polamalubeast
06-12-2014, 10:45 AM
Linebacker Ryan Shazier got some insight into the Steelers defense while at Ohio State thanks to defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau’s consultations with the coaches at the alma mater he shares with this year’s first-round pick.
That familiarity seems to have allowed Shazier to skip over some preliminaries this spring. The Steelers aren’t paying much lip service to making Shazier earn his spot and are instead deploying him all over the field. Alan Robinson of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Wednesday’s practice saw Shazier covering Antonio Brown, making plays at the line of scrimmage and generally looking like “a younger version of Troy Polamalu.”
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/12/steelers-using-ryan-shazier-all-over-the-field/
That familiarity seems to have allowed Shazier to skip over some preliminaries this spring. The Steelers aren’t paying much lip service to making Shazier earn his spot and are instead deploying him all over the field. Alan Robinson of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Wednesday’s practice saw Shazier covering Antonio Brown, making plays at the line of scrimmage and generally looking like “a younger version of Troy Polamalu.”
read more
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/12/steelers-using-ryan-shazier-all-over-the-field/