Lady Steel
01-18-2015, 01:05 AM
Through a quarter of the Steelers’ Sept. 21 night game at Carolina, Antwon Blake hadn’t been on the field for the defense for a snap yet this season.
Further, according to Pro Football Focus, prior to this season Blake had been on the field for just nine defensive NFL snaps — four with Jacksonville after being an undrafted rookie in 2012; five with the Steelers last season – and never more than two in any given game.
But then Ike Taylor sustained a gruesome broken forearm when he was accidentally run into by a teammate. Without much of a choice that night in Charlotte, the Steelers turned to Blake.
A few weeks later, the team had seen enough of Cortez Allen at cornerback. Again without much of a choice, the Steelers turned to Blake.
This time, it stuck.
Throughout the remainder of the season, Blake played a regular role on a defense that seemed to hit its stride down the stretch. Over the final eight games of the regular season, Blake played 247 of the Steelers’ 557 defensive snaps (per Pro Football Focus) – or 43 percent.
Read more: http://blog.triblive.com/steel-mill/2015/01/15/adamski-grinder-blake-happy-to-have-shown-his-worth-as-a-corner-for-steelers/#ixzz3P9cyEHqf
Further, according to Pro Football Focus, prior to this season Blake had been on the field for just nine defensive NFL snaps — four with Jacksonville after being an undrafted rookie in 2012; five with the Steelers last season – and never more than two in any given game.
But then Ike Taylor sustained a gruesome broken forearm when he was accidentally run into by a teammate. Without much of a choice that night in Charlotte, the Steelers turned to Blake.
A few weeks later, the team had seen enough of Cortez Allen at cornerback. Again without much of a choice, the Steelers turned to Blake.
This time, it stuck.
Throughout the remainder of the season, Blake played a regular role on a defense that seemed to hit its stride down the stretch. Over the final eight games of the regular season, Blake played 247 of the Steelers’ 557 defensive snaps (per Pro Football Focus) – or 43 percent.
Read more: http://blog.triblive.com/steel-mill/2015/01/15/adamski-grinder-blake-happy-to-have-shown-his-worth-as-a-corner-for-steelers/#ixzz3P9cyEHqf