Quote:1. Our cover guys last year were not good at all, outside of House. Might they have been better with more pressure? Yes, but I'd say there is a reason the team brought in three high profile DBs in Amukumara, Ramsey and Gipson.


2. You DO realize that in order to successfully run that defense Lebeau ran in Pittsburgh for all of those years, this team would need the right personnel, don't you?. You'd need the stud NT-the Casey Hampton or Joel Steed type. We don't have that. You'd also need the stud OLB-the Greg Lloyd, Kevin Green, Jason Gildon, Joey Porter, Chad Brown, and James Harrison type guys outside, as well as the stud ILBs. We don't have nearly enough of either type to have run it successfully. Also know that traditionally, the Steelers under Lebeau always had a stud CB and a stud S to help run that scheme (Woodson, Lake, Polamalu). We don't have those guys here, either. The Steelers have been drafting 3-4 personnel since the 1980s. Had we tried running that scheme here, it would have been a recipe for disaster.

I agree our secondary wasnt great but it wasnt the worst either...You dont need probowl players or hall of fame talent to blitz and create pressure! Because thats really what its about...And you will never know if we indeed had the personnel to do it unless you try.. Something Gus or Babich staff rarely accomplish.. Creating pressure and covering guys play hand in hand..I believe we had talent in the secondary but lack of pressure consistently made those guys look bad..

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