stillers4me
12-10-2014, 05:31 AM
Their goal earlier this season was to score 30 points a game. The Steelers might want to raise their sights to 40 Sunday in Atlanta because they might need that many to win.
The Falcons scored 37 Monday night in Green Bay, and that wasn’t enough because the Packers dropped 43 on them. While neither of those two teams have very good defenses — Atlanta’s is last in the NFL and Green Bay’s 26th — the Steelers defense has shown it is capable of giving up real estate with the worst of them, even though it ranks a middling 16th in the NFL.
As coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday, giving up big plays such as an 81-yard touchdown pass to Cincinnati’s A.J. Green Sunday is “something that continues to be a thorn in our side.”...........
Read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/12/10/On-the-Steelers-Numbers-offensively-almost-unbelievable/stories/201412100084
The Falcons scored 37 Monday night in Green Bay, and that wasn’t enough because the Packers dropped 43 on them. While neither of those two teams have very good defenses — Atlanta’s is last in the NFL and Green Bay’s 26th — the Steelers defense has shown it is capable of giving up real estate with the worst of them, even though it ranks a middling 16th in the NFL.
As coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday, giving up big plays such as an 81-yard touchdown pass to Cincinnati’s A.J. Green Sunday is “something that continues to be a thorn in our side.”...........
Read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/12/10/On-the-Steelers-Numbers-offensively-almost-unbelievable/stories/201412100084