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1st Offensive series against the texans

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rewatching it in detail honestly I liked the play call in general, lots of pulls by Feiler, RB/FB having a rub and release route as safety valves for Ben, TEs getting involved, in fact there was a 2nd and 5 or something throw to Ebron that was behind the route and he almost did an amazing one handed catch. The only oneI didn't like wast the last one of the series on 3rd and short:

Shotgun with jaylen samuels as the RB, you see the texans stacking the strong side yet the play call have Samuels (of all available for ***** sake) going straight to the heavy side with Feiler pulling meanwhile Villanueva and Pouncey did a good job on the left side and there was a big hole for him to run thorugh if he had cut early with a misdirection.
But in the end, having your worst running asset on 3rd and short from the shotgun is a recipe for failure, surprised they haven't realized that yet
 
JaySam is the least experienced running back, not the worst. McFarland and Snell need 122yd games vs the pats to be considered better IMHO. He has a role, the Steelers just put him in the wrong place on 4th down. Should have swapped out backs for short yardage.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the first 3rd down conversion by JuJu on that drive. Hit 4 yards short, going down, flips upside-down and dives backward for the first! Excellent play and you'll see an article on it tomorrow!
 
Cope said:
JaySam is the least experienced running back, not the worst. McFarland and Snell need 122yd games vs the pats to be considered better IMHO. He has a role, the Steelers just put him in the wrong place on 4th down. Should have swapped out backs for short yardage.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the first 3rd down conversion by JuJu on that drive. Hit 4 yards short, going down, flips upside-down and dives backward for the first! Excellent play and you'll see an article on it tomorrow!
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I guess that's why I said the worst running asset. His role isn't running in short yard situations

regarding Juju, yes you are right, he made chicken soup out of chicken **** as the pass was way short of the marker on 3rd down and that's on the play design
 
Yeah, we FINALLY didn't open with Run (STUFFED), (Run, (STUFFED), Pass (INCOMPLETE)
 
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