Lady Steel
12-17-2014, 12:09 AM
It is not like Mike Tomlin to reveal the game plan Tuesday to the public. But here goes:
“We have to keep Ben Roethlisberger upright in this football game if we are going to have the chance to have the type of day that we need to have,” the Steelers coach said early in his news conference.
He did not even need to use his favorite word to point out the obvious because Kansas City will burst into Heinz Field tied for the sixth-most sacks in the NFL with 38. They boast the league’s co-leader — outside linebacker Justin Houston, who has 17 sacks.
Roethlisberger has been sacked 32 times, but that is on pace for the fewest sacks in his career in any season in which he has started at least 14 games. He was sacked 42 times in 16 games last season.
Houston and Co. could push that pace a lot higher.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/12/17/On-the-Steelers-No-mystery-in-game-plan-for-Chiefs/stories/201412170082
“We have to keep Ben Roethlisberger upright in this football game if we are going to have the chance to have the type of day that we need to have,” the Steelers coach said early in his news conference.
He did not even need to use his favorite word to point out the obvious because Kansas City will burst into Heinz Field tied for the sixth-most sacks in the NFL with 38. They boast the league’s co-leader — outside linebacker Justin Houston, who has 17 sacks.
Roethlisberger has been sacked 32 times, but that is on pace for the fewest sacks in his career in any season in which he has started at least 14 games. He was sacked 42 times in 16 games last season.
Houston and Co. could push that pace a lot higher.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/12/17/On-the-Steelers-No-mystery-in-game-plan-for-Chiefs/stories/201412170082