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stillers4me
08-24-2010, 07:56 PM
By Bob Labriola – Steelers Digest
Posted Aug 23, 2010

Some non-expert observations and unsolicited opinions following the Steelers 24-17 win over the New York Giants (http://www.giants.com/) last Saturday night at the New Meadowlands Stadium:

* I’m telling you, this Tony Hillshttp://www.steelers.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.steelers.com/team/roster/tony-hills/51813d18-0a30-437e-b0bf-5ddb1517ba53/) situation is getting interesting. After the preseason opener, when word trickled out that Hills distinguished himself against the Lions, it was a curiosity. After inconsistency plagued him through his first two training camps, it was tough to get overly excited about a third-year player who put together a decent performance in a preseason opener. But then came last Saturday night against the Giants, and now Tony Hills has posted good games back-to-back, and this time he was going against Mathias Kiwanuka, a considerable up-tick in the degree of difficulty. Apparently, some time during the offseason, Tony Hills became a finisher, because he buried Kiwanuka on a few different plays, and he did it without any of those other moments that give fits to coaches. If Hills keeps it up, well, there’s nothing wrong with having another option at tackle............

...........* This was the situation: With one timeout left, the Steelers had a first-and-goal at the 1-yard line, but the clock was moving inside 25 seconds. Instead of spiking the ball, Leftwich tried a sneak but didn’t get into the end zone. The Steelers called their final timeout. Then when a running play failed on third-and-1, there wasn’t enough time to get the field goal team onto the field and so they ended up with nothing. After the game, Leftwich took complete responsibility for the sequence, but those are the kinds of things veteran quarterbacks should not do.............

http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Observations-from-game-vs-Giants/1d1a601b-4358-4f26-9b31-8ff3b23fb311

Steeltreal
08-24-2010, 08:10 PM
“That’s a selfish play. You’ve got to think about more than just yourself. We need him out there. He understands that, but this one doesn’t count. That’s the good thing.” This is why Farrior is a team captain.

I wonder if Potsie himself feels he should be on the field on 3rd and long situations. Taking yourself off the field would make him a great captain

Steeltreal
08-24-2010, 08:57 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVYfETR251w

Aside from his 1 TFL . What else did he do?

SteelerFanInStl
08-24-2010, 09:33 PM
I actually thought that Hills played pretty well the first two games. I was surprised.

Killer
08-24-2010, 09:49 PM
Hills is on my keeper list.





can I get an amen?

O'Malley
08-24-2010, 10:21 PM
:amen:

shutdown
08-24-2010, 10:21 PM
It's very good to see Hills making large strides this season. He had so much potential with those quick feet, it was a shame he was struggling so much.

xX-TSK-Xx
08-24-2010, 10:25 PM
I'll second that amen. I'm excited that he is finally getting on track. Maybe he can challenge Starks next season.... Extremely wishfull thinking.