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Questions for the SN Podcast 10/6

Stryker

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Hey guys,

We need a lot of help this week. Not a lot of material since we didn't have a game, so throw us some questions so we can highlight them on the podcast!

Thanks a ton guys!
 
This draft class has a chance to be pretty darn solid if early indications hold true. Claypool, McFarland, Big Dot, and Highsmith have come out and excelled in limited roles with no OTA's, mini's, or actual preseason. Of course, it is early, but you can't dislike what you see. How do you see this class and how they are unfolding? What is next step up for these young talents?

OC RF - you could find many places on SN where I said I disliked his play calling. Thing is, it is more philosophical for this fan. I see a guy who tries to play a lot of chess. Keep it close in the first half, see what they are doing, then exploit the gaps. This is part of football, I get it. But I like to see a bit more "go for the gusto" or "wide open" play calling early to get the defense back on their heels a little bit. I would appreciate your thoughts as well as if you think this is an RF thing, a HCMT thing, or just the entire staff/team philosophy for the offense? Or, is it perhaps more to do with Ben's return from injury and the lack overall Offensive cohesion? If the last is the case, would you expect to see things open up more later in the season.

Name one player on each unit who has surprised you the most this year and why?

Where the **** is Waldo and why does he want to be found?
 
The challenges for the offense and defense playing in an empty stadium and how that impacts their pre-snap calls. We are still seeing plenty of false starts and offsides calls around the league when those should be damn near nil with no crowd to drown out the snap.

We haven't seen any splash plays for 39 yet this year. Is he being used differently or are teams just staying away from him?

The offense has been stagnant at times instead of letting Ben go no huddle and read the defense. From a fan perspective, it certainly appears as if this team thrives on Ben going no huddle v early game plan scripts.

Juju had a pretty down year last year, likely injured all season with turf toe, but he has looked really solid to start the year. Contract extension to come?

Heard Bud Dupree had a sack last night in a bye week......
 
A transparent review as to what happened last week when the reports of positives tests started flying in. Were the Steelers kept in the loop? Why was the decision to change the game from Monday/Tues on Friday to postponement happened so quickly? If it was for competitive balance, I call BS. Prove me wrong.


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Dang, seems like I've been missing these lately. if these make it great but if not ......... Well rewrite the whole gosh-D'ang thing..!!!! :)



1). Some of the players were not happy about the bye week change. Most were due to personal reasons. Do you think CMVLT addressed these individuals on a one to one basis or as a whole team ?

2). Is there any lingering affects in team operations / player actions / coaching from the Antonio & LeVeon debical? Is the slate clean as far as special treatment for certain players?

3). Are we as good as our record or has the schedule been our friend? I think both as the easier opponent(s) has allowed us to grow to game speed due to no pre-season. HUSTON came at the right time.

4). The last time we played thirteen straight, we had a PRETTY DANG GOOD DEFENSE. Is this current defense look near compatable to that defense.......... Remeber this "D" will grow better as the season developes.


Lastly Cope, again thank you for doing these.





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