Steelers rookie rusher Dwyer struggling to make transition

[Craic]

I'm getting mixed signals with Dwyer.

I hear the talking heads say how he isnt doing very well then I read that he had an impressive goal line run....did well against Thadeus Gibson (after whiffing on the first try)...and he is making no excuses.

I am wondering if the FO is selectively giving reporters information so as to light a fire under Dwyers rookie ass.

IMO, there all probably true. He has strong points, he has week points. He is a rookie in his first camp. He is ADD, which means that if he is like most others, he is going to struggle with learning the playbook and incorporating new wrinkles at times (even on meds). However, how often have we seen rookies that fail to impress, that actually turn out pretty well thereafter. Either he has the basic athletic ability, and he gets developed, or he doesn't, and is dropped. Either way, I am ok with it.

[vrabinec]

Well, fresh reports out of camp say he's gonna get a bunch of carries this week against the Lions. Sounds like whatever was wrong has healed and he's ready to rock. Let's see what he's got. I think he's gonna surprise the hell out of people. I don't know if he'll end up on our roster, but I'm willing to bet he ends up on an NFL roster somewhere this year. Unfortunately, he has a long way to go as far as picking up the blitz and that sort of mundane task, but he can run with it (if our line gets any kind of a hole)

[GoSlash27]

This Dwyer guy would have to walk on water and turn loaves into fishes to convince me that he deserves a spot before Redman.

[tony hipchest]

panic time is over... perhaps he is HOF bound once again-

Dwyer gets physical with block on Fox

LATROBE -- If there was one play that brought a smile to coach Mike Tomlin’s face on Tuesday, it was the one made by Jonathan Dwyer.
A rookie running back who gained over 1,395 yards in each of the past two seasons at Georgia Tech, Dwyer didn’t do anything special the few times he had the football in his hands.
But in a period of the afternoon practice when the Steelers worked on their hurry-up offense, Dwyer made a superb block on blitzing linebacker Keyaron Fox.
“He still has a ways to grow,” Tomlin said. “As you know, he’s missed some time (at training camp). But one element that you can’t deny is that he was consistently physical today. And if we start anywhere, that’s a great basis to begin.”

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“That was definitely nice to see,” running backs coach Kirby Wilson said of Dwyer’s blitz pick-up block on Fox. “Those are the kinds of things we’re looking for from him. It’s early in the evaluation process. But we like what we see.”

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[Craic]

panic time is over... perhaps he is HOF bound once again-

Dwyer gets physical with block on Fox

http://www.timesonline.com/sports/sp...medium=twitter

LOL how many other of our picks were HOF bound before ever putting on pads... only to be called a bust without ever playing in a game? Seems like every year there is one or two.