The offensive personal

There is all this talk about with Todd Haley coming in that we will be running the ball more than passing. Honestly, the question I have is: why can't it be even? Bruce Arians always struggled to find that balance, and my hope for 2012 and beyond that we can make it to where the other team doesn't know what to stop to beat our offense. Emmanuel sanders said that there is a lot of play action. This is great because if your running game is strong then your passing game will be great as well. Does our team have more of a run offense or a passing offense? Before with kemoatu, he was a running guard who struggled against the pass. Now with decastro, we have a running guard AND a great pass blocking guard. We have receivers and a quarterback to be a strong passing team, but we also have diverse running backs and a good offensive line(on paper) to be a strong running team. The question is, what does Steeler Nation think our offense is best at? Follow me on twitter @Nickthesteelman if you want to talk more steelers.

A lot of fans were concerned that we'd be going back to the "3 yards and a cloud of dust" mentality. Based on everything I've been reading, I don't think that's the case. I think we're going to see a nice mixture of running and passing. Arians always treated the running game as an afterthought ... "OK, I'll throw in some running plays to keep everyone happy." I expect a balanced attack from Haley.

with Haley i think we are gonna pass when we have to pass
and run when we have to run, He'll game plan according
to the team we are playing that week

fer69 wrote:

with Haley i think we are gonna pass when we have to pass
and run when we have to run, He'll game plan according
to the team we are playing that week

Bingo.

Arians was so stubborn about adjusting the game plan, good to have him gone. I really think hailey has a bad reputation, but the players really seem like they want to please him.

Nickthesteelman wrote:

Arians was so stubborn about adjusting the game plan, good to have him gone. I really think hailey has a bad reputation, but the players really seem like they want to please him.

No doubt.

If you haven't seen it, here's an interesting quote from Emmanuel Sanders regarding the new offense:

Quote :

“Some games it might be 60-40 pass; some games it might be 70-30 run,” WR Emmanuel Sanders said of the new offense. “It all depends on the defense that we’re playing that week which is smart.”

I think it's obvious why he mentioned that it's smart to set your strategy based on the defense you're facing. That was always my biggest knock against Arians ... he had his plays and he was going to run them, regardless of what the defense was doing.

Wait a minute, there is more to football than just trying to run the same plays and the same offense no matter who you are playing?

Mind = blown.

Ben doesn't get paid 100 Mil to hand the ball off.

Mach1 wrote:

Ben doesn't get paid 100 Mil to hand the ball off.

And in recent years, the O-line obviously didn't get paid to block.

It's almost certainly going to be a more balanced and, more importantly, sensible attack. Haley sounds like he plans on playing to the strengths of our offensive personnel and the weaknesses of the defenses each week. This will be a breath of fresh air no doubt.

I don't want to see a return of the "3 yards and a cloud of dust" nor do I want to see the "drop back and chuck it" philosophy of the past few years. Balance is where it's at to keep defenses on their toes and guessing.

Back when Bradshaw was playing we probably ran more than pass but with Swann and Stallworth plus Grossman other teams didn't know how to handle us. I don't see us being a heavy run offense but I do see us being balanced.
With this line we should be capable of doing both well. When we play say the Ravens we may pass more (shhhh don't tell Jon)
Brown's --anything we want to I had to throw that in.

solardave wrote:

Back when Bradshaw was playing we probably ran more than pass but with Swann and Stallworth plus Grossman other teams didn't know how to handle us. I don't see us being a heavy run offense but I do see us being balanced.
With this line we should be capable of doing both well. When we play say the Ravens we may pass more (shhhh don't tell Jon)
Brown's --anything we want to I had to throw that in.

But Bradshaw called a majority of his plays. I think that is the catch here. Bradshaw knew when to listen to the OC (which according to Bradshaw wasn't that frequent), and when to run something more suitable to what he saw on the field.

Ben isn't there yet. I think he wants to be but a lot of QBs today don't have the mentality, the ability, or the long-term dedication to learn something as complex as defensive schemes.

If the o-line can get out there and block someone then I'd be happy with a run heaver offense and I think Haley will bring a better run offense with him then whats his name had.

If the beef can block its hard telling what the play call will be.