Patriots Will Beat Steelers By Double Digits (1 Viewer)

[SeniorVBDStudent]

Well, well well that great patriot record setting offense. Steelers just gave everyone a blue print on how to thrash new england. You certainly don't have to worry about a vertical game from the patriots because i dont think they throw any passes over 5 yards. And their defense is absolutely pathetic, probably the worst in the league. You really dont need to bring a running back on the field, just throw EVERY down and youre golden. I LOVE IT!!!!

That's twisted. The blueprint as you've described it was passed from Miami to Eric Mangini to Rob Ryan to **** LeBeau. Miami has had disproportionate success against Brady since he took over from Bledsoe. The surprising part is that it took Pittsburg this long to adjusting their defensive approach to the spread attack. Just saying.

Maybe but what the Steelers really did was turn the tables on the Patriots and use the spread attack on offense against them. The Steelers dominated the time of possession and did so by passing the ball. The best way to keep Brady from hurting you is to keep him on the sideline.

Oh I agree. Haynesworth is officially a wasted pickup. Glad we didnt invest much in him; he's toast.

 

[Godsbrother]

Oh I agree. Haynesworth is officially a wasted pickup. Glad we didnt invest much in him; he's toast.

Agreed. Ditto on Ocho. Any chance the Patriots dump either one midseason?

 

[SeniorVBDStudent]

Oh I agree. Haynesworth is officially a wasted pickup. Glad we didnt invest much in him; he's toast.

Agreed. Ditto on Ocho. Any chance the Patriots dump either one midseason?

I've been surprised both are still around. I suspect they are both benefiting from (a) not doing the wrong thing, and (b) not a lot of options out there to serve as replacements. I'm going to GUESS that Ocho gets dumped first and both are gone before year end. Belichick views WRs, RBs, corners and safeties as replaceable widgets and likes to draft linemen, linebackers primarily and corners and RBs secondly. Haynesworth could stick around if his back and his play improve. I gave up trying to figure out what's going on in BB's mind a while ago, lol.

 

[The Jerk]

The blueprint as you've described it was passed from Miami to Eric Mangini to Rob Ryan to **** LeBeau. Miami has had disproportionate success against Brady since he took over from Bledsoe. The surprising part is that it took Pittsburg this long to adjusting their defensive approach to the spread attack. Just saying.

There may have been some stubbornness involved, but I believe Pittsburgh did not make sufficient adjustments to the spread offense because their past secondary personnel did not allow for that scheme to be successful. Some of their cornerback draft selections never panned out, while others took a little longer to develop. Now, with better secondary coverage talent, the Steelers can play more press man coverage than in the past.It also helps the Steelers with their specific matchup against New England that the Patriots have essentially no deep threats in their receiving corps. We'll see how the Steelers handle other spread attacks, such as Green Bay and New Orleans in the future. Both the Packers and Saints have better deep threats than the Patriots.

 

[Grahamburn]

This may sound strange, but I smell a shootout and too many people like the Pats. Steelers 45Pats 33

I like it for a shootout as well. PIT 38 - NEP 35 Oh, and Welker goes 10 - 130 - 2TD

If Ike Taylor Covers Welker exclusively I doubt Welker breaks 80 yards. Taylor was like a blanket on Fitzgerald last week.The Steelers will exploit the Patriots through the air, and the Pitt D will slow down Brady enough to win.31-27 Steelers.

He probably won't though as Welker lines up in the slot.

ike taylor will rarely cover welker in this game since he'll line up in the slot (like the earlier poster stated). also agree that mendenhall should have a solid if not spectacular game. nonetheless, the steelers haven't beaten anyone this year and the Pats have a favorable matchup. add Belicheck coming off a bye--i'll say 38-24 pats.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Well, well well that great patriot record setting offense. Steelers just gave everyone a blue print on how to thrash new england. You certainly don't have to worry about a vertical game from the patriots because i dont think they throw any passes over 5 yards. And their defense is absolutely pathetic, probably the worst in the league. You really dont need to bring a running back on the field, just throw EVERY down and youre golden. I LOVE IT!!!!

That's twisted. The blueprint as you've described it was passed from Miami to Eric Mangini to Rob Ryan to **** LeBeau. Miami has had disproportionate success against Brady since he took over from Bledsoe. The surprising part is that it took Pittsburg this long to adjusting their defensive approach to the spread attack. Just saying.

Maybe but what the Steelers really did was turn the tables on the Patriots and use the spread attack on offense against them. The Steelers dominated the time of possession and did so by passing the ball. The best way to keep Brady from hurting you is to keep him on the sideline.

That worked well for the Saints v Manning in the Super Bowl as well.

 

[scrumptrulescent]

I'm constantly reminded of how little I know about the NFL. I would never bet on the NFL. I'm sure people lost money on this game and I'm sure some lost a ton of money on New Orleans/St. Louis.

ETA: Baltimore got lucky too in a game I would think they should have dominated.