“There was going to be some smoke-and-mirror play, if you will, and it was”, Tomlin said of his efforts to compensate, which featured a lot of L.J. Fort and other linebackers in coverage. “But when you’re playing a guy like Philip Rivers, who has bigtime autonomy at the line of scrimmage, sometimes you run out of smoke”.
''Sometimes you get knocked down,'' Tomlin said. ''You've got to get in the lab and work. A lot of times that's done in obscurity. ...
Who in the hell knows. Looked to me like we did the same thing we did every single game but Rivers was smart enough to take the short passes underneath and torch our LB's. Maybe the smoke was going back to 2DL in the second half...that will shock them, nobody has ever seen us do that before. SMH
I can’t stand the response of execution being the result of atrocious defense. If a player or players are not capable of executing something time after time, it’s time to adapt to something they actually can execute or try another player that can execute. Execution is not a reason, adjust to the players capabilities, that’s what good coaches do.
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From his press conference regarding Washington getting a hat this week due to Hunter's injury...
Going to the lab and working in obscurity... Yep, that's the defensive strategy in a nutshell.
I heard that **** too. More ridiculous crap coming from a totally clueless coach that continues to steer this team in the wrong direction. But hay, he wins during the regular season.
Tomlin says he's not changing anything and refuses to acknowledge theres anything wrong with anything Steelers are doing in preparation
Fun facts, Ben has NEVER won against the Raiders at home, including last 3 games, against a 2-14 and two 4-12 teams