Just a little while ago, I watched my beloved Steelers get beaten down by the Tennessee Titans in Nashville. In possibly the biggest game of the season, my Pittsburgh Steelers played like a high school team and got embarrassed, 31-14.
The Steelers did not play like they had over the past five weeks, which during that time they were 5-0. The play of the entire team was out of character.
I must say that the Steelers did hang in there for two quarters, but then they went and basically took a nap in the second half.
Ben Roethlisberger was holding onto the ball way too long, when he actually still had it in his hands. He threw two picks and fumbled FOUR times! Now he only lost two of those four fumbles, but come on, I've seen Braylon Edwards hold onto the ball better than Big Ben did.
Then there was the issue of Bruce Arians' play calls. I recently wrote an article explaining my dislike towards Arians and why he should be fired. His type of play call was so predictable: run, run, pass, run, run, pass. And on the few drives where he passed it on either first or second down, the Steelers either scored or picked up a first down.
Bruce Arians also used Willie Parker way too much. I don't understand how Arians can't see what I, or any Steelers fan for that matter, can see. He is even closer than we are, but he still tries the same techniques over and over and over again.
He'll have Parker run it up the middle, which is incredibly dumb since he's not a power back, he's a quick back. And Parker obviously cannot get the job done because he only had 29 yards on 18 attempts for a 1.6 yard per carry average.
Mewelde Moore had a much better day, rushing for 28 yards on just 3 attempts, for a whopping 9.3 yards a carry. Notice the difference here? Moore had roughly the same yards on 15 less attempts. Bruce Arians needs to be looking at these stats are realize that Moore is going to be the guy to get the job done.
And the Steelers No. 1 ranked defense did an abissmal job trying to contain the Titans offense. Not only did they give up 31 points, but they also gave up their first 300 yard game the entire season.
They couldn't stop the pass, and couldn't stop the run when it mattered. The defense only sacked Kerry Collins once, and did not cause a single turnover. highly uncharacteristic of them.
The Steelers played absolutely horrible against the Titans and I am now worried about the playoffs, considering this game held so much weight. I don't know how Pittsburgh will fare in the playoffs when every game counts and just one loss sends you packing.
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L.J. Burgess 6 months ago
RE: "The Steelers did not play like they had over the past five weeks,..."
Yeah they did...they just ran out of that luck they've had all year...hahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
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Eddie Rossell 6 months ago
Us LUCKY? If you are lucky you guys MIGHT get to play us in the playoffs again, because as of right now, we are IN the playoffs, you guys aren't.
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L.J. Burgess 6 months ago
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Suade Chamberlain 6 months ago
I'm with you Eddie........that BAHAHAHAHA that L.J. sent in his last comment sounds a lot like a choking noise me, which is exactly what the Ravens are going to do in the first round....CHOKE!!!
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Kevin Fancher 6 months ago
If only had consistant QB play we would be undefeated Ben gets paid way to much to be blowing it. he gets more the payton, brady and every other player in the league and they win the games and he sells us short its not fair with him getting paid that much and hes the cause of our unstability. Ben is a BUM this season he should be far more developed as a 5 year starter. If he wasnt getting paid so much he whould be on the bench behind Dixon #2. get it together Ben
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Eddie Rossell 6 months ago
Idk. it seems lately that he's more of a game manager than a star. He has engineered some pretty good game winning or tying drives though. He just played really bad on Sunday.
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Kevin Fancher 6 months ago
PLEASE JUST ADMIT HE IS BUMING IT THIS SEASON he plays bad every sunday our D saves him. And until he and the fans admits that he is the problem and the reason we are losing then we are going to lose. one thing for sure 2 things for certain either he needs to play better then he has played all year. or he needs to sit it down. dont let the one or 2 drives a game fool you. yeah he has a drive here and there but he is the highest paid player in the NFL. for every positive i can give at least 4 negatives. and thats not 100 million $ play. thats more like 1 million $ play. fact is that he is a bum on the reg who can make a play every so often.
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Eddie Rossell 6 months ago
nobody said you couldn't win ugly. Ben has only lost 4 games, don't go jumpin ship on him this season just yet. see how he does in the playoffs, remember he has a ring already.
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Kevin Fancher 6 months ago
ok so do every guy on the steelers practice squad that year lol. the question is should he have at least 2 rings. Ben blew it his rookie year as well. but you can give the reason that he was a rookie you couldnt expect him to be 15-1 as rookie and go as far as he did. the Qb job those years where to simple not mess up. now at 5 years he has a bigger role not only to not mess up but to make a play as well. if we had any other high paid QB Palmer, brady, any Manning, ect we would be unbeatible. our team is great Ben is surrounded by a great D decent recievers a shaky run game but it is only shaky because we cant throw well. yeah and our play calling sucks. what is ben the elephant in the room
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Eddie Rossell 6 months ago
i do think a lot of his bad play has to do with the O-line. But then again, your line shouldn't have to block for 10 minutes straight while Ben finds the big play every down. You cannot put ALL of the blame on ben's shoulders though.
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Charlie Cox 6 months ago
hey L.J.
We kicked your ass twice.
We won the north.
We're the two seed.
We have the best defense in the NFL.
Luck? No.
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Kevin Fancher 6 months ago
at 100 million bucks i think it is on his shoulders. i only talk about how much he gets paid b/c it is the thing that keeps him from taking a back seat. if he didnt get paid that much after the year he has been having he would be riding pine. they would have game leftwich or maybe even dixon a shot and he would have gotten out played
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Eddie Rossell 6 months ago
no no no. you can NEVER and I mean NEVER put an ENTIRE game on one person, (unless it's like Sage Rosenfels, totally his fault in the Houston-Indy game a while ago). There are just so many other things that could've gone differently. Maybe if Troy doesn't cheat to the right, Gage doesn't make that TD catch. Maybe Santonio shouldn't have stopped up short on that pass where ben threw it deep and Finnegan almost caught it. There are other players on the field you know, they could have done things differently also. Maybe the receivers aren't getting open fast enough, who knows. I just don't think the ENTIRE thing is Ben's fault.
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Kevin Fancher 6 months ago
wow you are a ben lover. LOVE is blind. he is a 100 million $ bust at that amount of money he is expected to do above and over what is expected. and he is playing below average. he has a big play every so often and the rest of his plays are bust. face it hes a bum in 08 maybe in 09 his new year resolution will be not to bust and let the team, fans, and the city down.
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jimi hendrix 6 months ago
Too late to make changes. Ride with Ben and the "D" to get it done!!!!
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