Game Balls, Game Goats & FU's....................@ Clowns

[Shane Falco]

While it sucks that Boz got injured on that attempted fake- I don’t hate the call. It forced Canada to call scoring plays. It made Ben and the offense fight for 6 instead of settling for 3.

 

[insaniti]

Boswell is a goat also. It was a bad call, but not only should he have had the awareness to get rid of the ball and/or force a throw and hope for a miracle (nothing to lose) he didn’t have his chin strap buckled tight enough and I suspect that might have played a role in his concussion.

He could have had that thing cinched up as tight as it will go and it still would have popped loose from the helmet to the chin he took.

 

[Ike Kelly]

Would like to add a honourable mention to Chase. There’s been a lot of “ he’s soft” comments lately. He had some strong moments in this game

An extra little shout out to Cam. Our Defensive leader. I mean come on. He had a great game. This man will be truly missed one day, and as far as I am concerned will go down as one of the all time Steeler greats. Here’s to many more quality seasons Cam.

If he keeps playing like he is, he should be Team MVP. TJ, keeps up his play, he better get League DPOY.

 

[Litos]

Boswell was scanning the field like a five-year veteran at QB.

he was making a mayfield impersonation

 

[stillwright]

Game ball goes to Harris and Ben....Watt also.
Goat....Tomlin of course.

 

[Black & Gold Bleeder]

extra kudos to Najee Harris.

Idk if you saw it. But that TD Pass to Friermuth, Garret was bearing down on ben hard. Najee was up in the pocket and circled back to left to pick up Garret before he earholed ben. Would have been a Strip sack.

 

[CoolieMan]

 

[CoolieMan]

extra kudos to Najee Harris.

Idk if you saw it. But that TD Pass to Friermuth, Garret was bearing down on ben hard. Najee was up in the pocket and circled back to left to pick up Garret before he earholed ben. Would have been a Strip sack.

 

[Sarge]

The offensive line. They played as a unit and dominated the line of scrimmage.
Cam. He’s at DPOY level.
Ben- managed the game properly

I'm happy about the win, and the offensive line played well, but I would not describe their performance as dominant. They held up against a good defensive line, but there were still plenty enough leaks. They are getting better though, that much is evident, and that's a good trend. But I can't say they were dominant.

 

[Hypocycloids]

Was equally impressed with the O line on that play. An impenetrable fortress they were.

 

[Litos]

extra kudos to Najee Harris.

Idk if you saw it. But that TD Pass to Friermuth, Garret was bearing down on ben hard. Najee was up in the pocket and circled back to left to pick up Garret before he earholed ben. Would have been a Strip sack.

You almost quoted my post in another thread, it was a great play by najee

 

[insaniti]

I'm happy about the win, and the offensive line played well, but I would not describe their performance as dominant. They held up against a good defensive line, but there were still plenty enough leaks. They are getting better though, that much is evident, and that's a good trend. But I can't say they were dominant.

Cleveland went into the game as the #2 ranked defense against the run. 80 yds a game, we had 115 as a team, Najee had 91 himself. I don't know how else you would describe it...

 

[Sarge]

Cleveland went into the game as the #2 ranked defense against the run. 80 yds a game, we had 115 as a team, Najee had 91 himself. I don't know how else you would describe it...

32 carries for 115 yards. 3.6 yards a carry. That's not dominance. That's volume. Like I said, they are obviously improving. 3.6 yards a carry at the start of the season was a pipe dream. Take the DL. They held a guy that is averaging damn near 6 yards a carry for the season to 3.8 today, and held a team that runs for 170 a game to 96. That's much closer to dominant than the OL.

 

[Sarge]

Look, I'm not trying to **** on the OL. They are definitely getting better. Much, much better. But 32 for 115 isn't dominant in my book. For the Steelers, however, it's a marked improvement.

 

[jitter77]

Game balls Watt, PF, Heyward, Harris
Goat - Maybe Bush.... Just not a fan of his
FU - Tomlin... Bad fake FG, having no one ready to try extra points at least.
Whoever decided to take a penalty on our last punt.
Officials were all over the place. Especially with personal fouls. It wasn't just our game either. Cinci got screwed with one. I think it was the Tampa game a Tampa defender had his helmet ripped off and he bumped into the QB and got called for roughing.

 

[Shane Falco]

Look, I'm not trying to **** on the OL. They are definitely getting better. Much, much better. But 32 for 115 isn't dominant in my book. For the Steelers, however, it's a marked improvement.

They did it against one of the best defenses against the run so I think it is a big improvement.

 

[jitter77]

Look, I'm not trying to **** on the OL. They are definitely getting better. Much, much better. But 32 for 115 isn't dominant in my book. For the Steelers, however, it's a marked improvement.

I definitely agree the line was not dominant. Coaching should have helped with Myles. I think they held their own and were not horrible which is an improvement

 

[pittbull]

Freiermuth’s TD catch was awesome. Great start to becoming a Steeler legend.
The call on Hilton was total crap…but I’m OK with that.
I though Dionte Johnson was fast.

 

[bermudasteel]

How did Taco do? Didn't show the game here - got Bengals and Jets.

Let's just say he didn't eat today...

 

[Confluence]

Jesse James? He did catch the ball.

brain fart... thanks

 

[stillwright]

32 carries for 115 yards. 3.6 yards a carry. That's not dominance. That's volume. Like I said, they are obviously improving. 3.6 yards a carry at the start of the season was a pipe dream. Take the DL. They held a guy that is averaging damn near 6 yards a carry for the season to 3.8 today, and held a team that runs for 170 a game to 96. That's much closer to dominant than the OL.

Meh....they might not have been dominant but they were controlling the game with it. I particularly liked the 3rd and five run by Harris. Simply a nice all around effort by our OL and running game.

 

[TDX27]

I know I am critical of the officials a good bit but this game was on another level. The PI's on Diontae and Claypool with no flags in sight. The helmet-to-helmet late hit on Boz who was our QB on the play and still behind the line. The penalties not called on roughing Ben. The phantom call on our nose guard. The BS call for roughing Mayfield. They did get the call for the guy hitting Najee late out of bounds in the 1st half but he should have been ejected. He lifted his forearm and purposely hit Najee across the face in an attempt to hurt him. The dude better get a suspension from Rog but I doubt he will even get a fine. And, the list goes on. The officials kept us from scoring and helped the Clowns score with the way they called these blatantly incorrect or missed calls.

 

[FatsHolmes]

After starting out 1-3, this team is now in 6th place in the conference at 4-3. That's right, we're a playoff team.

Add to that the the adjusted strength of schedule to date is at .611, which according to DK is by far the toughest in the NFL so far.

Some some positives to go with all the negativity.

 

[MeanJim]

... They did get the call for the guy hitting Najee late out of bounds in the 1st half but he should have been ejected. He lifted his forearm and purposely hit Najee across the face in an attempt to hurt him. The dude better get a suspension from Rog but I doubt he will even get a fine...

I don't know when they changed the rule, but once upon a time a personal foul trumped a lesser penalty. Green's holding penalty completely negated the blatant late hit out of bounds personal foul. Penalties offset, replay the down. I thought both fouls should have been penalized... walk off the 10 yards for the hold on Green, then 15 and an automatic first down for the late hit.

What's to stop anyone from putting a Theisman hit on a QB once he's been blatantly held? Hell, the whole team could do it! It would just be offsetting penalties, right?

 

[Steeltime]

I don't know when they changed the rule, but once upon a time a personal foul trumped a lesser penalty. Green's holding penalty completely negated the blatant late hit out of bounds personal foul. Penalties offset, replay the down. I thought both fouls should have been penalized... walk off the 10 yards for the hold on Green, then 15 and an automatic first down for the late hit.

What's to stop anyone from putting a Theisman hit on a QB once he's been blatantly held? Hell, the whole team could do it! It would just be offsetting penalties, right?

Agreed. I thought that once DJ was out of bounds, the whistle blew and the play was over. The personal foul was thereby a dead-ball fall. The play counts, with the 10-yard markoff for holding, then the 15-yard personal foul penalty is marked off with the automatic 1st down.