Kiesel’s role changes, Steelers adopt 2-5 defense
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Four-three. Three-four. Two-five?
The folks at the PG are reporting that defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau, master of making quarterbacks spend their day wondering, “where dey?” plans to use defensive end Brett Kiesel as more of a roving linebacker than a player with his hand on the ground.
LeBeau’s mastery of the zone blitz is unparalleled. That’s understandable, considering he invented it. But now he’s taking it to a while new level by potentially having a defensive end drop into coverage on running backs and tight ends, or blitz from the outside, or blitz from the inside, or make sno-cones for the refs.
This is exactly what the team needed to do: switch up a defense that, while dominant over the last ten years, had become stagnant and predictable. By creating movement before the snap — something that had been mysteriously missing last season, due in part to the injuries sustained by Troy Polamalu and also in part to former head coach Bill Cowher’s disinterested attitude — they will create more opportunities to confuse opposing offenses and put more pressure on the quarterback.
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May 15th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
I’m glad you wrote about this - I saw that article, and it really got me excited about our defense this season. And just think down the road - with Aaron Smith able to play DT and DE, Woodley switching between DE and OLB, and Lawrence Timmons playing inside and outside LB, we should have an incredibly versatile defense confusing the best offenses in the league.
May 15th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
oh, and, sno-cones for the refs? priceless…