He hasn't been good at all. His inability to run block is killing an offense that is severely restrained by Matt Canada. The only thing that surprises you about the play calling is when they don't call the jet sweep.
no jet sweep cause Gunner is out. once he comes back, we'll give it to him for a 2 yard loss.
why do you hate to say it?....anyone with functioning eyeballs knows what they will say....getting tired of the "even though he is doing squat we owe this guy something, uh, because" syndrome in Pittsburgh football..Warren never met a "get one more yard" he did not like...
See, I don't think that's the case but we won't know until they line him up in a position to make a move. Canada just loves the sideline passes. I can only imagine how badly the guy is going to get chewed out for breaking inside on the near "pick-6" in the first half. That's just not allowed in this offense (wasn't the right break anyway but I digress). There was something different last night in the play calling since they used shotgun on early downs a bit more. Assuming someone told Canada to open the offense up a little.
I think it was as simple as Bosa looked like a guy that hasn't practiced. I always thought the kid was better suited to play slot. He's not a TE. Getting thrown across the backfield and into the feet of the RB sort of confirms it. He's not getting to the second level to make blocks and just isn't physical enough to block any of the DE's in this league.
I sure hope you’re not suggesting that was a routine catch that he should have made. Would have liked to see him pull it in but far from a routine easy catch.
In the NFL, guys need to make tough catches sometimes to help a QB out. There really hasn't been much of that from anyone but Pickens. Not saying that play in particular but it just hasn't been happening.
Yeah there’s plays in every game every week where guys need to make tough catches. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don’t, what’s the success rate on those?
I’m not defending the guy, he’s a marginal TE, can’t block at all and frequent drops… but there was significant DB contact and face guarding on that play. It was exactly the same thing as the PI called on the 2 point conversions a few minutes prior (which was certainly PI), but no call was made in this instance. Typically wild inconsistent officiating.
Is it a Yinzer RELIGION? Why do our teams always have to pound the rock like it's 1975, while the SMART TEAMS have moved forward to explosive modern offenses?
well i cant speak for joey, nor would i want to, nor would he want me to, but im over the psu thing, could care less where he went to college. that was a catch that hit him in the facemask, he needs to catch. if he cant pull that in, and he cant block, we need to find a better option..
I sure don’t disagree with that. But I also sure couldn’t dump on Muth for not coming up with what would have been a difficult catch there.
Yeah, the ball hit him in the face mask while he was in the air twisting/turning with a defender pretty much draped over him. Sorry, I can’t fault him for a drop there.
Good one Zelda, I’m questioning the dumping on him for not making a difficult catch and that makes him my hero. Gotta love it.
What are you suggesting, they make him an oversized receiver? He's one dimensional and simply can't play the TE position effectively to be out there as much as he is.
I’m not suggesting anything, just wondering why he hasn’t seen more targets. I guess I’m wondering that because I know he’s a more effective TE than you’re suggesting.
PFF has him as the highest wins to hand-size ratio in night games in NFL history.
i really liked that they got away from the zone / directional blocking nonsense and are just blocking the man in front of them, double - teaming as well. Collinsworth really harped on it and it showed.
Just to clarify, that statement isn't only directed at Muth and I don't think the particular play being discussed is a "shoulda/coulda" type of play. Just point out that there haven't been many tough catches made.
For what it’s worth, they seemed to throw passes over the middle yesterday more than they typically do. I haven’t seen a route tree diagram to confirm but it sure seemed like they had Pickens going across the middle more so than the typical out down the sideline.
Muth has dropped balls put right on his chest for three straight weeks. Not to mention the occasions last year like the one he essentially handed to that DB along the sideline last year. I think that was the Jets game? That could have been the difference between playoffs and non playoffs.
Who was the receiver Neil O’Donnell was throwing to in Super Bowl 30, who still hasn’t stopped and is probably still running like Forrest Gump? That’s what last nights play looked like to me, except it was Conner Heyward, who I suppose heard that the steeler plane was going to have mechanical issues so he decided to keep running and get a head start back to Pittsburgh. Kenny probably gets the blame if that’s run back for a TD. But in situations like that it’s almost always on the receiver. Looked like he didn’t break off his route and the QB expected him to.
Now I’m really going to get called out for Muth being my hero but I nonetheless have to call you out for some incorrect hyperbole here. Last week against Cleveland Muth was only targeted 1 time and caught that pass so I don’t know how he dropped one in the chest that game. Yesterday he was targeted 4 times and caught 3, the only incompletion being the difficult, err layup drop that hit him in the chest or face mask, take your pick.
Don’t believe that stat can be right…unless it was a couple drops in week 1 that bled over into week 2 in my mind.
Last season, I remember reading a bunch of posts from people on here and elsewhere complaining about the Steelers' defense taking a step back when Watt was out, and how Tomlin and Austin should have accounted for his absence in their game plan. It was absurd. There is nothing you can do to make up for the loss of a future HOF player. Teams will find a way to take advantage of it.
Can’t be. PFF had him rated much lower than Garrett last week who had 1 tackle and 1 pressure.
