Jax 31, Stillers 29��
���. Jan 5, 2008 ����AFC Wild Card Game��
Stillers-Jags Postgame
Analysis and Grades
In an
eerily similar game to the tussle 3 weeks ago, the Stillers slopped and
slathered, and Jax had a comfy 28-10 lead going into the 4Q.� The Stillers stormed back, and actually took
a thin 1-point lead late in the 4Q.�
But, true to the nature of this team the entire 2nd half of the season,
no-brained playcalling on offense, combined with shitty special teams and The
Softee Defense, allowed Jax to easily march for the winning FG.�
Grades:
QB:�
As has happened in just about every loss this year, Ben had a miserable,
horrible 1H, and then played fairly decently in the 2nd half.� It�s awfully hard in the NFL playoffs to
throw 3 INTs in the 1H -- one of which was returned for a TD -- and then come
back and actually win from that deep a hole.�
Ben started
off the game poorly enough, overthrowing a wide-open Ward on a lil� flare.� He caught fire a bit during that drive, yet
still showed some dumbassed stupidity.�
On a rollout to his right, Ben held onto the ball despite being well
outside the tackles, and he took a 6-yard sack by Henderson.� There was no reason whatsoever to NOT throw
this ball away and avoid the 6-yard loss.��
(Luckily, the refs blew this play and incorrectly called Hendu for a
15-yard horsecollar flag.)�
After this
superb drive, things went terribly sour late in the 1Q and in the 2Q for
Benji.� At the end of the 1Q, he threw a
tentative, lollipop lob to Holmes on a deepish flag that was easily broken
up.� He then threw a woeful curl pass to
Miller that was high and behind the TE, and it glanced off Miller�s hands.� Luckily, it bounced to Ward for his
2nd-longest pass completion of the evening of 33 yards.�
But Ben
quickly followed that up by throwing a hideous INT on a deep in-curl (not a
quick slant, like some idiots may believe, but a 14-yard in) to Holmes
that was tentative and, after Ben had telegraphed this play, Mathis jumped it
like a t-bone steak.� Worse, Mathis
returned it for a TD.� On the next
series, Ben was flushed, and skittish as he was, he left the pocket and could
have done any number of things -- 1.) kept the ball with acres of room, 2.) hit
Holmes along the s-line for about 12 yards, or 3.) simply tossed the ball into
the bleachers.�� Instead, he forced an
ass-awkward lollipop lob into DOUBLE coverage to Davenport, of all people,
which was easily picked off.�
�
Ben took a
sack on 2d & 13 at 7:50 of the 2Q, as tentative as ever.� On the next play, he smartly pulled the ball
down from a blown-up screen, and rolled away, but instead of tossing the ball
OOB, he actually HELD ONTO the ball like a greenhorned rookie, taking a sack
where none needed to be taken.�
Late in the
2Q, there was the poor, low in to Holmes that was caught but ruled inc.�� Any half-decent pass here is an easy
reception.�� And then, soon thereafter,
Ben threw his 3rd INT, on a weakassed, lollipopped middle screen that was
picked off by a backup rookie lineman.�
Late in the
3Q, Ben pumped faked, and had TWO men open deep, but REFUSED to throw the ball,
and took another sack.�� Early in the
4Q, he threw a poor curl pass that Durant nearly picked
Ben finally
unleashed a deep ball in the 4Q, but as usual, he was late, tentative, and
lollipoppish, and the pass was meekly underthrown to Nate.�� And on the 2-pointer from the 12-yard line,
Ben, with no presence of mind whatsoever, actually tried to run it in,
forgetting that� a.) he�s slower than
shit, and b.) it�s a 2-pointer, so the INT doesn�t matter.�� Throw the ball !!� With the LOS at the 12, you absolutely have to take a stab
at or near the end zone on this 2-point try.�
To his
credit, Ben made some plays in the 4Q to rally the team.� The TD passes to Holmes and Miller were,
unlike 80% of all his other passes, crisp and decisive.� Ben will have a long winter thinking about
this fiasco.�� If there is any solace to
Ben�s gawdawful performance, it is that Colbert and Khan can hand out DVD
copies of this game to Ben�s agent during the negotiations of Ben�s extension,
which should easily shave off, oh, at least $10M from this deal.�� C-
RB:�
Davenport, Russell, and Davis got some carries, and never mounted any
kind of serious ground threat.�� Daven
had 16 for 25 yards; Russell 3 for 2, and Davis 3 for 3.� Each did chip in a lil� bit with the passing
game, with Daven grabbing a key 18-yard catch & run late in the 2Q.� But Daven dropped a pass, and Davis dropped
a likely TD pass late in the 4Q.�
Russell was called for a �low block� on the Mathis INT return for a TD,
which was total bullshit, as he was seen quite visibly around the 45-yard line
making a very legitimate tackle attempt at the heels of Mathis.� It was only after Mathis eluded this
tackle, and after Russell rolled, that Russell �low blocked� a
Jaguar.�� C
FB: The FB wasn�t used much, except on
short-yardage plunges.�� Davis failed
poorly on Daven�s first goal line plunge on the 1st series, but came back the
very next play and helped pave the way for a Najeh TD.���� Inc
WR: Ward led the way with a tough
effort, gaining 135 yards on 10 grabs.�
He had sense enough to stay alert on the curl pass to Miller, which was
tipped and then snared by Ward for a 33-yard gain.� Ward also had a tremendous catch on the 2-pointer in the 4Q --
yes, he had BOTH feet well in bounds -- but the grab was nullified by a phantom
holding call.��
�� Holmes was quiet early on, dropping a
simple slant in the 2Q and doing little.�
He did make a superb catch on a low deep in, late in the 2Q, only to be
robbed by a blind replay official that somehow overturned the catch.� He had a nice RAC on the 4th & 12 on a quick,
short slant (caught only 6 yards downfield), beating 2 tackle attempts en route
to the 37-yard TD.� However, down 28-10
in the 4Q as he was heading toward the goal line, only an assaholic, immature
dunce like Tonio Holmes would start to prance and showboat on his way to the
end zone, which is exactly what Holmes did.�
Very annoying, disappointing, and embarrassing.�
�� As has happened all too often this season,
the offense got almost nothing from its # 3 and # 4 WRs.� Each had 1 piddly grab for 8 and 10 yards.� Nate had a chance to make a big downfield
play on the underthrown deep ball in the 4Q, but allowed the ball to slither
through his hands on a tough, but not impossible, catch attempt.�
�� Reid, thank goodness, was inactive.��������� Ward:� A.����� All others:��� C
TE:�
Catching wise, Miller was a man among boys tonite, turning in what
probably was his best pro effort.�
Miller grabbed 8 balls for 85 yards and a key 4Q TD. He did allow the curl
pass, which was a bit poor, to glance off his hands (and into the hands of
Ward).� A tough catch, but not
impossible.�� His run blocking, however,
was atrocious.� He was weak on the toss
sweep by Daven in the 2Q that gained 0.�
He was woefully weak on his block right after that �deflection play�,
which got Russell buried for a 1-yard loss.�
Speath had a grab on the 1st drive, but then, like a complete dumbass,
stretched the ball out futilely for the goal line and then coughed it up.
Thankfully, the ref made the right call by immediately whistling Speath�s knee
as down, but a slower ref might very well have allowed that play to continue
for the extra millisecond or two.� The
next time I see a player trying to �stretch� the ball over the goal line from
the 4-yard line, I�m going to go ape shit and break something.������ B
OL: The line had its problems with the
Jax front 7, even though Henderson left early with a hamstring pull.�� The running game was a complete waste of
time in this mismatch.� The pass
blocking wasn�t as hideous as the �sack� numbers would indicate, which is no surprise
due to the sack being the most meaningless stat in all of pro sports.�� Shitlesberger caused at least 4 of the
sacks with timid, tentative, indecisive play either back in the pocket or on
the run.�
�� Mahan continued his wretched play.� On the TD plunge early on, he got stood up
and then shoved back.� He was weak, and
got bulled badly, on a sack at 7:50 2Q.�
On the middle screen that was INT�d, Mahan left waaay too early, which
easily tipped off Landri.� Mahan was
flagged for a hold that nullified Ward�s 2-point catch, but to his credit, this
was a horrible, bullshit, reprehensible call.��
I fully EXPECT, and Rooney should DEMAND, a letter of apology from the
NFL for this phantom, horseshit call that cost us 2 points, which was the
margin of victory.�� Of course, a pile
of dung like Mahan has probably been singled out by ref crews all season long
for his gaffes and holds, so this could very well be the case of �guilt by
association�.��
�� He wasn�t alone, however.�� Faneca has played his last game as a
Steeler, and join me in singing, �HOORAY!! ���
He was once again an over-rated oaf that plodded and stumbled about like
a rookie 4th round draft pick.�� In the
2nd series of the game, he was poor as piss on 3rd down, which caused the flush
of Ben and forced the punt.� On the 1st
play of the 2Q, Faneca made a play so ball-sucking and ass-clumsy that I want
every fan to re-watch it and laugh their ass off.� He was help-blocking, and then TURNED HIS BACK to Paul Spicer
like a complete pansie.� He turned
his back, and can be seen waddling like a drunken �catcher� that had just
had his 1st gay encounter with a rabid boyfriend.�� On this 3rd & 8, Ben was sacked while the supposed $9M Man
was waddling with his back TOWARDS the line of scrimmage.�� Great play, Crybaby Alan !!� On Ben�s 2nd INT, Faneca just leaves Grady
Jackson -- the INSIDE rusher -- to help Essex, who was having no problem with
his man.� In charged Jackson to flush
Ben out of the pocket.�� On the INT of
the middle screen, Faneca was extremely poor in selling this, blandly shoving
Landri and scooting off in such an obvious manner that even the rookie backup
smelled it out.���
�� Essex didn�t play shabbily at all at
LT.� He quite on McCary on the final
play with 30 secs remaining, but the game was all but over at that point
anyway.� He had a false start late in
the 3Q.� For a 3rd string tackle, he
more than acquitted himself.
�� Simmons missed a block on a pull in the 1Q,
leading to a 2-yard loss by Davenport.�
On the late Daven TD plunge, Simmons fired out, and whiffed and ended up
face-first in the dirt.�
���� Colon had a few small struggles in pass
pro, but played okay.�����
���� Mahan: D.�� Faneca:� D-���� Rest of OL:� B-��
DL:�
The D-line was once again sloppy, flabby, and weaker than shit.��
Casey �Han Solo� Hampton was once again SOLO blocked nearly the entire game.�� And not only was he SOLO blocked, but he was easily controlled and usually got dominated.� I reviewed every play on tape, and here is how Jax blocked the vaunted Snack Monger on designed running plays:�
�� Solo blocked:�� 16
�� Solo with a small chip:� 3
�� Double teamed:��� 2
������ (Note: DVR problems prevented me from taping the very 1st plunge of the 3Q. )�
��� As you can see, Han Hampton was SOLO blocked nearly the entire evening.�� Worse, �Pop Tart� Hampton was continually STANDING UP like a rabid giraffe as soon as the ball was snapped, making his manhandling all the more easier.�� He sat there crying and sobbing after the easy Taylor TD plunge, �Waaaah, the blocker got his hand in my face.��� Big fucking deal !!� He stood UP right at the snap, and was easily handled.� He deserves to have a hand, or 2 or 3, in his face!��
��� Some memorable plays for the fat, cap-eating hog:��
� - 6:30 2Q, Han gets soloed, and easily handled on a 3-yard run.�
��� Next play -��� Han gets soloed and shoved back a full 2- yards, and Taylor gains 10.�
��� Next play -� Han gets soloed and then TURNS HIS BACK like a complete pansie.� The RB, Taylor, gained an easy NINE yards.�
�� - 9:23 3Q.�� Han gets SOLO blocked, and is easily shielded off while Taylor
cruised right up the gaping hole for an easy 7 yards.� The replay clearly shows this ass-raping with their �floating
robot� camera.��
�� ��Kirschke and Hoke spelled Han Hampton at NT and played
acceptably.� They also spelled some at
DE.� Kirschke missed a sack on the 2nd
series, though he did have a good swim move to chip in with Woodley on the
dropping of Garrard early in the 2Q.�
Eason also saw some spot duty.�
���� Besides Han Solo Hampton, the other
biggest culprit to the D-line woes was none other than Brett Keisel, who hasn�t
made a play since the 8th grade picnic and had an absolutely wretched,
vomit-laded game tonite.�� Make no mistake,
this guy was a complete, total pile of manure in this loss.� He had a bat on the 2nd series, and had a
rare stop in the backfield for a 4-yard loss in the 2Q, and then that was it.� On Drew�s 10-yard TD run, Keisel was simply
gang-raped by 1 blocker and then bitch slapped like a rag doll, getting shoved
and sealed so easily that the blocker was almost doubled over with
laughter.�� On a 3d & 2 at 8:00 3Q,
Keisel totally abandons his rushing lane to pursue a screen -- while completely
taking his eyes off Garrard -- which allowed for a mammoth hole to open up for
Garrard, and he took it for a 12-yard run.��
And on the fateful 4th & 2 QB draw, it was Keisel that gets
plundered and punished by the blocker, and then Keisel, like a homo in heat,
simply falls to his knees as Garrard run by for the 32-yard gain.�� If Keisel works at just an 80% effort level
and uses technique that a college freshman would be able to apply, the hole is
easily closed and Garrard gains, at most, 3 yards.�
��� Han Hampton:� C-.�� ��Keisel:�
D-������ Rest of DL:� C+
LB:�
Another long, wretched day for the LB corps.� Supposedly a team strength, the entire national TV audience saw
what a farce this LB corps really is.��
� As I�d clearly noted in my pregame �Keys to Beating the Jags�
article, we needed at least some modicum of NFL-caliber play from the 2
ILBs.� Sadly, this did not happen.�
��� Farrior was a complete oaf, visibly
showing his declining skills and decreasing speed for all to see.�� He had ONE man to cover on the long
Jones-Drew TD catch and run -- Maurice Jones Drew.� He was on that side of the formation, and clearly had his sights
set on Drew as the ball is snapped. After that, it was all over.� �The Winged God of LB Coverage� was
pitifully slow and clumsy in trying to cover Drew on a simple lil� float route,
and then flailed and whiffed after the catch was made.� Farrior did have a rare INT in the 3Q,
although, with an acre of field in front of him, he clumsily stumbled and
tripped over his own feet after the pick, which negated any sort of long
return.�� On the 10-yard Drew TD run,
Farrior was as slow as whaleshit on this play, offering no more help than a
French platoon in the face of an enemy attack.�� On the fateful 4th & 2, Farrior was lined up to the Steelers
right of the middle, and should have been in perfect
position to seal the hole and make the stick on Garrard.� Instead, like a complete drunken, acid
induced ball sucker, Farrior charges over to his left -- Garrard�s right --
even though Garrard NEVER once made the slightest move or motion in that
direction.� This totally assaholic angle
took Farrior completely out of the play, and allowed Garrard the acre of open room
for the game-sealing 32-yard scamper.�
On Harrison�s delay-blitz and sack early in the 4Q, that was Farrior
that had his dick knocked into the dirt on his feeble-assed pass rush.��
��� Foote was determined to not let Farrior
out-do him in the blundering department.�
He had a whiff on an easy stop at the LOS on Taylor on the 2nd
series.� He was weak as tissue in trying
to bring down Reggie Williams on a 2Q crosser; only be the fact that is was a
3rd & 25 prevented this from being a stick-moving play.� His worst boner came on the Drew 10-yard TD
run.� Foote run-blitzed, and then got
his ass blistered and violated so badly that Pittsburgh police are filing rape
charges on this sickening ass assault.�
This opened up a cavernous holes for Drew to just waltz into the EZ for
the easy score.� I�ve never asked Foote
to play as well as Butkus, Lewis, or Lambert�..but wouldn�t it be nice if he
could play as well as what you�d expect from a rookie 6th rounder??�
��� Caspar Haggans was once again a ghost,
doing nothing at all.� He had poor,
sloppy coverage on a simple out to Lewis in the 2Q, and then, with Lewis pinned
along the sideline, Haggans came over as awkward and out of control as a
drunken stooge, and then flailed to the turf as Lewis gained an extra 4 yards
on the 11-yard play.� He was also poor
on the 1st down play at 7:10 3Q, in which Garrard scrambled for 3 yards.� Haggans also had an offsides penalty in the
1Q.� Fortunately, Haggans sat the pine
quite a bit as this game wore on, and unless he�s willing to accept the NFL
minimum, his days in Pittsburgh have mercifully come to an end.�
�� Woodley got his most extensive PT of the
year, and played solidly.� He had a Dong
Sack in the 2Q.� In the 4Q, he ha a good
stick on Taylor on a widish run, and later beat the FB, Jones, for a sack of
Garrard on 3d & 7.� Unlike Clark
Faggans, Woodley was making his presence felt and providing some heat n�
harassment.��
�� Harrison outplayed all his fellow LB mates
with a solid game.� He was tenacious, he
was sound, and he was rock solid.�� He
was also held at least 4 different times, without ever drawing a flag, which
pissed me off.�
��� Farrior:�
D-.��� Foote: D.�� Haggans: C-.�� Harrison:� B.�� Woodley:�
B.��
DB:�
There thankfully weren�t any hideous boners, like allowing someone to be
wide open for an easy bomb, and overall the play was allright.�
��� Ty Carter got the work at FS in lieu of
Tony Smith.� Carter �s play in the 1Q,
was solid, with some good hits in �scraping� opponents off the pile.� But tasked to work in space, which is
his downfall, Carter was badly exposed.�
He had Drew pinned along the sideline after the short catch, but
foolishly took a meek, timid angle, and Drew simply kept on running along the
chalk while Carter whiffed in pathetic fashion. �On the late, long run by Garrard, Carter had Picard sized
up, but again was timid and meek in his approach, and Garrard just kept on
rumbling for another 15 yards.�
�
�� Troy �Caspar� Pola was a total mystery man,
doing nothing of any significance the entire game.� The guy was a total ZERO.��
He finished with (hold your snickering) 0 solos and 2 assists.�� He took a poor, slow angle on the slant to
Wilford right after Ike�s masking flag.�
This was a basic play where Pola was in the perfect position to just
light up Wilford as the ball arrived, but instead he meekly flailed at the
passed ball and whiffed in pathetic fashion.��
�� Ike had some struggles in the 3Q.� His stupid-assed 15-yard mask of Wilford
negated a Harrison sack, and boosted the Jax drive.� Then Wilford grabbed 2 easy slants in front of Ike.� He and Pola were both trucked on the end of
Taylor�s 10-yard run in the 2Q.�� Ike
had okay coverage on the deep lob to N-cutt in the 2Q, but as usual with Ike, he
quit on the last split-second of the play, and N-cutt nearly came down with the
ball for a TD.��
���� Town played okay.� He was flagged for an illegal contact in the
4Q that was declined.�� McFadden played
some and did little.��
��� Pola:�
D.��� Carter:�� D.��
All others:�� C+
�
Spec
teams:� The Stillers took the early 7-0 lead on the
opening drive, and then the ever-so-trusty special teams took over to ensure
any commanding lead would be short lived.�
Drew took the KO and the hole opened up like the Moses parting the Red
Sea.�� A 53-year old beer vendor could
have taken that ball up that enormous hole for a long gainer.� Cooper had a poor whiff, and McFadden was
poor, as was Ike, who was a complete, timid pansie in trying to make a tackle
in Stiller territory.� After Holmes� TD
in the 4Q, a pooch KO went to the 26 and was easily returned to the Jax
38.��
��� Davis, Harrison, and Russell had good
sticks in KO coverage.��
��� Late in the game, when the Stillers needed
a booming punt and good coverage, they got neither.�� Shitpulveda kicked a low, shallow 40-yard punt, and Northcutt,
with gobs of open room, returned the punt 16 yards to the Jax 49.� Jax�s rookie punter boomed a 53-yarder on
the previous drive; our rookie punter kicked a faggotty 40-yard boot.��
����
��� Special-teams
coaches Bob Ligashesky and Amos Jones should be prepared to join the
unemployment line fairly soon.��� This
Amos and Andy comedy routine has gone on long enough.����� F
OC:�
Bruce Arians once again showed his complete idiocy and
incompetence.� One of the keys I had
clearly noted in my pregame �Keys
to Beating the Jags�, was to pass on RUNNING downs, due to the dominance of
the Jags front 7 and the absence of Willie Parker.� Arians actually did this on the game�s 1st drive, and the results
were brilliant, as follows:��
1Q, 1st
drive:
|
1-10-PIT
20 |
(14:56)
7-B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete short right to 86-H.Ward. |
|
2-10-PIT
20 |
(14:53) (Shotgun)
7-B.Roethlisberger pass short right to 83-H.Miller to PIT 26 for 6 yards
(52-D.Smith). |
|
3-4-PIT 26
|
(14:14)
(Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger pass short right to 86-H.Ward pushed ob at JAC
43 for 31 yards (25-R.Nelson). |
|
1-10-JAC
43 |
(13:42)
7-B.Roethlisberger sacked at JAC 49 for -6 yards (98-J.Henderson). PENALTY on
JAC-98-J.Henderson, Personal Foul, 15 yards, enforced at JAC 49. |
|
1-10-JAC
34 |
(13:10)
7-B.Roethlisberger pass short left to 86-H.Ward to JAC 29 for 5 yards
(52-D.Smith). |
|
2-5-JAC 29
|
(12:36)
7-B.Roethlisberger pass short right to 86-H.Ward to JAC 18 for 11 yards
(29-B.Williams). |
|
1-10-JAC
18 |
(12:04)
44-N.Davenport up the middle to JAC 8 for 10 yards (26-S.Knight). |
|
1-8-JAC 8 |
(11:22) 7-B.Roethlisberger
pass short right to 89-M.Spaeth to JAC 1 for 7 yards (56-J.Durant).
Jacksonville challenged the fumble ruling, and the play was Upheld. (Timeout
#1.) |
2 Plays
later, Daven scored on a plunge.��
As you can
see, the offense never ran the ball until we had run 6 (SIX) passing
plays.�� We had the Jags off balance,
and we were avoiding going with weakness against strength.�� These passing plays were crisp, quick, and
sharp.�� We were also mostly avoiding 2d
& longs and entirely avoiding 3rd & longs.�� But Arians, as cutesy as he is stupid, eschewed this, and began
going with the plunge more often than a plumber, which put the offense in
hideous, predictable predicaments on 2nd and 3rd downs.� He also rabidly revived his Curla-Holic
Offense, in which nearly every pattern is a hook, an in, or a
curl.����
1Q, 2d
drive:
|
1-10-PIT
28 |
(9:36)
44-N.Davenport left guard to PIT 34 for 6 yards (51-C.Ingram). �Not desirable, but
solid result |
|
2-4-PIT 34
|
(8:58) 7-B.Roethlisberger
pass short left to 33-G.Russell to PIT 40 for 6 yards (56-J.Durant;
26-S.Knight). |
|
1-10-PIT
40 |
(8:30)
44-N.Davenport right guard to PIT 45 for 5 yards (21-T.Cousin). |
|
2-5-PIT 45
|
(7:54) 44-N.Davenport
up the middle to PIT 43 for -2 yards (93-B.McCray, 97-R.Hayward).�� WHY� ????���
BRAINLESS, totally faggott playcall |
|
3-7-PIT 43
|
(7:16)
(Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger scrambles up the middle to PIT 47 for 4 yards
(57-B.Hawkins). |
1Q, 3rd drive:
|
1-10-PIT
20 |
(:58)
7-B.Roethlisberger pass short left to 83-H.Miller to PIT 33 for 13 yards
(29-B.Williams). |
|
1-10-PIT
33 |
(:13)
7-B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete deep right to 10-S.Holmes (51-C.Ingram). |
|
2-10-PIT
33 |
(:05) 33-G.Russell
right guard to PIT 35 for 2 yards (26-S.Knight).��� Worthless, ball sucking playcall |
|
END
QUARTER 1 |
|
|
3-8-PIT 35 |
(15:00)
(Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger sacked at PIT 25 for -10 yards (95-P.Spicer). |
2Q, 4th
drive of half:
|
1-10-PIT
16 |
(12:25)
44-N.Davenport left tackle to PIT 16 for no gain (27-R.Mathis).�� Why?� Worthless, faggotty� play |
|
2-10-PIT
16 |
(11:43)
(Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete short left to 10-S.Holmes
(27-R.Mathis). |
|
3-10-PIT
16 |
(11:40)
(Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger pass deep right to 86-Ward pushed ob at PIT 49
for 33 yards (56-J.Durant). Pass was intended for Miller at the PIT 35;
tipped off his hands and recoverd by #86 Ward |
|
1-10-PIT
49 |
(11:09)
33-G.Russell right end to PIT 48 for -1 yards (97-R.Hayward,
52-D.Smith).�� Worthless play, which sets up -- |
|
2-11-PIT
48 |
(10:31)
7-B.Roethlisberger pass right (14-yard curl-in pass) intended for 10-S.Holmes
INTERCEPTED by 27-R.Mathis at JAC 37. 27-R.Mathis for 63 yards, TOUCHDOWN. |
2Q, 5th
drive of half:
|
1-10-PIT
20 |
(10:19)
44-N.Davenport right guard to PIT 15 for -5 yards (90-G.Jackson).��� WHY� ????���
BRAINLESS play, which sets up this act of desperation -- |
|
2-15-PIT
15 |
(9:37) (Shotgun)
7-B.Roethlisberger pass deep right intended for 44-N.Davenport INTERCEPTED by
27-R.Mathis at PIT 47. 27-R.Mathis to PIT 46 for 1 yard (44-N.Davenport). |
�2Q, 6th drive of half:��
(Pit down, 21-7)
|
1-10-PIT
21 |
(8:30) 44-N.Davenport
left guard to PIT 19 for -2 yards (51-C.Ingram, 56-J.Durant).���� WHY� ???���
BRAINLESS, butboy� playcall |
|
2-12-PIT
19 |
(7:47)
7-B.Roethlisberger sacked at PIT 15 for -4 yards (94-J.Mincey). |
|
3-16-PIT
15 |
(7:09) (Shotgun)
7-B.Roethlisberger sacked at PIT 12 for -3 yards (66-D.Landri).� (Screen play blown up) |
7th drive
-- 2-minute drill, which ends with The Homo Screen Pass that is INT�d.�
|
Timeout #2
by PIT at 01:17. |
|
1 & 10,
JAC 27: (1:17) (Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger pass short left to 38-C.Davis to
JAC 21 for 6 yards (21-T.Cousin, 56-J.Durant). |
|
2 & 4, JAC 21: (:57) (Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger pass short middle
intended for 38-C.Davis INTERCEPTED by 66-D.Landri at JAC 25. 66-D.Landri to
JAC 28 for 3 yards (79-T.Essex).��� Complete faggotty playcall�..an Asshole Arians Screen in
essentially the Red Zone |
3Q, 1st drive:
|
1-10-JAC
43 |
(14:09)
44-N.Davenport left end to JAC 44 for -1 yards (56-J.Durant).����� WHY� ?????���
BRAINLESS playcall. |
|
2-11-JAC
44 |
(13:27)
7-B.Roethlisberger pass short right to 83-H.Miller to JAC 31 for 13 yards
(51-C.Ingram). |
|
1-10-JAC
31 |
(12:52) 33-G.Russell
up the middle to JAC 30 for 1 yard (56-J.Durant).�� WHY�
?????��� BRAINLESS playcall. |
|
2-9-JAC 30
|
(12:10)
7-B.Roethlisberger pass short right to 10-S.Holmes to JAC 16 for 14 yards
(26-S.Knight). |
|
1-10-JAC
16 |
(11:36) 44-N.Davenport
up the middle to JAC 13 for 3 yards (26-S.Knight; 52-D.Smith).�� another
worthless 1D plunge |
|
2-7-JAC 13
|
(10:56)
(Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger pass short left to 10-S.Holmes to JAC 15 for -2
yards (29-B.Williams).�� The Homo Screen, Arians� favorite play, especially
in the Red Zone |
|
3-9-JAC 15
|
(10:11)
(Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger pass short left to 44-N.Davenport to JAC 10 for
5 yards (26-S.Knight).�� Notice, with a 1D at the 16, ZERO shots are taken at or
anywhere near the end zone on this dildo-inhaling sequence. �� |
|
4-4-JAC 10
|
(9:28)
3-J.Reed 28 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-60-G.Warren,
Holder-9-D.Sepulveda. |
Down 28-10 after
this series (Jax scored a TD), Arians finally went NH (no huddle) on the 4th
play and finally eschewed his worthless-assed ground game.�
|
10-J.Scobee
kicks 55 yards from JAC 30 to PIT 15. 44-N.Davenport to PIT 31 for 16 yards
(59-B.Iwuh; 42-C.Nkang). |
|
|
1-10-PIT
31 |
(4:34)
(Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete short right to 86-H.Ward
(21-T.Cousin).� 5W |
|
2-10-PIT
31 |
(4:30)
38-C.Davis right tackle to PIT 33 for 2 yards (26-S.Knight).�� Worthless
playcall |
|
3-8-PIT 33
|
(3:49) (Shotgun)
7-B.Roethlisberger pass short middle to 83-H.Miller to PIT 43 for 10 yards
(52-D.Smith, 57-B.Hawkins).�� Then went No Huddle.�
|
|
1-10-PIT
43 |
(3:16)
7-B.Roethlisberger pass short left to 83-H.Miller to JAC 49 for 8 yards (26-S.Knight,
29-B.Williams). |
|
2-2-JAC 49
|
(2:50)
38-C.Davis up the middle to JAC 47 for 2 yards (93-B.McCray).�� Good plunge to get 1st down on 2nd &
short. |
|
1-10-JAC
47 |
(2:18)
(Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger pass short middle to 86-H.Ward to JAC 35 for 12
yards (52-D.Smith). Penalty on JAC-93-B.McCray, Illegal Use of Hands,
declined. |
|
1-10-JAC
35 |
(2:01)
38-C.Davis left guard to JAC 36 for -1 yards (56-J.Durant, 94-J.Mincey).� Worthless-assed
playcall |
|
2-11-JAC
36 |
(1:28) PENALTY
on PIT-79-T.Essex, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at JAC 36 - No Play. |
|
2-16-JAC
41 |
(1:04)
(Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger sacked at PIT 49 for -10 yards (92-R.Meier). |
|
3-26-PIT
49 |
(:23) (Shotgun)
7-B.Roethlisberger pass short middle to 86-H.Ward to JAC 37 for 14 yards
(21-T.Cousin).� End of 3Q. |
� 4th & 12 :�� TD pass to Holmes�
You simply
cannot piss and fart away the 2 middle quarters of a playoff game.� Running aimless plunges by backup RBs
against a supremely rugged run defense�
was assaholic stupidity at its worst.�
The 1st drive showed what could be done, but Asshole Arians quickly shit
the bed and reverted to his retarded nature and dicked the dog for 2 quarters
thereafter.� He finally went hurry-up
late in the 3Q, and it produced momentum, yardage and points.��
On the 4Q
drive that began with 3:43 remaining, Arians again shit the bed.� He called 2 plunges, which netted 5 and then
minus-1.�� On 3rd & 6, after a
timeout no less, Arians calls this homosexual QB keeper around end -- with the
slowest QB in pro football besides Testaverde and with no throw option
whatsoever -- which got engulfed.� We
punted, Jax scored, and the game was over.�
This was some of the most mindless, blandest, sack o� shit late-game
playcalling ever seen.���
��� Other matters for the NFL�s worst OC:�
�� - As has happened all too often this
season, the offense got almost nothing from its # 3 and # 4 WRs.� Each had 1 piddly grab for 8 and 10
yards.�
�� - WTF is with all the GL fade
routes ???��� Ben has never thrown the
nice, lofty, accurate fade pass �.EVER.�� We have no WR taller than like 6-1�.� This has never been a quality bread n� butter play for this
offense, and now suddenly, with the game on the line in the 4Q of a playoff
game, Arians is going to this play more often than Hillary Clinton reaches for
the putty knife to apply her makeup.��
WHY ??�
����� D
DC:�
Dick LeBeau was once again a day late and a dollar short, and as
clueless as a Democrat inside a library.�
His Velcro Blitz was picked up time and time again.� The pressure was most often the result of
solid coverage or Garrard�s timidity.��
There was actually a 3d & 14 in the 2Q, where LeBeau had his
340-pound run-stuffing nose tackle, Han Hampton, in the ballgame.�� What a buffoon.��
�� The height of LeBeau�s cluelessness came on
the 3d & 4th downs of the final Jax drive.�
On both plays (3d & 2; 4th & 2) he had Pola blitzing from the
outside (on the Steelers� right), doing absolutely NOTHING but just running past
the pocket with the only hope of perhaps the breeze from Pola�s hair disrupting
something.� Pola did absolutely nothing
on either play, and on the 4th and 2, while Garard was scampering for 32 yards,
Pola was 9 yards into the backfield.�
We�d been burned badly by draws in the Jax-1, and only a senile
fuddy-duddy like LeBeau is incapable of learning lessons from just 3 weeks
ago.������ D.�
HC:� Tomlin
marginally had his team fired up and ready to hunt bear.�� The offense did take the opening march for
a TD, but the KO coverage unit was flat and flaccid.�� The entire team slumbered and sulked throughout the 2Q and
allowed Jax to take a commanding lead into the locker room at halftime.�
�� In the 4Q, Tomlin
totally unraveled and showed his naivet� and green-ness.�� With the TD at 10:29 4Q, we pulled to
within 28-23.�� Idiotic charts will
claim you go for 2 if down by 5, but these charts never, ever take into account
that the other team GETS THE BALL BACK and they just might score again.� With over 10 minutes remaining and with a
defense has soft as cream cheese, it was fairly certain that Jax would score
again.� Ok, Tomlin goes for it, and I�m
not really all that enraged, because with 10 minutes remaining and Ben catching
fire, I expect to score some more ourselves.��
But Mahan is flagged for a hold, so the ball is moved back to the
12-yard line.�� This is MUST KICK
territory, as the odds of completing a 2-pointer are extremely rare here.�� But like a complete jackass, Momlin insists
on going for 2, and the play is easily stopped.�
Thanks to the no-brained decision by �Two-point Tomlin� , we
had no choice but to go for the 2-pointer after the ensuing TD, as the score
was 29-28 and the 1 point would have meant nothing.� After the game, Two-Point Tomlin was asked about his asinine
decision, and he referred to �the charts� that said it was the right decision.� Flush your charts down the commode, you simpleton
!!��
�
Then� there�s the
fateful �final� (for all intents) drive that began at 3:43 4Q, an
eternity of time remaining in the game.��
Momlin has ALREADY seen his Softee Defense give up 3
(THREE) losses on opponent�s final drives, and a 4th was barely averted when a
FG came up a few feet short.�� And, he�s
seen his special teams commit one coat-hangar abortion after another.� Ergo, a punt here is OUT of the question,
unless it�s a pooch punt from the Jax 39-yard line.��� What does Momlin, the 2-point riverboat gambler, do??� He TURTLES like a complete homo, and
literally HANDS the ball back to Jax at midfield with an eternity remaining on
the block.� Here�s the gutless, pussyfied
final drive:�
|
1-10-PIT
22 |
(3:43)
44-N.Davenport right guard to PIT 27 for 5 yards (97-R.Hayward). |
|
2-5-PIT 27
|
(3:02)
44-N.Davenport left tackle to PIT 26 for -1 yards (26-S.Knight;
29-B.Williams). |
|
Timeout #1
by JAC at 02:56. |
|
|
3-6-PIT 26
|
(2:56) (Shotgun)
7-B.Roethlisberger left tackle to PIT 27 for 1 yard (26-S.Knight). |
|
Timeout #2
by JAC at 02:50. |
|
|
4-5-PIT 27
|
(2:50)
(Punt formation) 9-D.Sepulveda punts 40 yards to JAC 33, Center-60-G.Warren. 86-D.Northcutt
to JAC 49 for 16 yards (60-G.Warren). |
Thanks to the gutless, imbecilic incompetence of Tomlin and
Arians, we chewed less than 1:00 of clock (prior to the punt) and worse, gave
Jax the ball at just about midfield.�
The saddest part is that the situation did not even call for a run.� With a minute or so left and the opponent
having 1 or no TOs left, then I understand running the ball.� There were 3 minutes left and the
Jags had 2 TOs remaining.� Time was
meaningless; the first down was everything.�
Momlin isn�t quite as bad overall as Billy Cowhard, but he�s rabidly
working his way there.��
���� D-�
Playing Surface:��
Not as wretched as the Miami game, but still a pile of shit.�� Chunks of sod came up everywhere, and the footing
sucked ass.���� D-�
Synopsis:�
What began in Sep. and Oct. as a season full of promise and hope, came
crashing down tonite.� Of course, this
downward spiral started way back in the slop and lethargy of the Clev. game on Nov
11th -- despite blind fools that denied it way back then -- and the
sputtering never stopped.�� Getting
whipped in the playoffs was a stark inevitability for this sinking, stinking
team.� Very few players should be proud
of their efforts tonite, and the entire coaching staff should be embarrassed
and give back this week�s paycheck.��
Soon enough, I�ll be again preparing the player grades, as well as the
coaches grades.� Stay tuned.�
(Still Mill
and Stillers.com -- when it comes to the analysis of the Pittsburgh Stillers,
no one else comes close�.)