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Game Balls, Game Goats, & FU's...........week 14..........vs Clowns

Great list. I have been noticing Queen playing more confident the past month. Sometimes it takes some time for a free agent to get comfortable in a defense-not just that-being the green dot. I feel Queen is starting to play his best football as a Steeler down the stretch. Remember how long it took Holcomb to settle in as well. An under the radar player today-Preston Smith. The guy stepped up and played in place of Ogonjobi at times spelling Benton. He was pushing that pocket back and being disruptive.
Oh and Benton. Picking that ball out of the air.
Skorownik. He is quietly becoming someone I’m paying attention to. Not a world beater at WR, but damn, he’s a hell of a blocker and a stand out on special teams.
Scotty (doesn’t know) Miller. Tip my cap of to him for spot start in place of GP. I like his shiftiness. He belongs in the slot.
 
And the narrative will be that Tomlin only won because of Russ. 🤣🤣🤣

Well the Steelers have only won superbowls with blue chip HOF quarterbacks.

They certainly have a different look and feel to them this year. Definitely still a work in progress,but they're progressing.

The defense is doing something that it hasn't done in years and that's getting more consistent pressure from the interior. Capt Cam may end up leading the team in sacks if he keeps it up.

So far,so good,but it's the ending that counts the most. Pray for good health.
 
Shout out to Ben Skoronek. Kid is best special teamer on a team had best sp. Teamer in league last year. Couple great blocks too. Great teams have lesser lights that contribute consistently. I was real tough on Queen for first 1/4-1/3 of season. He looks like the player I'd hoped he would. I don't know the Chiefs game is a loss. They are gonna lock down Hopkins with JP or Jackson and high low Mr. Swift with Queen/Wilson and safety.
Great choice here!
 
Nothing for Russ? WOW.....I guess we are getting conditioned to expect him to be great every second half if he has a bad first half. He is bringing all that vet experience and it is paying off big time. Those throws where he is looking one way and then just flings it the opposite putting the ball in the perfect spot are silly good. Ben says on his podcast he believes they can win it all.



This was the cincy game but he talks about Russ and the team around 47:50

Russ is MVP no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
 
I don't know the Chiefs game is a loss. They are gonna lock down Hopkins with JP or Jackson and high low Mr. Swift with Queen/Wilson and safety.

Chiefs offense is really limited since their OT's are not very good. Mahomes has little time to pass and watching first half vs. Chargers, the Chiefs passing game is 90% dump offs over the middle of the field to TE's.

Bad news - the dump off over the middle of the field is the Steelers' kryptonite.
 
The Boz should be mentioned. Just because he makes a 54 and a 30 yard FG look easy and automatic doesn’t mean it is.
I mentioned our Punter during the game. Definitely a game ball. Patrick Queen,very good game.

I have to give an extra little shout out to Cam the man. He’s been one of my favorite Steelers from his era. I had no problem at the time of him resigning,I thought he had earned it,but wanted a good show me type deal.
I would watch a couple of his shows on YouTube and you could tell he felt a bit disrespected by all the comments from fans regarding the amount of dollars he was making. He definitely must be having a proud inner moment. He’s definitely earned his stripes for next season and depending on play….beyond. Good on you Cam!
 
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Tomlin has done a good job this year....yeah some boneheaded stuff like the fake punt deep in our own territory(forget which game), but overall I give him an A-
He does a decent to good job during the regular season, but HIS TEAMS, especially the Defense, shytes the bed in the playoffs.
 
They are gonna lock down Hopkins with JP or Jackson and high low Mr. Swift with Queen/Wilson and safety.
They will only stop Mr. Swift if he only runs screens or short out routes. Anything across the middle will result in unimpeded catches for 1st downs and TD’s
 
It’s a shame Waitman had his worst punt of the season late in the game @Cleveland, clinging to that 1 point lead. If that just went close to his average, and Browns had to navigate a longer drive in that snow, could be looking at 11-2 right now? But his 60 yarder to open his day was a nice, immediate bounce back.
Yeah... had we clung on to win that game we could have won any of the final 4 games to clinch the division
 
Chiefs offense is really limited since their OT's are not very good. Mahomes has little time to pass and watching first half vs. Chargers, the Chiefs passing game is 90% dump offs over the middle of the field to TE's.

Bad news - the dump off over the middle of the field is the Steelers' kryptonite.
I will say they have a great defense. I do not think they can score 20 on the Steelers without miscuess by the offense. Of the three Upcoming games they are the most vulnerable. I'd prefer they beat Ravens for division. But I think they will beat the Chiefs.
 
And they won’t be completely wrong. He has to have a HOF QB to make his shytty O philosophy partially work.
Every coach needs to have good players to make their philosophies work. Tell me one coach who won with lousy players.
 
Every coach needs to have good players to make their philosophies work. Tell me one coach who won with lousy players.

Lou Brown

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Waitman gets a game ball, dude was crushing the punts.
He makes ya wonder why ever pay a punter 3M per?

There are many more guys like him out there too, just gotta poke around

Never thought paying a punter real money or drafting one is ever a solid move for roster construction

Literally hundreds of punters and 32 jobs
They ain’t even a dime a dozen, maybe a nickel…that’s probably still over valuing the position

**** they grow on trees in Australia
 
He was pleasantly surprising. I was like who the hell is this guy,and why have they been hiding him...lol.
His previous appearances have been less than stellar for us, ez to hide guys like that…but he showed up with his biggest game when called upon for an increased role so kudos for his best game with the Steelers
 
Russ is MVP no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
Meh-not til he runs the next three game gauntlet he’s not…lots of ifs and and buts for example…

So far he’s beat the hapless Jets, the hapless Giants, the hapless Stains, the weak *** Bungles, luckily squeaked by the Commanders by 1, survived the Rats by 6 Boz FGs, and lost to the Stains…hardly much to brag about but 6-1 nonetheless against bunch of league bottom feeders and 2 decent playoff caliber squads.

The teams Russ faced in his 7 games going 6-1 have a combined 32 wins and 59 losses (.35 win percentage) hardly an impressive bunch.

Let him beat a few legit teams before ya go crowning him anything.

So far as I can tell Boz has just as much claim to the title as Russ, he’s been one of our best weapons
Or Watt
Or DJ
Or Cam
Just to give the defenders some love too

It’s basically been a balance team effort with several different heros, **** if Fields doesn’t come in and close two games out Russ might not even be 6-1 vs that group of tomatoe cans he’s played

The jury is still out
 
Meh-not til he runs the next three game gauntlet he’s not…lots of ifs and and buts for example…

So far he’s beat the hapless Jets, the hapless Giants, the hapless Stains, the weak *** Bungles, luckily squeaked by the Commanders by 1, survived the Rats by 6 Boz FGs, and lost to the Stains…hardly much to brag about but 6-1 nonetheless against bunch of league bottom feeders and 2 decent playoff caliber squads.

The teams Russ faced in his 7 games going 6-1 have a combined 32 wins and 59 losses (.35 win percentage) hardly an impressive bunch.

Let him beat a few legit teams before ya go crowning him anything.

So far as I can tell Boz has just as much claim to the title as Russ, he’s been one of our best weapons
Or Watt
Or DJ
Or Cam
Just to give the defenders some love too

It’s basically been a balance team effort with several different heros, **** if Fields doesn’t come in and close two games out Russ might not even be 6-1 vs that group of tomatoe cans he’s played

The jury is still out
So far, he has a 103.9 QB rating. He’s the MVP don’t kid yourself.
 
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