Steelers trying to stay away from leaning too much on Big Ben

[stillers4me]

By Elliot Harrison Special to NFL.com

The Pittsburgh Steelers (http://www.nfl.com/teams/pittsburghsteelers/profile?team=PIT) might have fallen to the Saints in New Orleans, but it's becoming easy to see that the organization feels its best chance to win is dialing Ben Roethlisberger (http://www.nfl.com/players/benroethlisberger/profile?id=ROE750381) back.

What is "dialing back?" It means the days of offensive coordinator Bruce Arians calling pass plays seemingly every down -- something he took heavy criticism for last season-- are long gone. While some league observers thought he was only putting a halt to the pass-happy offense while Dennis Dixon (http://www.nfl.com/players/dennisdixon/profile?id=DIX123425) and Charlie Batch (http://www.nfl.com/players/charliebatch/profile?id=BAT039161) were taking snaps, the Steelers have been running the football half the time even with Roethlisberger back..........


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[Devilsdancefloor]

i think we need to lean on him a bit more not just to pass, but to get on the same page with WR

[steeldawg]

I thought this was the problem last game we were so predictable. we hardly passed on first down and it really hurt us

[stlrtruck]

I thought this was the problem last game we were so predictable. we hardly passed on first down and it really hurt us

The entire offense seemed out of sync for most of the game. While there were a few highlights, they were just out of sync against the saints. I call that an anamoly ( at least for now)