{"id":11027,"date":"2024-10-12T03:46:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T03:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=11027"},"modified":"2024-10-12T03:46:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T03:46:12","slug":"ex-steelers-lb-robert-spillane-sends-strong-message-ahead-of-revenge-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=11027","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Steelers LB Robert Spillane Sends Strong Message Ahead of Revenge Game.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Robert-Spillane-e1728651021986.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Robert-Spillane-e1728651021986.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Robert-Spillane-e1728651021986.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Robert-Spillane-e1728651021986.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Raiders linebacker Robert Spillane.\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-img-load-time=\"727\" data-dom-ready-time=\"785\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Robert Spillane is amped up to face his former team with the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0are just about set to face off with the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders\u00a0in Week 6, and one member of the opposition seems particularly revved up for this affair.<\/p>\n<p>On October 10,\u00a0Raiders.com team reporter Levi Edwards\u00a0and\u00a0ESPN beat reporter Paul Gutierrez\u00a0both relayed a quote from ex-Steelers linebacker\u00a0Robert Spillane\u00a0\u2014 who is now thriving with Las Vegas as a starter and captain of the defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeaving there has only grown the chip on my shoulder,\u201d Spillane told the media. \u201cAt the end of the day, they had a chance to bring me back in free agency, but I\u2019m here now and I\u2019m so thankful to be a Raider and I look forward to bringing it to them on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Players don\u2019t always come out and say what they\u2019re feeling on the cusp of a revenge game against a former organization, but Spillane didn\u2019t hold back here. Clearly, he felt Pittsburgh shouldn\u2019t have let him walk in 2023, and maybe he\u2019s right.<\/p>\n<p>According\u00a0to NFL analyst Daniel Valente\u00a0of The Score, \u201cSpillane leads the NFL in defensive stops with 34 [heading into Week 6], per Next Gen Stats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While \u201cthe highest Steelers inside LB is\u00a0Patrick Queen, who is tied for 56th with 15 defensive stops. [And safety]\u00a0DeShon Elliott is actually the highest-ranked Steelers player (t25th with 20 stops).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, head coach Mike Tomlin\u2019s defense could probably use someone like Spillane right about now \u2014 and Las Vegas is only paying him\u00a0$3.5 million per year. Queen is making\u00a0over $13.6 million per year\u00a0with the Steelers and has\u00a0yet to provide the same impact.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers HC Mike Tomlin Has \u2018a Lot of Respect for\u2019 Raiders LB Robert Spillane<\/h2>\n<p>Although Spillane appears to be entering this matchup with a certain intensity, Tomlin kept things very civil and complimentary\u00a0when he spoke\u00a0on the Raiders on October 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then at the second level [of the Las Vegas defense], just got a lot of respect for Robert Spillane,\u201d the Steelers HC said on Tuesday of Week 6. \u201cHad a lot of respect for him when he was here in terms of his approach to business. It\u2019s really good to see how his career has taken off in Las Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s their defensive captain,\u201d Tomlin went on, adding that he sees Spillane as a \u201csplash playmaker\u201d and not just an elite tackler \u2014 which Spillane has certainly become,\u00a0racking up 148 total tackles\u00a0in 2023. To back that claim, he noted that the Raiders linebacker forced three interceptions last year as well, crediting his ability to make \u201cplays on the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Spillane is] doing similar things for [the Raiders] this year,\u201d Tomlin finally concluded. \u201cHe\u2019s in all circumstances. He\u2019s a really good communicator [and he\u2019s] doing a really good job for those guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Raiders Coaching Staff Praises Ex-Steelers\u2019 Robert Spillane as \u2018Bell Cow\u2019 of the Defense<\/h2>\n<p>Spillane seems to have really found a home with new Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce and defensive coordinator Patrick Graham. Both spoke very highly of the former Steelers linebacker\u00a0while chatting with Edwards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[He\u2019s] our bell cow,\u201d Pierce said of Spillane. \u201cIf\u00a0Maxx [Crosby]\u00a0is our super superhero, I mean, [Spillane] is the next thing we\u2019ve got to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been there every snap, has not missed one snap,\u201d the Raiders HC reasoned. \u201cMakes all the calls, makes all the checks. When you see him after the game, you see a guy that played balls to the wall. And nothing is more of a pleasure for me as a former linebacker to watch that from our middle linebacker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pierce and Graham both also agreed that Spillane plays the game with \u201ca chip on his shoulder,\u201d as the linebacker stated himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can see the energy,\u201d Graham said. \u201cYou can see the ability to communicate. So, when he got here, that\u2019s why we wanted him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pierce also argued that \u201cI think [Spillane has] proven [himself] to everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t do what he\u2019s done four weeks in a row and say that\u2019s a fluke,\u201d the coach explained. \u201cHe\u2019s one of the better linebackers in the National Football League, and I\u2019m glad he\u2019s on our team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyFormer Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Robert Spillane is amped up to face his former team with the Las Vegas Raiders. 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