stillers4me
07-20-2014, 09:27 AM
Steelers training camp, which opens Friday, never fails to produce surprises. But there are two things you can count on year after year:
1. It will be held in Latrobe.
2. There will be talk of exhuming a long-deceased running game.
Allow me to pull this excerpt from colleague Mark Kaboly's blog early in camp last year, when Mike Tomlin surprised onlookers by incorporating live tackling into drills (a move that had Dan Kreider fans everywhere frothing at the mouth):
“There's no secret the Steelers want to run the ball this year. No, like seriously run the ball like they used to. They ran for just more than 1,500 yards a year ago — their second fewest in a full season since the NFL adopted the 16-game schedule in 1978.”
Kaboly smartly tossed in this caveat: “Fans might be wise to temper their enthusiasm on the renewed vigor of the run game. I do believe that's been a theme for the past couple years, and we all know how that worked out.” ..............
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/joestarkey/6444947-74/steelers-game-running#ixzz381EaygtW
1. It will be held in Latrobe.
2. There will be talk of exhuming a long-deceased running game.
Allow me to pull this excerpt from colleague Mark Kaboly's blog early in camp last year, when Mike Tomlin surprised onlookers by incorporating live tackling into drills (a move that had Dan Kreider fans everywhere frothing at the mouth):
“There's no secret the Steelers want to run the ball this year. No, like seriously run the ball like they used to. They ran for just more than 1,500 yards a year ago — their second fewest in a full season since the NFL adopted the 16-game schedule in 1978.”
Kaboly smartly tossed in this caveat: “Fans might be wise to temper their enthusiasm on the renewed vigor of the run game. I do believe that's been a theme for the past couple years, and we all know how that worked out.” ..............
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/joestarkey/6444947-74/steelers-game-running#ixzz381EaygtW