Beat Cincy and then rest Veterans/injured ?

Stone · Dec 21, 2020

Formerscribe said: ↑

He isn't stepping into his throws. His mechanics are off, which is accounting for the inconsistency in terms of accuracy and the strength of his throws.

I'm not 100 percent sure on this one, but it seems like the offense is even more shotgun happy than usual. That could also be a way to protect his knees, sparing him the need to crouch and drop back quickly. The sore knee isn't just limiting his mobility. It is limiting the running game and leading to throws that are either inaccurate or lacking in his usual velocity. Check out the pick-six before the half against the Bills. That ball wasn't just a little behind Smith-Schuster. He just didn't get enough on it. That is something in his mechanics.

It is possible the elbow is bothering him, too, but I think the more likely option is the knee. I say that because he did briefly leave the Dallas game to check out his knees, and he missed almost all of the team's practices ahead of the Washington game due to knee soreness.
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Quite frankly, I think he's just protecting himself in general. He knows he's old, he knows this is probably his last chance, and he knows that if he goes down, the show is over.

Stone · Dec 21, 2020

jeh1856 said: ↑

The limping?
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Nah.....that's just business as usual for us old guys.

Stone · Dec 21, 2020

jeh1856 said: ↑

For what it’s worth:

There’s serious concern in the Steelers organization about Roethlisberger’s knee,” Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports reported on Sunday. “It’s been bothering him for weeks and sources say it’s not getting any better, an issue in practices and in games.”

But as Abraham Lincoln said, don’t believe everything you read on the internet.
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In the old days the saying was "believe 10% of what you hear and 90% of what you see". Now a days, you simply can't believe ****.

Even good old Honest Abe was a liar if he said said anything about the internet!

Stone · Dec 22, 2020

Formerscribe said: ↑

He isn't stepping into his throws. His mechanics are off, which is accounting for the inconsistency in terms of accuracy and the strength of his throws.

I'm not 100 percent sure on this one, but it seems like the offense is even more shotgun happy than usual. That could also be a way to protect his knees, sparing him the need to crouch and drop back quickly. The sore knee isn't just limiting his mobility. It is limiting the running game and leading to throws that are either inaccurate or lacking in his usual velocity. Check out the pick-six before the half against the Bills. That ball wasn't just a little behind Smith-Schuster. He just didn't get enough on it. That is something in his mechanics.

It is possible the elbow is bothering him, too, but I think the more likely option is the knee. I say that because he did briefly leave the Dallas game to check out his knees, and he missed almost all of the team's practices ahead of the Washington game due to knee soreness.
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I watched for this last night and I think you are correct.

I have never seen Ben play this bad.

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Beat Cincy and then rest Veterans/injured ?

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