Connor Heyward

[Baltostiller]

This dude is way too small to do what they are asking him to do. Tight ends are 6-4+ and 250 lbs minimum. He is at best a small fullback and I’d rather have Derek Watt than this midget.

[Stillchest]

This dude is way too small to do what they are asking him to do. Tight ends are 6-4+ and 250 lbs minimum. He is at best a small fullback and I’d rather have Derek Watt than this midget.

Yes, but do you know about his NFL bloodlines?

[955876]

This team constantly puts themselves behind the 8 ball with their personnel choices.

Heyward is a nice player on a loaded team.

But look at us now, Muth goes down and now neither Heyward nor Darnell “Outlier Talent” Washington are capable of filling his very mediocre shoes.

I knew releasing a JAG like Gentry would bite this team in the ass.

That’s how bad they are. Even when they cut a mediocre JAG he turns out to be better than what they have.

[Professor Half Wit]

This team’s problems are many and Connor ranks very near the bottom of them.

Next.

[the-other-burg]

he may be small, but is he "taken down on a shovel pass at the 3 yard line with no blockers" small?

[955876]

This team’s problems are many and Connor ranks very near the bottom of them.

Next.

Connor is a microcosm of the type of things that cause this team to have problems to begin with.

[LakecrestSteeler]

This team constantly puts themselves behind the 8 ball with their personnel choices.

Heyward is a nice player on a loaded team.

But look at us now, Muth goes down and now neither Heyward nor Darnell “Outlier Talent” Washington are capable of filling his very mediocre shoes.

I knew releasing a JAG like Gentry would bite this team in the ass.

That’s how bad they are. Even when they cut a mediocre JAG he turns out to be better than what they have.

Nailed it.

[RemoAZ]

A better question is what's wrong with Washington? Why do we never see him involved in the passing game? Can he not learn the most vanilla playbook in the league? Has he sucked in practice? What's the deal?

[Orangesteel]

The biggest play we’ve had from a tight end this season was that one dude No. 87 is it Williams? chasing that blocked punt out of the endzone.

Muth is super average. Washington is a ghost. Heyward isn’t a TE. The future is bright

[955876]

A better question is what's wrong with Washington? Why do we never see him involved in the passing game? Can he not learn the most vanilla playbook in the league? Has he sucked in practice? What's the deal?

I dunno. Great question.

A kid with the type of outlier talent he has should certainly be able to run a 5 yard curl route, box out a smaller player, and catch an easy pass on 3rd & 4.

Guess not though.

[Jobu]

A better question is what's wrong with Washington? Why do we never see him involved in the passing game? Can he not learn the most vanilla playbook in the league? Has he sucked in practice? What's the deal?

I dunno. Great question.

A kid with the type of outlier talent he has should certainly be able to run a 5 yard curl route, box out a smaller player, and catch an easy pass on 3rd & 4.

Guess not though.

I blame Arians!

[franco32]

Tomlin said Williams played instead of Darnell because they were behind. In other words, Darnell can't run routes or be involved in the passing game. Again, I don't know why this is a surprise. He's always looked terrible running routes. The FO just chose to ignore that. Washington is now essentially 4th string for key moments in the game.

[Stosh-67]

Knowing what we know of how the Steelers want to play football, play offense, run the ball and control the clock.....
Runs contrary to the logic of having Heyward on the field so many snaps.
49 of 67 - 73%
51 of 59 - 86% last week.....

And not being a noticeable factor in the run game, whether at TE, HB or FB.

Seems like they would be beget off with Darnfll and 87 as double TE for run game..

Or Broderick as Tackle eligible for run plays with better protection to run PA off that set with #77 instead of 83 as an ineffective blocker

[Stosh-67]

Add Robinson as another guy that is getting way to many snaps in relation to production or as an effective blocker.

[RemoAZ]

Tomlin said Williams played instead of Darnell because they were behind. In other words, Darnell can't run routes or be involved in the passing game. Again, I don't know why this is a surprise. He's always looked terrible running routes. The FO just chose to ignore that. Washington is now essentially 4th string for key moments in the game.

They don't have a coach that can teach him a few routes? I mean the team only runs a handful of plays. How can they not teach him to at least be a threat on short yardage and/or in the red zone? Again, I question the lack of coaching on this team. It's blatant at every position.

[955876]

Tomlin said Williams played instead of Darnell because they were behind. In other words, Darnell can't run routes or be involved in the passing game. Again, I don't know why this is a surprise. He's always looked terrible running routes. The FO just chose to ignore that. Washington is now essentially 4th string for key moments in the game.

Let this be Exhibit A for when the village idiot returns and doubles down about how this kid’s outlier talent was worthy of a top 5 pick.


I wish it was because I was genuinely excited about the kid based on the ball washing that was taking place here.

[955876]

Tomlin said Williams played instead of Darnell because they were behind. In other words, Darnell can't run routes or be involved in the passing game. Again, I don't know why this is a surprise. He's always looked terrible running routes. The FO just chose to ignore that. Washington is now essentially 4th string for key moments in the game.

They don't have a coach that can teach him a few routes? I mean the team only runs a handful of plays. How can they not teach him to at least be a threat on short yardage and/or in the red zone? Again, I question the lack of coaching on this team. It's blatant at every position.

This too.

[ToddHaleysNineIron]

It's not that they have Heyward... its' that they feature him.

[jebrick]

Tomlin said Williams played instead of Darnell because they were behind. In other words, Darnell can't run routes or be involved in the passing game. Again, I don't know why this is a surprise. He's always looked terrible running routes. The FO just chose to ignore that. Washington is now essentially 4th string for key moments in the game.

They don't have a coach that can teach him a few routes? I mean the team only runs a handful of plays. How can they not teach him to at least be a threat on short yardage and/or in the red zone? Again, I question the lack of coaching on this team. It's blatant at every position.

They might teach him routes but he runs them so slowly that it is not worth the time. I am surprised he is not used on the goalline more but the Steelers are so rarely there I can see as one reason.

[Stillchest]

Add Robinson as another guy that is getting way to many snaps in relation to production or as an effective blocker.

Exactly.

Similar to Gentry and Gunnar getting too many snaps, the opposing D said, “thank you, very much.”

[Stillchest]

Tomlin said Williams played instead of Darnell because they were behind. In other words, Darnell can't run routes or be involved in the passing game. Again, I don't know why this is a surprise. He's always looked terrible running routes. The FO just chose to ignore that. Washington is now essentially 4th string for key moments in the game.

They don't have a coach that can teach him a few routes? I mean the team only runs a handful of plays. How can they not teach him to at least be a threat on short yardage and/or in the red zone? Again, I question the lack of coaching on this team. It's blatant at every position.

They might teach him routes but he runs them so slowly that it is not worth the time. I am surprised he is not used on the goalline more but the Steelers are so rarely there I can see as one reason.

You didn’t enjoy that shuffle pass to him, inside the five yard line?

[SteelPro]

They don't have a coach that can teach him a few routes? I mean the team only runs a handful of plays. How can they not teach him to at least be a threat on short yardage and/or in the red zone? Again, I question the lack of coaching on this team. It's blatant at every position.

They might teach him routes but he runs them so slowly that it is not worth the time. I am surprised he is not used on the goalline more but the Steelers are so rarely there I can see as one reason.

You didn’t enjoy that shuffle pass to him, inside the five yard line?

I'm torn over that play. On one hand, yeah it was ugly and didn't work. On the other hand at least it wasn't a jet sweep.