Quote:Considering the inexperience and the struggles of the offensive line and receivers, and the kinds of exotic blitzes for which the Steelers have been known under Lebeau, it shouldn't come as much of a shock that the offense would have taken a more conservative approach against the Steelers.

 

I'm going to wager a guess and say that what TMD would've liked to have seen was the coaching staff disregard conventional wisdom regarding Lebeau and his penchant for feasting on rookie QBs and go at them full bore with no regrets. The problem with that particular tact is dealing with the overwhelming amount of negative feedback that would have resulted if they had done that and say, Bortles had thrown 4 picks or something along those lines.

 

He's hoping Bortles can transcend the "take what the defense gives you" mantra we've heard for so long and can evolve into one of those "I take what I want, type players." I get that but what I don't think is fair is to expect that from an extremely young team being guided by a relatively inexperienced coaching staff. I feel like that mentality is something that you grow into as an organization, not something you walk through the doors with.

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