Bench Ben

Unlike normal fan griping I think he’s legit gone if he struggles next week

 

Bump

 

LOL. You bumped your own post a whole 3 minutes after posting it

 

It is windy in North Dakota.

 

At this point a healthy Dobbs would be like a drop of rain in a drought..

 

Yes it is cold flat and unforgiving like my 1st girlfriend.

 

Had to work 3 weeks last winter in Devils Lake, North Dakota. Can confirm.

 

I made my feelings about Ben known at the end of last season.
But Ben is not a quitter. Although that may be part of the problem.

 

Went through there in my Air Force days (minot) back in the 80s. That's the coldest place I've ever been to.

 

This is it. Add to that ownership is, I think, showing loyalty to Ben for past accomplishments, and the Steelers are in a pickle. I think whatever choice is made, it's gonna be tough.

 

That was a mild winter too. Thankfully very little snow.

 

My only trip to N.D. was to take my sister & her kids up there to be with her husband in the AF. '88-'89 around there. Blizzard through most of Minn. & N.D., it was an experience.

 

Weird, but age makes him look like Belichick.

 

North Dakota has nice dirt.

And Dots pretzels.

 

There is blame to go around that is for sure but there is one pick that does not make sense. If I did not know better Ben bet to lose and he won his bet. Throwing 5 years in front of you right into the defenders belly? WTF

 

There are a ton of things wrong with the offense but anyone who can't see that Ben is one of them is delusional.

 

Drops are a problem. NFL WR's need to catch the ball. But I can't help but wonder if there's a correlation between short passes and drops. There's less time to react to the ball, more likely for a DL to get his arm up and impair the vision for the WR, etc. Ben throws a ton of short passes, so I can't help but wonder if that isn't a factor in the drops we seem to struggle with.

 

How many did Harris drop? It seemed like every one of those was an instance of him trying to run before he had control of the ball. Actually, that is often an issue with short passes. The receivers know they have to gain yards after the catch, which disrupts their concentration.

 

Yes it will fix that. Because hopefully a different quarterback will be able to throw deeper passes down the middle of the field which in turn will back off some of the defense out of the box. Then running the ball becomes easier.

 

And on a lot of those short passes the receiver is having to adjust to a poorly thrown ball. Ben rarely hit guys in stride anymore. If we are going to expect RAC then we need to do a better job of giving them a chance.

 

Big Ben is playing like ****. I don’t care what the reasons are why. They owe it to the rest of the team and the fans to try something different even if it ends up being the same or worse. Enough is enough already.

 

You do some gardening in N.D., Pittsburgh, China? I'm not allowed to plant one currently.