John Ross

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(03-09-2018, 09:43 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I don't understand what happened to Paulie G...was it Marv?  At first, under Zimmer, Paulie was responsible for drawing up some of the new blitz schemes.  They rarely used them, but I was liking what I was seeing.   Then, after he got his shot, he evolved more in to the Chuck Breshnahan "Don't give up the big play" stupidity.  

I will never understand dying a slow death, 5-10 yards at a time, with no on pressuring the QB or short routes.  They just gave QBs the check down all day long.  The steelers would capitalize on this better than anyone.  Send four receivers out in a pattern more than ten yards downfield, check it down to Bell, scamper 8 yards for a first down before a defender was even in the picture.  Over and over and over again.  That is one of the reason our defense is so sorely lacking on turnovers because they give the easy, uncontested passes.  

I have said a few times before, I believe Zim told Merv to let him coach the D they way he wants to. Paulie didn't have that luxury and Merv went back to playing scared of the big play. Just my theory, no real evidence for the lawyering types around here.