the NFL's best at calling his own plays, something he did frequently under the team's former offensive coordinator, Bruce Arians -- and less frequently under the current one, Todd Haley.

We saw it again in Sunday's 37-27 win over the Detroit Lions, as Big Ben drove the Steelers for a pair of early, rapid-fire touchdowns that leaned on his ability to dial up quick plays without a committee attached to every decision.

The Steelers eventually shed the no-huddle for a slower, more methodical string of drives later in the game, leaving us to ask: Why go away from what works?

Coach Mike Tomlin on Tuesday argued that the no-huddle can't be turned to as a full-time attack.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000284963/article/do-pittsburgh-steelers-use-enough-nohuddle-offense

[salamander]

I think it's a given that we'll see more no huddle. Weren't we going to see more of it last year until plans got derailed because of Pouncey's injury?

[GBMelBlount]

I think it's a given that we'll see more no huddle. Weren't we going to see more of it last year until plans got derailed because of Pouncey's injury?

Seems this does come up every year.

Mods, can we sticky this? :chuckle:

[Devilsdancefloor]

i will beleive it when i see it

[polamalubeast]

I hope ...


Last year the no huddle has been used less than 20% of the time in the first half of the season and the Steelers were 2-6 with only 17.3 points per game.....In the second half of the season, the Steelers have used the no-huddle almost 40% of the time and the steelers were 6-2 with 27.9 points per game

I do not have the full stats but the number of sacks and turnovers at the offense were also a big difference

[86WARD]

Seems this does come up every year.

Mods, can we sticky this? :chuckle:

"More No Huddle" is the new "Gonna Get The TE More Involved."

[Steelerette]

Well you don't really need a huddle to run a bubble screen to Archer

[stillers4me]

Well you don't really need a huddle to run a bubble screen to Archer


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[Steelerette]

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[steelerdude15]

I approve.

[polamalubeast]

Steelers looking to expand no huddle


PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Steelers are doubling down on the no huddle.

Offensive coordinator Todd Haley has expanded the number of 'no huddle' packages in his playbook after the Steelers used it effectively in the second half of the 2013 season.

Pittsburgh averaged more than 28 points over the final seven weeks after Haley gave quarterback Ben Roethlisberger more freedom to work out of the no huddle. The Steelers averaged just 20 points a game over the first nine weeks while stumbling to a 3-6 start.

Roethlisberger said Wednesday that Haley has pushed the no huddle ''about as far as it can go'' during organized team activities and minicamp. That will give the offense a chance to fine-tune things when training camp begins in July.



http://sports.yahoo.com/news/steelers-looking-expand-no-huddle-185925384--nfl.html

[Mojouw]

More on the annual we are going to run more no huddle stuff.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/ramblings/2014/big-bens-groundhog-day

None of these articles seems to mention that the crap-tastic olines that this team has fielded have likely hamstrung any offensive scheme creativity and flexibility.

Not to turn this into another o line thread...:deadhorse:

[polamalubeast]

The Steelers have used the no-huddle in the 2nd half of the season and they have had success....The first half of the season was a disaster when the steelers not used the no-huddle

If Tomlin and Haley not use very often the no-huddle in 2014, they are stupid and stubborn

[Craic]

The Steelers have used the no-huddle in the 2nd half of the season and they have had success....The first half of the season was a disaster when the steelers not used the no-huddle

If Tomlin and Haley not use very often the no-huddle in 2014, they are stupid and stubborn
Maybe so, maybe not. Tomlin's reasoning on not using it, and thus, inversely, his reasoning for why it works so well, is that when it is not used all the time, teams are not ready for it. That means that it has a bigger impact when it is broken out. If, according to this line of reason, it is used more often, teams will see more of it, meaning they will also see trends and tells, and then the no-huddle becomes less effective.

In short, it's like any other weapon: use it too much and it becomes ineffective, use it not enough, and it is ineffective.

[polamalubeast]

Maybe so, maybe not. Tomlin's reasoning on not using it, and thus, inversely, his reasoning for why it works so well, is that when it is not used all the time, teams are not ready for it. That means that it has a bigger impact when it is broken out. If, according to this line of reason, it is used more often, teams will see more of it, meaning they will also see trends and tells, and then the no-huddle becomes less effective.

In short, it's like any other weapon: use it too much and it becomes ineffective, use it not enough, and it is ineffective.


The Steelers have used the no-huddle 38% of the time in 2nd half of the season, which is fine for me

[tube517]

More on the annual we are going to run more no huddle stuff.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/ramblings/2014/big-bens-groundhog-day

None of these articles seems to mention that the crap-tastic olines that this team has fielded have likely hamstrung any offensive scheme creativity and flexibility.

Not to turn this into another o line thread...:deadhorse:


This.

Arians said in past seasons, they couldn't run it effectively (or were uncomfortable)because of all the injuires to the OL. No coincidence when the OL settled down later in the year last year, the no huddle ran pretty well and they looked more comfortable as the year went on.

[polamalubeast]

Roethlisberger completed 102 of 163 passes for 1,221 yards, 10 touchdowns and one interception out of the no huddle last year. The Steelers also called 76 runs plays out of the formation mostly with the same skill players on the field.

Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/6294745-74/rookie-hall-steelers#ixzz352FObBgj
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[Craic]

Roethlisberger completed 102 of 163 passes for 1,221 yards, 10 touchdowns and one interception out of the no huddle last year. The Steelers also called 76 runs plays out of the formation mostly with the same skill players on the field.

Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/6294745-74/rookie-hall-steelers#ixzz352FObBgj
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I like that little writeup on it. Especially with the idea that Johnson can be the second TE. Imagine we go into a no huddle offense, with Johnson, Heath, Ant.Brown, Bell, and another receiver on the field. That cast can give you a true five wide look, or bring it in for an I formation run, or anything in between, all without changing personnel packages.

That, IMO, is a pretty good reason to think about using it more. Not to catch people off guard (which was the gist of what I was saying Tomlin used as the reason not to do it), but because we can trap a team with a bad sub-package on the field and drive on them, no matter which sub-package it is.

[Steeltreal]

Surprised you would want 2 TE set in a no huddle, With all the speed drafted, Wheaton, Brown, plus Archer Haley can get creative with Bell at RB