Old Time Steeler football (4th quarter edition)

[steelermania]

Haven't seen anything like that 4th quarter since the Bus was in his prime. Enough to almost make you forget about the 10 points we threw away at the end of the second quarter. That is how you stop a pass rush. Dumb challenge by Whiz, but I'm glad he did it.

 

[slashsteel]

yeah almost


but lets give Bell credit, he had a awesome night and deserves the game ball

 

[Chicoman]

Steelers O-line was able to wear down the smaller Titans front 7. I saw it early in the first half and thought it could play out like a ground and pound game and sure enough they did. I'll give credit to Big Ben for the audibles he called when the Titans overloaded one side of the field and blitzed....he audibled to the running game and sent Bell away from the blitz. It worked to perfection as it swung momentum to the Steelers in the 4th QTR. Nice to go into the bye on a win...hopefully McClendon, Shazier, Jones, Polamalu and Taylor can all make it back healthy for the final five games to push towards the <cough> playoffs <cough>!

 

[steelermania]

yeah almost


but lets give Bell credit, he had a awesome night and deserves the game ball

I don't want to beat Gay up too badly, as he's really stepped up his play by leaps and bounds this year, but damn, you just can't make a mistake like that at that point in the game. Those are the types of plays that allow a bad team to stay with you, especially on the road.

 

[madinsomniac]

yeah almost


but lets give Bell credit, he had a awesome night and deserves the game ball

He was awesome. easiest the best back at finding a hole and slashing through tacklers at the line since the bus. In frigid cold weather games like this having a ground game still is key late... lots wrong with the offense and defense though... if we are playing a New England Or Denver that game is out of control by the half

 

[black and gold apex]

Would have loved seeing Bell break one to the house,

 

[JMM]

People today go apeshit crazy over a high tempo pass heavy offense but give me a dominating running game especially in December and January when the weather turns bad and odds are my team will win. Great performance by Bell. He definitely reminds me of Barry Foster. Hope he can stay healthy.

 

[Wingman]

I don't want to beat Gay up too badly, as he's really stepped up his play by leaps and bounds this year, but damn, you just can't make a mistake like that at that point in the game. Those are the types of plays that allow a bad team to stay with you, especially on the road.

I'm not sure if it was his mistake or not, if you are talking about the touch down he gave up. The safety was further up field covering no one and gay may have supposed to have had help over the top. If that is the case he was taking away the come back and curl like he should have. Of all the guys on the team in the secondary Gay is giving us the most from what is on the field.

 

[steelerscotty]

Gay is deepest man. He has to see that. I don't mind his jumping routs but at that point he needs to keep the play in front of him. It wasn't even a very good double move. Washington never turned his hips and there was no pump fake.

 

[titus]

I'm not sure if it was his mistake or not, if you are talking about the touch down he gave up. The safety was further up field covering no one and gay may have supposed to have had help over the top. If that is the case he was taking away the come back and curl like he should have. Of all the guys on the team in the secondary Gay is giving us the most from what is on the field.

According to the guys in the post game, the safety had over the top protect, but was looking inside. It was Allen
not Gay, that blew it,

 

[TDX27]

That last drive was finally the Steelers running when they needed to. They got the ball back with over six minutes and kept it until the end.

 

[Drink IRON City]

two things that were very impressive...... 1.) the way the STEELERS closed out the game, 2.) my red head soon to be




Salute the nation

 

[Litos]

Bell is awesome, he put the team on his shoulders and carried it to a W

 

[steelermania]

Bell is awesome, he put the team on his shoulders and carried it to a W

The league (Roger) has tried to get away from that style of football, but when it works, it's a thing of beauty.

 

[bigtwnvin]

I don't want to beat Gay up too badly, as he's really stepped up his play by leaps and bounds this year, but damn, you just can't make a mistake like that at that point in the game. Those are the types of plays that allow a bad team to stay with you, especially on the road.

Gay forgot that Nate Washington is an experienced veteran and knew that a greedy DB that is waiting to jump a route can be tricked on a hook & go. Hopefully Gay learned something, without Le'Veon Bells stellar performance and A Browns TD catch that mistake (yes it was) would have cost the game.

 

[black and gold apex]

Was nice to see us make a drive and run out the clock, WIN.

 

[JupiterBnG]

This game seemed to me to demonstrate that we have the necessary talent, but lack the intelligence to win consistently. The opening series was all runs, moving the ball from our 32 to their 31, and ending with a FG. Sure, we moved the ball on the ground, but maybe just one pass in there, once they started loading up the box? Maybe instead of trying to run on that last 3rd and 6, you go play-action and throw a quick slant for the first down?

Then, despite the quick 10 points, the Titans got rolling and it was panic mode - the offense became very pass-happy, and we couldn't get anything going for almost 3 whole quarters. It wasn't until late third quarter or beginning of the fourth where even Chucky was frothing about how the Steeler offense needed to recognize the defensive formations and adjust the play calls to take advantage and slow down their blitzes. And finally, that's what happened - we started reacting to the defense, calling audibles based on what the defense was showing, and suddenly there was a lot more success. But it seemed to me like we could have made that adjustment in the second quarter and rolled over Tennessee instead of letting them control most of the game.

So the question is, is that because Ben is too dumb to make these adjustments sooner in the game, or is the coaching staff too dumb to make these adjustments sooner in the game? Or, is it a combination of the two?

 

[bigtwnvin]

So the question is, is that because Ben is too dumb to make these adjustments sooner in the game, or is the coaching staff too dumb to make these adjustments sooner in the game? Or, is it a combination of the two?

Then Ben and the coaches must only be dumb in games against teams that suck?

 

[Wingman]

Gay forgot that Nate Washington is an experienced veteran and knew that a greedy DB that is waiting to jump a route can be tricked on a hook & go. Hopefully Gay learned something, without Le'Veon Bells stellar performance and A Browns TD catch that mistake (yes it was) would have cost the game.

I still think our safety on gays side was supposed to have deep coverage. He had run up shallower than Gay and did not have anyone to cover. There was also a defender on either side of him that made his position useless. Even that foot ball genius Ray the Knife said your safety is never supposed to be in tighter than your corner. The fact that our safety was so quick to turn and run back toward where he was likely supposed to be was also an indicator of what might have been.

There is also the thought that the blitz might get him and maybe all the players were pressing on the short routes thinking that a rookie qb would not have the patients to wait for a double move to be completed before throwing the ball. If that was the call it was a risky call that could have resulted in a pick six or an opportunity for another three points. It did not work well for the steelers. Sometimes it is like Madden said, you have to remember they're paying the other guys too.

 

[JupiterBnG]

Then Ben and the coaches must only be dumb in games against teams that suck?

So why weren't the necessary adjustments made sooner? There has to be a reason. Were we just lulling them into a false sense of security for more than half of the game? Again, if Chucky can point out the solution before anyone else on the Steelers' sideline figures it out, how does that happen?