not aaron smith!

[Canomad]

this sucks i just saw the report on espn. aaron smith will be out indefinitely with a shoulder injury. this is a huge blow to our defense especially since troy is out right now also. move woodley to DE and start Fox? i dont know if thats a possibility but this has my head spinning. aaron is a very underrated part of our defense and its gonna hurt to loose him.

[Canomad]

i feel so alone. i wish more people came to the steelers board.

[timd1218]

Ziggy Hood should get his chance to show he can play now. TP is coming back for the game against Cleveland.

[SD2042]

i feel so alone. i wish more people came to the steelers board.

You and me both. As for Aaron Smith's injury. It sux big time. The last thing the Steelers need now is another hit to the D-line. As for Ziggy Hood, he's a possibility. Here's what Coach T had to say about Ziggy.

“He has played in just about every football game,” said Tomlin of Hood. “He has played on special teams in some games; he has had more defensive snaps in others. He played a pretty significant portion of the game this week. He is a young guy who is on the come. He has a lot of talent. He is not out of the oven yet, if you will, and we acknowledge that. He acknowledges that. As long as we continue to do that he will move in the right direction. He will continue along those lines in terms of participation. By no means is Ziggy Hood a potential replacement for Aaron Smith at this point. It will probably be a committee of bodies to try and fill that void.”


Sounds like he has some confidence in him although he has some ways to go before establishing himself as a good football player in the league. I'm expecting Ziggy to be in on some plays with Smith being sidelined for now.






http://www.steelers.com/article/112097/

[Canomad]

i read about ziggy getting more playing time but isnt he a defensive tackle? thats what he was drafted as atleast. im glad troy is comming back, but once he comes back arron goes down. im curious if aaron would be back when the playoffs come around.

[SD2042]

Yep he was drafted as a DT. Maybe the Steelers have been working with him to play multiple positions I guess.

[Canomad]

well its going to be interesting to see ziggy get more PT this week i really wanna see how he performs.