stillers4me
07-31-2015, 05:36 AM
After 11 consecutive years of doing it one way under Dick LeBeau, the Steelers defense will have a different set of fingerprints on their schemes and coverages this season. And they won’t just belong to Keith Butler, the new defensive coordinator.
Mike Tomlin has been more actively involved in what the defense will be doing in 2015, and it’s already been evident at training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe. Tomlin has spent periods of several days this week working with the cornerbacks and safeties on zone coverages similar to what he employed when he was the secondary coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It’s the first time since he became head coach in 2007 that Tomlin outwardly has put his imprint on the defense and changed the way the Steelers play in the secondary. He didn’t do it his first eight years out of deference and respect for LeBeau, a Hall of Fame player and one of the greatest assistant coaches in NFL history.........
read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2015/07/31/Steelers-coach-Mike-Tomlin-will-put-his-stamp-on-the-defense/stories/201507310178?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Mike Tomlin has been more actively involved in what the defense will be doing in 2015, and it’s already been evident at training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe. Tomlin has spent periods of several days this week working with the cornerbacks and safeties on zone coverages similar to what he employed when he was the secondary coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It’s the first time since he became head coach in 2007 that Tomlin outwardly has put his imprint on the defense and changed the way the Steelers play in the secondary. He didn’t do it his first eight years out of deference and respect for LeBeau, a Hall of Fame player and one of the greatest assistant coaches in NFL history.........
read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2015/07/31/Steelers-coach-Mike-Tomlin-will-put-his-stamp-on-the-defense/stories/201507310178?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter