5 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

It's Gerrys responsibility to crash into Claypool to give McLeod time to cover his assignment and then move over to help.

In Cover 2, McLeod wouldn’t have a player assigned to him. Both Safeties should be back to help cover the deep pass. I didn’t catch if it was McLeod or Epps but they both chose to help other DBs instead of Gerry facing Claypool. 

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

I said he should have called a TO. But for the record, I believe Ebron was on the field and flexed to the top of the screen. 

It wasn’t five WRs. 

You are correct.  Not too different from what Gruden did to JJ in the 2002 NFCCG.

First he used 12 personnel.  For some reason, that got Douglas off the field.  Then he split out the TEs wide with Troy and Bobby on them.  Finally, Keyshawn and Jurevicius lined up in the slot and abused Kirkland and Bishop's injured groin.

4 minutes ago, wtfcares said:

We were stopping the run because we had Linebackers back there. The 4 DL would not be able to match up alone against 5 OL plus possibly a TE and stop them. 

Oh ok, I guess I imagined all those tackles from our DL.

1 minute ago, wtfcares said:

In Cover 2, McLeod wouldn’t have a player assigned to him. Both Safeties should be back to help cover the deep pass. I didn’t catch if it was McLeod or Epps but they both chose to help other DBs instead of Gerry facing Claypool. 

It was Rodney 

1 minute ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Oh ok, I guess I imagined all those tackles from our DL.

It was Rodney 

They are able to make those tackles because linebackers come up and take on some of the blockers. 

1 minute ago, wtfcares said:

In Cover 2, McLeod wouldn’t have a player assigned to him. Both Safeties should be back to help cover the deep pass. I didn’t catch if it was McLeod or Epps but they both chose to help other DBs instead of Gerry facing Claypool. 

On the Kist and Solak podcast, they suggested McLeod chose to lean towards JuJu on that side of the field.  The fact that Claypool's route ran away from McLeod made the situation more difficult.  Nice scouting by the Steelers.  We should have limited the damage to a burnt timeout.

8 minutes ago, wtfcares said:

In Cover 2, McLeod wouldn’t have a player assigned to him. Both Safeties should be back to help cover the deep pass. I didn’t catch if it was McLeod or Epps but they both chose to help other DBs instead of Gerry facing Claypool. 

McLeod didn't have a player but his primary assignment was covering Juju running the deep corner route. Epps was covering deep post. He could have abandoned his assignment to help Gerry, but Gerry also should have hit him to give McLeod more time to move over and help.

if Gerry could have bumped him off his route a little McLeod has another second to get there. Instead Claypool gets a free release.

40 minutes ago, Original Sin said:

Fourtantely I dont care what others think either,  in my book that makes things all good.

Fair enough 

10 minutes ago, schuy7 said:

Nate Gerry is terrible. It's really as simple as that.

This really can not be posted enough.  Play Davion Taylor, it literally can not get any worse than completing every pass thrown at him.

 

7 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Oh ok, I guess I imagined all those tackles from our DL.

It was Rodney 

Maybe if we were healthy that would have been a stronger possibility. Out two best candidates for that weren’t really available to play some mike there. Mills was at outside CB and Parks is on IR. 

6 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

On the Kist and Solak podcast, they suggested McLeod chose to lean towards JuJu on that side of the field.  The fact that Claypool's route ran away from McLeod made the situation more difficult.  Nice scouting by the Steelers.  We should have limited the damage to a burnt timeout.

 

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

McLeod didn't have a player but his primary assignment was covering Juju running the deep corner route. Epps was covering deep post. He could have abandoned his assignment to help Gerry, but Gerry also should have hit him to give McLeod more time to move over and help.

 

Everyone missing the major point that Robey-Coleman told Gerry and McLeod what was about to happen.  McLeod can not leave Gerry hung out to dry on that play.  You give up the 10-15 yard out, you do not give up the TD.

5 minutes ago, wtfcares said:

They are able to make those tackles because linebackers come up and take on some of the blockers. 

No, not in all cases. You see it happen regularly with inside penetration where LB run fits are rendered irrelevant. Again, if we're playing a numbers game, I'll gladly take my chances with that as a potential scenario (assuming they would even audible to a play like that, since surely it wouldn't be sent in as the original call) on 3rd and 5, down 2 with a few min left in the game. To paint a WR picking up 5 yds on a handoff as a forgone conclusion against our DL simply because the great Nate Gerry was on the sidelines is frankly ridiculous.

1 minute ago, downundermike said:

 

 

Everyone missing the major point that Robey-Coleman told Gerry and McLeod what was about to happen.  McLeod can not leave Gerry hung out to dry on that play.  You give up the 10-15 yard out, you do not give up the TD.

McLeod is like the 4th person to blame on that play, is all i'm saying.

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

Maybe if we were healthy that would have been a stronger possibility. Out two best candidates for that weren’t really available to play some mike there. Mills was at outside CB and Parks is on IR. 

I already said gimme Wallace in that situation.

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

McLeod is like the 4th person to blame on that play, is all i'm saying.

Gerry is #1, McLeod is #2, Schwartz is #3.  Both Gerry and McLeod knew on the field what was about to happen.  One of them should have called a time out.  Schwartz should have seen the formation and maybe called a time out, but the players on the field heard the cue's from Ben and knew the route.

Just now, downundermike said:

Gerry is #1, McLeod is #2, Schwartz is #3.  Both Gerry and McLeod knew on the field what was about to happen.  One of them should have called a time out.  Schwartz should have seen the formation and maybe called a time out, but the players on the field heard the cue's from Ben and knew the route.

The great part is we’re about to see 5-6 similar gashes on mismatches this Sunday vs the Ravens 

1 minute ago, downundermike said:

Gerry is #1, McLeod is #2, Schwartz is #3.  Both Gerry and McLeod knew on the field what was about to happen.  One of them should have called a time out.  Schwartz should have seen the formation and maybe called a time out, but the players on the field heard the cue's from Ben and knew the route.

Schwartz

 

 

 

 

 

Gerry

 

 

 

Then anyone else

 

2 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

I already said gimme Wallace in that situation.

He probably had never practiced in that spot before. Hard to trust a rookie in that spot. Gerry in theory should know what to do since that’s his damn job.  

2 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Schwartz

 

 

 

 

 

Gerry

 

 

 

Then anyone else

 

Basically what I have. Some order of Gerry/Schwartz, then Doug, then McLeod

7 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

He probably had never practiced in that spot before. Hard to trust a rookie in that spot. Gerry in theory should know what to do since that’s his damn job.  

Then call a play where you have him in a position he has practiced for. Hell, why even get cute there, just go 2 man under in that situation and if Claypool gets separation on Wallace straight up and Ben makes a good throw, then so be it. At least you made them work for it because you can only do so much with the talent at your disposal. But for the love of God, that was as easy as it gets. I could've made that throw, ffs.

Gerry being terrible doesn't excuse not calling a timeout on that last Claypool TD. Almost very NFL LB gets burned in that situation.

2 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

Gerry being terrible doesn't excuse not calling a timeout on that last Claypool TD. Almost very NFL LB gets burned in that situation.

I think we all agree a TO was in order. 

6 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Then call a play where you have him in a position he has practiced for. Hell, why even get cute there, just go 2 man under in that situation and if Claypool gets separation on Wallace straight up and Ben makes a good throw, then so be it. At least you made them work for it because you can only do so much with the talent at your disposal. But for the love of God, that was as easy as it gets. I could've made that throw, ffs.

Playing cover 2 isn’t getting cute. It’s about as basic as it gets. The Steelers went to a look they had never shown on film. Credit to Roethlisberger for making it up on the fly. Discredit to us for not calling TO. 

Fwiw, it was Cover 6. Quarter-quarter-half.

Gerry could have probably just sat down infront of Claypool and he would have been more effective than what he actually did. 

Start the rookies.

Keep Wentz, Mailata, Kelce (if he doesn't retire), Seumalo, Brooks, Johnson, Fulgham, , Hightower, Goedert, Jaegor, Sanders, Hargrave, Malik Jackson, Singleton, Taylor, Slay, McLoed, K'von Wallace.

Everyone else = whatever draft picks you can get.