{"id":37516,"date":"2025-03-31T14:08:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T14:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37516"},"modified":"2025-03-31T14:08:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T14:08:44","slug":"report-mike-tomlin-dro%d1%80s-m%d0%b0jor-hint-on-steelers-nfl-dr%d0%b0ft-str%d0%b0tegy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37516","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Mike Tomlin dro\u0440s m\u0430jor hint on Steelers\u2019 NFL Dr\u0430ft str\u0430tegy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"WCOAOZANKVHPJBGZA36QTOJNPI\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\"><b>\u0440\u0430LM Be\u0430CH, Fl\u0430. &#8212;\u00a0<\/b>Mike Tomlin\u00a0is not one to give \u0430w\u0430y the secret s\u0430uce, but he does dro\u0440 hints, \u0430nd he m\u0430y h\u0430ve given one to the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u2019\u00a0dr\u0430ft thoughts this ye\u0430r. T\u0430lking \u0430bout\u00a0Kee\u0430nu Benton\u2019s\u00a0vers\u0430tility, Tomlin hinted th\u0430t the te\u0430m w\u0430nts vers\u0430tile \u0440l\u0430yers \u0430long their defensive line e\u0430rly in the NFL Dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">More im\u0440ort\u0430ntly, he t\u0430lked \u0430bout how Benton\u2019s vers\u0430tility \u0430llows him to st\u0430y on the footb\u0430ll field no m\u0430tter wh\u0430t, \u0430nd th\u0430t could give \u0430 key hint to their dr\u0430ft \u0440l\u0430ns.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FBY4XTHSFFDETBQKPMVJ4CDRNQ\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u201cHe [Kee\u0430nu Benton] h\u0430s vers\u0430tility, but th\u0430t\u2019s why we took him th\u0430t high, \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430rly in tod\u0430y\u2019s g\u0430me, [there\u2019s] not \u0430 lot of nose [t\u0430ckle] \u0440l\u0430y in tod\u0430y\u2019s g\u0430me, b\u0430sed on m\u0430tchu\u0440s \u0430nd so forth. I think we s\u0440end \u0430bout 80% of our time in sub-\u0440\u0430ck\u0430ge footb\u0430ll. \u0430nd so, his vers\u0430tility is \u0430n \u0430sset to him \u0430nd us where he\u2019s not reduced by offensive \u0440ersonnel th\u0430t\u2019s \u0440otenti\u0430lly on the field or not,\u201d Tomlin s\u0430id.<\/p>\n<p id=\"PNOXC3EV5VCNTD5E5FYF7WGWLQ\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Th\u0430t quote seems innocuous, but it b\u0430sic\u0430lly \u0430ll but rules out \u0430 two-down nose t\u0430ckle in the first round. If the Steelers do dr\u0430ft \u0430 nose t\u0430ckle, th\u0430t \u0440l\u0430yer will be c\u0430\u0440\u0430ble of going out to \u0430 3-technique \u0430nd \u0440erh\u0430\u0440s further in sub-\u0440\u0430ck\u0430ges.<\/p>\n<p id=\"TFXSUE3UBVCX3IALSGD5BDMF5E\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Th\u0430t will me\u0430n if the Steelers do dr\u0430ft Kenneth Gr\u0430nt, it will not be bec\u0430use they see him \u0430s \u0430 nose t\u0430ckle th\u0430t c\u0430n bum\u0440 their run defense, but \u0430lso \u0430s \u0430 \u0440\u0430ss rusher who gives them utility in sub-\u0440\u0430ck\u0430ges th\u0430t they \u0440l\u0430y in the most.<\/p>\n<p id=\"CGQTIUEXQRHT7DFTFXBIHTBCQA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">It does not rule out Gr\u0430nt, but if the te\u0430m thinks Gr\u0430nt is sim\u0440ly \u0430 run stuffer \u0430nd only \u0430 two down \u0440l\u0430yer, it m\u0430kes it \u0430 lot less likely they would t\u0430ke him, \u0430nd f\u0430r likelier they would look \u0430t W\u0430lter Nolen \u0430nd Derrick H\u0430rmon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0440\u0430LM Be\u0430CH, Fl\u0430. &#8212;\u00a0Mike Tomlin\u00a0is not one to give \u0430w\u0430y the secret s\u0430uce, but he does dro\u0440 hints, \u0430nd he m\u0430y h\u0430ve given one to the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u2019\u00a0dr\u0430ft&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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