Rundown on Tomlin’s Q & A

[Steeler Nation]

The Defense* Question:*“Do you expect to schematically change or tweak anything on defense?” Mike Tomlin:*“I am not opposed to it. That is the mentality I got into each year with in terms of our evolution, or how we evolve from an X and O standpoint or a utilization of players standpoint. We are just beginning […]

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[slashsteel]

Always coach speak. No way they tip their hand in the draft.

 

[ark steel]

Always coach speak. No way they tip their hand in the draft.

My favorite part was

It depends on what the totality of the variables of totality means for us.

 

[Confluence]

My favorite part was

Obviously


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[SteelerSask2]

It depends on what the totality of the variables of totality means for us.
Mike Tomlin
If someone can tell me wtf that means Id love to know. Mike sure is loquacious. I wonder if he ever reads this **** and goes damn. What did I just say.

 

[Steelr4evr]

I can give you the fast times at ridgemont high stoned surfer dude version. "Yeah man it's like totally dude." I just look at those variables and say "Hey man,let's party!" And he says totality,dude!

****** eh,get flip side off the lip and let's ride that bad boy.

 

[antdrewjosh]

Though the Steelers still list themselves as a base 3-4 defensive team, that has changed greatly over the past decade.

Fans and media get caught up in the discussions about whether the Steelers should switch the defensive alignment they have played for more than three decades, but the coaching staff doesn't concern itself with that. In fact, Mike Tomlin reiterated his stance Tuesday that the base defense isn't really that important.


With the Steelers playing their base defense less than ever before, Tomlin is looking for players who have versatility on their resumes.

"Base defense doesn't exist anymore," Tomlin said at the NFL meetings here. "We play it in the high 20s, 26, 27 percent of the time. It's about sub-package ball. The linebacker position is important in a 3-4, no doubt. But all of us are not running a base defense much any more. That's just the reality of it."

https://www.dkpittsburghsports.com/2018/03/27/tomlin/

 

[antdrewjosh]

That means positions such as nose tackle are on the field less than the team’s third cornerback. And the stats would bear that out. Nickel cornerback Mike Hilton played 579 snaps last season compared to 454 for nose tackle Javon Hargrave. And that number was only as close as it was because Hargrave played in some sub-package situations when defensive end Stephon Tuitt missed time with injuries last season.

Nose tackles, much like fullbacks, are becoming specialty players.

That reliance on nickel and dime defenses has also changed the team’s philosophy toward the draft and what it asks of its linebackers. They are asked to rush the passer less and cover in space more.

That became apparent when the team selected Ryan Shazier at inside linebacker in the 2014 draft. At 6-1, 230 pounds, Shazier wasn’t much bigger than some safeties in the league. But his speed and ability to cover running backs, tight ends and even receivers in short spaces was nearly unmatched.

With Shazier now facing a career-threatening injury, the Steelers are trying to find ways to continue to play the style of football they feel is necessary to compete in today’s NFL.

https://www.dkpittsburghsports.com/2018/03/27/tomlin/

 

[SteelerSask2]

I can give you the fast times at ridgemont high stoned surfer dude version. "Yeah man it's like totally dude." I just look at those variables and say "Hey man,let's party!" And he says totality,dude!

****** eh,get flip side off the lip and let's ride that bad boy.

I feel like Spiccoli makes more sense then cool shades.

 

[Coach]

Always coach speak. No way they tip their hand in the draft.

How many times did he say obviously?


Question: “Does the situation at all affect how you approach the running back position in the draft?”

Tomlin: “It does not.”

Oh