Dick LeBeau
Dick LeBeau
Charles Richard LeBeauis an American football coach and former cornerback, who is the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He has been active at field level in the NFL for 57 consecutive seasons–14 as a player with the Detroit Lions and 43 as a coach. He was most recently the Pittsburgh Steelers' defensive coordinator and is considered to be one of the greatest defensive coordinators of all time. Considered an “innovator”...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth9 September 1937
CityLondon, OH
The statistics will tell you that: They scored more points. That's usually a pretty good barometer for the effect that the rule changes had on the game for that year. The numbers, in this case, don't lie.
He's similar to those guys in that he has good size and speed and can really run, yet he can blitz, too. I think he enjoys playing in our system, just like they did.
He's very quick, and he can make plays with his feet and his arm. He is also very accurate, and his ability to escape adds to his overall package.
He's a rare threat. We've had Carnell Lake and Rod Woodson do similar things, but players like that don't come down the road too often. Troy is special.
In his unique way, I think he creates not any better than those guys but in a different manner.
I haven't changed a bit over the years. I have tried to learn from all these people and have tried to dissect what makes them so successful. What is it that made them better teachers, better communicators?
As a defense, we didn't play very well in (the AFC Championship game) and that's going to be in the front of our minds, for sure.
I try to stay out of Troy's way. We establish parameters for him, and he has to be at a certain place at a certain time.
All quarterbacks have to have time and space to operate. We'll do the same thing we always do: play zone pressure. And our guys play it very well.
It's a nice even number, isn't it? When I reached 30 years, I didn't think about 50. But we're a little closer to 50 now. So we'll see. I'll take it one snap at a time.
They don?t hold the ball very long. It?s out of there quickly.
They do a good job of protecting the quarterback. So I thought instead of beating our head against the wall, we'd let our guys drop back and play some max-coverage. I thought they did a good job of that.
He's not like any other safety I have ever seen.