Ben freaked out on Tomlin and Haley prior to 2nd Q TD

[wig]

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1 ) The use of time outs

2 ) Sitting on a lead, allowing an opponent the chance to come back.

3 ) Why we play down to the level of sub .500 teams so often, going for it again the odds when we should have kicked it and vice versa.

4 ) The ability to lack there of to make in game adjustments.

5 ) If a rookie QB surprise them.
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CMT: Often Timeouts are called by the quarterback in the moment as he sees something that he feels needs to be addressed in order to give us the best opportunity to assess the situation and put us in a position to capitalize on the situation. Other times one of the coaches or defensive players sees something from a vantage point that causes us to pause in order to rectify a situation. And still other times we feel it is opportunistic to take a moment to catch our collective breath or provide the opponent a moment to ponder the significance of the position he has been placed in.

CMT: Most casual watchers don't understand that football is a game of ebb and flow. There is a limited amount of energy and emotion in an individual player and collectively in a team as a whole. When you celebrate you uncork a bottle of champagne and it sprays out all over the place. Everyone likes that image. What you don't see is that the guys in back have another bottle of champagne waiting that hasn't been shaken up and IT can be drank because the first bottle you uncorked and sprayed all over the place is empty. If you spend all your energy and emotion too early then you have nothing left to weather a late storm should it arrive. I like to keep that second bottle of champagne just in case.

CMT: You guys keep hearing me say "next man up, next man up." Well I can promise you Hugh is saying "Next Man UP!" and Marvin is saying "Next Man UP!" Every Damn Coach in the league is saying Next Man Up every damn day. Men get paid to make plays in this game. There are no bad teams in the NFL. These men are paid to execute plays and they are paid to execute them very very well. And if we don't do our job, you can bet they will. As far as I'm concerned every time we step on the field both teams are 0 and 0. And at the end of the day, one of them is going to be 0 and 1. It's my job to see to it that that isn't us. If I fail, that's on me. But it's not because the other team was bad.

CMT: We don't normally discuss our strategies with non-team personnel. Suffice to say we are constantly making adjustments. We make in-drive adjustments. I can't help you if some fans can't recognize every adjustment we make. I'm not at liberty to discuss our play changes, our personnel changes or our strategy adjustments.

CMT: This isn't our first rodeo. Nothing surprises us. We're all professionals here and we've seen a bit of everything. Young QBs tend to make the same types of mistakes, but they also bring in some unique challenges in that you don't have a book on them so you can't key on things you know to look for. Some of them can look pretty good that first year but after you get some good film on them you learn their tendencies and you can lock them down a little better after that. Then it's up to them to outlearn their habits and make you play them honest. Some can, some can't.

See... You could ask hard hitting questions if you like, and he could even answer them for you. But you wouldn't really get what you want, even though he truly gave you decent answers.

 

[Coach]

I really think some of yall think this is Madden or Chess..a good call can look bad if not executed. The first screen call picked up 7 yards. Called back because of holding. That could of been 2nd and 3 and a good start to things. One of the screens i thought Bryant misread his block and should have followed James. The offense will get better

Try playing just two defensive linemen in goal line or 3rd and short, and let me know how that works out for you.

As Jimmy Johnson aptly put it, hit me on the head the next time I draft a dumb guy. We have way too many stupid penalties, and sometimes the coaching staff makes its easier on the opposing team calling the wrong play.

I agree the offense will get better as soon as Bell finds his groove, Bryant shakes off the rust, and Haley lets Ben call more of the plays.

 

[Ike Kelly]

Yes it was. Poster Ike Kelly is out to lunch...We had a very bad OL under Arians, Ben was running to escape damage too often, and hardly enjoyed the time he gets now.


I'll make this quick and easy for Ike and others who might think otherwise. Haley has a much better OL and much better skill players.

Airans 2008 offense, which made the lwoB repuS

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/2008_roster.htm


Haley's 2016 team

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/2016.htm


Arians OL

OL

LT Max Starks
LG Chris Kemoeatu
C Justin Hartwig
RG Darnell Stapleton
RT Willie Colon


Haley's current OL

Villanueva
DeCastro
Pouncey
Foster
Gilbert


>>>As you can see Haley had a much better OL for both run blocking and pass blocking. Haley's OL has at least 4 better starters.


Arian's skill players

Parker - Worn down.
Holmes - A good player
Ward - A great player
Miller - A very good player.

Haley's skill players

Bell - A great player
Brown - A great player
James - Below Average TE
Byrant - A very good player


>>> Once again Haley has the better here, not by much, but better.

I'm out to lunch, because you missed the meeting Coach and we got tired of waiting for you. You want to list the players and give your opinion on their ability. I posted the actual rankings of the pass and run ability from this offense against the league each year. This isn't individual pro bowl voting. It's the squads ability to perform together. Arians squad performed well enough to win a bunch of games and a Championship.

Haley's talent has given him better rankings but no championships.

Sitting on your throne (or toilet) making personal assumptions against the actual game level statistics is your past time. If you want to articulate a statement go back and read all of TMC's responses to your "observations".


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[antdrewjosh]

Try playing just two defensive linemen in goal line or 3rd and short, and let me know how that works out for you.

As Jimmy Johnson aptly put it, hit me on the head the next time I draft a dumb guy. We have way too many stupid penalties, and sometimes the coaching staff makes its easier on the opposing team calling the wrong play.

I agree the offense will get better as soon as Bell finds his groove, Bryant shakes off the rust, and Haley lets Ben call more of the plays.

Just as you posted in another thread the offense was in a 3 wr set. You play nickle. If you play Goalline Defense how do you stop the pass? You have a better chance of stopping the run with a nickle in that situation then you do lining up in goaline and stopping a 3 WR set where of course now it will be a pass