Lolley's other article ( Not this one ) was questionable. If Rudolph played he'd be a sitting duck vs. the Bills pass rush, period. Fichtner, who was hired and promoted by Mike Tomlin. Does Tomlin know much about the offense? No. But Fitchtner should at least know what's working and what not and change tactics accordingly.
Fitchtner abandoned the run too early. This lead to not calling play action. When the OL had trouble blocking people, he didn't call a screen pass either to slow them down. Well maybe he did once. He underused Whyte, our lone speed back. Vs a stacked line, Whyte can beat the edge defender to the corner. An aggressive D might bite on a running counterplay. I didn't see that. When the Bills stacked the line, he should have had two receivers very wide, and one in the middle. Just tell Duck to throw it deep to either Cain or Washington, where ever the high safety is not. I didn't see Cain targeted but once. Perhaps if Randy had tried this opposed to a stupid run up the middle into the teeth of the defense on 2nd down Buffalo would back off, and maybe the Steelers would have more room to run the ball.
That stupid trick play in the end zone cost us points. Way to kick your own team in the nuts, Randy. And Berry's punt cost us points. Those were key swing plays in the game. The coaching staff should have radioed into Duck and told him to spike the ball to preserve clock and not rushed thing...but didn't.
Saying Duck's clock hit midnight after three quality starts and two appearances, which showed promise after one game is the ultimate knee jery reaction. Why not wait for two bad games in a row to write a headline link this? If you ask me, Berry's clock is close to striking midnight and Tomlin's clock has been broken for years.
