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Ben is back to elite level form!

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Those who thought he was checked out or done can eat crow and become a Ravens Fan.

And he's staring to use his legs again. In his last 4 games he has 13 TD's and 4 Int's. I now believe the offense, which is best when Ben throws it often and Haley gets out of way is our best chance to play in another super bowl.
 
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The interceptions were tips and coverage Ben had a great game and his throws were spot on.
 
Ben is back to elite level form!
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I'm still only 80% in agreeance with that statement Coach. He is still missing too many throws for my likin'....but he is gettin' better and he does look more committed than he did early. That last checkdown to Bell was not his best decision either. All in all though, he keeps playin' like he can and we just might pull this thing together.
 
Ben was very good last night. His throws were sharp and he was feeling it. The passes to AB were perfectly placed.
 
SteelChip said:
I'm still only 80% in agreeance with that statement Coach. He is still missing too many throws for my likin'....but he is gettin' better and he does look more committed than he did early. That last checkdown to Bell was not his best decision either. All in all though, he keeps playin' like he can and we just might pull this thing together.
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I'm sold. I think Haley and his typical deep ball passes that seem to be forced and his Run, Run, Pass in the red zone that produce field goals is out of vogue in Pittsburgh. Let Ben be Ben. He is very sharp, and knows where to throw it, and when to change the plays. While his last name isn't Manning or Brady, he's like a coach on the field.

Net-Net Less Haley and more freedom for Ben = more points. A conversation about the plat calling must have happened. My guess is Haley was smart enough to realize his way wasn't working or Tomlin reeled him in a bit.
 
I really liked the west coast kind of offense, it finally set up that long pass to AB, everyone here was expecting it and Ben found the perfect moment. Hope they keep moving chains and going for the kill just when the time is right. **** Yeah I'm ecstatic with Ben's play yesterday
 
Ben is making all the throws now. Fades are perfect. He's splitting the bracket coverages on AB, He threw 2 perfect balls over the LBs and under the Safeties that were dropped. One was a perfect touch pass to Jesse, the other was a rope to Eli, who didn't have his hands ready when he turned.

5 balls were dropped that hit players in the hands. Jesse, Eli x2, Bryant, and AB (the pass that hit him in the hand when they didn't call PI is technically a drop, since no penalty was called). JuJu has better hands, and drops will reduce when he returns, but really I think only 2 drops stopped drives. The other 3 they recovered from. Clean up the drops and this offense is even better.
 
I know Ben threw two interceptions last night, but that was the best he's looked all season. Outside of the first interception, he probably should have had his first 15 to 20 passes completed if not for drops by the receivers (remember when we heard how deep that group was...yeah). He's feeling it right now and it's making a difference.
 
Yes Ben is playing alot better. Hopefully we can get the secondary to get back playing so we can get a complete game from this team. Elite Ben is back
 
Too many drops last night. I was privately messaging Lex saying we should have kept Ayers and cut that piece of **** Rogers. Can't believe how ****** Rogers got from last year. He's worthless to us out there when he does that. James also had a drop on a beautifully thrown ball. We better be drafting a TE early after we get a QB.
 
I shouldn't be as excited as I am after last nights win, against a garbage Green bay,
Offensively, I feel like this was ben's best performance of the year! Doubt started creeping in a hair but last night he proved he still has the magic. Glad to see Bryant have some huge plays in crucial moments. Brown may be the best WR ever?? Going into the year i thought Bell was the best player on the team. Antonio changed my mind.
Eli Rogers is TOTAL GARBAGE.
Despite the way everyone pumps up the stats of the Defense being so good, i don't buy it, at all. They are middle of the road at best. They have lost or come close to some really bad young QB Glennon, Bortles, Brissett, Hundley. Even Kizer gave them a scare. They have also given half of the running backs they have played there BIGGEST RUNS OF THE SEASON Its unbelievable? Cohen, Howard, Fournette, Jamaal Williams? How many defenses in the league play this bad against inferior qb and get gashed like that in the run game. I'd love to see the stat on that.
This Butler Defense is still a huge liability. Butler sucks, Shazier is a home run hitter that strikes out way too much, Burns isn't very good and loves to get flagged.
This team will need the offense to put up atleast 40 to have a chance of going anywhere against good quarterbacks.
 
No eating crow he looked rusty early and that 5 INT game was painful. As he earned his criticism early, as much as he has earned his praise late. And hopefully he will continue to earn that praise all the way to the big game.

But yeah this team continues to go as Big Ben goes.

He is the straw that stirs the drink.

Drink up yinz *******.
 
Too many drops last night
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That comment from Collinsworth was interesting. He said when the receiver gets his hands up to catch an overhead pass too early, chances are greater that he'll miss it because the hands and eyes are bouncing and distorting focus.....interesting. Somebody should play that for Bryant, it might help him on down the road.
 
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Part of this has to do with the 2nd half of the season mostly being home games, there is away Ben and home Ben. We are seeing how Ben plays at Heinz right now, but I hope that his play is consistent and he carries this level of play on the road as well
 
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Part of this has to do with the 2nd half of the season mostly being home games, there is away Ben and home Ben. We are seeing how Ben plays at Heinz right now, but I hope that his play is consistent and he carries this level of play on the road as well
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That's part of it, but the other is offensive scheme. The offense doesn't run no huddle on the road like they do at home. I don't know if there's a mental block there or not. Would love to see them keep it up against Cincinnati this week.
 
Joey Porters Taint said:
Eh last 2 games vs ****** defense.
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Kind of like your last two posts, ****** that is, well I guess we could go back further than that...........................




Salute the nation
 
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The easy drops last night were a bit disturbing but, for the most part, Ben was able to recover and still keep the chains moving.
 
SteelChip said:
That comment from Collinsworth was interesting. He said when the receiver gets his hands up to catch an overhead pass too early, chances are greater that he'll miss it because the hands and eyes are bouncing and distorting focus.....interesting. Somebody should play that for Bryant, it might help him on down the road.
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I think Collinsworth is partially right. As a receiver, you don't want to reach early, but if you have proper hand positioning, it doesn't matter. The GB player tried to patty cake a ball and it hit his thumb. He didn't drop that ball by putting his hands up early, he dropped it with piss poor hand positioning, preventing him from making that catch.
 
Hines57 said:
Too many drops last night. I was privately messaging Lex saying we should have kept Ayers and cut that piece of **** Rogers. Can't believe how ****** Rogers got from last year. He's worthless to us out there when he does that. James also had a drop on a beautifully thrown ball. We better be drafting a TE early after we get a QB.
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Why were you massaging Lex?

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We've had a **** load of drops all year, at least 4 or 5 dropped TDs, JuJu is becoming increasingly more and more valuable, just so it keeps Rogers off the field.

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