Week 5 - Pittsburgh Steelers - Discussion Thread

[ice grillin you]

Vick looks fine half the time.  Problem is he's a farging moron the other half.  Can't hold onto the ball and sits in the pocket far too long.  I honestly think the d is decent enough this year and the O is solid enough that if you had a balanced O and game manager type QB who didn't make mistakes this would be a good team.

This goes back to the play calls. You know you have a turnover machine and Vick can't carry the offense so instead of making him drop back in 5-7 step drops and throwing the ball downfield why not shorten the passing game, run the ball, then take some chances after you get some rythym. They still call plays like they're a big play offense...but they're not. They haven't had a lot of big plays this season so stop with that nonsense and focus on moving the chains.

the fumble at the two was mostly on reid....first down at the goal line and you have vick run out of a shotgun?.....made no sense at all

[SunMo]

as soon as they went shotgun i knew exactly what the play was. 

[reese125]

How many times do you need to see your qb cough up balls before you realize he has a fumbling problem? The answer is none because the Reid/MM are jackasses.

Not sure if he's noticed, but Shady is a pretty decent rb. The guy finds creases and falls forward every run so why you are not utilizing that on the goaline is once again is beyond me. When I see Bryce farging Brown come out of the huddle at the 2 ydline on first down I want to punch windows.

[SunMo]

The lack of pressure from the dline is alarming.  cole and babin haven't done shtein this year so far.

[ice grillin you]

The lack of pressure from the dline is alarming.  cole and babin haven't done shtein this year so far.

you know what you do when four guys cant get to the qb?

fargING BLITZ!!

[Rome]

Raise your hand if you think 15 carries from Shady is idiotic.

And then smack yourself repeatedly if you thought Reid would run him more than that.

[General_Failure]

Not sure if he's noticed, but Shady is a pretty decent rb.

He hasn't. He's never seen a running play, because he's dreaming of the super awesome passes they can't complete this year.

[SD]

The lack of pressure from the dline is alarming.  cole and babin haven't done shtein this year so far.

you know what you do when four guys cant get to the qb?

fargING BLITZ!!

Exactly. And if you don't blitz at least run a stunt or something different to generate pressure. The pass rush has been horrible and they're the key to the entire defense.

[ice grillin you]

what was most maddening was watching the steelers send 6-7 guys and be successful every time....i realize ben can recognize and react to a blitz better than vick but still when you are directly watching your opponent be successful at the very thing you should be doing its beyond infuriating

[hbionic]

Dig up Jim Johnson?

[Don Ho]

Might as well dig up Bud Carson while we're at it.

[BobbyT]

Both of them could hold the ball better.

[PhillyPhreak54]

The lack of pressure from the dline is alarming.  cole and babin haven't done shtein this year so far.

you know what you do when four guys cant get to the qb?

fargING BLITZ!!

Yes, yes, yes! I am sick of seeing other teams blitz their asses off. The Eagles used to be one of those teams and now they have some goddamn OL coach masquerading as a DC and this is what we get...some bullshtein.

Vick gets murdered each week...why? Because teams identified that blitzing him is the way to win.

Juanny relies on some overhyped DL to get pressure and it ain't happening.

By the way...anyone seen Jason Babin this year?

[Don Ho]

With Assy the overpaid blowass back there Juan probably has zero confidence.  If they send a safety Nnamdi has no one to blame when he gets toasted.