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Wk 17 gameday thread - Steelers at Browns AFC North at stake

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Ok guys, this is the worse Offense by metrics in the league.. they have a rookie QB backed up by abother rookie QB... their best RB just hit IR...
they are objectively the 3rd or 4th worse team in the league this season

Do not overlook them, beat their ***... get a lead and keep the pedal on the gas till they are absolutely humiliated
 
Clowns weakness is defending the run. It will be a windy rainy game so you want to run it anyways.

They will probably load the box so short play action passes is a good idea in the approach. Which favors AR as he usually spreads the ball around in bad weather games as well as games that he is missing his number 1 WR.

Still continue running it by using their extra lineman jumbo package.

On D they are hurting at running back so Sanders will want to carry the load. So make them beat you on the ground and make Sanders life miserable with pressure. If they are effective it should cause turnovers.

Cleveland will be playing this game like it is their SB and the Steelers should play it like it is a playoff game.

Be aggressive and don’t let their foot off the pedal.
 
madinsomniac said:
Ok guys, this is the worse Offense by metrics in the league.. they have a rookie QB backed up by abother rookie QB... their best RB just hit IR...
they are objectively the 3rd or 4th worse team in the league this season

Do not overlook them, beat their ***... get a lead and keep the pedal on the gas till they are absolutely humiliated
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In s either do that or have Henry go for 200 next week and end the season that way…so yeah better not have a Tomlinized effort in this crucial
Matchup.

If they find a way to lose to the Stains I guarantee Henry will make them pay…these are the types of games a great coach does not allow his team to lose.

Hopefully Rodgers can overcome the mediocre coach we have and make him look great for a day.
 
madinsomniac said:
Ok guys, this is the worse Offense by metrics in the league.. they have a rookie QB backed up by abother rookie QB... their best RB just hit IR...
they are objectively the 3rd or 4th worse team in the league this season

Do not overlook them, beat their ***... get a lead and keep the pedal on the gas till they are absolutely humiliated
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Tomlin will probably scheme it as he usually does. Keep it close. Sage defense. Give them everything underneath.Try to get a lead and play safe. It will be a nail biter to the end. Hopefully we pull it out.
 
Of course maybe Rodgers just says **** it.....and does his own thing like #7 always did in the past.
 
stillwright said:
Of course maybe Rodgers just says **** it.....and does his own thing like #7 always did in the past.
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I just want to see him yell at Tomlin again. That 3 to 4 seconds of air time was worth the whole season to me. :ROFLMAO:

Well...no, on second thought I don't want to see that again that means we are struggling.

It was funny though when it happened.
 
slashsteel said:
Clowns weakness is defending the run. It will be a windy rainy game so you want to run it anyways.

They will probably load the box so short play action passes is a good idea in the approach. Which favors AR as he usually spreads the ball around in bad weather games as well as games that he is missing his number 1 WR.

Still continue running it by using their extra lineman jumbo package.

On D they are hurting at running back so Sanders will want to carry the load. So make them beat you on the ground and make Sanders life miserable with pressure. If they are effective it should cause turnovers.

Cleveland will be playing this game like it is their SB and the Steelers should play it like it is a playoff game.

Be aggressive and don’t let their foot off the pedal.
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I was afraid of that.
Bad memories of the last time we played there in bad weather.
Wilson at QB. Shoulda won.
 
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My game plan that I would use......On offense. Attack the middle of the field ...short and intermediate.....and establish a running game. On defense I would bring pressure early and often. I make the rookie QB beat us on tight coverage. No soft deep zones today. I go play to win for 60 minutes. Even if we get up a few scores I don't let of the gas. :)

Get it done Tomlin!!!!!
 
BLITZ said:
the difference s Rodgers.
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Rodgers has been handcuffed this season also. Seems they took them off for the end of the season run here.....Now that we got the Tomlinship. Hopefully they won't shackle him back up.
 
The Browns gave the Bills all they could handle last week and beat a healthy Packers team in Cleveland earlier in the year. Steelers 1-5-1 there since 2018.

Not a gimme, just somehow find a way so you can rest players next week.
 
Hypocycloids said:
I was afraid of that.
Bad memories of the last time we played there in bad weather.
Wilson at QB. Shoulda won.
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To be fair AA Ron is better at this stage of his career than Wilson was at that point in his career.

Plus I think the clowns downgraded at QB in the process.

Also the Steelers are arguably playing better football at this stage than they were last year as they collapsed down the stretch.

The only way the Steelers lose today if they are out coached.

(Which is unfortunately always a possibility)
 
WindyCitySteel said:
The Browns gave the Bills all they could handle last week and beat a healthy Packers team in Cleveland earlier in the year. Steelers 1-5-1 there since 2018.

Not a gimme, just somehow find a way so you can rest players next week.
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Definitely not a gimme no team playing the Steelers is. That Packers team didn’t do well against Judkins. Steelers have a better run D and the clowns don’t have Judkins for this matchup or a veteran presence as they canned Wacco.

Allen hurt himself in this close matchup so that contributed to the tight game and the Browns have a solid pass defense.

In the Bills matchup they didn’t really have high stakes and the Browns have nothing to lose as they were already eliminated.

Today’s matchup the Steelers do have higher stakes. Now if that hurts or benefits them….

Anyone’s guess.
 
Alright, coach Tomlin, here we are. Today is a big opportunity for you and your cadre of coaches to shut up those of us, who think you and your staff need to be sent packing. A pivotal game with a chance to clinch our first division title in five years, while simultaneously eliminating our rival ratbirds from the postseason. A VERY winnable game against a pretty pitiful Browns team, so if this Steelers team is a legitimate playoff team, then there is absolutely NO excuse for losing this game. I dont wanna hear S.HIT about the "refs screwing us", or Goodell, or "the league office", fike all that stupid conspiracy BS.

Let's see it, Coach T, let's see you all take care of business late in the season, let's see you book your ticket to a playoff game in January. Let's see this team finish the regular season on a high note. Let's see this team get a nice, convincing road win against a bad Cleveland team like we used to do all the time, not so much in recent seasons.

We're watching with great anticipation.




...I'll go on record now and say that if the Steelers crap the bed today and get outcoached and outplayed against the Browns today, they will absolutely lose to Baltimore next week and lose the division, not to mention a spot in the postseason, and it will arguably be this franchise's "most impressive" late-season collapse to date.
 
ZonaBurgh said:
I have a bad feeling that the NY office wants to see the week 18 game as meaningful.
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You can bet your *** they do. TV ratings and a chance for the “Rog” to screw us once again.



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