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Steelers Defense - Is it Coaching, Scheme or Players?

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by Steelresolve, Apr 16, 2025.

  1. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    true but the fumble and the drop was the 2 biggest play in that game
     
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  2. Hanratty#5

    Hanratty#5 Well-Known Member

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    The Ravens out gained the Bills by 150 yards and held Josh Allen to 126 yards passing but like most games it comes down to winning the turnover battle. The Ravens turned it over 3 times while the Bills didn't turn it over at all.
     
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  3. Steelvision

    Steelvision Well-Known Member

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    the bills have much more postseason success in these last 4 years than we had since 2011. Ravens i didnt look up but its better than our 3 postseason wins in the last 14 years.
     
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  4. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    We look at it differently, and that's cool. The only post season success to me is a trip to the SB, the way I look at it, they are doing the exact same thing we are doing, going to the playoffs, and getting beat before reaching the SB.
     
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  5. Steelvision

    Steelvision Well-Known Member

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    i used to look at it like you do, but i’ve been starving or missing a playoff win for a long time. The bills are much closer to that SB win than we are, as of right now. If AR signs maybe we narrow the gap a little. But then there’s Tomlin and his coaching staff: who are a liability - not an asset - in the playoffs.
     
  6. Born2Steel

    Born2Steel Well-Known Member

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    The Bills are a very good team. Also a very unlucky team.


    The Bills could have been the AFC representative in last year's SB. I think they would have lost to the Eagles also.


    The 49ers got to a SB with a mediocre QB. He is good enough to win with when he has the players around him to make him great. But, he doesn't make the players around him better. I think the 49ers made a bad move.


    The Lions lost both coordinators to HC jobs, and their starting Center just retired. I believe they will continue to be the team to beat in the NFC because they have built that team the right way. I still think they need to upgrade Goff, and they are in the SB.


    I like what I saw from Jayden Daniels last season. But much like CJ Stroud's rookie season, there is film on him now. I will be very interested to see how Daniels does his sophomore season.

    The Bears will go as Caleb Williams goes.


    I expect the Ravens to represent the AFC in the SB this season. It's their turn. They have the offensive prowess, they have the defensive guru coordinator, and they can run the football better than the Eagles of they will just do it.
     
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  7. Steel_Elvis

    Steel_Elvis Staff Member Mod Team

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    You had me in agreement right up until the Ravens. I think they’ll find a way to extend their streak of being a playoff favorite that falters.
     
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  8. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Its all just losses in the playoffs. Again, there have been hundreds of teams go deep in the playoffs, and never make a SB. How far you get a few years into the playoffs means nothing the next year.
     
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  9. Thor

    Thor Mod Team

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    They'd be the second team to reach that conclusion.

    The extension he signed last year would make offloading him difficult though.
     
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  10. Bubbahotep

    Bubbahotep Well-Known Member

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    Did the Steelers make a mistake letting go of Spillane? I read where he was the 10th ranked ILB in the league last season. He had the 2nd most tackles (158). Queen with 129.
     
  11. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    No, Spillane is very limited in pass coverage.
     
  12. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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  13. Bubbahotep

    Bubbahotep Well-Known Member

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    And Queen isn't??

    Spillane: 27 tgts - 78% completion - 193 yds

    Queen: 35 tgts - 83% completion - 281 yds
     
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  14. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Im a happy camper

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    No
     
  15. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    It was very hard but this is also true that the best number that Brady had during in his career was against the steelers....At one point Brady had like 22 TD,0 INT in the first 6 games in the Tomlin era.The best numbers of Mahomes are also against the steelers,this is like 18 TD 1 INT in 4 games
     
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  16. Born2Steel

    Born2Steel Well-Known Member

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    According to Ryan Clark, apparently it's the coordinators.
     
  17. KnoxVegasSteel

    KnoxVegasSteel Well-Known Member

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    Who hires the coordinators?
     
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  18. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    Now do the Cowher era him and LeBeau had no answers either.
     
  19. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    very slim sample size for Cowher and Lebeau(only 3 games but Brady had 3 interceptions in those games and they would likely been 2-1 in those games if Randle el not make a awful play at the end of the first half in the 2005 matchup).It was also in the spygate era for the pats
     
  20. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    There you go with the excuses when talking about Cowher they lost period :rolleyes:.
     

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