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LeBeau dreams up a new defensive package
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
By Teresa Varley
Steelers.com



To say that defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau eats, sleeps and breaths football is not an understatement.

The mastermind behind the Steelers defense that was once again ranked number one in the NFL last season laid out a new defensive package for the team at OTA?s on Tuesday and it came to him the night before.

?He gave us a new defense today that he thought about last night when he was in bed,? said an amazed James Farrior. ?He drew something up for us today. We expect stuff like that from Coach LeBeau.

?This offseason is no different. We probably have about 10 new calls right now. They are going to keep coming. It?s the same every year, new calls in and tweaking stuff to make us better. He has a great mind.?

While the players do come to expect this kind of thing from LeBeau, they know how lucky they are to have him working his magic on the defensive scheme.

?He is constantly thinking of ways we can do better,? said defensive end Brett Keisel. ?We put in a whole new package today that the wizard came up with last night. He was making some potion and somehow these X?s and O?s came up and it worked really well today so I am sure it?s something we will use.?

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