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"When Tom's on fire"?. When receivers are left wide open! Was it a shock to anyone in the western hemisphere that Gronk was going to be Brady's go to guy? It looked like our defense has never heard of Gronk and just let him run the field.Quote:
Originally Posted by zulater
Didn't somebody say we would play physical against him? Did anyone bump him at the line?
Sorry Troy, that is BS.
Again, as the last lost, the WHOLE organization ! F.O. down. It is really hard to watch this team play anymore. Thank GOD for halfway decent temperature's so far in Indiana, pulling the motorcycle out and riding a few hours is at least relaxing.
The Steelers have a history of failing to cover TEs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Count Steeler
who ever decided to let thomas try to defend gronk who is prbably a foot taller! we had a winning D against tommy, but decided to play off his recievers??!!! if we man up hit them in the mouth we beat them. my goat goes to everyone except cotchery
http://www.post-gazette.com/steelers...s/201004300170
That Worilds name was called by the Steelers was something of a surprise.
Penn State linebacker Sean Lee, who went to Upper St. Clair High School, appeared to be the player the Steelers were targeting in the second round after selecting Florida center Maurkice Pouncey with the 18th overall pick. They had a first-round grade on Lee and thought he fit the way they played better than any linebacker in the draft.
But, the Steelers did not think Lee would be available when it came their turn.
When he was, it seemed like an obvious choice. But coach Mike Tomlin really liked Worilds, an undersized defensive end in college who fit nicely as a disruptive outside linebacker in a 3-4 defense -- something the Steelers were lacking behind James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley.
My brother told me about this, first I knew of it. Wow, thanks Mike! :sarcasm:
I yelled about that pick when it happened (I also wanted Lee) and I've been yelling about it since.Quote:
Originally Posted by zulater
Goat? Where to start!
This was one of the few games I've been able to watch in it's entirety...well, wow. I picked a major a dud.
I call BS as well on Troy's comment. We played scared from the first minute. And Troy, apart from the strip on Ridley, played a horrid game, along with the rest of the secondary.
Major -F for the whole defense.
Ben had great moments, good moments, and atrocious moments. Maybe it's because I don't know what a good o-line looks like anymore, but I actually thought the OL had a halfway decent game, minus Beachum's whiff, and Gilbert not picking up Ninkovich. Cotchery had a great game, but I think it was a product of the Pats game plan to shut down Sanders and AB and force us to beat them with our 3rd. I'd say it worked. So good on Cotch, but it was a product of addition by subtraction.
Many of the members on the board were calling for a statement game, well, this has to be it. Flat out embarrassing. And I thought the previous 7 games were embarrassing.
So you jinxed us! :chuckle:Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelman
I think Cam gets a pass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelman
I was gonna mention him being probably the lone bright spot on the defense, but since the whole unit sucked some collective ass, it was hard to even bring it up. But you're right, he was the one guy I noticed who played with a lot of effort. Unfortunately it was buried in the rest of the team's lack.Quote:
Originally Posted by NJarhead
I was going to give Timmons a pass due to playing with a broken hand, but that doesn't explain the horrendous whiff of a tackle on Ridley's goal line touchdown.
"sucked some collective ass...." BWAAAAHAAAAAHAAA!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelman
I need to remember that one. lol
Not going to waist my time trying to pick out a player, but will mention the coaching staff as a whole. Unlike some, I think we have some very nice player, and the fact the the staff can't teach this guys, or figure out what position they need to be playing, or even have them ready to play a game. Tells me a lot about their ability, maybe even their dedication.
This was a bone headed pick plain and simple. Lee was the logical pick for us, a much better player. I think Mike was just trying to find a diamond in the rough so all the world could see how brilliant he is. Well, bud, it backfired big time IMO. In that draft I wanted Bryan Bulaga, and Sean Lee, didn't get either one.Quote:
Originally Posted by zulater
The defense was the goat bottom line. If you want to blame Ben sure he missed throws had one costly pick that led to points but, this was the best the offense has looked this year. It was a game 24-24 Ben brought the steelers back and, not his fault that the defense was torched by Brady & Gronk. Not to mention Ben running for his life has well and, again Heath Miller used as a blocker more than the great tight end he could be. You can't give Brady that much time to throww the ball and, how come the WR's for the cheats had a free release off the line you have to disrupt the timing. If not it's going to be a long day. Face facts the steelers are not good this year can't stop the run or the pass and, the offensive line is patch work at best. Zu is right about leaving Ben in the game real late he could have gotten hurt real bad. Certain people on this board just want to blame Ben for everything but, I'm telling you this he is still a very good QB but, come on man you need to time throw the ball. Plus several times the WR's ran the wrong pattern. Ben makes up alot just on keeping plays alive and, not many people complain he he extends the play and, throws TD's off those broken plays. I scream at as well to throw the ball away like everyone else. At some paoint you have a down year and, it's time reload.
BTW, did anyone hear Adams's name after he went in at RT? No? That's because he could PLAY THE POSITION. So there was no need to call out his name. Why they kept trying him at LT I won't know.
He looked quite comfortable over there. He is our starting RT. Whether our coaches see it or not is another question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Craic
Yeah, but Lee would still be learning our complex defense. Still seeing spot duty. May never have developed here. Just as very few other picks have.Quote:
Originally Posted by zulater
Really? The last person you need to blame for this one was Ben. He had to throw that high and away from the safeties. If Miller had been facing the incoming pass it would have been a catch, but he was running across the field. You don't want to throw a pass towards the safety unless it's where only the receiver has a chance of catching it, and Heath Miller is 6'5. It was unfortunate.
The entire defense. This isn't a lower-tier Sun Belt team going up against Oregon, this is the NFL, 55 points and over 600 yards is shameful
Ben wasn't really a goat in this game whatsoever. After rewatching most of the game I really don't think he made that many poor throws. His excellent throws went a long way to getting the team back in the game. As far as the 3rd down miss to Heath, I didn't see it the first time but there was underneath coverage that forced Ben to feather that pass into a much smaller window than i originally thought it to be. Truth be told he threw a perfect pass on second down to Manny Sanders that was good for first down yardage, but Sanders couldn't make the play. On first down Leveon went the wrong way on the play. Thus the Steelers were in 3rd and 10 from no fault of Ben's. So he made one less than perfect highly difficult pass and I condemned him in the heat of the moment?! :doh: My bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by zulater
Yeah, I wouldn't fault the QB when he throws 4 touchdowns and puts up 31 points and the defense gives up 55 pointsQuote:
Originally Posted by zulater
………and 610 yards! :chuckle:Quote:
Originally Posted by st33lersguy
they should just call every game against us the Senior Bowl.