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It’s not the Steelers’ defensive players who are upset with the midseason enforcement change.
Roethlisberger and backup quarterback Byron Leftwich agreed they’d have a concussion than a serious knee injury.
What Steelers players on both sides of the ball fear is that defenders, worried about fines or penalties, will target the legs and hips — possibly generating career-threatening lower body injuries.
What the Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t worried about is the NFL’s stricter enforcement of perilous hits altering their persona or physicality. Even if quarterback Ben Roethlisberger suggests the modification was made partly to make the Steelers (4-1) less competitive.
“We all have the same concerns of what’s legal and what’s not legal,” linebacker James Farrior said. “I don’t think it’s defined right now. It’s a query mark for us,Rams’ wide receiver could miss season nfl jersey
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Clark believes these Steelers will modify, , even if he’s not sure this change is required.
The Steel Curtain defense of the 1970s was so dominant, the NFL adjusted its rules so defensive backs such as future Hall of Famer Mel Blount couldn’t bump and run with receivers further than 5 yards past the line of scrimmage.
Safety Ryan Clark knows adjustments will be required to follow NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s decree that hits that endanger an opposing player’s safety won’t be tolerated. But Clark is convinced the aggressive, hit-before-you-get-hit mentality of the Steelers’ defense won’t change.
PITTSBURGH — They’re not sure how they’re supposed to tackle. They’re also confused about why they must change the way they’ve played footy for years.
“We have a reputation of being a hard footy team and they have lots of Lombardis up there, and that doesn’t make lots of people happy,” Roethlisberger said. “But you know what? It makes us happy, so we’ll try to go out and play the game of footy the way they know how to play it.”
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Clark said tacklers have no option now but to go low on hits, or what is often termed around the league as lowering the strike zone.
“Just to be a little woozy, I think guys would take that over never walking again,” Roethlisberger said.
Linebacker James Harrison didn’t practice Wednesday, saying he’s not sure how to play defense now that the NFL plans to fine and suspend players for flagrant hits, to the helmet. Harrison was fined $75,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],000 for a punishing hit Sunday that left Cleveland Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi with a concussion.
“We can’t go around hitting guys in the head, they made that point and they understand that,” Clark said. “Obviously they wanted to make it a large issue, with the media showing the hits over and over again. they had to make a statement, and I think they did. But where do you go from here? they don’t need to see guys with blown ACLs and thigh bruises and hip replacements. It’s a sensitive subject. We’ve got to find a way to hit these guys within the rules.”
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The Steelers lead the NFL in total defense since coach Mike Tomlin was hired in 2007. This season, they're No. 1 in fewest points (60, or 28 fewer than any other team) and dashing yards allowed and are No. 6 in overall defense.
“We still need to play footy in a physical manner. they still need to cease people from scoring touchdowns,” Clark said. “We’re going to try to do that. you need to change if your purpose was to be dirty. If your purpose was to go out here and hit people in the helmet, injure people and give people concussions, you need to change. But that’s never been our purpose.”