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stillers4me
01-27-2011, 05:50 PM
There are a lot of connections between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers heading into Super Bowl XLV. For example, you may have heard once or twice that Packers head coach Mike McCarthy is from Pittsburgh (seriously, it’s this year’s Jerome Bettis is from Detroit), or that defensive coordinator Dom Capers used to hold the same position in Pittsburgh (while Dick LeBeau was in charge of the defensive backs).

Both teams run 3-4 defenses and use different variations of the zone blitz to wreak havoc. This was on display Sunday during their respective conference championship games, with both teams getting game-changing defensive touchdowns as a result. Let’s take a look…

We’ll start with the play we all care about the most: William Gay’s fumble return for a touchdown at the end of the first half that gave the Steelers a 24-0 lead.

Here’s a look at how the Steelers initially lined up (using screenshots from the fan video I posted in Thursday’s daily thread, because it really does offer a great view of the play). Only three players down on the line and a bunch of players casually strolling around downfield....................

Read more @ http://www.steelerslounge.com/2011/01/steelers-packers-zone-blitz-organized-chaos/

tube517
01-27-2011, 05:55 PM
There will be a million stories about:

McCarthy from Pittsburgh
FLozell going to Dallas
Capers/LeBeau
Cheeseheads
Terrible Towels
Blades of grass
Standards being the standard
Limas Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed

salamander
01-27-2011, 05:57 PM
There will be a million stories about:

McCarthy from Pittsburgh
FLozell going to Dallas
Capers/LeBeau
Cheeseheads
Terrible Towels
Blades of grass
Standards being the standard
Limas Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed

Don't forget about KUUHHHNNNNNN.

tube517
01-27-2011, 05:59 PM
Forgot about that.

Also,

Troy's hair vs Clay Matthews' hair


Don't forget about KUUHHHNNNNNN.