we must never forget tell everyone you know New England cheated and might be back at it Edit 1-21-15 there back Edit #2__12-8-19 here we go again Edit #3__ 5-25-23 it never ends
Tomlin's presser:
He apologized for the language in the video. Said he will deal with Antonio this week. Said it was a violation of Steelers rules and league rules.
Injuries:
Deebo (Shoulder/Bicep) - will be limited in practice
S.Davis (Shoulder)
V. Williams (Shoulder)
Green (concussion)
Frenchy (concussion)
ChickFilA (ankle)
I liked this response by Tomlin when asked today about not needing to beat the Pats in the 2008 and 2010 playoff runs to the Super Bowl
no cushion man to man in their face and front 7 need to make marsha very uncomfortable. I think deebo can beat soldier anyday. And once we have them scrambling do not go into a prevent all game don't give marsha a chance.
For those i love i will sacrifice.
Si ventus non est, remiga
Not to rain on everyone's parade, but Brady has been amazing against the blitz all year. Can't find the stats right now, but they are better against the rush than not by a small amount.
If you send guys against Brady, they better get home and get there in about 2-2.5 seconds or you die by crossing routes to Edelman and the backs.
This will be the most difficult test the revamped defense has faced to date.
That would be interesting, but then they have more blockers than you have pass rushers. Butler better come up with something, because getting any kind of heat on Brady is going to be hard. The teams that have done it have had at least 2 premier pass rushers. The Steelers have maybe 1. Their pressure comes from scheme and taking chances. Anyone else see Hargrave running with Ware against KC? Anyone want to bet on the outcome of that coverage scheme with Brady and Lewis?
Do I think the Steelers can win? Yes. But they better crank up the offense and score about 28+. And they must somehow someway force at least 1 turnover.
Exactly on the Osweiler thing ! Houston had a hell of a chance to beat the cheater's IF they would have had a QB. Hey fan's, this game is very much doable for us. From what I've seen they aren't that much on defense down the field which may give Bell, Brown, Ben a good day. Ben definitely has to get the TD's. And our 'D' has to get a big time rush on Brady and flush him from the pocket. He's not a running QB. We play our type of STEELER football, and we travel to Houston !
I remember not being impressed with New England when we played them earlier in the season. Honestly, I don't feel nearly the level of apprehension about this game as I normally do just with the idea of us playing New England in general. We have a solid team that has found a way to win week in and week out, and most importantly we have not been making many mistakes. If we turn the ball over, the defense gets it back or limits the damage to 3pts or less. If Ben isn't having a great game, Bell can go for 170yds on the ground and get us in position to score. In the past, a few mistakes in a given game could lose it for us, but this team is rising above simple mistakes and executing enough to make up for it.
I think the offense focuses all week on red zone offense and we score 21 by halftime, final score 35-24
Brady gets sacked 4 times and Dupree forces a fumble. Damn, I can't wait!
We have endured a handful of shitty postseason runs riddled with season ending injuries and backup starters. Now we have everyone healthy, and we are two wins away from a 7th Lombardi. It's time for Ben to put Brady to rest in a big game.
I sure hope there's someone who's checking air pressure, clock maintenance, radio headsets, and anything else that's has N.E. hands touching.
Just as I was last week, I'm nervous as hell. I'm an eternal pessimist.
I not only think we CAN win this game, I think we WILL win this game. It's our time. The 3peat run begins now.
We've known for years that Brady eats up the zone blitz. He has made career games against it.
If the Steelers start trotting out Lebeau's dinosaur scheme of "tackling the catch", then this game is over.
They have done a good job keeping the Pats in check recently, the issue is that they haven't been able to take advantage of the opportunities they get. The previous two games against New England have been very winnable, they just haven't been able to break through.
I'll take that over Pre-2015, where games against the Pats were pure, one-sided domination, where Brady would have career games against the Steelers, and they were never close.
Totally agree with this. We will have to mix up the defense more than ever. The Pats know us. They spread us out to get the advantage. If we rush from ILB, it's a middle screen or dump to Edelman, If we bring an outside blitzer, Brady's got one on one on the outside. Bringing Harrison and Dupree every down leaves us open to the RBs. Cannot be so predictable as to bring the heat every down. Once Brady picks up the blitzer, he already knows where the ball is going. Our defense is going to need to disguise and try to keep them guessing. They are too talented, and if they know what's coming, they know how to beat it. An yes, we WILL have to win a lot of one on one matchups too.
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Very Tomlin-esque answer.“I don’t think I need to speak much,” Roethlisberger answered when asked what he’d say to Edelman. “We’ve got our trophies out there. I’ve got owners that I think are the best in the business. They’re family to us, and I’m sure if he talked to his owner, he would say the same thing about the Rooneys. Anybody in here in the football world or the regular world that owns the Rooneys knows what they stand for. It’s a blessing to call them a family.”