stillers4me
01-20-2011, 05:09 AM
Rex Ryan, then coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens' defense, was walking off the field at training camp in 2007 when I asked him about his Pittsburgh counterpart, Dick LeBeau.
I wanted to know what Ryan thought of LeBeau possibly using defensive end Brett Keisel the way the Ravens had deployed linebacker Adalius Thomas a year earlier — roaming all over the field.
"It's no surprise Coach LeBeau would look at some of the things we do," Ryan said. "Trust me, we steal from him, too."
Oh, to have been a fly on the grease board as the defensive game plans were formulated for Sunday's AFC title game. To have been privy to the inner worlds of Ryan and LeBeau, who along with that Belichick guy have produced the most consistently excellent defenses of the new millennium..........
Read more @ http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_718969.html
I wanted to know what Ryan thought of LeBeau possibly using defensive end Brett Keisel the way the Ravens had deployed linebacker Adalius Thomas a year earlier — roaming all over the field.
"It's no surprise Coach LeBeau would look at some of the things we do," Ryan said. "Trust me, we steal from him, too."
Oh, to have been a fly on the grease board as the defensive game plans were formulated for Sunday's AFC title game. To have been privy to the inner worlds of Ryan and LeBeau, who along with that Belichick guy have produced the most consistently excellent defenses of the new millennium..........
Read more @ http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_718969.html