STEELERS WINDOW CLOSING DUE TO MIS-EVALUATION OF DEFENSIVE BACKS

[hawaiiansteeler]

STEELERS WINDOW CLOSING DUE TO MIS-EVALUATION OF DEFENSIVE BACKS

JON LEDYARD
DECEMBER 10, 2018

The Pittsburgh Steelers have a lot of issues, most of which have come to light over the past three games, all losses. Mike Tomlin can’t manage the clock and doesn’t take bad teams seriously, Ben Roethlisberger has made costly mistakes all season, and the Steelers linebacker play is at an all-time low.

But despite all of these undeniable truths, the Steelers win at least two, maybe all three of the last few games if they had done one thing better: acquire and develop defensive back talent, whether in the draft or free agency.

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[teegre]

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[hawaiiansteeler]

#JalenRamsey

do you think he'll be able to learn how to play 10 yards off the ball and then tackle the catch?

[teegre]

do you think he'll be able to learn how to play 10 yards off the ball and then tackle the catch?

My Plan B: draft that backup CB from Notre Dame.

[st33lersguy]

Not just defensive backs, linebackers as well

[teegre]

Not just defensive backs, linebackers as well

Watt & Shazier were good picks. Woodley was good for a while. Timmons was rock solid. Even VW is pretty good. Worlidong was okay.

Whereas, the DBs are a bowl of warm diarrhea.

[hawaiiansteeler]

Watt & Shazier were good picks. Woodley was good for a while. Timmons was rock solid. Even VW is pretty good. Worlidong was okay.

Whereas, the DBs are a bowl of warm diarrhea.

and that's an insult to warm diarrhea...

[st33lersguy]

Watt & Shazier were good picks. Woodley was good for a while. Timmons was rock solid. Even VW is pretty good. Worlidong was okay.

Whereas, the DBs are a bowl of warm diarrhea.

Recently though all those picks at linebacker have yielded very little. Watt is an up and comer and Shazier was great when he played (it's just his career was too short) but Jarvis Jones is the worst 1st round draft pick since Huey Richardson and Bud Dupree hasn't come close to living up to his draft status

[pczach]

do you think he'll be able to learn how to play 10 yards off the ball and then tackle the catch?

If they acquired him and then played him in that scheme.....coaches being burned at the stake would be acceptable.

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Recently though all those picks at linebacker have yielded very little. Watt is an up and comer and Shazier was great when he played (it's just his career was too short) but Jarvis Jones is the worst 1st round draft pick since Huey Richardson and Bud Dupree hasn't come close to living up to his draft status

But they lead the NFL in sacks as a team and Dupree isn't getting a ton of sacks...but he's getting pressures. Ultimately, they're doing enough as a group. Plus if Shazier didn't get hurt, this would be a different defense. The secondary...…..not so much.

[tube517]

do you think he'll be able to learn how to play 10 yards off the ball and then tackle the catch?

He also would need to be able to withstand hits from Sean Davis. (Too early?)