Jarvis Jones

**DanRooney** · 10-28-2013, 10:14 PM

I thought there was no way a guy so dominant in college would have no meaningful impact midway through the season. I'll give him a pass for the first few games to get acclimated to NFL speed; but our replacement for James Harrison finishing with stat lines like 0 solos and 1 A? Remember when Harrison made it routine to have games with 5+ solos, 2 assists, a sack and FF?

There is something seriously wrong with our linebackers. They're playing too soft, conservative and not making plays on the ball. There's no fire anywhere in our core; Woodley included. They're are supposed to be play makers and I see them holding lanes and titty jousting like they're defensive lineman. I don't know if it's Dick or our Butler. It's inexcusable for no one to be making turnovers. Tomlin is just sitting there expecting a different result with the same philosophy game in and game out. It just seems to me that Captain Obvious is making small adjustments here and there thinking that we only lost a 3 point game that we would have won if Suisham would have made those 2 field goals. In reality, we should have been blown away by the way we played.

**Big T** · 10-28-2013, 10:25 PM

Jarvis played a total of 11 snaps against Oakland...

**DanRooney** · 10-28-2013, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by Big T

Jarvis played a total of 11 snaps against Oakland...

19 tackles through 6 games. No sacks, no picks, and 1 hard hit. No exactly what you're looking for with a 'steal' in the first round.

**Nolrog** · 10-29-2013, 07:28 AM

I was curious about Jones play time this past game as well. I'm not sure if he was nursing an injury or the coaches felt he's not quite ready to take on the bulk of the play time.

However, he's getting a lot more play time than a rookie typically does in our defensive scheme. It's far too early to panic though. I'm happy he's getting as much play time as he is, and expect him to improve his understanding and in the off season, work hard to get stronger, which is typical for the first off-season.

We'll talk again in 2015 and then we'll see.

**JensK** · 10-29-2013, 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by Nolrog

I was curious about Jones play time this past game as well. I'm not sure if he was nursing an injury or the coaches felt he's not quite ready to take on the bulk of the play time.

However, he's getting a lot more play time than a rookie typically does in our defensive scheme. It's far too early to panic though. I'm happy he's getting as much play time as he is, and expect him to improve his understanding and in the off season, work hard to get stronger, which is typical for the first off-season.

We'll talk again in 2015 and then we'll see.

I think that he has to put on a bunch of weight in the offseason. Right now, he just aint strong enough. And he REALLY need to work on his first step. He is painfully slow off the line.

**coldrolled** · 11-01-2013, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by Nolrog

I was curious about Jones play time this past game as well. I'm not sure if he was nursing an injury or the coaches felt he's not quite ready to take on the bulk of the play time. .

Again with this play time ****, our coaches are in playtime... like in a sand box with plastic shovels...

We are 2-5 play them and start blitzing and playing like the old steelers... no holding back. we have nothing to lose, so we give up a TD on a blitz... oh no... we might lose the game... At least Jones, Woirlds, Williams, Allen learn the big blitz packages in real time.. Not this Vanilla coverage over and over.
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