Narduzzi and Rookie QB 21 Nothing 1st Quarter

[LakecrestSteeler]

Is there anyone on this board that thinks Tomlin would have ever been able to get 21 points in a college 1st quarter with an 18 year old QB?

Not a chance. Watching the Pitt game makes me throw up a little thinking about Steelers getting a rookie QB. Would be like teleporting an iPhone to a cave man. How many 18 year olds get to change plays at the LOS in D1?

Heintschel is pretty good.

[LakecrestSteeler]

Post not aging well.

[Dan Smith--BYU]

That fake punt is the stupidest call I have ever seen

[Dan Smith--BYU]

Saved by Turner

Pitt's QB is not pro-level mobile

[swissvale72]

That fake punt is the stupidest call I have ever seen

What the FUCK was he thinking of??

[Stillerz Bar]

That fake punt is the stupidest call I have ever seen

Just amazing!! I was literally screaming at the TV.

Maybe, just maybe I could see going for it on 4th and 1 or 2, but 4th and NINE? Are you F-ing kidding me?

I don't think even Tomlin would do somethingthat stupid.... and that's saying something.

[swissvale72]

Was that pick six though not reminiscent of James Harrison's pick six in the Super Bowl?

[LakecrestSteeler]

That fake punt is the stupidest call I have ever seen

It was pretty stupid.

Who knows though…sometimes you need the screw it philosophy to help break tightness. Maybe it helped break the players’ and coaching’s playing not to lose mentality. The score and course of the game did not end up how I thought it was going to after that play. My brainwashing from watching Tomlin had them getting super tight and conservative, and losing when the defense couldn’t stop the QB and the offensive play calling would start doing 3 plays and a punt. Also when you think about it they were gifted field position from the onside kick…but man I was shaking my head, especially considering what happened on the ensuing Pitt offensive series.

Point of the post still stands….the Steelers and Tomlin are so ridiculously conservative, convinced their methods are the right course and are working, can’t develop any talent; across the practice field you have a coach taking a chance on an 18 year old and letting the kid “let er rip”. This just would never happen on a Tomlin offense. Or a Tomlin defense.

[LakecrestSteeler]

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Pitt's QB is not pro-level mobile

I don’t know. He looked pretty good to me. Shaking off some pretty intense blitzes. The play towards the end where he was blitzed and dead to rights near the sideline and some how dodged 2 or 3 guys and escaped to run the whole way to the other side and let rip an off platform beauty that was about a foot too wide. Reminded of another Ohio QB…keep in mind the kid is 18 years old. I kept wondering how the hell PSU missed out on him. Puts Drew Allar to shame.

King is/was a ranked in the top 10 of QBs in college. I’d choose Heintschel over him in a heartbeat based on last night’s performance. I don’t watch much college football.

He looked like a pro veteran QB barking commands and moving people around, calm, cool, and collected. I thought his throwing motion was strange the first time I watched him, but he looked pretty damn good today.

18 years old!

The Steelers would have never found this kid and Tomlin would never find an OC that would go from last to first in many statistical categories in D1 football.

Will be interesting to see what one year with weights and training do. ACC is the easiest way to make the playoffs and get a top seed. Hope the kid is smart enough to see that, but wondering if Pitt will be able to match the dollars he is going to warrant. Way too early to anoint him anything…but 18 years old…SMH.

[Steeldrama]

Was that pick six though not reminiscent of James Harrison's pick six in the Super Bowl?

Other than distance

Not remotely

[LakecrestSteeler]

Was that pick six though not reminiscent of James Harrison's pick six in the Super Bowl?

Other than distance

Not remotely

If it wasn’t dumb luck than it did remind me of Harrison’s TD minus the biggest football game in the world.

From the QB angle it looked like he had seen the play before and went off script for the pick. Knight was throwing it like Warner…thinking it was a sure fire slam dunk TD. But maybe Lovelace blew his assignment and was in the right place at the right time and it was dumb luck, but maybe not. Only the kid and coaches know.

[Dan Smith--BYU]

I like his skills too be he can't just stand there and get killed.

He needs twitch not size.

He has to learn to move in the pocket away from pressure.

Most of that is instinctive.

I hope he can learn or his future will be as bright as Drew Allar.

[swissvale72]

Was that pick six though not reminiscent of James Harrison's pick six in the Super Bowl?

Other than distance

Not remotely

If it wasn’t dumb luck than it did remind me of Harrison’s TD minus the biggest football game in the world.

From the QB angle it looked like he had seen the play before and went off script for the pick. Knight was throwing it like Warner…thinking it was a sure fire slam dunk TD. But maybe Lovelace blew his assignment and was in the right place at the right time and it was dumb luck, but maybe not. Only the kid and coaches know.

And there is the similarity… QB didn't expect this guy to drop back into coverage. He did and brought it back 100 yards.

[LakecrestSteeler]

Other than distance

Not remotely

If it wasn’t dumb luck than it did remind me of Harrison’s TD minus the biggest football game in the world.

From the QB angle it looked like he had seen the play before and went off script for the pick. Knight was throwing it like Warner…thinking it was a sure fire slam dunk TD. But maybe Lovelace blew his assignment and was in the right place at the right time and it was dumb luck, but maybe not. Only the kid and coaches know.

And there is the similarity… QB didn't expect this guy to drop back into coverage. He did and brought it back 100 yards.

I think you could argue it was 99 yards too …he was straddling that 1/2 yard line.