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polamalubeast
09-20-2017, 05:14 PM
One of the easiest assessments any fan can make about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense through two weeks is that it’s not been ideal. They haven’t finished enough drives, their third down conversion is in the gutter, and statistically, they have one of the worst rushing attacks in football. But Ben Roethlisberger’s focus isn’t on fixing everything immediately but seeing progression over time.

“No one is going to be perfect,” Roethlisberger told reporters via Steelers.com. “We’d like to be as good as we can be. We know there’s going to be mistakes. But if we can continue to make improvements, like you said, that’s important. You don’t want to be playing your best football right now. You want to find ways to win football games and keep getting better.”

His mindset isn’t one where teams need to come hot out of the gate. As long as everything clicks by season’s end, where every game is critical, they can make a run at the Super Bowl.

“Hopefully your best football is played in December and January.”

That doesn’t mean Roethlisberger and the rest of the offense sets their expectations low. He says they set the bar so high it is nearly impossible to attain.

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Edman
09-20-2017, 05:25 PM
Looking back at last year, the 2016 team was a little too full of itself and trying to prove something week after week. Tomlin going for 2 after almost every TD, Antonio Brown talking about surpassing 2015, all that talk of 30 points a game. One week they would look dominant (Redskins, Chiefs, Jets) the next they would look like absolute crap if things weren't absolutely perfect (Dolphins, Eagles, Ravens 1, Cowboys). They finally got it together, but they nowhere near as close to being as good as they were earlier in the season.

This tendency to try to look pretty kinda bit the team in the ass several times in 2015 and 2016, and I think that is why they've been not as good on the road.

2017 so far looks like the team is just finding ways to win. They not trying to look pretty or put up gaudy statistics, they just playing and winning.

BurghBoy412
09-20-2017, 05:30 PM
"Hopefully your best football is played in December and January." Ben said it himself. It's pretty cut and dry. I don't understand all of the questions about the early season performance. Have any of these writers ever watched an entire season. Teams get better over the course of a season. Why all the moronic questions?

polamalubeast
09-20-2017, 05:35 PM
"Hopefully your best football is played in December and January." Ben said it himself. It's pretty cut and dry. I don't understand all of the questions about the early season performance. Have any of these writers ever watched an entire season. Teams get better over the course of a season. Why all the moronic questions?



This

The best Steelers teams have never been perfect, 2005,2008 were not perfect but they were at their best at the best possible time.

2004 had peak a little too early and they learned from it the year after.....

Even the teams in the 1970s, the steelers were not perfect, their offense had too many turnovers!

Psycho Ward 86
09-20-2017, 07:00 PM
overanalytical. im not going to be an apologist for underachievement. i am however, satisfied with the seasons trajectory so far.

steel striker
09-21-2017, 11:43 AM
I expect them to get better each week from here on out.