Teryl Austin

Tomlin calls much of the defense. He is a fool. On one play he had Wilson covering a wr outside like a corner.

No doubles on Chase ? Sure match him with your slowest corner. How did that work out? And to make the same mistake the entire game?


I did not see any inside blitzes either.

 

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got it Joel

 

There were a few plays where they had TJ rush from his OLB spot to the middle pulling blockers, and blitzed from the slot CB spot. That's a new wrinkle this year and has been successful.
Not many have success vs Chase and Higgins. The DL needed to get home and pressure Flacco. That was the plan and it was the correct plan. Just wasn't executed well.

 

Steelers D is based on winning up front and getting to the QB.

Saw somewhere that Flaccos average time to throw was just over 2.4 seconds. Very hard to get to him when the ball is gone that quickly. The Bengals had a good game plan and it worked.

They have struggled mightily for years when the front can’t get pressure.