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[StillMill Profile]

Stillers-Cards Postgame Analysis and Grades has been posted by Still Mill at Stillers.com.

[jdpdts Profile]

I can't wait to see how you turn Woodley's game into slop and slather in the woodendong report this week. This is going to be hilarious.

[Leo Profile]

Mendenhall is morphing into FWP ... only able to gain yardage through big holes, and unable to blast through people on occasion and do it on his own. It has gotten to the point that I always love seeing Redman or Moore in the backfield, regardless of Mendy's health.

[rifraff Profile]

Top line commentary Mill and some good laughs. One of ur best pieces.
I'll still be rootin for em vs the Patsies, but fear a shredding coming?

[SoCal Stiller Profile]

It seems like Spindenhall runs with Ray-Ray's shoulder breaking hit continuously on his mind. I want to see much more of Redman and much less of twinkle-toes.

[tourosteelersfan Profile]

Mill, a very thorough report - and surprisingly fair grade for Woodley. I have nothing to add to the Mendenhall discussion but let me try to initiate a new one: is it time for Hines Ward to become the third receiver behind Antonio Brown?

Although the Steelers have climbed to 5-2 against weak competition, the team seems to be headed in the right direction. On defense, the pass rush will have its biggest test of the year against New England. Brady has to be pressured and hit. On offense, the lack of a running game is problematic against the Patriots - although, if the offensive line continues to improve and Ben R has another strong game, it's quite possible Steelers could win a shootout against New England.

[SteelThatDon'tRust Profile]

Mill, a very thorough report - and surprisingly fair grade for Woodley. I have nothing to add to the Mendenhall discussion but let me try to initiate a new one: is it time for Hines Ward to become the third receiver behind Antonio Brown?

Although the Steelers have climbed to 5-2 against weak competition, the team seems to be headed in the right direction. On defense, the pass rush will have its biggest test of the year against New England. Brady has to be pressured and hit. On offense, the lack of a running game is problematic against the Patriots - although, if the offensive line continues to improve and Ben R has another strong game, it's quite possible Steelers could win a shootout against New England.

Agree. Ward's lack of speed is going to be a liability going forward. I hate to say it as much as I hate seeing A. Smith go (dude was fucking money in the trenches and deserves a laudatory post by an admin imho), but if we're going to beat the GB's and NEP's and NOS's, we need speed. That means Wally, Manny and AB on the field. Lord knows Ward has been clutch, though.

[Coke Oven Profile]

Mendenhall = frightened bunny.

[steeler_fanatic Profile]

I was happy to see the Steelers survive a game without having any more of the o-line carted off the field.

[Sun and Steel Profile]

It was truly painful to see the all too familiar sight of Farrior looking like a donkey running underwater trying to make a play down the field against Stephens-Howling. Need to spell him with Worlids on passing downs in the future, Farrior continues to be victimized and NE and Balt won't hesitate to exploit the matchup as they have many times in the past.

[pinpon Profile]

Thanks Still Mill for your work. Looks as if we are heading for our yearly shredding at the hands of Tom Brady. Defense looks old, slow, and stale. Beating up the sisters of the poor weekly has given me no need to feel we can beat elite teams. We'll soon find out.

[Still Peon Profile]

In all honesty though, even schlacking the Pats won't be 100% indicative of how good we are. Sure, in '04 we beat the crap out of Brady and the Gays ending the longest winning streak in all of NFL history, but we then shit the bed against them in the AFCCG. I say, as long as we don't look like fools this Sun (like we did wk 1), we'll be just fine for the rest of the season. It's not questionable that this team has tons of talent on both sides of the ball, and like last year, they have no excuse not to win it all.

[oldschoolhunkie Profile]

Hey Tourofan, or should I say Benedict Arnold, way to throw Ward off the train, under the bus and into the ditch.

Sanders should, can and will see more and more action but I'm not ready to bury 86 - and he owes those fucks in New England, so I'm expecting big things, punishing blocks and at least one TD if he can play. They headhunted him and cost him his streak in that horror show last year. He'll be out there breathing fire.

[SteelThatDon'tRust Profile]

Hey Tourofan, or should I say Benedict Arnold, way to throw Ward off the train, under the bus and into the ditch.

Sanders should, can and will see more and more action but I'm not ready to bury 86 - and he owes those fucks in New England, so I'm expecting big things, punishing blocks and at least one TD if he can play. They headhunted him and cost him his streak in that horror show last year. He'll be out there breathing fire.

Despite how my post reads, I don't know that we're talking about throwing Hines under the bus. I don't think anyone doubts he's still a clutch receiver. I think the issue at this point is asking what function in the offense each receiver's skills merit. Against pass prolific and happy teams, we need to match speed with speed. What function or role do you think Hines merits given his condition? I'm not trying to be antagonistic.

[steelersfan051572 Profile]

jdpdts hit the nail on the head. I thought it was hilarious the way Still Mill trivialized every play Woodley made, talking smack the whole time-then gives him a B+! WTF Still Mill? You can't have it both ways! He is so blinded by hatred for the guy, he just doesn't know what to do with himself when Woodley plays well. Drop the stupid, weekly "Dong Report", and get the f$%& over it!

[oldschoolhunkie Profile]

Despite how my post reads, I don't know that we're talking about throwing Hines under the bus. I don't think anyone doubts he's still a clutch receiver. I think the issue at this point is asking what function in the offense each receiver's skills merit. Against pass prolific and happy teams, we need to match speed with speed. What function or role do you think Hines merits given his condition? I'm not trying to be antagonistic.

Yeah, I see what you mean. That Touro dude just gets under my skin. I think HInes' main job here is opening up some running lanes with downfield blocks and being a possession receiver in between the zone coverage. Especially when safeties drop back on Wallace and Brown, he is still capable of busting for 15-25 yards. It is sort of a sticky situation, no doubt. Seems o far to be handled pretty well. Only going to get harder. Against the pats, they are likely to be in a lot of 4-wr sets so it won't matter as much. Against the ravens and probably Bengals, more of an issue, I think.

[Pump-N-Iron Profile]

In all honesty though, even schlacking the Pats won't be 100% indicative of how good we are. Sure, in '04 we beat the crap out of Brady and the Gays ending the longest winning streak in all of NFL history, but we then shit the bed against them in the AFCCG.

That was during the "Cheating Years" so I would say it doesn't count.... LOL

Good work Mill!

It bears repeating that the HC and OC are balls-out awful at clock management. In the situation that Mill pointed out this week, it looked like Dumb-Fuk BA was trying to run out wholesale changes and bring in the 3rd & short package, while BR7 was waving them back to the bench. Who the fuck trys to sub players in during a 2 min drill??? That shit will bite us in the ass some day!

Also, for a 3rd rate team like AZ to string together 3 long TD marches like that against our D, it could get pretty ugly against Brady & Co.

Last point, with us sorely missing 92 on the Defensive side of the ball, it was good to see Woodley step up and have a better game than he has had all season long.

[SteelThatDon'tRust Profile]

Despite how my post reads, I don't know that we're talking about throwing Hines under the bus. I don't think anyone doubts he's still a clutch receiver. I think the issue at this point is asking what function in the offense each receiver's skills merit. Against pass prolific and happy teams, we need to match speed with speed. What function or role do you think Hines merits given his condition? I'm not trying to be antagonistic.

Yeah, I see what you mean. That Touro dude just gets under my skin. I think HInes' main job here is opening up some running lanes with downfield blocks and being a possession receiver in between the zone coverage. Especially when safeties drop back on Wallace and Brown, he is still capable of busting for 15-25 yards. It is sort of a sticky situation, no doubt. Seems o far to be handled pretty well. Only going to get harder. Against the pats, they are likely to be in a lot of 4-wr sets so it won't matter as much. Against the ravens and probably Bengals, more of an issue, I think.

Actually your response makes me think maybe I did throw Hines under the bus.

[jdpdts Profile]

Hey Mill. Where's the Woodendong report this week? Can't wait.