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[Peat]

Dulac: Arthur Smith Stopped Letting Russell Wilson Change Plays, Creating Friction Between Two

Since the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season ended, multiple reports have painted a rocky relationship between offensive coordinator Arthur Smith and quarterback Russell Wilson. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gerry Dulac offered detail over what those issues were. Per Dulac, the issues stem from Smith...

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[xlm34]

Dulac: Arthur Smith Stopped Letting Russell Wilson Change Plays, Creating Friction Between Two

Since the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season ended, multiple reports have painted a rocky relationship between offensive coordinator Arthur Smith and quarterback Russell Wilson. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gerry Dulac offered detail over what those issues were. Per Dulac, the issues stem from Smith...

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There are so many concerning things in that article. A lot of coaches don’t let their QBs audible but you need to give some freedom to make adjustments.

I also hate the feeling I’m getting that Wilson is plan A.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Dulac: Arthur Smith Stopped Letting Russell Wilson Change Plays, Creating Friction Between Two

Since the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season ended, multiple reports have painted a rocky relationship between offensive coordinator Arthur Smith and quarterback Russell Wilson. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gerry Dulac offered detail over what those issues were. Per Dulac, the issues stem from Smith...

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Apparently Smith (Tomlin) ordered Wilson to never change plays at the line of scrimmage.

Color me surprised.

 

[Peat]

There are so many concerning things in that article. A lot of coaches don’t let their QBs audible but you need to give some freedom to make adjustments.

I also hate the feeling I’m getting that Wilson is plan A.

My gut is there's no plan A because there's no agreement in the building on which guy to go for and if there's any consensus, it's probably for the cheapest one.

 

[pistolpete11]

I'd be curious if Smith let other QB's make changes at the line, because that sounds reeeeeeeal familiar.

Anyway, letting the QB make changes at the line is a non-negotiable for me. You MUST let them, especially when they are a 13 year, Super Bowl winning vet. Maybe they get it wrong sometimes, but calling a play in the huddle is just a guess with limited information.

 

[xlm34]

I wish there was more info on how often teams let their QBs audible to a completely different play. I know there’s been talk about Shanahan and Lafleur not really giving a ton of flexible to QBs so I don’t think it’s really uncommon. I found this QB school video:



TLDW is basically that having complete control to change plays whenever you want is rare. So if Smith was telling Wilson that you can’t have that type of control, that’s pretty normal to me. If it’s more constrictive than that, it would be a problem.

 

[bigdaddyk88]

There are so many concerning things in that article. A lot of coaches don’t let their QBs audible but you need to give some freedom to make adjustments.

I also hate the feeling I’m getting that Wilson is plan A.

It got worse each week with RW. Teams would show late adjustments and then RW would try to adjust the play not everyone got it because it would be a 10 second rush. The more tape RW put out yhe worse it got. The Eagles Ravens abd Bengals game were rough

I'd be curious if Smith let other QB's make changes at the line, because that sounds reeeeeeeal familiar.

Anyway, letting the QB make changes at the line is a non-negotiable for me. You MUST let them, especially when they are a 13 year, Super Bowl winning vet. Maybe they get it wrong sometimes, but calling a play in the huddle is just a guess with limited information.

He was still changing plays in the playoffs just dialed it back a ton