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[Tonydesal Profile]

4. Make Mike Wallace the 3rd receiver and bench Sweed. Send him to a wide receiver coach, please! For god’s sake, how many games is this guy going to lose by dropping passes that are PERFECTLY placed in his hands?

7. Bring Redman up from the practice squad. Summers obviously needs more time to develop.

10. Get this team focused.

I agree with your entire post, but these 3 points IMHO are the best.

I am still dumbfounded why we sent Redman to the practice squad. Going all the way back to the start of last season, short yardage was a GLARING problem. Against our D in practice and all through pre-season, Redman was a beast.

[smheart78 Profile]

9. Start calling some creative plays, perhaps. There is a decided lack of originality by both coordinators here (perhaps that is the understatement of the year). The sort of painfully predictable, bland play-calling we’ve seen for 2 years now can last, at most, a season in the NFL. Intelligent, creative coordinators (unlike the Stillers coaching staff) will eventually wise up and guess what!

How many bunch formations were employed in the offense? 2? This set-up works! There should be no fear of over using at all.

[kurtostill Profile]

How many bunch formations were employed in the offense? 2? This set-up works! There should be no fear of over using at all. [/quote]

I completely agree. When something works well on a consistent basis, rest assured Bonehead Bruce will abandon it entirely. Sending FWP around the ends, for example.
Utilizing the talents of individual players (like FWP’s speed) is far too predictable for the sophisticated Arians offense though…

[kurtostill Profile]

4. Make Mike Wallace the 3rd receiver and bench Sweed. Send him to a wide receiver coach, please! For god’s sake, how many games is this guy going to lose by dropping passes that are PERFECTLY placed in his hands?

7. Bring Redman up from the practice squad. Summers obviously needs more time to develop.

10. Get this team focused.

I agree with your entire post, but these 3 points IMHO are the best.

I am still dumbfounded why we sent Redman to the practice squad. Going all the way back to the start of last season, short yardage was a GLARING problem. Against our D in practice and all through pre-season, Redman was a beast.

I know, I liked Summers a lot coming into camp but Redman stepped up and proved that he is the bigger, badder man. I smell the work of none other than Bonehead Bruce.

[madmoney125 Profile]

God, I love listening to you guys b***tch. Are people in Pittsburgh really this unhappy? Is it still grey and polluted up there? Is that the reason you guys complain all the time?

Could of used Joey Porter yesterday huh?

Want to know what I love? Dorks with no lives who hang out on other teams' message boards. Seriously, how much more of a loser can one person be? Congratulations, the Bengals won yesterday.

Joey Porter? What year is this?

Wow - that was an incredibly intellectual response... Does it still look like the movie "The Deer Hunter" up there? How can you guys live in such filth?

Everyone here is talking about football and he's talking about pollution conditions in a city. Well thats right I guess Bengals fans wouldn't know anything about football.

[napnewman Profile]

There's no need to respond to bungleswin regarding the game. Cincy has sucked for so long their fans have NO concept of critical analysis of a game. Win or lose, stillers.com provides that analysis after every game. As Steeler fans, we expect (some would say demand) a superior level of play from the team. Bungle's fan just hope the police haven't incarcerated half the team week to week.

That being said, if the D isn't going to show up to finish a game, the coaching staff better figure out a way to get Ben the ball at the end of the game.

Tomlin - "Rashard wasn't on his details this week, so I chose not to play him on offense." - BENCH SWEED!!! Catching the ball has got to be part of the "details" playing WR. Wallace seems to understand that.

[Pump-N-Iron Profile]

Wallace seems to understand that.

I will repeat... Wallace for Hard Hat. The rookie has shown more poise this season than last year's SB MVP. Forget #3 WR... he is gunning for #1, and so far it appears that nothing else will satisfy him. Please notice, no goofy first down signals, no post catch showmanship of any kind. Toss ball to nearest official and return to the huddle, cuz THAT"S WHAT YOU GET PAID FOR!!!!!! 1st year receivers are not supposed to "get it" this well.

[kurtostill Profile]

Wallace seems to understand that.

I will repeat... Wallace for Hard Hat. The rookie has shown more poise this season than last year's SB MVP. Forget #3 WR... he is gunning for #1, and so far it appears that nothing else will satisfy him. Please notice, no goofy first down signals, no post catch showmanship of any kind. Toss ball to nearest official and return to the huddle, cuz THAT"S WHAT YOU GET PAID FOR!!!!!! 1st year receivers are not supposed to "get it" this well.

I absolutely agree Iron. Wallace is the MAN. He seems to be one of the few players on this team that is focused, prepared and taking care of the details.
I totally respect the lack of BS showmanship too. Although it can be mildly entertaining at times, it's irrelevant. Just ask Chad Ocho-Moron how many super bowls his antics have won him. It also seems to piss off the defense when offensive players get all excited about a silly 1st down.
Like Barry Sanders, Wallace speaks with his playing. Being in the NFL is about playing the game at the highest level possible, period. And that’s what Wallace has done so far. I hope it continues.
And what a great find in the 3rd Round! Not bad Colbert.

[steeler_fanatic Profile]

Still- When we lose at least I have your analysis to look forward to. Lots of blame to go around in this loss. The drop by Sweed however sticks in my crawl. I'm almost 50 with two bad knees and I think I could have caught that TD.

To the Bungal's fan - let's see what the standings are at the end of the year.

[Ed Burns Profile]

Didn't we draft Summers to be the short yardage Back?

I did notice the lack of use of the bunch sets. We don't seem to be playing to our strengths as an offense. It seems we always try to get these cutesy plays on the goalline instead of trying to plunge it through with size, or play action.

The Defense is a whole other story though. When we played Chicago last week, they killed us with screens. Why didn't they adjust and move the corners up a couple yards? Ike has good closing speed in case the receiver gets by him. Short yardage situations demand the DBs line up closer than the ten yard gap they usually give.

The only thing I'm seeing this last three weeks, is we're not playing to our strengths. The Offensive staff seems too enamored with looks, and confusion, rather than simply playing to our strengths. I'm hoping to see up not slow down on offense when, or if we get a lead on Sunday night. I'm also hoping to see the Defense play much more aggressively this week. We need to see Woodley step up.

[kurtostill Profile]

OK, Tomlin, WTH?

This guy went from a good coach to a guy as sharp as a pound of wet leather. Did anyone else see the "NFL Soundbytes" or whatever it's called, where Tomlin was on the sidelines all giddy like a 3rd grade schoolgirl showing off his new Steeler Shoes?

Pathetic.

I'm tired of watching games pi$$ed off. Going back to the Superbowl, it was a sigh of relief, not a jump for joy when that game ended. Maybe I'm just spoiled, having grown up in the '70s. Or maybe I still have the Stanley Cup win on the brain. That game was amazing to watch.

As of late, Sundays are just making me mad, all day.

Too bad our boys in Black n Gold don't feel the same way.

Tony - very interesting point.
Where is the sense of urgency, the “us against the world” mentality?
Where is the chip on the shoulder that the Stillers of old have so defiantly carried in years past?
It needs to come back soon or it’s gonna get very ugly, very fast.

[cully71 Profile]

This game in addition to last week made me sick! I thought the Steelers would come out fired up and pissed off after last weeks lost, especially against the Bungles!
Instead as reported in this article and by the other posters we watched a uninspired pussy effort by our once feared dominant team.
I'm beginning to think Tomlin might be Gruden in Cowher's clothing.
He rode the talent and motivation provided by Bill Cowher to a Superbowl victory and now his true coaching style has revealed itself.
I hope I am wrong because if I'm not as fans we are in for a long miserable ride.......

[kurtostill Profile]

This game in addition to last week made me sick! I thought the Steelers would come out fired up and pissed off after last weeks lost, especially against the Bungles!
Instead as reported in this article and by the other posters we watched a uninspired pussy effort by our once feared dominant team.
I'm beginning to think Tomlin might be Gruden in Cowher's clothing.
He rode the talent and motivation provided by Bill Cowher to a Superbowl victory and now his true coaching style has revealed itself.
I hope I am wrong because if I'm not as fans we are in for a long miserable ride.......

God, let's hope Tomlin doesn't pull a Gruden-Cowher (has a certain ring to it, doesn’t it).For example, I had Mexican last night and pulled a huge Gruden-Cowher in the men’s room at work this morning.
Anyway, I think Tomlin’s laissez faire approach with his offensive and defensive coordinators needs to end, NOW. Not tomorrow, not after 3 or 4 more games of piss poor, half assed, painfully conservative, pathetic performances – TODAY! He’s the head coach and he needs to fix the problems that they can’t. I think he’s a smart guy with a comprehensive understanding of the game. It’s time to use those brains and get Dick and Bruce in line.