Steelers vs. Titans, Week 9, 2023

Broderick Jones is a stud
Dan Moore is below average, and Mason Cole is an embarrassment

need more rotation on our edges so Watt and Highsmith aren’t as tired
-Herbig and Golden would be starters for other teams in the NFL

Our interior should be Adams and Larry O for 40% of the snaps and Cam Heyward and Benton for 60% with Leal and Loudermilk rotating in for bigger sets when needed

Pickens is a bad scramble WR, dude just walks during plays at times
-good run blocking effort though. Such a unique dude.

I hate to keep making excuses for the guy but Kenny’s accuracy issues – due to the ribs?!? Cause these are really bad, the overthrow to both Diontae and Pickens should never have happened

TJ does not look comfortable rushing the middle and I can’t say I blame him. I don’t think it’s being done in the right situations and the defense around him isn’t set up correctly to isolate the center
-I still think they need to use TJ as a man defender on his chip guy a couple times and overload the other side of the line. Cause the offense will be down two men this way (chip and RT)
-Also, remember the double ghost technique we proposed a few weeks back? Need to see it. For those that don’t remember, it’s TJ and Herbig both doing it with TJ over guard and Herbig over tackle

Conner Heyward is okay…at just about everything. A really solid piece to have for your team but separation and overall receiving threat Muth offers above is evident on the tape. Similar level blockers though…below average to average. They don’t move guys but they do a decent job of getting there.

Runs to the left behind moore aren’t a great idea

Matt Canada’s playcalling…it was okay, def not the issue like it was earlier in the year. There’s still some issues like a double corner with barely a checkdown that really won’t work against anything and his conservative nature on second down (use to be 1st and 2nd) that still need to be ironed out but overall it’s much improved
-I really think his biggest issue now is that he doesn’t understand he has a special talent at WR that very few teams have ever had. A 1 v 1 downfield dominator.
–they’re trying to get the ball in his hands and have him rac it which is…okay…that’s not his strength, Diontae and Calvin Austin are those dudes.
-all they need to do is use him in motion and isolate him one on one downfield. I feel like this isn’t very hard to do yet I don’t see them doing it.

During the last drive…pass rush is fatigued af, I’m surprised they don’t use double 3 techs instead one guy still lining up over the center. I feel you might be able to get better pressure isolating that way. But…fatigue. Maybe they didn’t think to do it.
…Okay Cam Heyward and Larry O are in and we’re in double wide 3s (closer to 4/5s)

Overall a good running game from the Steelers, bad passing, they don’t want to attack the middle for some reason (hopefully we get more of it when Muth returns but I’m not going to hold my breath)

Although I will say there were plays drawn up to attack middle with a streak dig combo, the pass rush flushed Kenny before the in route even got close to where it needed to be

Defensively we played well, penalties extended drives too much so that needs to be cleaned up.

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