QB coach Van Pelt making Dalton practise throwing under pressure

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(06-09-2018, 08:57 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I put as much of the fault at our OC and WR coach.  The so-called scrambling drill is something piggy and the steelers execute to perfection.  If anything, they ramp up their efforts, while a lot of our guys just stop.  You could really notice this at games.  Even Chad Johnson, who I love, would do this and it would piss me off.  Piggy would have specific spots he knew his guys would break for in a scramble drill and he would have options.  He hit two TDs against Jax in the playoffs on plays that would have been Dalton throwing it out of bounds for the Bengals.  

It is a point that needs to be emphasized.  The steelers look at it as an opportunity for a big play, the Bengals look at it as a loss of down and, hopefully, not a turnover. 

Good point.  Love the idea of training to make an opportunity out of a situational breakdown.