stillers4me
08-19-2011, 05:40 AM
I'm never one to make much of the preseason, especially with rosters being shuffled and key players being out ... But this was an old-school beatdown. I don't care if the game was being played in August or January. The Eagles got hammered by the Steelers (http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2011081852/2011/PRE2/eagles@steelers) in every aspect. It was ugly and the Eagles' staff is going to have to dissect this corpse and see what it can bring to life for the third preseason game, which is usually the dress rehearsal for the regular season.Here's what I took away from the game:
The Steelers got the memo. Coach Mike Tomlin was steamed after they got out-muscled by the Washington Redskins (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/teams/washingtonredskins/profile?team=WAS) in the preseason opener (http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2011081253/2011/PRE1/steelers@redskins), and the Steelers came to play on both sides of the ball Thursday night. They beat up the Eagles at the line of scrimmage and created an array of big plays. It seemed to me that the Steelers schemed up pretty good on defense and took more of a regular-season approach. The power-run game was a point of emphasis and they gouged Philadelphia's first string for 93 rushing yards in the first half, while throwing for 192 and three touchdowns. Michael Vick (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/players/michaelvick/profile?id=VIC311467) never got comfortable, throwing five completions to three interceptions in a half of work and the Eagles' biggest offensive play went for 16 yards. Pittsburgh posted consecutive 14-play, 7:30-plus touchdown drives to open the game and outgained the Eagles 262-71 in the first half. Yeah, I'd call that a statement.
Big Ben is better than ever. I'm buying the new-married-changed Ben Roethlisberger (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/players/benroethlisberger/profile?id=ROE750381). He's going to do damage over a full 16-game season, ......................
Read more and watch video @ http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8219132e/article/five-takeaways-from-the-steelerseagles-preseason-game?campaign=Twitter_news
The Steelers got the memo. Coach Mike Tomlin was steamed after they got out-muscled by the Washington Redskins (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/teams/washingtonredskins/profile?team=WAS) in the preseason opener (http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2011081253/2011/PRE1/steelers@redskins), and the Steelers came to play on both sides of the ball Thursday night. They beat up the Eagles at the line of scrimmage and created an array of big plays. It seemed to me that the Steelers schemed up pretty good on defense and took more of a regular-season approach. The power-run game was a point of emphasis and they gouged Philadelphia's first string for 93 rushing yards in the first half, while throwing for 192 and three touchdowns. Michael Vick (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/players/michaelvick/profile?id=VIC311467) never got comfortable, throwing five completions to three interceptions in a half of work and the Eagles' biggest offensive play went for 16 yards. Pittsburgh posted consecutive 14-play, 7:30-plus touchdown drives to open the game and outgained the Eagles 262-71 in the first half. Yeah, I'd call that a statement.
Big Ben is better than ever. I'm buying the new-married-changed Ben Roethlisberger (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/players/benroethlisberger/profile?id=ROE750381). He's going to do damage over a full 16-game season, ......................
Read more and watch video @ http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8219132e/article/five-takeaways-from-the-steelerseagles-preseason-game?campaign=Twitter_news