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Welcome back to Bootleg! On today’s daily episode within our annual summer preview series, Brett and E.J. take a deep dive into the Pittsburgh Steelers and break down all of their rookies, free agents, and schematic nuances that could translate to the Black and Yellow finally making their return to Super Bowl contention!
Time Stamps:
0:01 It’s Steelers Day
5:00 2022 Steelers Team Summary
8:35 2022 Steelers Power Score
11:00 Steelers Scheme Breakdowns
29:38 Pittsburgh’s Coaching Staff
42:10 Kenny Pickett is already underrated
49:33 Free agency losses and gains
55:27 The 2023 Steelers Draft Class
1:02:56 Report Card and Record Predictions
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21 Comments
W drip Brett 🔥💧
Best jersey the Steelers have, color rush second.
Great fuckin pod boys.. also jaylen warren is easily a top 32 back in the NFL. Possibly top 20 when this season is over, he’s a elite 3rd down back extremely good pass protector I mean wait till I watch the film it’s nasty. And then he can scoot and play the outside run game etc plus reviving ability. They said in OTAs they wanna give him more pass catching opportunities
At 14 minutes, you say, “This feels like one of the straightest defenses in the NFL” and “They don’t disguise.” Paraphrased, of course. That’s really far from what game and all-22 film shows us. Tomlin and Austin were regularly showing a look pre-snap and changing that look with 6–8 seconds on the play clock. It’s a key reason why losing Sutton is a unique challenge. He was one of the players disguising a flat zone, changing to deep half or slot man, etc. I enjoyed today’s show but I had to disagree with this particular analysis… full heartedly.
This is my 3rd comment lmao but cmon boys diontae is a YAC king. One of the top. Last years route concepts were just awful. None the less you are right he needs to ascend suprisignly he’s only 26
Coach T is the only reason we have been so good for so long. If we had a dif coach when ab Ben and bell where there and Wheaton and Blount he held it like glue then bell blow it up. Kenny def led the team and need to do it again but as a vet
Until they put the pads on and play for real, they are not back. They haven’t proven shit. As a life long Steeler fan I’m not putting the cart before the horse. They always find ways to play down to their opponents.
The division is too tough. They dont have depth, talent or a good enough qb to win the division or afc.
Great shows guys
The content is awesome!
Hot take probably. But i dont think they rise as high as people think bc the growth (imo) isnt gonna be as good as people are making it up too be, especially when their schedule is probably gonna be tougher but i could totally be wrong
Tomlin doesn't fire coaches. They're allowed to coach out their contracts, then they're simply not renewed. Mathew Canadas contract expires at the end of this upcoming season. So this is very much a do or die season for Matt.
Don’t forget that JJ Watt will hop on board as soon as he thinks he has a shot at a championship
I will declare them back when that at least sniff a conference championship otherwise I am fully preparing myself for another year of mediocrity where the defense is great, but still heavily reliant on a healthy JJ Watt, and terrible play calling for most of the game till Kenny is allowed to call plays in the 2 min drill.
27:18 I believe that’s the attrition of having a HOF QB.
Ok we are not “east coast” thank you very much
The crazy thing is, when Pat p and bmac talked about the defense with Troy and Joey, they ALL said that cover 0 is very much a staple of the defense so that might definitely be a new wrinkle or a blast from the past. When we had ike and bmac pressing…that blitz was coming. Now we got Pat p, Joey jr n Trice.
Some of the problem is the steelers mindset. I think sometimes they just line up a say we have better talent than you, so even if you know what we are doing you cant stop it. I think that sometimes leads to no gameplanning or in game adjustments so they just keep doing the same thing thinking that eventually it will work rather than actually scheming guys open and exposting the mismatces. They do this from time to time, but not often enough.
Friermuth TE10 I so disresectful. Top 5 in receptions and yards among TEs. If brainless Canada could figure out how to use him in the red zone then he’d be top 5 easily
DAWG CHECK!!!😂 WOOF
Alfonzo Graham is going to make the roster. Pottebaum might as well…
Jaylen Warren erasure smh
Missed chance to stick the floor at 8 wins and a draw.