Pittsburgh Steelers rookie C Zach Frazier stepped foot on an NFL area in a significant recreation for the primary time on Sunday. It wasn’t on the pleasant confines of Acrisure Stadium, however the Steelers trustworthy did their greatest to make it really feel like a house recreation in Atlanta versus the Falcons. Nonetheless, there are all the time first-game jitters. These could have proven up early with some less-than-clean exchanges with QB Justin Fields.
However these jitters didn’t final lengthy. Frazier proved fairly darn rapidly why the Steelers wished him. He spent extra time on Sunday driving Falcons defenders into the Mercedes-Benz Stadium turf than trying like a rookie making his first NFL begin. And that caught out to Steelers TE Pat Freiermuth.
“Very spectacular,” Freiermuth stated of Frazier’s debut on Tuesday’s episode of Chalk Speak on 102.5 WDVE with Gerry Dulac. “I imply, watching his movie, he’s pancaking guys left and proper. Being a middle within the NFL, it’s laborious as a result of, and particularly on this offense, he’s in command of declaring the factors for the run recreation and safety and stuff. He’s a very good participant. Surprising, coming from West Virginia. Kidding, kidding, kidding, kidding, kidding. However he’s a very good play, and he’s a very good offensive lineman.”
Freiermuth just isn’t kidding. Atlanta could also be Waffle Home territory, however Zach Frazier served pancakes just like the stadium was an IHOP. Steeler Depot’s Ross McCorkle dove into the movie like Freiermuth did, and the one jitters to be discovered have been Falcons defenders as they have been placed on the bottom.
See for your self.
Sure, that’s Falcons DL Grady Jarrett lined up over Zach Frazier. And that’s Jarrett sitting down firmly, courtesy of Frazier. Jarrett is a 10-year veteran of the NFL and holds the Falcons report for many quarterback hits in a profession. For Frazier to bully him like that’s spectacular.
And it’s not the one time Frazier dumped Falcons defenders on the day.
You can argue that Frazier dumped not one however two Falcons defenders on this play. He bowled DT Eddie Goldman over and picked up the spare within the type of LB Kaden Elliss.
Repeatedly, Frazier received blocks on Sunday. However he didn’t simply win blocks. He completed performs routinely and drove defenders into the bottom. That may put on defenders down all through a recreation. Freiermuth even famous that he noticed the Falcons tiring late within the recreation.
All in all, it was a improbable debut for Zach Frazier. He blocked properly, made the appropriate calls, and helped put on down the Atlanta protection, due to stacks of pancakes. No waffling right here on Frazier’s efficiency.
