Game Ball

[Polamalu Princess]

Who do you give the game ball to today?

[polamalubeast]

The entire Defense.

[stillers4me]

Ben. No doubt he is this team's most valuable player.

[Steelman]

Will Allen and the defense.

[st33lersguy]

Defense

Game goat: Vick and the asshole who injured Ben

[tube517]

Defense....gave up 258 total yds

[polamalubeast]

Defense....gave up 258 total yds

and 6 points

[Devilsdancefloor]

Game ball: defense/coach butler

Goat: coach haley once ben got hurt

[steelerdude15]

Will Allen for saving us with an interception and a couple of key tackles here and there.

[Steeltreal]

Tuitt is such a beast, Moats and Dupree should be handling that side with ease

[NCSteeler]

How can you give it to the whole defense? They sucked, just not as bad as the Rams offense. Will Allen was every where today and made the game winning play. Every tackle was made by the the third defender there, that's not good defense


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[ETL]

Nick Foles

[86WARD]

Game Ball: Defense.

Goat: O-Line and not for the Ben injury. There was zero blocking at times and Le'Veon Bell had no where to run when he got the ball.

Giving Vick and Haley "the goat" is silly IMO. If they operate like that next week versus the Ravens, then yes. But not on the road after your star QB is injured...there's an adjustment.

[fansince'76]

Goat: O-Line and not for the Ben injury. There was zero blocking at times and Le'Veon Bell had no where to run when he got the ball.

Yeah, no way they miss Pouncey...

[Count Steeler]

Ben. Brown. Butler and the D. Finally started getting some stops on 3rd down.

[Rotorhead]

Haley is the goat, stop running up the dam gut on the best dline in the game for nothing over and over without your probowl center. Can we ever run off tackle on this team?

[Count Steeler]

Haley is the goat, stop running up the dam gut on the best dline in the game for nothing over and over without your probowl center. Can we ever run off tackle on this team?

Nope. Not even with Archer did they try that.

[fansince'76]

How can you give it to the whole defense? They sucked, just not as bad as the Rams offense.

This. How many missed tackles were there?

[SteelerFanInStl]

Haley is the goat, stop running up the dam gut on the best dline in the game for nothing over and over without your probowl center. Can we ever run off tackle on this team?
Amen! Pure stupidity.

[Edman]

How can you give it to the whole defense? They sucked, just not as bad as the Rams offense. Will Allen was every where today and made the game winning play. Every tackle was made by the the third defender there, that's not good defense


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6 points given up total when our offense was virtually dead.

Key INT when the game hung in the balance.

[steel striker]

Ab & Ben early but, it was the defense who rose up to preserve the win.

[ALLD]

Will Allen for the pick.

Haley is the goat for not adjusting to the pressure.

[Craic]

6 points given up total when our offense was virtually dead.

Key INT when the game hung in the balance.

This. Compared to what they were doing in week one, and even some in week two, they've really improved. The line and LBs are starting to get it. Our DBs still need help, but they're coming along as well. And, although we got lucky with a couple bad passes and drops late in the game, our defense also held tough on some other plays.

So, for me . . .

Defense Game Ball: One goes out to the entire defense for stepping up as a unit in the second half. One goes to Tuitt who seems to be flashing a little more here and there. One goes to Will Allen for the INT.

Offense Game Ball: This one is tougher for me. Ben played well, and I think the INT was a route mistake by the WR, but I don't think he played at the level of giving him a game ball. Brown, I believe, did (again).

HM: Ben, see above. Bell had some good runs, and some just okay runs. It's his first game at real speed. Nice to see him back, however. Other WRs had some nice catches, and are filling the voids pretty well.

Goat: I don't think anyone played poorly enough to be at this level.

Other Thoughts Vick gets a free pass this game, as its very difficult to come in cold. Had he lost that fumble, it may be differnt, so Bell saved him from being a goat. I'm also not throwing Haley under the bus like some others have. I was actually pretty happy to see, when we needed to kill time of the clock and protect the ball, Haley had no problem trotting out the I-formation and running the ball up the gut. The one thing I do question him on, however, is why he kept Bell in there at that point. Bring out the fresh legs and back who has pounded the ball the last two weeks.

[steelreserve]

Ball: Tuitt, Allen

Goat: Beachum, Tomlin/Haley for getting outcoached IMO - we should've been scoring WAY more in the first three quarters, but after the quick start, Fisher adapted and we did not

Honorable mention: Archer, for not touching the ball


The guy who injured Ben looked like he came through unblocked between Beachum and Foster, but they were both blocking other guys so hard to blame them. Wallace looked like he was standing around looking for someone to block, so likely some miscommunication there. I'd give him the goat if I knew for sure whose fault it was.

[86WARD]

Yeah, no way they miss Pouncey...

He's always an after thought in the injury department...

On a side note, Mike Pouncey got injured today...must have caught "the bug" from his brother..

[teegre]

I'll say it again:
Heyward & Tuitt will be the best DE tandem in the NFL by the end of the season... and it'll remain that way for five more seasons.

[86WARD]

They're looking good out there rushing and doing a little more than what took place in LeBeau's defense.

[Steeldude]

This. How many missed tackles were there?

That's what is really aggravating. It's like they have no idea how to tackle.