pittpnthrs":2uw76cwi said:
John63":2uw76cwi said:
Very simple
Rams 6th ranked scoring offense, 8th ranked yardage offense
Steelers 25th ranked scoring offense and 25th ranked yardage offense
The difference going from playing a top 10 offense to the bottom 10
This is the answer. Trying to make into anything different is just silly.
Maybe if all you look at is numbers and charts. The improvement in communication in the secondary and between the safeties and lb'ers is blatantly obvious. The gaps in zones are smaller. The recognition of screens is better. And the most obvious improvement, not only in recognition, but skill, is the arrival of t brown at corner.
The bad... some of our substitutions or lackthereof are mind-boggling. That's on Norton 100%
Our use of Jamal in pressure packages is obvious and results in presnap adjustments by the offense that usually minimize his effectiveness.
Our Dline still isn't generating enough pressure. Dunlap is getting doubled, but I'm also wondering if his foot problem is keeping him from playing at the level we saw last year.
As the communication continues to improve, I'm hoping we start to see the guys on the backend work more toward attacking the ball than just trying to get themselves set correctly and assignments identified. Would be great if we could grab some ints against jameis.