The Positives from Today (Crickets)

[GBMelBlount]

1. We play best when we are underdogs and under the radar and we were able to accomplish both in only 3 hours.

2. The defense is young and should be much better as the season progresses.

3. Bell is back.

4. I am willing to bet we make the playoffs and at that point anything can happen.

[Shoes]

[QUOTE=GBMelBlount;560359]1. We play best when we are underdogs and under the radar and we were able to accomplish both in only 3 hours.

2. The defense is young and should be much better as the season progresses.[/QUOTE]

I can agree with that for everyone except J. Jones. He is a backup at best.

[86WARD]

I. Not confident the defense will get much better than they are...the LB corps outside of Harrison isn't good...

[hawaiiansteeler]

we get Le'Veon Bell back next week!

[ALLD]

We aren't the Browns, but sure played like them yesterday.

[stillers4me]

We aren't the Browns, but sure played like them yesterday.

Actually, the Browns played better than we did.

Our kicker is just better.

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1. We play best when we are underdogs and under the radar and we were able to accomplish both in only 3 hours.

Mission accomplished.

[tube517]

2-1 > 0-3

Although we are reaching 2013 levels of no pass rush/no turnovers, I'll take the record for now.

[SteelMember]

At least it was a non-conference game... Winning our division is the first priority.

[Born2Steel]

I got nothing.

[86WARD]

Berry was positive. The loss to the Eagles wasn't a loss to the Ravens Browns or Bengals.

[hawaiiansteeler]

we're 2-1 with two of those games being on the road, an NFC loss doesn't influence tie breakers and we now get Le'Veon Bell back...

[DesertSteel]

The positives? Easy:

Ben didn't get injured.
Brown didn't get injured.
Bell returns next week.

This team will go as far as those three can take it. The D isn't going to be good at any time this season

[steelreserve]

Ben didn't get injured.
The price of Olde English "800" is still under $3.00 for a 40-ounce.

[SteelMayhem72]

Defense is a MAJOR problem! Like i said in an earlier thread if we dont score at least 24-30 points in each and every game then we will have quite a few losses. I dont see us scoring like that to be honest...we scored a measly 3 points on sunday! Bell coming back is not instantly give us a boost...gonna take him at least a couple games

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[SteelMayhem72]

As for positives...i will agree with others on here...but im not seeing any positive sunday night as im predicting a loss as well. Im setting my sights low so hopefully i can be pleasantly surprised...lol

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[steelerdude15]

I know that the defense played horribly on Sunday, but one positive is that as of right now, the Steelers still have the 4th ranked rush defense.

[hawaiiansteeler]

I know that the defense played horribly on Sunday, but one positive is that as of right now, the Steelers still have the 4th ranked rush defense.

why run when it's so easy to pass on us?

Cousins, Dalton and Wentz all passed for over 300 yards against us...

[teegre]

I can name several...

1) It was an NFC loss. As far as losses go (tie-breaker-wise) it's about as good as you can have.

2) It is only one loss. Just because it was by 31 points does not mean hat it counts as more of a loss than a 21-22 loss.

3) It was an early loss. There is still many, many games to improve/correct what was wrong.

[Craic]

The D isn't going to be good at any time this season

I disagree. Again, we have three rookies and two starters on D, another CB with no playing time who is out until mid-season, and had a slew of injuries that game. Don't let one game taint what they did in the first two games . . . 1 TD allowed per game. In today's NFL, that's an excellent stat no matter what.

As the young players mature this season, we absolutely have an "average" defense this year, and I'd give it a 50/50 chance we end up with a good defense in the two stats that matter the most—points allowed per drive and TDs allowed. After all, no stat but points scored matters at the end of the day. Sure, they can be used as indicators, but those two are the most important ones.

BTW, Arizona? Where abouts? (PM me if you don't want to announce it on the main board. I'm in the same general area).

[hawaiiansteeler]

I can name several...

1) It was an NFC loss. As far as losses go (tie-breaker-wise) it's about as good as you can have.

2) It is only one loss. Just because it was by 31 points does not mean hat it counts as more of a loss than a 21-22 loss.

3) It was an early loss. There is still many, many games to improve/correct what was wrong.

and after we beat the Chefs this Sunday we'll be 3-1...

[zulater]

The positive about the Eagle game was this. It was absolutely the least important game on the schedule from the standpoint of the Steelers remaining season at the time. It was a non conference road game. We had already won our other non conference road game. You take that split virtually any year you get it. If you hold your home non conference games you've aced that part of your schedule.