Again I just jot things down as I see them so if it there are parts that make no sense, I make no apologies.

dude can we never call stick again, or at least limit it to only a couple times a game
dude can we get Loudermilk off the field? (coming back to this at the end of the game he might not have played another rep lol)

I like Keanu Neal
Mark Robinson had some nice reps (I like him more than Alexander, just cause Alexander isn’t putting much on tape and I want to see the young guy more)

Our LBs are good at covering grass, Alexander and Holcomb

Levi Wallace should forever be matched up in coverage against Tight Ends, he just isn’t athletic enough against WRs, might be a solid nickel and Steelers should think about having him there going forward.

Steelers look a lot better in man/man press than zone
-Just play two man press with 4 rushers FOREVER

Keep moving the pocket on offense please
-use play action too

I feel like Canada stopped calling the plays after the first few drives lol
-there are true American plays (at times, watching longer…eh…it’s still Canada)

Mason Cole is definition of mid

Najee had some decent runs, the stories of his downfall have been greatly exaggerated

We got to stop being so predictable on 3rds. We just run stop routes at the stick, not really great against man coverage that people are using there.

What really stands out to me on film is the absolute dogshit run scheme, even when we have guys blocked there are just too many defenders right at the line of scrimmage to do much against
-figure it out Canada, steal some plays from Miami if you need to
-spread out the defense, you don’t need all your blockers in the box when you run, it actually makes it harder

Pickens needs more routes when one on one than go or stop route, run some deep ins please

Just watched a run out of shotgun go for like 15 yards, please more of that inside zone stuff
-next play was a bunch of stop routes lol
-next play was a shotgun run where we had our entire o close to the ball, no gain against a stacked box

When I first saw them run a mesh concept I nearly shed a tear (it was on Kenny’s long run that got called back because Pickens is sloppy pre-snap)
-but why was it a mesh with the TE on a stop route instead of a post/corner? Stop routes aren’t good against man
-Kenny is also a decently mobile QB, he needs to be used more that way
–remember when Canada said his scheme needs a mobile QB when talking about Ben, so that was a lie

2nd time running mesh! Another 30 yard gain!

(these were the only two mesh concepts the whole game IIRC)

I need Kenny to throw more post/crosser patterns, also corners

need more motion (and not just on run plays)

Every time I see a WR/TE stop right next to a LB in the middle of the field I want to punch my computer monitor

Kenny bails out the pocket way too much. I don’t blame him after the first two weeks but he needs to realize he has time against the Raiders

“The Drive” – the only good offensive playcall series of the entire game happened in the 3rd quarter
1st play – play action to suck down LBs, hit the post/slant over the middle to Pickens for like 20 yards
2nd play – misdirection run, 5 yards or so
3rd play – play action screen – 20 yards
4th play – drag/stop route the “Canada” – actually completed, crazy
5th play – Najee inside zone at a light box – 17 yards
6th play – Play action Muth corner route TD

Crazy things happen when they don’t make it easy on the defense. Ridiculous that they don’t PA more out of heavy sets like the TD and run more out of light sets like the Najee inside zone.

I’d like to see TJ get a bit more rotation, could see he was tired at times on the rush, no reason not to when our pass rushing depth is so good (want to see more Herbig)

Benton on 3 plays close to each other went sack, got held then forced another sack with his push

After “The Drive” we went right back to a Canada offense of telegraphed runs and stick routes OMEGALOL

Montravius Adams got that dawg in him. He’s not the most talented DT I’ve ever seen but man does he hustle.

I feel like the Steelers lack a true nose tackle and that sometimes hurts them

Kenny Pickett still has major issues reading the field

I watch the all-22 and made notes on the Steelers. Instead of letting it sit in my computer I thought I’d put them here in case ya’ll want to see them

almost no play action
-remember that long play to Pickens? That was our only (or only 1 of very few) play action I remember (I could have just missed other ones, I didn’t pay attention to them particularly)
–no PA allowed LBs to flow to the ball by Cle super fast, killed the run game, and the pass game

Very limited chip blocks on the edge, Cle ran a chip on Watt a bunch of times
-For example, we chip the edges, Kenny time in pocket, 30 yard gain to Pickens on one of the only times we did it
-move the pocket, Kenny looks better
–we kept doing straight drops and got almost no time b/c o-line sucks

Kenny had trouble make reads and being accurate. I’m really surprised he’s playing this bad

What happened to our downfield passing game down the sidelines to Pickens?!?!

It felt like most of our runs happened out of tight or heavy sets, allowing Cle to pack the field, penetrate and dominate downhill
-run out of spread more is the solution

Best misdirection was the play to Warren on pass where he went from one side in shotgun, a pick was thrown against man coveage by the WRs on the other and he went for like 40 yards

didn’t attack the middle/deep middle enough against the invert cover 2 (outside of Pickens) (or sidelines against the normal cover 2)

Player thoughts
Montravious Adams, okay, gets tossed in the run
Larry O, great pass rushing
Benton 2nd best interior RN behind Larry O, (try to get Benton more 1 on 1s)
A Watts should play a little more than Adams
Leal has been okay at best but a bit of a disappointment
I like Keanu Neal, a little more than Kazee at ss
Sullivan, lets hope Desmond King plays soon
JPJ should be starting instead of slow Levi Wallace, he didn’t even try on the long Ford run
Holcomb played better here than against the 49ers, haven’t seen anything super special yet though. Seems a little slow to read plays
Roberts is real nice against the run, reading and going, sometimes lost in the wash though and a little on the less athletic side
Kwan Alexander looks to be the best in coverage(ish), that boneheaded 3rd down conversion to the sideline in zone near the end was bad. him and roberts rotating is a good idea (like they’ve been doing)
Watt+Highsmith and the rest of the edge rotation is great

Seumalo just might be trash at left guard, should find a way to get him back at RG either on our team or anothers
Our o-line might just be the worst I’ve seen it, which is weird that it’s worse than last year when it was basically the same group
-bring back mike munchak
WRs are fine
Jalen Warren looked good, Najee not as much even though he had a couple of okay runs. There’s just no running room with this O
Pickett is really bad right now

oh yeah, Gunnar’s mental mistake on special teams should get him cut off the roster