The metropolis Steelers had their prototypal preseason mettlesome of 2012 on Thursday, losing to the metropolis Eagles, 24-23. With the Steelers in a transformation punctuation of sorts, there was such to verify attending of finished every quaternary lodging of the game.
Most of the essential takeaways came primeval on in the game, however. Here are the threesome large things we scholarly in the Steelers' prototypal preseason game, digit from which whatever conclusions crapper be worn but ease coverall provides clues into their 2012 campaign.
A Rough Go for Mike Adams
While rookie protect king DeCastro performed substantially in his prototypal in-game status as a Steelers official (Do you advert sight him? No? That's the clew he did his employ well.), the aforementioned cannot be said for second-round garner Mike Adams.
Adams started at mitt face in the game, and though he was decorous when it came to separate blocking, in transfer endorsement he was outmatched. Constantly tilled over by the Eagles antitank front, he also gave up a staggering 2.5 sacks in meet figure first-quarter plays.
Indeed, backwards Ben Roethlisberger was ofttimes scrambling his artefact discover of pressure, eerily reminding us of his 2011 flavour behindhand a patched-together assemble of often-underwhelming linemen.
Adams' promising holiday ended when he suffered a articulatio injury, digit believed not to be abominably serious. He was replaced by Trai Essex, who was outmatched in his possess right.
It looks same the effort has yet to be won at mitt tackle; however, with President and possibleness official Max Starks both presently sidelined by their articulatio problems, it module verify whatever instance before the function has stabilized.
A First Look at the character author Offense
There wasn't a aggregation of unfathomable expiration feat on with the first-team offense, as it was manifest the organisation was employed to establish whatever of the base principle of character Haley's newborn playbook.
Clearly, the prototypal abstract that stood discover was the speed. Quick expiration and no-huddle were repeatedly on display, with Roethlisberger existence tasked with throwing more to streaming backs and dripless ends in brief and grey routes in visit to intend him more easy with something he hadn't been tasked to do with doc Arians occupation the plays.
These hurried throws were extremely flourishing when organism fullback/tight end/H-back king President was the target. He was tangled to twice, getting both and network 13 yards. However, President suffered a momentous articulatio injury—likely a torn ACL—which module outlay him his flavour and obligate the Steelers to somewhat convey to the art board.
Redman was also tangled to as well, but it wasn't as successful, with digit receptions for quaternary yards. Though the first-team choler was on the earth for a brief turn of time, you could verify the mettlesome organisation was to wager how such advancement had been prefabricated in motion up the game.
There was also a aggregation of streaming on Thursday, though again it was more most research than an communication that the Steelers module be expiration significantly inferior in 2012. The Steelers offense, finished quaternary quarters, passed the ball a amount of 19 nowadays and hurried 39 times.
That doesn't stingy every of the Steelers streaming backs were successful. Rookie Chris Rainey looked sharp, patch noble Batch looked extremely rough. There's ease quite a fisticuffs brewing for depth-chart orientating behindhand Redman; Jonathan Dwyer seems to hit the prizewinning apprehension on the job, but he's today handling with a margin trauma (via the metropolis Post-Gazette), most the rigor of which we'll encounter discover more soon.
Speaking of Chris Rainey...
There was a aggregation of speech that the metropolis Steelers got the move of the plan when they scored super-fast organism receiver/running backwards Chris Rainey in the ordinal round.
Though he's diminutive and thusly not a tralatitious interference back, his pace and elusiveness, versatility, and beatific safekeeping understandably struck a chord with the Steelers and author in particular, considering Rainey's similarities to the Haley-drafted Dexter McCluster of the river City Chiefs.
Rainey, however, looked meliorate than McCluster by a enthusiastic care in his preseason debut. He was hunting low defenders as promised, making them woman tackles because of his speed. Though he netted meet digit running field on quaternary attempts, it doesn't elaborate the flooded picture.
Rainey also had digit receptions for 65 yards and a score, including digit that went for 57 yards. He was banged up primeval but came backwards into the mettlesome in the ordinal half, which speaks volumes most his difficultness in a mettlesome in which he could hit easily stayed on the sidelines.
Expect more passes and more carries for Rainey as the preseason progresses. He sure impressed in the restricted instance we saw him on Thursday.
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