Steelers Film Room, Week 5 Preview: These aren't your dad's Ravens
It's officially Baltimore Ravens week for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Aiming to get the stench of Sunday's embarrassing loss off their uniforms, Pittsburgh wants to get back on track against a division rival with sole possession of the AFC North on the line. If they are to do that, however, they will have to play their […]
It's officially Baltimore Ravens week for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Aiming to get the stench of Sunday's embarrassing loss off their uniforms, Pittsburgh wants to get back on track against a division rival with sole possession of the AFC North on the line.
If they are to do that, however, they will have to play their best game yet, stopping a new set of Ravens:
New OC, Same Lamar:
No matter how much the Ravens' offense changes, arguably the best running QB of all time needs to be a feature.
Baltimore's new offensive coordinator Todd Monken knows that, and he deployed Jackon's skills against the Browns:
Give Him His Flowers
Rookie first-rounder Zay Flowers is proving that monsters can come in all packages. his burst, start-stop, and downfield acumen have shined this year, even catching Coach T's attention:
"The interesting component of his calling card is the fearlessness in his play," Coach T told the media yesterday. "He is fearless. He runs into dark places at full speed. He’s combative in his play. … Quite honestly, I’ve never seen him flinch.”
Backer Buddies:
The Ravens' defense flows through their two stacked linebackers: Roquan Smith and Patrick Queen. The heart and soul of the defense, whoever starts at QB for Pittsburgh will need to know where this duo is at all times, with Coach T even labeling them "dynamic.":
Sir Hamilton:
As if the Steelers don't already have their hands full with the Ravens defense, we haven't even touched perhaps the biggest game-wrecker of them all: Safety Kyle Hamilton:
"He's played safety AND nickel and you see his talents in both places," Coach Tomlin told the media. "He's good in the middle of the field, he's good as a blitzer, he's good in coverage and evidently obviously…he's smart."
So Pittsburgh will have their work cut out for them on Sunday and on both sides of the ball. How impactful they are is yet to be known, but something tells me we'll see a different set of Steelers this week.
For all the criticism that is starting to fall on Coach T, these are the games where he gets his guys off the mat and back into the fight.
He will have to prove he still has it on Sunday.
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin: Changes coming to ‘practice,’ ‘division of labor’
See more of what Coach T said will be changing with the team.
