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By: Scouting for Steelers, Part 1 | Going Deep:

Scouting for Steelers, Part 1 | Going Deep: — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 10:18:08 +0000

[…] game recap of Steelers/Eagles was, shall we say, less than enthusiastic. It’s pretty hard to get excited […]

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:55:00 +0000

Absolutely agree. For instance, Charlie Batch commented when the third team was in that Butler wasn’t blitzing because he wanted to see how the guys could handle runs up the middle, or something to that effect. On one level I understand that the Steelers coaching staff are using these games as a way to see who separates themselves, and this may well include putting guys in a position way outside their comfort level. It’s just difficult, as a fan, to watch your team being mowed down

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By: George Siegel

George Siegel — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:24:46 +0000

I think he’s already there,

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By: George Siegel

George Siegel — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:23:41 +0000

I heard somewhere this morning that the preseason is about individual performance, not team performance. This morning Wolfley said that if you watch a preseason game as a game, you’ll be disappointed, but if you watch it with a scouting eye, watching certain players to see how they play, it will be interesting. I’m paraphrasing, not direct quotes.

Both of those apply to this game in a big way. It seems to me that Coach T uses these games to evaluate players even more than most other teams. Other teams seem to get excited about the game, Tomlin gets excited (as excited as he gets anyway) about a player making a good play. He will get his backups in against the opponents first team as much as he can. Some coaches are concerned about winning because their teams need to learn how to win, that’s not the case in Pittsburgh. I’ve seen Coach T put second or third team players into bad situations to see how they do.

David Todd said in the post game show that in the last 15 preseason games the Steelers are 2-13. I have to approve of Tomlins methods, because it seems to work. He could keep the stars out for the entire preseason and they wouldn’t miss a beat and the players who need the reps are getting them. But it sure makes these games tough to watch. I like the preseason games, and even I was yawning in the second half last night.

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By: ubu507

ubu507 — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:21:11 +0000

Tyler Matakevich! I can certainly see him becoming a cult hero in Pittsburgh.

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