Busy Half Chasing WRs Gives Pittsburgh Defense An Eyeful

[stillers4me]

James Harrison expected the Pittsburgh Steelers defense to be tested by the high-powered Atlanta Falcons. The All-Pro linebacker also expected to get off the field.Turns out, he was half right.Though the Steelers rode the big plays of wide receiver Antonio Brown to a 34-16 win on Saturday night, the league’s top defense a year ago had trouble keeping up with the Falcons, whose starters packed a full game’s worth of work into two busy quarters.Atlanta’s Matt Ryan threw a whopping 42 passes -- completing 22 of them -- for 220 yards with a touchdown and an interception without getting sacked, moving the ball with ease at times against Pittsburgh’s banged-up secondary..............

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[fansince'76]

All the third and long situations they converted were a little alarming, but at the end of the day, Ryan barely completed half of his passes and Atlanta's 1st team offense only managed 1 TD despite both our starting corners being out.

[HometownGal]

All the third and long situations they converted were a little alarming, but at the end of the day, Ryan barely completed half of his passes and Atlanta's 1st team offense only managed 1 TD despite both our starting corners being out.

AMEN. That's exactly how I see it and overall, I think the unit did a pretty good job against one of the most potent offenses in the league.

[sactownsteeler]

I thought we looked great against them considering def was vanilla on play calling and back up corners playing against a top 5 wr in White. They got lucky on Jones drop but overall I was happy with play considering.....

[Galax Steeler]

I was at the game and at one time they had Troy lined up against White which was a mismatch but lucky for us Ryan missed White.