Hoorays and Boos for the Win vs. Cleveland

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hooray for our first week 1 win since this ancient game (big ben suspended)

 

No wonder Ben thinks our no huddle will be extreemely good, look what defense he is practicing against.


scruffy

 

Yeah. I'm thinking maybe you might be right there. Some things are just "too" true. LOL.

 

Wait a minute SE, don't you realize that KC/MT/DL walk on water. Greatest since sliced bread.There above everybody else, they don't need to make ADJUSTMENTS personnel moves ,line up changes.
This team needs to be seriously coached up and MOTIVATED. It is just not there.
I am personally tired of the lack of leadership at the top.

 

This is something that someone brought up on Cooler Talk the other day. He said we always talk about how complicated DL's scheme is for the young guys to figure out. But he said opposing qb's don't seem to have a problem with it at all. I personally don't think that DL has "lost his touch" or whatever. You just have to have guys that execute and Sunday we only executed in the first half. Well either that or the clowns failed to execute. I think there is no doubt that the hurry up is a weak point for this defense. (See Philly's 2nd and 3rd stringers pwning it up and down the field with Mark Sanchez)

 

I tend to agree with this.. They struggled on defense not because of scheme but execution. JJ did not have a very good game at all and pretty much was taken out of the game by their LT.

Ike was usually not very near the ball. Gay was about the best on D for the group.

I am hopeful these are just the preseason woes lol.. Game 1 woes

To have a team down 27-3 at half time and let them up to almost beat you is just not acceptable . If the boys cant close a game without giving us all heart failure we are again in for a very long season

 

I agree too. let's not forget , their LT is joe Thomas. he's the best in the league and JJ got a sack on him. that's a pretty tough assignment for JJ all day. he did pretty well, but yes there is room for improvement. by all of them.

new parts all over the place on defense. all those parts have to learn to play together. the d-line is still learning to play together. lots of new parts and guys at different positions may take a little time.

 

Thanks MAC.. Good points. I agree with everything. I could not think of the LT for Cleveland lol... I have All Timers and not Sometimers or Alzheimer's lol

 

I'm a JJ supporter myself, but his sack came against TE Jordan Cameron, not Joe Thomas. It was still a good sack. He bumped the other TE and then zoomed right by Cameron and nailed Hoyer. I do believe people need to cut Jones slack when playing the Browns. Thomas just about erases every pass rusher he faces.

 

Tomlin hiring also brought the Steelers their sixth Super Bowl, not that he gets all the credit. I will take a few of struggling as the team transitions from some of the older great players that were here.

 

Agreed.. Why is it so difficult for people to understand ? We have some of the best coaches assembled in football. Dick Lebeau, Mike Tomlin, Mike Munchak., Haley And we have Jpeezy.. The first half of the game was borderline perfect so where did the team go after half. Two things happened in my estimation.

1/ Steelers got complacent and went away from their game. Not uncommon. Seems to happen almost every year.
2/ The defense was gased when Cleveland went into the upbeat no huddle tempo.. You could see how tired they were. Conditioning is up to the players and coaches. The CBA is partly responsible but every other team has the same rules. So go figure

 

UMM
YOU FORGOT HALEY

 

I remember a few short years ago our defense ate up NE one afternoon too. it's not the scheme. we are capable of making them look plain. it's a matter of the players doing it. I think this defense just needs some time to gel all the new moves and piece's together and we should see some better play as we go. we need the shark back healthy to help on the back end and support the run. we need healthy and playing time.

 

I'm going to add to the list of 'Hoorays' the clock/game management at the end of both halves. I think there may have been one situation when I'd have called a timeout sooner instead of spiking, but for the most part, the players/coaches seemed very aware of the situation on both offense and defense (kudos to Ben) and got what proved to be the winning points at the end of both halves. Normally, I'm fuming that we seem clueless as the clock is running down, but given that our clock/game management seems to cost us at least 1-2 chances to win per year, I'm hopeful it might not cost us as much this year. Our run defense on the other hand???????

 

good points. the less confusion from the staff the smoother those parts of the game will be.

it's going to take some games to gel from top to bottom. coaches, players offense and defense and ST's. it's why I talked about the preseason this year being so much more important then prior years and the schedule and our first 6 games. I think this will be about the time things should be getting in more sync together.

lots of new faces and players at different positions. probably one of the teams with the most movement of players actually taking the field together. add coaches to that. they are learning to be a team. this season has hope, but we are going to have some bumps in the beginning.

 

YUP.. Sorry I did.. People are always busting his you know whats but he is a good OC and he demonstrated first half of game 1 that he can clearly call this offense

 

As always I admit I am a Kool-Aid drinker when it comes to the Steelers (probably always will be). However, after this game even I have a hard time defending any of the coaches. I might give Haley a pass, for a half anyhow. In the 3rd quarter of the game I was cussing Tomlin and I have never done that before, same with DL. There is this imaginary hump that Tomlin just can't quite get over. I wish with all my heart he could learn to step on the gas for the entire game but I just don't think he can do. And DL...sitting at home I can figure out what he is going to throw at the offense and I'm no expert getting paid to figure it out. Sorry, I'm ranting but I don't think I have ever been this frustrated.

 

But your saying the same thing we are. Unless I misread what you have written you use the word execute. Players execute . No? Being out of place again comes back to player execution. Late off of snaps again is player execution. I do not think for one minute coaching is responsible for the inability for players to execute . Communication is crucial in this scheme and it would seem they are not communicating very well.

I will give you comment about complacency.. It is the coaches responsibility to fire these guys up and have them playing 60 minutes of ball but I would argue short of coaches going out on the field themselves it still comes down to the players execution.

Agree with you about Wheaton. He is showing signs of developing and becoming our #2 Wr.