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What's Pittsburgh's gameplan?


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...Steelers lineman Kendall Simmons stopped by the station on Tuesday, and summed up the struggles of his defending Super Bowl champion teammates.

 

With the New Orleans Saints coming to town next week, Simmons gave some insight as to what's up inside his head regarding the upcoming game against the New Orleans Saints.

 

"Going back to the game plan, everybody has got to find a way to stop No. 25," said Simmons. "Reggie Bush runs great. And eliminate the turnovers."

 

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/...87/detail.html

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Kendall Simmons is a Right Guard. I highly doubt he knows much about the defensive gameplan..... As bad as the Steelers have been, no one has run on them at all this year. If the Saints are going to score offensively, most of it will be through the air, where the Steelers can and have been beat.

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Kendall Simmons is a Right Guard. I highly doubt he knows much about the defensive gameplan..... As bad as the Steelers have been, no one has run on them at all this year. If the Saints are going to score offensively, most of it will be through the air, where the Steelers can and have been beat.

 

I completely agree, that's why I said I was hoping...If true & Pittsburgh tries to spy Bush then the passing lanes should be wide open.

 

On another note, I just saw Fox's power rankings. I completely disagree, but they have Pittsburgh at 26...just below Oakland. :D That has to be a huge slap in the face to Steeler fans.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/powerRankings

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I'm thinking the Steelers D does indeed focus on Reggie, leading to another big day from Brees, Colston & Henderson (Horn's grion will keep him out again).

 

McAllister is also in for a big day IMO. The Steelers can & have been run on.

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I'm thinking the Steelers D does indeed focus on Reggie, leading to another big day from Brees, Colston & Henderson (Horn's grion will keep him out again).

 

McAllister is also in for a big day IMO. The Steelers can & have been run on.

 

 

Your running statement is silly. Take a look at RB's efforts against the Steelers this year.

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Your running statement is silly. Take a look at RB's efforts against the Steelers this year.

 

Silly? :D

 

The Falcons Beotch Slappeded the Steelers D for 173 rushing yards & a TD.

 

Nothing like a Homer for unbiased information. :D

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Silly? :bash:

 

The Falcons Beotch Slappeded the Steelers D for 173 rushing yards & a TD.

 

Nothing like a Homer for unbiased information. :D

 

fact is, the majority of teams (especially good running teams) have not fared well on the ground against PIT

all the teams that have played against PIT have not even hit their Avg Rushing Yards Per Game

..... att yd td avg/gam notes

MIA 18 38 2 97.3

JAX 30 110 0 134.5

CIN 25 87 0 95.5

SD 31 119 0 161.8

KC 19 38 1 121.4

ATL 39 173 1 205.1

OAK 29 81 0 105.1

DEN 23 115 1 150.3 numbers wouldn't even been close if not for walkers 72 yd td reverse

 

so you argument of PIT having a defense you can run on doesn't seem to add up ... are they the best run D - NO - but I would still consider them viable according to how they have performed so far. :D

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fact is, the majority of teams (especially good running teams) have not fared well on the ground against PIT

So Jax puts 110 on them,

San Diego puts 119 on them,

Atlanta puts 173 on them

& Denver puts 115 on them

 

but you say;

PIT having a defense you can run on doesn't seem to add up

Ok Dokey..... :D

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So Jax puts 110 on them,

San Diego puts 119 on them,

Atlanta puts 173 on them

& Denver puts 115 on them

 

but you say;

 

Ok Dokey..... :D

 

so four of arguably the top rushing teams in the NFL put up over 100 yards on PIT and can't produce their average yardage yet somehow that means that any team can run against PIT when they want to ... no logic there :D

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DEN 23 115 1 150.3 numbers wouldn't even been close if not for walkers 72 yd td reverse

 

so you argument of PIT having a defense you can run on doesn't seem to add up ... are they the best run D - NO - but I would still consider them viable according to how they have performed so far. :D

 

 

In the case of Denver, they DID allow a 72 yard rush for a TD. To negate that is to say that guys like Darrell Jackson are not having good fantasy games because they get big plays.

 

So Pitt has a spotty run defense. Sometimes its pretty good, other days it allows a lot of yards.

 

Oh, and considering Pitt and the Raiders have the same record, and Pitt lost to the Raiders, I can understand why they are getting "slapped in the face" by being ranked behind the Raiders in the Power Rankings (not that those mean much).

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In the case of Denver, they DID allow a 72 yard rush for a TD. To negate that is to say that guys like Darrell Jackson are not having good fantasy games because they get big plays.

 

So Pitt has a spotty run defense. Sometimes its pretty good, other days it allows a lot of yards.

 

Oh, and considering Pitt and the Raiders have the same record, and Pitt lost to the Raiders, I can understand why they are getting "slapped in the face" by being ranked behind the Raiders in the Power Rankings (not that those mean much).

 

the point is ... that is not a normal rushing play ... sure you have to take it into account, but any defense can be caught off guard (look at the first half of the ari-chi game).

 

you can truthfully say that any defense can be run on ... look what ronnie brown did to chicago ... every defense has bad games, but to deem a team as having a bad run D when teams can't even make their average yards per carry doesn't seem to add up

 

PIT's D has held teams to an average of 38 yards below their average rushing yards per game ... how can a D that is prone to be taken advantage of by way of rushing do that?

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great game plan ... figure out how to stop the Bust :D

 

 

Dude, you are crazy to believe that teams are not scared to face Bush. How do you think Colston gets so wide open? How do you think MaCallister does so well coming off major knee surgery? Bush puts the fear into defenses. Coverages roll to wherever this guy goes. A FF bust, yes. That I would agree to.

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Dude, you are crazy to believe that teams are not scared to face Bush. How do you think Colston gets so wide open? How do you think MaCallister does so well coming off major knee surgery? Bush puts the fear into defenses. Coverages roll to wherever this guy goes. A FF bust, yes. That I would agree to.

 

:D

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so four of arguably the top rushing teams in the NFL put up over 100 yards on PIT and can't produce their average yardage yet somehow that means that any team can run against PIT when they want to ... no logic there :D

I said.....

The Steelers can & have been run on.

But don't let the facts get in your way :D

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Silly? :D

 

The Falcons Beotch Slappeded the Steelers D for 173 rushing yards & a TD.

 

Nothing like a Homer for unbiased information. :D

 

Well, the Falcons weren't doing anything on the ground that game until Casey Hampton left with a hamstring injury. He's the anchor to the run defense, and the Falcons got somewhere between 120 and 140 of those yards after he left the game. They ran for over 100 of them in the 4th quarter of the game. Yards are yards, but Hampton's back healthy again.

 

True, Javon Walker broke a long run on a reverse with a few missed tackles. That rarely happens against the Steelers, but he did it. The Denver RBs had about 40 yards on the other 20+ carries.

 

If holding teams like Denver, SD, and Jacksonville to WELL under their average yards per carry and shutting everyone else down is somehow evidence that the Steelers have an average run defense, that's fine. I'm not worried at all about the Saints running consistently on Sunday.

 

The pass defense? Well, that's a different story.

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I take it you're saying if Casey Hampton is out, the Steelers run D collapses. :D

 

Collapses? Too strong of a word, but they aren't strong up the middle without him in there. In a 3-4 defense, the nose tackle is the key to the run defense. The Falcons ran right up the middle for the entire 4th quarter of that game, and credit goes to the Falcons for taking advantage of Hampton's absense.

 

With Hampton in there, the Chargers ran for over 100 yards... at barely over 3.5 YPC. I call that very effective against LT and Turner. And Hampton was back in last week, which is part of the reason the Broncos didn't even average 2 yards per carry from their RBs.

 

The Saints aren't going to be lucky enough to have him out this weekend, so I'd expect them to test the secondary instead.

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