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Game Balls, Game Goats & FU's.........@ Giants.....Week 1

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Well I won't make this political like the NFL did but I'm glad to see our Steelers back on the football field. Several things I noticed right away tonight.......Ben's velocity on his throws is much improved....There was one play where he threaded the needle to Dionte Johnson between 3 Defenders and Johnson dropped it but it hit him right in the numbers.....Ben in recent years couldn't make that throw....it would be knocked down or picked off. Ben did great tonight in his first game back from a season ending injury a year ago. Chase Claypool did a nice job tonight as he was one of many rookies to make a contribution. Our Defense looks better this year than last year and it's nice to see some improvement from Devin Bush and Ola Adeniyi. Also saw Alex Highsmith giving chase on Daniel Jones in the 4th QTR and Vince Williams also seemed to be playing better this season than recent years. Tyson Alualu really stepped up at the NT position this game. The one weakness I still see on Defense is Terrell Edmunds....gave up two key 3rd down completions when the Giants were backed up in the shadow of their own goal line on 3rd & 14...gave up an 18 yd completion to Slaton and he gave up another on 3rd & 9 near midfield.....he always seems to be a step behind. Also saw a nice improvement from Benny Snell from year 1 to year 2.....the kid did a good job filling in for James Conner. He does need to focus more on securing the football....I hope they activate Anthony McFarland Jr soon because I just don't think Conner's body can hold up to the rigor of an NFL game let alone an NFL season. As for the O-line....it was a patchwork O-line but they did ok for the most part, saw Big Al struggle several times vs Leonard Williams though.. I watched Zach Banner alot tonight and he struggled early but by the 2nd QTR he was finding his groove and did a great job getting to the 2nd level......threw 2 key blocks on a big run by Snell over the right side. He seems like he will be a road grater in the run game I just hope his injury isn't season ending. So we are 1-0 and off to a good start to the season......This year could be a special year......for Ben's sake I hope it's very special.


Per Tomlin's Post Game Presser:
James Conner - Ankle inury....extent of the injury is unknown at this time but he wasn't able to return to the game
Zach Banner - Knee he's being evaluated MRI tomorrow
Steve Wisniewski - Pectoral injury that's being evaluated


Game Balls:
Ben Roethlisberger - His velocity on his throws looks as good as ever. 21 of 32 229 yds 3 TD's. Welcome back Ben we missed ya! System QB my ***!
Benny Snell - Here's a kid who has shown improvement from year 1 to 2. 19 carries 113 yds.....good job Benny! Way to step up!
Juju Smith Schuster - 6 rec 69 yds 2 TD's......I don't think anyone missed Ben more than Juju
Zach Banner = First few drives he looked rocky but after shaking off the jitters he was having one hell of a game until he got hurt. I hope it's not season ending....his run blocking was impressive!
Steelers Defense vs Saquon Barkley.....WOW....he had 15 carries for 6 yds. They really made the Giants a one dimensional offense and that was the difference in the game. The guys who really st00d out on Defense tonight were Bud Dupree, Devin Bush, Vince Williams & TJ Watt. Also gotta give props to Heyward, Alualu & Tuitt.....it was a good night for the Front 7.
James Washington - Only 2 catches but the effort on the TD catch before the end of the first half changed the momentum of the game.....great effort to get the TD.
Dr. Neal El Attrache - This is the surgeon who rebuilt Ben's elbow.....giving him a game ball! He did good!

Game Goats:
Dionte Johnson - a Fumble & 2 drops tonight......can't keep doing that.
Terrell Edmunds - He's our lone weakness on Defense.....I just hope he's not 2020's version of Tim McKyer. Gave up 2 key 3rd down conversions 3rd & 14 & 3rd & 9 both for first downs.

FU's:
FU to all the haters who thought Ben was done as an NFL QB. You still want Rudolph, Dobbs or Hodges as your QB? Appreciate him because he doesn't have much more football left in him but know now that you are watching a Future HoF'er. Enjoy Big Ben!
 
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Dupree was a beast off the edge tonight
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He was. If he keeps this up I'mma going to have to eat my hat.
 
Game Balls
JuJu - Had a ton of pressure after last year....Came out with 2 TDs and a gutsy fumble recovery
Dupree - I was not a fan of Dupree, but the last 2 years he has been great. Tonight he was all over the place
Ben - Shaky early, but game back with a more than solid game

Goat
Johnson for mentioned reasons
Boswell for missing extra point

FUs
Injuries
Banner's seems serious
Conner is out again although Snell looked great tonight
Refs seemed a little inconsistent, but it was not horrible.
 
No love for my Man James Washington going full Beast Mode?
 
Offense: Juju. 2 TD's and that fumble recovery was pure hustle! He stayed with the play even thought he didn't have the ball and was not in a position to block.
Defense: Bud Dupree. Smashed the run and pressured Jones into a INT.
 
Dontae Johnson doesn't deserve GOAT status. Yes he fumbled & was shaky at times, but he had 6 catches for 57 yeards & also may "key" catches when the game was still in doubt.

Edmonds, needs to put his freaking hands up & start delflecting some of these passes. I never see him do ****...
 
Goat was the first half conserative play calling & the run on 1st & 2nd down OC. So predictable
 
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Dontae Johnson doesn't deserve GOAT status. Yes he fumbled & was shaky at times, but he had 6 catches for 57 yeards & also may "key" catches when the game was still in doubt.

Edmonds, needs to put his freaking hands up & start delflecting some of these passes. I never see him do ****...
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maybe not full on goat...but he definitely had goat tendencies. letting that first punt bounce off his shoulder was inexcusable.....and he did drop a couple....but yeah he made a couple of nice plays.....I was ready to see what Claypool could do the way the first half went for Johnson....


The interior DL was stout tonight....

Snell started slow but picked it up as the OL seemed to get it together later in the game. JuJu's fumble recovery was HUGE
 
game ball to the team for their social justice position. Now, im not in favor of any of it. I'm not in favor of the whole NFL embrace of BLM. But I appreciate the way the team did it. If there had to me some showing, the Steelers did it right.

FU to Eric Ebron. Remember its bigger than us fans and apparently bigger than the teams way.

Game looked like a preseason game with all starters. I expect it will get better.

Kudos to Butler for coming up with some nice creative blitzing. I cant believe they couldn't get off the field for that drive, but they bent and didn't break.

Game ball to benny snell. I'm not sure what changed when Conner came out. But snell ran tough, and apparently with NFL speed. Behind a raw O'line .

It was real nice seeing Highsmith and Claypool get playing time and do well.

There is work to do on Tackling and with the Oline gelling. But that's normal for this early with no preseason games I guess.

Four of the next 5 games are at home. We need these because we gotta go to that Armpit of America Baltimore after that, and there is much work to do.
 
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game ball to the team for their social justice position. Now, im not in favor of any of it. I'm not in favor of the whole NFL embrace of BLM. But I appreciate the way the team did it. If there had to me some showing, the Steelers did it right.

FU to Eric Ebron. Remember its bigger than us fans and apparently bigger than the teams way.

Game looked like a preseason game with all starters. I expect it will get better.

Kudos to Butler for coming up with some nice creative blitzing. I cant believe they couldn't get off the field for that drive, but they bent and didn't break.

Game ball to benny snell. I'm not sure what changed when Conner came out. But snell ran tough, and apparently with NFL speed. Behind a raw O'line .

It was real nice seeing Highsmith and Claypool get playing time and do well.

There is work to do on Tackling and with the Oline gelling. But that's normal for this early with no preseason games I guess.

Four of the next 5 games are at home. We need these because we gotta go to that Armpit of America Baltimore after that, and there is much work to do.
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Add dotson and highsmith to the contributing rookies, surprising to see 4 rookies playing early on a Steelers team for sure.

Was happy with the flow of the game, don't know how the rest of the week 1 went but this one wasn't constantly stopped by suspect calls by the refs unlike previous seasons.

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- Snell seemed way more quick, when he outran peppers I was like "****, that would've never happened last season's.

- that claypool catch on the sideline dragging his feet... That's a high level play from the rookie WR, amazing catch.

- sounds like a cliche but Washington is definitely country strong, he wasn't gonna be denied his TD, posterized those 2 defenders.

- slants + DJ = money plays, #18 is a threat to break out on every catch on the run he make.

- Kudos to the Oline, despite missing a probowler and having new players they held their own and gave Ben enough time to make his magic, giving them time to gel they can become a strength again.

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