Tomlin dials up a heavy dose of Mendenhall
LATROBE 无毛视频� Mike Tomlin dialed up a heavy dose of Rashard Mendenhall yesterday, and Mendenhall responded like a healthy back in the prime of his career should.
无毛视频淗e无毛视频檚 done a super job preparing himself and I expect him to have a tremendous year,无毛视频� said running backs coach Kirby Wilson.
Wilson calls Mendenhall 无毛视频渁 four-phase, all-phase running back.无毛视频�
And Wilson went on. 无毛视频淭his guy无毛视频檚 an outstanding blitz-pickup player. He无毛视频檚 outstanding as a route runner. He无毛视频檚 got very, very good hands as a receiver. His knowledge of the game and of this offense is superior. He无毛视频檚 a really focused football player, and obviously what he does for us from tackle to tackle, he无毛视频檚 a dynamic finisher. He is a complete football player and this guy无毛视频檚 got a bright, bright future ahead of him as long as he stays focused and as long as he continues to work hard the sky无毛视频檚 the limit for him. There无毛视频檚 nothing he can无毛视频檛 do.无毛视频�
While Mendenhall rushed for a career-high 1,273 yards last season, on his last carry 无毛视频� on 2nd-and-2 at the Green Bay 33, to start the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl 无毛视频� he fumbled. Might there be any type of carryover?
无毛视频淚t无毛视频檚 gone. It无毛视频檚 over,无毛视频� Wilson said. 无毛视频淵ou can never change it. And it无毛视频檚 still one mistake.
无毛视频淵ou just always try to improve your game every week, every year, and I think he无毛视频檚 done that. He无毛视频檚 come in camp in great shape with a great attitude. Like any competitor, you don无毛视频檛 like to make mistakes but you try to learn from them, and he has. He无毛视频檚 done a super job preparing himself and I expect him to have a tremendous year this year.无毛视频�
EASING INTO LEADERSHIP: Ben Roethlisberger picked apart the first-team defense in three easy pieces yesterday for a touchdown in the highlighted 2-minute drill.
Roethlisberger hit Tyler Grisham with a bomb down the left sideline on the third snap, the third straight completion.
The Steelers无毛视频� quarterback is looking sharp and feeling easy, a maturity befitting the team无毛视频檚 second-oldest offensive starter. Roethlisberger even spoke as if he were part of the staff when the topic turned to speedy receiver Mike Wallace.
无毛视频淚t无毛视频檚 gotten to the point where with him we can start working on other routes,无毛视频� Roethlisberger said of Wallace无毛视频檚 progression.
无毛视频淪ay the first year he had 3 routes. Last year he had maybe 8 routes. This year we无毛视频檝e got him on 10 to 12, you know what I无毛视频檓 saying? Every year we get him more involved and to do more things.无毛视频�
Can Wallace reach his stated goal of 2,000 receiving yards?
无毛视频淚 don无毛视频檛 want to hear him talk to me about that stuff,无毛视频� Roethlisberger said.
INJURY REPORT; Missing practice with minor injuries Tuesday were Wallace, Curtis Brown, Weslye Saunders, Emmanuel Sanders, Mario Harvey, Adam Mims, Bryant McFadden, Ramon Foster and Limas Sweed.
QUOTABLE MIKE: Tomlin on whether he无毛视频檚 where he would be in another year.
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