Nice to have football back. Ugly performance but that's the kind of sloppiness that you usually get in the preseason when guys are still shaking off the rust and you have a ton of young players playing.
I know Gay will get ripped for giving up the TD but it wasn't really his fault. He was supposed to have safety help over the top but both safeties bit on the play. He also won't be covering slot guys like Cruz in the regular season. It was reported Cortez Allen will play the slot this year but he's injured and Gay has lots of experience there which is why he drew that assignment in this one.
I thought DeCastro looked really good. Him being healthy all year would be a huge addition to this team.
I thought all the rookies looked pretty good for the most part. Landry Jones looked a bit lost but QB is extremely difficult to come in and play, especially when you're 3rd string and playing with a bunch of other 3rd string guys that also don't know what the hell they're doing yet. It's going to take time with him but we have Ben and Gradkowski for now. No rush.
I like the potential of the starting O-Line but the depth is not that great based on what I saw from the backups.
Ta'amu was kind of a mixed bag.
I liked some of what I saw from the undrafted rookie D-Lineman Brian Arnfelt. He's probably a practice squad guy but he just has that look of a guy that could spend a year or two on the practice squad and turn into something down the road ala Steve McClendon.
I know Robert Golden dropped that pick but I still like him. He just looks like a very solid backup safety and combined with Shamarko Thomas I like the depth there.
The Steelers really need a depth CB and depth WR to step up during the preseason. It was nice to see Isaiah Green breakup a couple passes. Maybe he'll be that guy at CB.
I know Gay will get ripped for giving up the TD but it wasn't really his fault. He was supposed to have safety help over the top but both safeties bit on the play. He also won't be covering slot guys like Cruz in the regular season. It was reported Cortez Allen will play the slot this year but he's injured and Gay has lots of experience there which is why he drew that assignment in this one.
I thought DeCastro looked really good. Him being healthy all year would be a huge addition to this team.
I thought all the rookies looked pretty good for the most part. Landry Jones looked a bit lost but QB is extremely difficult to come in and play, especially when you're 3rd string and playing with a bunch of other 3rd string guys that also don't know what the hell they're doing yet. It's going to take time with him but we have Ben and Gradkowski for now. No rush.
I like the potential of the starting O-Line but the depth is not that great based on what I saw from the backups.
Ta'amu was kind of a mixed bag.
I liked some of what I saw from the undrafted rookie D-Lineman Brian Arnfelt. He's probably a practice squad guy but he just has that look of a guy that could spend a year or two on the practice squad and turn into something down the road ala Steve McClendon.
I know Robert Golden dropped that pick but I still like him. He just looks like a very solid backup safety and combined with Shamarko Thomas I like the depth there.
The Steelers really need a depth CB and depth WR to step up during the preseason. It was nice to see Isaiah Green breakup a couple passes. Maybe he'll be that guy at CB.
