stillers4me
11-04-2010, 06:23 PM
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..........
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81bdc41f/article/steelers-trying-to-stay-away-from-leaning-too-much-on-big-ben
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..........
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81bdc41f/article/steelers-trying-to-stay-away-from-leaning-too-much-on-big-ben