After falling 29-0 at the end of the third quarter to the Minnesota Vikings, the Pittsburgh Steelers almost made a comeback in the game against the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night. If TE Pat Freiermuth can catch the ball when Harrison Smith hits the ball out of his hands in Pro Bowl S, the Steelers are two points away from completing an impossible comeback. Frankly speaking, Pittsburgh had no business in that game in the second half because the defense played so badly that Darwin Cook rushed from the dislocated shoulder to 205 yards.

The offense was also eager for success, working hard to build a running game, and constantly moving the chain into the air in the first half. However, some of Pittsburgh's struggles on the offensive end of football were self-inflicted, namely WR Chase Claypool and his behavior throughout the game. You can see this is his first reception in the apartment, and he tried to stiff his arm when #21 Bashaud Breeland was shoveled out of bounds. After the game, Breland began to speak in Claypool. Claypool put his fingers into Breland's face and moved Pittsburgh back to obtain a personal foul.

After receiving the free throw, Claypool will be on the bench for most of the first quarter, then handover in the right action, ran to the sideline and got rid of his control when Breland tried to pass to the first. Mark down. However, savvy veteran #22 Harrison Smith hit the ball when Claypool reached out, causing the ball to hit Minnesota's recovered turf. After further review, they ruled that Claypool's tibia was down and Pittsburgh retained possession. Although I understand Claypool's intention to make the first fall, he needs to consider the safety of the ball here, knowing that they have another fall, rather than risking a mistake.

Later in the second quarter, we saw Claypool ran out of two identical quick exit patterns to the right sideline, one from the slot and the other from the outside. In the first clip, you will see some terrible body language of Klaipur as he continues to throw the ball at the officials, showing disgust and frustration. It's not a big deal, but as a certified sports performance coach, the body language of the athlete is very important to my performance in training and competition. We will see this problem appear in a more profound way later.

As Pittsburgh began to make a comeback attempt in the second half. Claypool countered tight coverage with some impressive combative captures. The first is in the third game of Patrick Peterson (Patrick Peterson) No. 7 on the right sideline, Ben lifts the ball into the air and makes Claypool turn around and try to grab the back shoulder. Claypool lifted the ball for the football, trapping the ball in his frame, Peterson tried to hit the ball out with his hand, and Smith came in and hit Claypool when he landed. Claypool managed to secure the capture and successfully moved the chain at the large reception.

This is a zoomed-in shot of the same game, showing Claypool’s ability to improve and concentrate while bringing the ball in while being suffocated by Peterson in coverage, passing through defenders and trapping the ball in his helmet Go up to grab the bright spot.

Claypool's second big, controversial catch occurred in the second game of the last offense of the Pittsburgh game. When Roethlisberger passed the ball out of the steal, he took Breeland to the right touchline, and when Claypool managed to steal the ball from Breeland's frame, he took the ball to the right and made sure to catch the ball while receiving the ball. Punish through interference.

This is a slow version of the game, showing that Claypool focuses on fighting through contact in order to achieve an excellent catch, maintaining control of the ball during the catch, as he hits the turf to maintain an offense against Pittsburgh .

Soon after that important catch, Claypool made another important catch in the second and longer time, running deep curly routes on Breeland, breaking inward and hitting the football high in the air . With Breland and Smith flying in, he grabbed the ball to secure the ball and built the offense by three points.

After two games, the offense called Claypool's number in the fourth downconversion that it must have. Claypool leaned quickly on the inside, stepped on Breeland, and then picked up the first chain that moved down. However, when Claypool was shoveled, he decided to celebrate his first fall to the ground, kneeling on the ground, because the rest of the attackers hurriedly clocked the time when time was tight. #51 Trai Turner tried to catch the ball from Claypool, who was still holding the ball. LB #54 Eric Kendricks hit the ball in the exchange between Turner and Claypool, allowing more time to run away, wasting more than ten seconds from capture to ear.

This is an exchange after a successful spike between Klaipool and Turner, showing that Klaipool is clearly dissatisfied with his teammates because he interfered with his celebration and tried to take the ball away from him to stop timing. After the game, Claypool was asked this question and replied: "I was settled near Hash," Claypool said. "Did my little first point. Go and hand the ball to the referee. As soon as he got there, the ball was knocked out of my hands. That's why we spent time. But I really have to get better." Claypool didn't pay attention to the precious time that was short of time, but decided to show off and postpone the accusation instead of taking responsibility for his mistakes in judgment.

The next morning, the national media is expected to appear after Claypool, including former Steelers safety guard Ryan Clarke issuing a statement about Claypool and his antics in the game:

.@Realrclark25 is closed on Chase Claypool😳

"Chase Claypool's mental and emotional underdevelopment is the same as his physical overdevelopment... He only cares about himself! And this self-centeredness is part of the reason for the downfall of the Steelers and the organization. ." pic.twitter.com/1ElNGKx5EU

-Get Up (@GetUpESPN) December 10, 2021

Clarke said in the statement: "Chase Klapple is mentally and emotionally underdeveloped because he is overdeveloped physically." Frankly speaking, Clarke and I are there because we see Klaipool as a height/weight /The weird ability of speed samples shines as a rookie with nearly 900 yards and 11 total TD. Especially after teammate JuJu Smith-Schuster fell due to an injury at the end of the season, he looked ready to usher in a breakthrough season in the second year, but his performance failed to increase with the increase in usage rate and offensive end. Make a leap. He played smaller than his weird size implies, caught 58% of his goals and failed to win controversial catches more often because of someone you expect to perform well in the field.

From a combative receiving point of view, Claypool performed well in this game, but his mental and emotional maturity was exposed to several stupid decisions that made Pittsburgh lose valuable position and time on the field. , And this may affect the results. When Claypool showed up, I was in training camp with Dave Bryan, thinking he was more of a third-round draft. However, his rookie season performance made me think again, because his performance and his gentle personality in the initial interview made me believe that he is a great young man, a future star in the making.

Sadly, it seems that Claypool flew too close to the Suns after his first season, allowing fame and fortune to affect his judgment, making it more like a "me" player than a team player . Whether it’s the comments before the Browns game last season, the offseason incidents that he was involved in the quarrel, the TikTok drama, or the events that happened on Thursday night, Claypool has shown that he has a lot of growth to do emotionally and learn to The best interests of the team are placed in front of themselves. This is not to say that Claypool is about to be out, but his behavior and antics are starting to resemble another Steelers catcher who was forced out because of his personality.

Claypool’s rookie contract is more than two years away, and unless there are any unforeseen legal issues, he is likely to stay with the team until the contract expires. However, unless Claypool looks in the mirror and deliberately learns from this experience, he may appear on the long list of Steel City where only one contract can be seen. As Zhu Zhu and James Washington plan to become free agents in this offseason, and Klaypool’s performance is declining, if Klaypool doesn’t give them confidence, Pittsburgh may be motivated to make an early draft pick again in 2022. Go outside the field.

What do you think of Chase Claypool's performance against the Vikings? Do you think his antics conceal the fact that he will perform quite impressively? Is everyone too harsh on Claypool's behavior, or considering the way he treated the team at the time and his reaction after the game, is the criticism justified? What is the future of Claypool in Pittsburgh this season, and what is the future? Please leave your thoughts in the comments section below, thank you again for reading!

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