Deonte Brown last night

[Rubi]

Wow he’s an elephant. Start him! 
 

 

[B_Eazi]

That was violent....I love it!!

[Mr. Scot]

FYI: Per Aaron Wilson, both of the guys who got ragdolled by Brown last night are among the Steelers first cuts.

Probably a stretch to say that's a cause and effect thing, but hey...

[ForJimmy]

17 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

FYI: Per Aaron Wilson, both of the guys who got ragdolled by Brown last night are among the Steelers first cuts.

Probably a stretch to say that's a cause and effect thing, but hey...

They got cut because they are still embedded in the turf from where they got smashed.

[Jackie Lee]

11 hours ago, Tbe said:

Sigh...embedding tweets never works for me..

 

https://twitter.com/ojhodgkinson/status/1431478683223592960?s=20

Copy the URL not the Twitter copy link

[Cuttinedge]

I hope Brown turns out to be our road grader mauler. Not worried about him at all. But dam tecklenburg sucks. Does paradis teach our backups his “on skates”technique 

[Shocker]

Brown starts really early…it’s inevitable 

Christensen ain't far behind

Edited August 29, 2021 by Shocker

[shaqattaq]

14 hours ago, Tbe said:

Sigh...embedding tweets never works for me..

 

https://twitter.com/ojhodgkinson/status/1431478683223592960?s=20

Damn, big boy can pull!

[NanuqoftheNorth]

3 hours ago, Cuttinedge said:

I hope Brown turns out to be our road grader mauler. Not worried about him at all. But dam tecklenburg sucks. Does paradis teach our backups his “on skates”technique 

Can't wait to see Brown in action near the goal line.

[Jai.]

He really looks like a stud of a pick, hoping he gets some real burn this year, id love you see him starting but that’s probably not likely

[ClawOn]

You're the OL guy @Mr. Scot why isn't Brown pencilled in as a starter yet?

[Mr. Scot]

6 hours ago, ClawOn said:

You're the OL guy @Mr. Scot why isn't Brown pencilled in as a starter yet?

My guess would be because he's raw and has a lot to learn.

Is he physically dominating? Yep. But if he doesn't know the protection schemes and such, he could wind up being a liability.

Remember Ryan Kalil telling the story about how, halfway through his rookie season, he felt like he had no clue what he was doing and some of the veterans or chuckling about it? And Ryan was a super smart guy.

It's not an easy transition.

Edited August 29, 2021 by Mr. Scot

[pantherj]

Another factor may be that he's not athletic compared to our other o-line starters, and Rhule has made point that he wants athletic players at every position.

 

[1of10Charnatives]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

My guess would be because he's raw and has a lot to learn.

Is he physically dominating? Yep. But if he doesn't know the protection schemes and such, he could wind up being a liability.

Remember Ryan Kalil telling the story about how, halfway through his rookie season, he felt like he had no clue what he was doing and some of the veterans or chuckling about it? And Ryan was a super smart guy.

It's not an easy transition.

I completely understand and get all of this, but I have a question:

Does it really matter if your qb gets sacked because the rookie didn't completely understand the scheme or because the vet just flat out couldn't get it done? Isn't the result pretty much the same? On the other hand isn't the rookie likely to get where he needs to be faster by being out there than by watching from the sidelines? Can anyone actually make a compelling fact based argument not just a purely subjective one, that playing a rookie who doesn't fully grasp the scheme results in more bad outcomes than playing a veteran whom NFL caliber DC's and DL's figure out from film or by the end of the first quarter at worst can be beaten one on one?

I am starting to become increasingly of the opinion that coaches do this not because it's actually the best thing to do for the team overall, but because it's the conventional thinking (which NFL coaches are horrible at following even when the conventional thinking is flat wrong), and because of the perception issue:

If a rookie gives up a sack, fans tend to blame the coach for playing an inexperienced player, wheras if a veteran gives up a sack, fans tend to blame the player for playing poorly, or even the GM for not giving the coach a better option, but are far less likely to blame the coach.  I think this tendency in coaches is actually blame shifting on the part of HC's and OC's and arguably not in the best interest of the team overall.