For as inexperienced as the OL is, I thought they played as well as could
be expected for game 1. I didn't hear Moore's name called once, and that's
a good thing for a rookie LT.
Could have done without the opening 75-yard return or the TD to end the 1st
half, but I looked at my buddy at halftime and told him I thought that the
Steelers had a chance if they'd clean some stuff up at halftime.
Dave's right, that Buffalo OL is not all that, but it was a HUGE win to
start off the year.
Now, to NOT let down against the Raiders who've had Ben's #.
Streetr
On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 3:08 PM E Jo <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Minkah will be priority #1 in the off-season. I would not mind one bit if
the team broke tradition and extended him during the season. What a great
trade that was.
Eric in NJ
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from Heyward in his career or Minkah. They were incredible yesterday.
Edmunds will always be too late to make plays on the ball.
I watched parts of the game again, I can’t remember a better performance
Edmunds specifically played well with some sure open-field tackles, a few
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On 13 Sep 2021, at 14:14, Russell Goodman <GoodmanR@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I can't argue too much with any of this Dave and all, but I thought
moments of good coverage and he had to play a big, maybe quiet role in
players like Diggs not tearing up the secondary like last year. A solid day
from Edmunds I guess is what I'm saying and that's all the team needs when
you've got signature players like TJ, Minkah and Cam doing their things.
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Subject: [steelers_pb] A few thoughts
Helluva win. One of the best road victories of the Tomlin era, but I
when they will have bedded in their pass rushers a bit more. They have a
lot of things to correct and adjust, but so has every other team in the
league after one week.
of the summer and preseason sat on his helmet watching the other QB’s do
- I wasn’t surprised by what I saw from Ben yesterday - he spends most
85% of the reps and then everyone wonders why he’s rusty and missing
receivers and his timing is off? Come on, nothing new to see here, he’s
just got to get that timing down. He needs reps and not rest at this stage
of the season. There were some truly terrible throws in there, but again,
I’ve seen this in every opening game form Ben for years now. The challenge
is to protect him long enough to enable the downfield throw.
aggressive and taking the fight to the defense, but mano-e-mano, they are
- Offensive line is a mess. They can talk all they want about being
overmatched on this level. It was only when they actually started to pull
and trap that they were able to give Ben time and create creases. Downfield
blocking from the WR’s and TE’s was excellent too. Harris will be fine, but
he needs help. Greater challenges lie ahead. I fear for them when they come
up against a team with an above average pass rush, I fear for what might
happen when Cleveland throws their outside rushers at them. The cohesion
will come, but again, we say this year after year, they always come out in
the opening game and play like they met each other for the first time the
night before.
it worked, everyone was on a pitch count and kept fresh and everyone who
- Defense was great and the rotation along the front seven was good and
took the field on that side of the ball contributed to the effort, get
Tuitt back healthy and things will improve further. I liked Bush and
Schobert pairing in the middle, didn’t make many big plays but they were
consistent. Norwood played like he did at Oklahoma, he’s just a guy who can
get everywhere and he’s probably the best candidate for that Hilton role.
Terrell Edmunds will always be the weak link, he’ll always be a couple of
seconds too late to stop what is happening and will always be targeted.
especially after the breakdown on kickoff coverage to start the game. I’m
- A big play on special teams was the upset of opening weekend,
so glad they kept Boswell after he slumped in 2018. Harvin will be fine and
his bad punts will be less frequent than Berry’s were.
Onwards…...