You do realize he left early with an injury?
a toe. The Sgt. Hulka big toe. FOH
You do realize he left early with an injury?
They ignored pass rush in the FA market ? Ok I'm with you...but its pretty damn obvious why they would ignore that in the FA market ? Isn't it ? Or should i spell it out... Cap Room....If you are going to dive into the FA market for a pass rusher (if you can find one) you are going to be paying alot and we just don't have the cap room for that.
Again, who should they have signed? They were expecting big things from Dupree then he gets hurt in august
I agree about the pass rush but we sacrificed that for the o personnel we now have.
You guys are freaking out.
1) A ton of starters got hurt yesterday, some of them tried to return hurt and were basically marginally effective.
2) Even at a fully effective level, the new defensive philosophy is to play coverage defense and force the opponent to work down the field and hopefully make a mistake along the way. If a team is patient, they can work against this scheme just fine. If a team is even or ahead, this scheme works in their favor.
3) This means the offense is the key-man for the season (never a good sign for a team that wants to be contenders in my opinion, but I digress). With Wiliams struggling in the running game, the Steelers became one-dimensional quickly. Then they fell behind. See points 1 and 2...
4) Ben and the offense STILL could have kept **** together, but they panicked. Rather than work themselves back into the game doing exactly what they ought to have done with short, ball control, chain-moving plays that were designed to keep the Steelers moving downfield and continually getting into scoring position, Ben kept trying to force the big play. Yesterday was a perfect day to take what the defense was giving him, particularly with that aggressive pas rush. James and Grimble should have been heroes along with Williams getting NUMEROUS catches out of the backfield to slow down that rush.
Instead, the Steelers, Ben particularly kept trying to get it all back at once. Ultimately, the Steelers got so far down there was no other choice. Then the Eagles could afford to blitz like mad and that pretty much put the dagger in the heart.
Yep, it was a ****-show, but hardly the end of the world. It was rather a great opportunity to look back at the tape and see, "Well ****, HE was open, and HE was open and we could have picked up 7 yards right there on 2nd down and another 5 there on 3rd down and we'd have had a fresh set. Instead, Darn if I didn't force 2 out of three throws deep to Eli and Sammy. Well **** a duck.
It'll work out.
I always love optimism, but this team seems to have a lot of holes at critical positions.
OLB
FS
CB
WR now that Bryant isn't here to stretch the field.
I think some posters aren't freaking out they are just relaying what they are seeing.
With Ben you always have a chance to win, I just think that window has narrowed and we will see a good team, and not the great one envisioned.
So that in itself isn't a sky is falling, but it is a disappointment to what I feel they were capable of.
I am hoping this was merely just a lowpoint of the season.
But the realistic side of me wonders if this is just a sign of rough roads ahead....
I guess we will wait and see.....
You guys are freaking out.
1) A ton of starters got hurt yesterday, some of them tried to return hurt and were basically marginally effective.
2) Even at a fully effective level, the new defensive philosophy is to play coverage defense and force the opponent to work down the field and hopefully make a mistake along the way. If a team is patient, they can work against this scheme just fine. If a team is even or ahead, this scheme works in their favor.
3) This means the offense is the key-man for the season (never a good sign for a team that wants to be contenders in my opinion, but I digress). With Wiliams struggling in the running game, the Steelers became one-dimensional quickly. Then they fell behind. See points 1 and 2...
4) Ben and the offense STILL could have kept **** together, but they panicked. Rather than work themselves back into the game doing exactly what they ought to have done with short, ball control, chain-moving plays that were designed to keep the Steelers moving downfield and continually getting into scoring position, Ben kept trying to force the big play. Yesterday was a perfect day to take what the defense was giving him, particularly with that aggressive pas rush. James and Grimble should have been heroes along with Williams getting NUMEROUS catches out of the backfield to slow down that rush.
Instead, the Steelers, Ben particularly kept trying to get it all back at once. Ultimately, the Steelers got so far down there was no other choice. Then the Eagles could afford to blitz like mad and that pretty much put the dagger in the heart.
Yep, it was a ****-show, but hardly the end of the world. It was rather a great opportunity to look back at the tape and see, "Well ****, HE was open, and HE was open and we could have picked up 7 yards right there on 2nd down and another 5 there on 3rd down and we'd have had a fresh set. Instead, Darn if I didn't force 2 out of three throws deep to Eli and Sammy. Well **** a duck.
It'll work out.