And this is why Pittsburgh fans are so angry...

[wig]

Tom Brady completed 32 passes. Seventeen of them went less than 5 yards in the air. Nine of them 32 traveled more than 10 yards.

To break that down so you don't have to think at all.

9 passes of 10+ yards.
6 passes between 5 yards and 10 yards in the air.
17 passes of less than 5 yards in the air.

And our defensive backs and linebackers were playing an average of 7 to 10 yards off the line of scrimmage all day, with no bump and run and no effort whatsoever to disrupt the timing of the receivers or pressure Brady.

Thank you, Coach Butler and Coach Tomlin.

You sure as **** outsmarted em!

 

[Drink IRON City]

So, if we would have taken the underneath & short out of the equation, does t*mmy b*y suddenly develope a laser cannon arm?? I think not and that is why you have to take away the under/short passing game. Don't you game plane their biggest stregnth away??? Well in this current coaches game planning 101, I guess NOT.




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[Turd Ferguson]

I wish I had a gif of the play where the top CB was 10 yards off the receiver and the bottom CB was stepping backwards before the snap. He was off of my widescreen TV by the time the center snapped to Brady. I about tossed my beer at the screen at that point.

 

[Steelr4evr]

It defies logic we could not ***** slap guys within 5 yards and get to the qb. Its not like they have giant physical specimens at wr. That's why I figure it's all bs. Hell I knew part way into the first quarter we would not win the game playing that nonsense and I'm just a fan. Oh well **** it. Doesn't matter who they draft if that's the way it's going to be.

 

[wig]

Consider this...

Most of their catches were within the area where our linebackers could have mauled their receivers at will before they ever touched the ball... Much like Butler and a safety were doing to Antonio more often than not.

 

[Coryea]

Come on guys, you know we don't have the personnel to do that. *sarcasm*

 

[Hines57]

Gotta play man and hit them at the line of scrimmage. Even more so without Gronk out there.

 

[GRBman]

...but, but, but...

"Tomlin's not the problem! its Haley...he's the problem!!!"

or...

Media: "look at Tomlin's record, he's a great coach"

 

[FAB802]

With all due respect, that's the same off the ball, chicken **** defense we've deployed against them since Ugg Boy has been there. They've dink and dunked the Steelers to death for fifteen years, it goes deeper than Tomlin or even Cowher. Butler is a LeBeau protégé, it has to come from there someplace. I know, he is a Hall of Fame DC. But I've been screaming about ten yard cushions for nearly twenty years.

 

[Coryea]

With all due respect, that's the same off the ball, chicken **** defense we've deployed against them since Ugg Boy has been there. They've dink and dunked the Steelers to death for fifteen years, it goes deeper than Tomlin or even Cowher. Butler is a LeBeau protégé, it has to come from there someplace. I know, he is a Hall of Fame DC. But I've been screaming about ten yard cushions for nearly twenty years.

I agree, we didn't use that **** defense 2004 or 2005 vs them, then again we beat them 2011 with an aggressive defense, it's strange how it's worked under both coaches, yet we revert back to this damn zone. The only time under Cowher I remember I very passive defense was to open the 2002 season at New England

 

[Steelr4evr]

With all due respect, that's the same off the ball, chicken **** defense we've deployed against them since Ugg Boy has been there. They've dink and dunked the Steelers to death for fifteen years, it goes deeper than Tomlin or even Cowher. Butler is a LeBeau protégé, it has to come from there someplace. I know, he is a Hall of Fame DC. But I've been screaming about ten yard cushions for nearly twenty years.

We can call it "The Groundhog Day Defense" ... it keeps repeating over and over and over and over and over and over...

 

[fogdoctor]

Again, we could have avoided this if all game plans had to be cleared by me.

 

[Drink IRON City]

It defies logic we could not ***** slap guys within 5 yards and get to the qb. Its not like they have giant physical specimens at wr. That's why I figure it's all bs. Hell I knew part way into the first quarter we would not win the game playing that nonsense and I'm just a fan. Oh well **** it. Doesn't matter who they draft if that's the way it's going to be.

I think the players knew this too. Thus the lack luster attitude / body language. If we can tell so can the players.



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[DBS1970]

All I am going to say about it.

 

[steelerscotty]

Talent not capable of man coverage doesn't mean you have to play 10 yards off every one. Improvise a "press zone" coverage scheme. I thought Tomlin and Butler were supposed to be some kind of defensive geniuses.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Talent not capable of man coverage doesn't mean you have to play 10 yards off every one. Improvise a "press zone" coverage scheme. I thought Tomlin and Butler were supposed to be some kind of defensive geniuses.

If a bunch of Yinzers like us can see it.....

 

[Drink IRON City]

Talent not capable of man coverage doesn't mean you have to play 10 yards off every one. Improvise a "press zone" coverage scheme. I thought Tomlin and Butler were supposed to be some kind of defensive geniuses.

Hate to be the one to break it to yaz...............YOU thought wrong..............




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[Djfan]

In my old club in CA we called it the "LeBeau cushion" and hated it. Marsha has used it against us for ever.

We were out-coached and there was nothing more to say.

 

[MT~Forged]

This is what keeps the "Fixed Games" beliefs alive and well.

 

[tapeANaspirin2it]

To point an official stat on how soft the coverage was, based on the trackers that are now in NFL player's pads,

Tom Brady finished the game with only 2.4% of his passes going into tight windows. That's the lowest of any QB this season #NextGenStats https://t.co/mmAsXwFipa
— Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) January 23, 2017​

Brady was 32 out of 42 so 2.4% means just 1 pass out of 42 was into a tight window. It must have felt like a preseason game for Brady.
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[obxsteeler]

To break that down so you don't have to think at all.

9 passes of 10+ yards.
6 passes between 5 yards and 10 yards in the air.
17 passes of less than 5 yards in the air.

And our defensive backs and linebackers were playing an average of 7 to 10 yards off the line of scrimmage all day, with no bump and run and no effort whatsoever to disrupt the timing of the receivers or pressure Brady.

Thank you, Coach Butler and Coach Tomlin.

You sure as **** outsmarted em!

I think this is pretty much the story of Brady and the Pat's game since he came into the league. Without thinking at all how have they won 4 SB and are playing for a 5th if it's so easy to beat?

 

[bigtwnvin]

The Giants had success against the Pats with aggressive Man coverage, disrupting route timing at the LOS and pressures up the middle forcing Brady off his spot or out of the pocket.
Guess the film of that and other games of teams who successfully solved the Brady mystique got lost?

 

[Drink IRON City]

This is what keeps the "Fixed Games" beliefs alive and well.

That and the fact there is so much $$$$$ involved. That is the true driving factor on "FIXED" games.



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[wig]

From "Behind the Steel Curtain"

If a couple pieces fall into place next season, this offense will be a nightmare for defenses across the league...even the Patriots.

This is the stupidity of Haley and many of the fans, assuming that because the Steelers have Roethlisberger, Bell and Brown and (hopefully) a couple of extra players to line up next to them they ought to be an offensive juggernaut that's impossible to stop.

The ******* coaches can stop this team before they run out of the tunnel.

- Sammie Coates checked his head after week 5.
- Wheaton got hurt and that was that.
- I dare somebody to mention ******* Ladarius Green to me.
- DHB, also hurt and always inconsistent.
- Rogers has promise, but he's a 3rd receiver.
- Cobi Hamilton is Rudi. You want him to do something awesome, but his job is to push the starters in practice. you know it, he knows it. Everyone knows it.
- Jesse James, Honestly I like him. But he's a working man's tight end. I like that. I'm all for that.
- Martavis. Please dear baby Jesus. Let Martavis come back, be better than ever and put the fear of God in corners and safeties on the other side.

IF Martavis can come back and IF Haley can actually figure out how to use ALL THREE of his deadly options, then the Steelers may be able to do the TWO ******* things they need to do to be a deadly and efficient offense.

Eat clock and score 21 to 28 pts a game. They need to use Bell to eat up clock and run the ball AND they need to use Bell and Bryant and James to keep the DBs honest with a deadly efficient passing game who's goal is to maintain possession and score in the red zone.

 

[Steelr4evr]

That and the fact there is so much $$$$$ involved. That is the true driving factor on "FIXED" games.



Salute the nation

Absolutely! You'd be naive to think otherwise. To what extent is what I'm not sure of. I'm not sure I care anymore,but the Boston asshats are getting old. I can't even respect them. I at least respected Dallas and San Francisco.