Loose Slag from The Still Mill ������Oct
3, 2007 ����
- All is
not lost......this team will rebound. The press clippings after
a 3-0 start helped make this team a bit overconfident and smug.�� �But
�I lost a lot of respect for Arians.....particularly
for that piece of shit pattern in the end zone that took Heath Miller into a forest
of defenders. Dallas Clark caught 2 TD passes in tight quarters on Sunday
while being ISOLATED in coverage on the OUTSIDE.��� Mike Vrabel, on Monday night, PEELED OFF from
a power running formation, and snagged a TD in a CLEARED OUT area of the end
zone. ��Both tactics are acceptable.� What isn�t, is blindly running a receiver straight
into a thicket of defenders who, in the tight quarters of the EZ, are dropping
back all of about 8 INCHES and who aren�t being cleared out by some crossing
receiver.��� Arians should be shot for
calling such a juvenilish, pile of shit pattern, in combination with a game
plan that he evidently produced during a pre-game dump. ��This one play has pissed me off these past 3
days, with no end in sight.���
- Tomlin must have seen my postgame analysis, and commented
on the Harrison fumble recovery in his press conference.� Tommy claimed he did not challenge the return
on Jamie Harrison�s fumble recovery because his coaches upstairs �saw that he
clearly fell over their lineman�.�� Regrettably,
that wasn�t the entire point.�� The
point with any recovery and then with any �downing� of a �fumble recoverer�, is
CONTROL.��� I don�t believe Harrison
-- the same guy that dropped a LOLLIPOP interception on the game�s first series
and a guy never known for good hands -- ever had full control of the football
as he was doing his acrobatic somersault over the Cards� lineman.�� Jamie didn�t seize control until after
the somersault, and he was then untouched en route to the end zone.�� As Tomlin himself noted when defending the
challenge of the Urban TD, this Harrison TD was a SEVEN point play.�� It was late in the 3Q (2:13 remaining) and
we had 1 challenge remaining.�� USE IT.�� It was well worth the risk, as we could
have challenged the control of the football.�
�
- No one asked during the press conference, but we all should
wonder -- exactly what did Tomlin do with that unused challenge when he
returned to Pittsburgh?? ��
- Anyone hear from Big Joey Porter lately??��� "We will win on Sunday. �We will win and that's it." - Joey
Porter, 9/26/07
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"You can make the mouth say anything, but there's 60 minutes of
football that have to be played. It's tough when you run your mouth, boy. It's tough."
- Warren Sapp, 9/30/07
��� J Queazy had guaranteed a
win over the Raiders on Sunday. �Not
only did the Dolphins get waxed 35-17, but the Raiders'
B-team running backs hung 299 rushing yards on Porter, who could only manage
four measly tackles.�� (Gee, what a surprise!)��
� �Here's a prediction: the Dolphins, who gave Porter $20 million in
guaranteed money, will soon be filled with buyer's remorse (if they aren't
already). �Porter needs to stick to what
he knows best, either stack jumping or hiding behind his entourage while they
jump a one-legged offensive lineman.
- I�m figuring the lowly Rams will ambush the Cards this week
in St. Louis.� The Cards have won their
Super Bowl and will return down to Earth�.
- Biggest fear versus Seattle?�� No, not the washed up Shaun Alexander.� Rather, it�s Deion Branch running amuck, much as Larry Fitz did
last week.�� Sure, Seattle has little to
complement Branch, but remember, neither did Arizona this past Sunday.�� The highly regarded SF secondary, which
gave the Stiller receivers a fair amount of problems, was powerless last week
to stop Branch.� Dick LeBeau had better tighten
the reins, and quickly.��
(Still Mill
and Stillers.com -- when it comes to the analysis of the Pittsburgh Stillers,
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