Game Thread: Week 10... vsCIN

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Well, good thing we traded for an ILB then.

Still some of these might just be contact tracing and end up playing.

If there end up being significant players who have to sit out, the Steelers better demand a free bye week like the Titans got.

Yep the timing is impeccable with Williamson. Bring him in as depth, and a week later he could be starting. Can you imagine the concern if they only had Spillane & UG3 left on the roster?

 

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Damn, right from the horses ass.

 

[Bridgeburner]

BUT.... even if he's never tests positive he won't be able to work with the team at all this week, correct?

Still better than deer and ducks.

 

[Bridgeburner]

Damn, right from the horses ass.

Whosyourmama!

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

BUT.... even if he's never tests positive he won't be able to work with the team at all this week, correct?

Still better than deer and ducks.

Correct. 2 negatives tests but still has to wait 5 days until he can officially return to the lockerroom. Which means Saturday at the earliest for all 4 guys.

 

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Whosyourmama!

I don't think the intern running their account knows what happened to the Bengals during that game after he did that. Big L!

 

[cincygrad]

Ben probably wasn't going to be practicing that much this week anyway.... The sore knees probably would have kept him working from the sideline. I can't imagine this impacts him much for Sunday. Assuming he progresses through the testing protocol within the prescribed window, I would expect he'll do what he normally does the Bengals - Win.

As for the Bengals... Burrow is terrific. He's kept a team with many holes in it competitive in every game... Sometimes while getting killed in the process. There was only one game where he looked overwhelmed and that was against Baltimore. If there is another team he'll struggle against this year, it is clearly Pittsburgh. If Pittsburgh dominates the Bengals overmatched offensive line, Burrow could have some problems.

 

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Ben probably wasn't going to be practicing that much this week anyway.... The sore knees probably would have kept him working from the sideline. I can't imagine this impacts him much for Sunday. Assuming he progresses through the testing protocol within the prescribed window, I would expect he'll do what he normally does the Bengals - Win.

As for the Bengals... Burrow is terrific. He's kept a team with many holes in it competitive in every game... Sometimes while getting killed in the process. There was only one game where he looked overwhelmed and that was against Baltimore. If there is another team he'll struggle against this year, it is clearly Pittsburgh. If Pittsburgh dominates the Bengals overmatched offensive line, Burrow could have some problems.

Agreed on Ben. He should be more than ready for this game even without practice.

Burrow... I'm curious to see what the D-Coordinator does against him. They went very conservative last week against Dallas and they got shredded. Once they finally got back to their aggressive style with more man coverage they took control. What scares us the most is not having Hilton in the lineup. Without him the Steelers deploy more OLB vs Slot WR coverage schemes which rarely turn out well. Burrow could easily exploit that, as well as the rest of the struggling secondary.

First home game in a while for the Steelers. I'm hoping they will start to show some sort of consistency that has been severely lacking in the previous 3 weeks.

 

[Wamu]

Wouldn't it be funny if this was Browns week, though?

Hey what's so funny about the Browns? Oh yeah, now I remember.

 

[cincygrad]

Agreed on Ben. He should be more than ready for this game even without practice.

Burrow... I'm curious to see what the D-Coordinator does against him. They went very conservative last week against Dallas and they got shredded. Once they finally got back to their aggressive style with more man coverage they took control. What scares us the most is not having Hilton in the lineup. Without him the Steelers deploy more OLB vs Slot WR coverage schemes which rarely turn out well. Burrow could easily exploit that, as well as the rest of the struggling secondary.

First home game in a while for the Steelers. I'm hoping they will start to show some sort of consistency that has been severely lacking in the previous 3 weeks.

Yeah, I don't think you go conservative on Burrow. For a rookie qb, he really seems to see the field and spread the ball around. When he has time, he makes incredibly accurate throws. As I said, the one team that really got to him was the Ravens. And they basically did it with all that cover zero and blitzing schemes.

 

[Bridgeburner]

I don't think the intern running their account knows what happened to the Bengals during that game after he did that. Big L!

Someone's gonna get a quick history lesson!

 

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Someone's gonna get a quick history lesson!

Judging by the replies to that tweet... He learned it the hard way

 

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Buggs & Juju on the report once again.

 

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[cincygrad]

Of note.... Geno Atkins has been a no-show for the entire season. Bobby Hart is the fansbase's least favorite player - though I think he's played better of late. It will be interesting to see what sort of damage the Pittsburgh pass rush does to Burrow. I pray he stays healthy.