I don't know how long it's going to take for people to realize we aren't running a scheme that relies on blitzing OLBs anymore. The linebackers are dropping back into coverage a ton. We had 56 sacks. The most in franchise history.
Harrison had a half a sack at best. He piled on at the goal line and the strip sack, Bortles was already on his way down when Harrison jumped on.
Did you see him getting abused repeatedly when the Jags went to the outside? Grant didn't even see him when he went by a few times. Harrison has nothing to do as to why this Steelers team isn't in the SB.
It's unfortunate how it ended, but it is what it is. I was sick to my stomach watching him put on an AFC Championship shirt.
Still running with the same imaginary argument, I see. At least you're not outright lying to people and saying the OLBs drop back in coverage 60 percent of the time anymore...you're making some progress.
Did you see Bud Dupree getting abused repeatedly by tackles, guards, tight ends, and running backs alike? All season? Inside and outside? No? I did. You ignored my thread on the Ravens game, so I'll reprise my summary here:
The Ravens ran 31 pass plays while Dupree was in there, not including the spike. Bud dropped in coverage on 10 of those (32%). Not sure where others are pulling that infamous 60% number from, as it was about half of that in this game. 3 times he had to cover no one. Of the remaining 7 plays, he provided good coverage 4 times, 3 of those on WRs short middle, once on a TE. Once he had decent TE coverage, once he had bad TE coverage, and once a short pass was completed over his zone, so he wasn't really a factor. All it all, a pretty good performance, as he was only out of position on one play.
The 21 times he actually rushed the passer, Bud had 3 productive pressure moments, one of those when he was unblocked. On almost every other play, he was either blocked easily or took himself well behind the QB. Essentially a complete non-factor. Even on his lone tackle, he was nowhere near the QB on his rush in the middle, and thus had the ability to chase down Wallace as he slowed 12 yards downfield.
His play against the rush was even worse: Of the 21 snaps during which Baltimore ran the ball, Bud was unblocked 3 times (on 2 of those the Ravens scored TDs) and successfully blocked on the other 18 occasions. 14 times he was pretty much dominated by a tight end, twice by an OG, and twice by the FB.
Bud is effective in zone pass coverage, but his pass rush and rush defense are a joke -- of the 38 plays he was being blocked, he pressured the QB only twice, made a single hustle tackle down the field after yet another ineffective attempt to find the QB, and made exactly zero impact against the run. Pathetic.
And, I also took the time to break down Bud's snap-by-snap performance versus the Patriots:
1) 13 yard pass / chipped by HB, blocked easily by RT
2) 5 yard run / blocked easily in middle of line by HB
3) 43 yard pass / blocked behind QB by Gronk
4) 6 yard run / blocked easily by Gronk and pulling LG
5) 5 yard pass / blocked easily by LT with chip from RB
6) 11 yard pass / drops back in coverage on WR, throw to other side
7) 31 yard pass / blocked behind QB by LT
8) INC / blocked by LT
9) 7 yard pass / blocked easily by LT
10) 12 yard pass / blocked easily by LT
11) 0 yard run / blocked by RT
12) INC / blocked by LT
13) Kneel down / end of half
14) 6 yard run / blocked easily by RT
15) 22 yard pass / blocked easily by RT
16) 6 yard run / blocked easily by RT
17) 3 yard run / blocked by RT
18) 4 yard pass / blocked by LT
19) -3 run / came off block by Gronk, made tackle
20) 17 yard pass / blocked by LT
21) INC / ran around RT, got pressure from behind
22) 8 yard run / blocked easily by RG
23) INT / blocked easily by RT
24) INC / pancaked by RT
25) 3 yard run / blocked easily behind the play by LT
26) 6 yard pass / blocked easily by RT
27) 12 yard run / blocked easily by Gronk, then RT
28) 7 yard run / unblocked, missed tackle
29) INC / blocked easily inside by LT
30) 23 yard DPI penalty / easily blocked by RT
31) -7 yard sack / brief Gronk chip at line, then RT missed block, got sack
32) INC / blocked behind QB by LT
33) 26 yard pass / blocked behind QB by LT
34) Kneel down / end of game
The Patriots ran 21 pass plays when Dupree was in there. Of those, he dropped in coverage once. ONE TIME. That's not 60%, is it? It's not quite "a ton," either. That's 4.8%.
Of the 20 times Bud actually attempted to rush the passer, he was either blocked easily, blocked behind Brady completely out of the play, or pancaked 14 times. 4 other times he was just blocked. Once he managed pressure from behind the play, and once he got a sack when the right tackle missed his block. 2 quality plays out of 20.
Dupree's play against the run was equally as bad. 7 times he was blocked easily, twice just blocked, once unblocked and missed the tackle, and one tackle for a loss. 1 quality play out of 11.
31 snaps when he WAS NOT in pass coverage. 3 productive plays. Can you do that math?
I've got the remainder of the Steelers' games DVR'ed, and thanks to Mike Tomlin, I won't be watching any SB coverage for the next two weeks...I guess as long as you (and insaniti, and others) want to continue to try and bullshit this board about how the Steelers outside linebackers are dropping back in coverage most of the time, I'll continue to prove you wrong, and at the same time prove why giving away some of Harrison's snaps to a piece of crap like Bud Dupree did indeed have a great deal to do with why the Steelers aren't in the SB.
