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Monday, 30 August 2010 08:46
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Good morning from Denver airport,
You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen the sunrise at Denver’s airport (GD took a photo of it with his cell phone through terminal windows, which I am sure will be suitable for framing.) OK, maybe you have, but it’s 6:15 a.m. here and I am slogging on fumes:
--- Did anyone help themselves Sunday night? Mike Tomlin praised one player, Ben Roethlisberger. He excused Byron Leftwich because, well, John Elway could not have operated under those conditions with that second team.
--- Even Jonathan Dwyer, who had a 40-yard run to go with 18 and 17 and a touchdown run, and led the Steelers with 89 yards rushing could not capture Tomlin’s praise. Asked about Dwyer’s performance, Tomlin brushed it off as “down the line guys vs. down the line guys,’’ and said stats can be inflated under those circumstances.
--- No one asked Tomlin about Maurkice Pouncey, but his answer would have had to be “bravo!” Pouncey handled nose tackle Jamal Williams every time I watched and they stuck with Pouncey the entire way with the first team. As I’ve been saying since the beginning of August and training camp, he is your man at center.
--- I see no reason to keep Justin Hartwig now. Those who wonder who will be the backup in case something happens to Pouncey need look no farther than Doug Legursky, who was the backup center last year.
--- Antonio Brown did not hurt himself as a return man but neither did he help himself. He did nothing out of the ordinary, although he did catch another touchdown pass. And the way things were going for many of his young teammates Sunday night, doing nothing to hurt yourself could be considered a positive.
--- Keenan Lewis is starting to remind me of Anthony Smith and that is not a good thing. The best thing he did all night was smash that Roger Goodell sign entering the locker room. And while Mike Tomlin was right to single young Lewis out, James Harrison also had a stupid personal foul when he popped a guy late and he went unscathed on the sideline. Of course, Harrison had only ONE personal foul and his long distinguished play, unlike that of Lewis, has earned him a coach’s pass on that.
--- Anybody know the whereabouts of Ziggy Hood?
--- Under the circumstances, the best performance by a Steelers quarterback Sunday night was Charlie Batch. That interception return for a TD against him was caused by rookie receiver Emmanuel Sanders’ wrong route.
--- Antwaan Randle El has nailed down the No. 3 receiver spot and maybe Arnaz Battle will be No. 4 after Sanders’ weak play Sunday night. The stats say Steelers quarterbacks threw him eight passes and he caught two – and two of those he made no effort to go after the ball and they wound up as interceptions.
--- You have to love the I formation with Isaac Redman in front with a threat to get the handoff, as he did on a few occasions against Denver.
--- Dennis Dixon did nothing to convince the coaches of even thinking of making him their starting quarterback for the first month of the season.
--- Hard-to-believe stat this morning: Steelers outgained the Broncos by nearly 100 yards, 355 to 268.
--- For the first time in the preseason, the Steelers did not have more rushing attempts than passing – it was 30 apiece.
--- Yet another long punt return against the Steelers, a return that punter Daniel Sepulveda again helped keep from becoming a touchdown by getting in the return man’s way.
--- Any way you cut it, the Steelers’ offense falls off the table without Ben Roethlisberger.
--- This may be it until much later because I won’t have a web access until I get home later this afternoon via Milwaukee (fortunately, we won't see the sunrise there).
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Monday, 30 August 2010 08:46
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Good morning from Denver airport,
You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen the sunrise at Denver’s airport (GD took a photo of it with his cell phone through terminal windows, which I am sure will be suitable for framing.) OK, maybe you have, but it’s 6:15 a.m. here and I am slogging on fumes:
--- Did anyone help themselves Sunday night? Mike Tomlin praised one player, Ben Roethlisberger. He excused Byron Leftwich because, well, John Elway could not have operated under those conditions with that second team.
--- Even Jonathan Dwyer, who had a 40-yard run to go with 18 and 17 and a touchdown run, and led the Steelers with 89 yards rushing could not capture Tomlin’s praise. Asked about Dwyer’s performance, Tomlin brushed it off as “down the line guys vs. down the line guys,’’ and said stats can be inflated under those circumstances.
--- No one asked Tomlin about Maurkice Pouncey, but his answer would have had to be “bravo!” Pouncey handled nose tackle Jamal Williams every time I watched and they stuck with Pouncey the entire way with the first team. As I’ve been saying since the beginning of August and training camp, he is your man at center.
--- I see no reason to keep Justin Hartwig now. Those who wonder who will be the backup in case something happens to Pouncey need look no farther than Doug Legursky, who was the backup center last year.
--- Antonio Brown did not hurt himself as a return man but neither did he help himself. He did nothing out of the ordinary, although he did catch another touchdown pass. And the way things were going for many of his young teammates Sunday night, doing nothing to hurt yourself could be considered a positive.
--- Keenan Lewis is starting to remind me of Anthony Smith and that is not a good thing. The best thing he did all night was smash that Roger Goodell sign entering the locker room. And while Mike Tomlin was right to single young Lewis out, James Harrison also had a stupid personal foul when he popped a guy late and he went unscathed on the sideline. Of course, Harrison had only ONE personal foul and his long distinguished play, unlike that of Lewis, has earned him a coach’s pass on that.
--- Anybody know the whereabouts of Ziggy Hood?
--- Under the circumstances, the best performance by a Steelers quarterback Sunday night was Charlie Batch. That interception return for a TD against him was caused by rookie receiver Emmanuel Sanders’ wrong route.
--- Antwaan Randle El has nailed down the No. 3 receiver spot and maybe Arnaz Battle will be No. 4 after Sanders’ weak play Sunday night. The stats say Steelers quarterbacks threw him eight passes and he caught two – and two of those he made no effort to go after the ball and they wound up as interceptions.
--- You have to love the I formation with Isaac Redman in front with a threat to get the handoff, as he did on a few occasions against Denver.
--- Dennis Dixon did nothing to convince the coaches of even thinking of making him their starting quarterback for the first month of the season.
--- Hard-to-believe stat this morning: Steelers outgained the Broncos by nearly 100 yards, 355 to 268.
--- For the first time in the preseason, the Steelers did not have more rushing attempts than passing – it was 30 apiece.
--- Yet another long punt return against the Steelers, a return that punter Daniel Sepulveda again helped keep from becoming a touchdown by getting in the return man’s way.
--- Any way you cut it, the Steelers’ offense falls off the table without Ben Roethlisberger.
--- This may be it until much later because I won’t have a web access until I get home later this afternoon via Milwaukee (fortunately, we won't see the sunrise there).
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