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The Steelers offense has gone against a top ten defense in 6 out of their 8 games. Minnesota Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago Baltimore Jacksonville. At the moment only 3 out 8 final games will be against a top ten defense. And those are the three AFC North teams.
 
You always bring something good to the party AJ.

Great stuff.
 
If we can just get some consistency in execution, we can really steamroll the league, I truly believe that. We're just a *tad* off, and hopefully this bye week will help with that.
 
ark steel said:
OTOH, our "offenseive" play helped make them top 10!
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I heard Stan say this today...gives me some heart.
 
Playing against top 10 defenses would help explain a slow start for this offense. When I say slow start I'm talking about near everyone here's opin ion of our offense. Each week there is improvement and I'm sticking with them...................





Salute the nation
 
Again, I don't even want them to focus on scoring 30. I want them to focus on controlling time of possession with such a dominating soul-crushing advantage there that the other teams are literally in panic-mode every time they take the field.

That just helps the defense and contributes to an absoultely dominant offense in every stage of the game.
 
ark steel said:
OTOH, our "offenseive" play helped make them top 10!
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History Suggests Strong Second Half For Tomlin, Steelers


BY ALEX KOZORA NOVEMBER 3, 2017 AT 08:30 AM



History is just that. History. But if it’s any indication, the Pittsburgh Steelers are sitting pretty. The narrative on Mike Tomlin and the Steelers, definitely rooted in some truth, is that they’re a slow-starting team. But come the back half of the year, they find their groove and make a run.

This year could be the best of both worlds. Pittsburgh is 6-2 after eight weeks for the first time since 2011. The more relevant figure is what’s happened the second half of the season the last four years. Over that span, Tomlin’s Steelers haven’t finished any worse than 6-2, including a 7-1 streak to close out 2016.

Even 2013, an 8-8 season and arguably Tomlin’s worst, ended in a 6-2 finish and an Antonio Brown footprint away from bettering that to 7-1. Obviously, the quick math suggests the Steelers finish the year 12-4, a mark they haven’t reached in six seasons (the last time they started a year 6-2, if you’re keeping score).

I don’t think the second half success is a coincidence either. Tomlin’s biggest talking point, the one he harps on the roster from the day they start a new year, is conditioning. Be the most conditioned team. That closes out games, closes out seasons. You hear it from players, you hear it from Tomlin himself.

I remember what former Steelers’ receiver Issac Blakeney told me two summers ago.




“Coach Tomlin’s number one thing is to be the best physically conditioned team every time we step out on the field. He feels like that wins a lot of games.”

Here’s what Tomlin said two years ago, quotes you’ll usually see up sprinkle in come training camp.

“It’s going to be required. Every great player I’ve ever been around has been highly conditioned. Physical conditioning precedes everything else.”

That’s most true of the Steelers two best players: Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell. Brown’s remarkably durable for a thin-looking frame and talk to anyone who has played alongside him and they’ll marvel at his work ethic.

Bell plays at a snap count unrivaled by any other back in the league and is the type of guy who can run through half a defense on a 42 yard gain and stay in for the next three snaps. They lead and the rest of the roster follows.

If the Steelers finish on the same note they have for the last four years, there’s an excellent chance they sit atop the AFC when the dust settles
 
wig said:
Again, I don't even want them to focus on scoring 30. I want them to focus on controlling time of possession with such a dominating soul-crushing advantage there that the other teams are literally in panic-mode every time they take the field.

That just helps the defense and contributes to an absoultely dominant offense in every stage of the game.
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they have been pretty good in time of possession this season, that's a huge plus that keeps the D fresh. Still need the killer instinct in the final yards, that's all that's missing really
 
antdrewjosh said:
History Suggests Strong Second Half For Tomlin, Steelers


BY ALEX KOZORA NOVEMBER 3, 2017 AT 08:30 AM



History is just that. History. But if it’s any indication, the Pittsburgh Steelers are sitting pretty. The narrative on Mike Tomlin and the Steelers, definitely rooted in some truth, is that they’re a slow-starting team. But come the back half of the year, they find their groove and make a run.

This year could be the best of both worlds. Pittsburgh is 6-2 after eight weeks for the first time since 2011. The more relevant figure is what’s happened the second half of the season the last four years. Over that span, Tomlin’s Steelers haven’t finished any worse than 6-2, including a 7-1 streak to close out 2016.

Even 2013, an 8-8 season and arguably Tomlin’s worst, ended in a 6-2 finish and an Antonio Brown footprint away from bettering that to 7-1. Obviously, the quick math suggests the Steelers finish the year 12-4, a mark they haven’t reached in six seasons (the last time they started a year 6-2, if you’re keeping score).

I don’t think the second half success is a coincidence either. Tomlin’s biggest talking point, the one he harps on the roster from the day they start a new year, is conditioning. Be the most conditioned team. That closes out games, closes out seasons. You hear it from players, you hear it from Tomlin himself.

I remember what former Steelers’ receiver Issac Blakeney told me two summers ago.




“Coach Tomlin’s number one thing is to be the best physically conditioned team every time we step out on the field. He feels like that wins a lot of games.”

Here’s what Tomlin said two years ago, quotes you’ll usually see up sprinkle in come training camp.

“It’s going to be required. Every great player I’ve ever been around has been highly conditioned. Physical conditioning precedes everything else.”

That’s most true of the Steelers two best players: Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell. Brown’s remarkably durable for a thin-looking frame and talk to anyone who has played alongside him and they’ll marvel at his work ethic.

Bell plays at a snap count unrivaled by any other back in the league and is the type of guy who can run through half a defense on a 42 yard gain and stay in for the next three snaps. They lead and the rest of the roster follows.

If the Steelers finish on the same note they have for the last four years, there’s an excellent chance they sit atop the AFC when the dust settles
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Always with the positive waves, Moriarity. Why don't you say something negative for a change. :fat:
 
heres your negative,,,,

antdrewjosh said:
I remember what former Steelers’ receiver Issac Blakeney told me two summers ago.
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Who the hell is Issac Blakeney? And why do we need a quote from him to give the article weight?

This is like running fluff piece on Trump, and asking the white house gate guard what he's all about.
 
This is why I don’t care much for rankings. They don’t take into account who teams have played in a league where a team only plays 13/32 teams. Also, the deference between the #1 and #10 team or #10 and #20 team might only be 40 yards or less per game, it’s misleading.
 
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