thedddd
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With that any win, good or bad, over the Ravens, Bengals or Browns is sweet.
Dirty Reds shoulder injury left the Steelers between a rock and a hard place this week. Spence shares the blame for the bad D but Mitchel played an absolutely horribly bad game last night. I can't count his missed tackles and times he was out of position on just my fingers and toes may not be enough either.They have another week now to figure out what they are going to do with the Defense. But Spence cold off the street isn't the solution. I'm fine having him on the roster, but there is a reason he was available on the street. You just can't have the gameplan to be starting him going forward.
Maybe move Davis or Wilcox down to ILB? We need speed and coverage ability there. Vinny is the thumper. But what they are doing now just isn't working.
I can't blame Spence for anything. He is what he is. He's just taking their money and doing what they say the best he can.Dirty Reds shoulder injury left the Steelers between a rock and a hard place this week. Spence shares the blame for the bad D but Mitchel played an absolutely horribly bad game last night. I can't count his missed tackles and times he was out of position on just my fingers and toes may not be enough either.
Maybe they need to go to a 3-3-5 base package with Vince as the MLB and Wilcox/Golden as the extra safety???I can't blame Spence for anything. He is what he is. He's just taking their money and doing what they say the best he can.
Any issues/blame for his play rests with the coaches.
I would hope they started giving Wilcox some ILB reps last week and get him some game action in before the end of the regular season.
That's basically just big nickel package. But usually that package is where Vince comes off the field and Spence plays MLB. I don't know if Vinny can do that job himself. I think that leaves us wide open to a Vince-on-TE mismatch.Maybe they need to go to a 3-3-5 base package with Vince as the MLB and Wilcox/Golden as the extra safety???
But not on 1st or 2nd downs. On obvious passing downs. Vince would get replaced by a 6th DB. I know it's like playing nickel and dime all the time but IMO gotta give NE a look they haven't seen from the Steelers before. Thye know all too well how to pick apart the current D schemes.That's basically just big nickel package. But usually that package is where Vince comes off the field and Spence plays MLB. I don't know if Vinny can do that job himself. I think that leaves us wide open to a Vince-on-TE mismatch.
Golden gets a lot of Safety play time as it is with Mitchell's constant issues (And I'd rather see Golden starting at FS anyway). Wilcox is the guy who isn't getting any playing time, and could benefit from the position switch.
Word homie.Yep. If they don't play bump man against Brady, they deserve to lose.
Any significant zone is just asking for a loss.
Look at how the Ravens play them. That's what works. You stick to your man, and you get handsy in the first 5 yards. You cannot let them get in a rhythm, you cannot let them off the line and into their route. Brady is 3-4 Zone cancer.
Can't 'do what we do'. It doesn't work. If the Steelers play zone, and 5-10 yards off the ball, they deserve to lose, again.
Using letter grades, I'd give the offense an A-. They got a bit sluggish in 3rd quarter, but otherwise, it was their best performance of the season.
But I'd give the defense a D-. Virtually no pressure on Flacco until the last couple of possessions. And the pass coverage was non-existent. Our boys won't make the SB, let alone win it, unless they address these problems.
Let's hope they make some changes before Plays in a Dress and his team come to town.
Yep. If they don't play bump man against Brady, they deserve to lose.
Any significant zone is just asking for a loss.
Look at how the Ravens play them. That's what works. You stick to your man, and you get handsy in the first 5 yards. You cannot let them get in a rhythm, you cannot let them off the line and into their route. Brady is 3-4 Zone cancer.
Can't 'do what we do'. It doesn't work. If the Steelers play zone, and 5-10 yards off the ball, they deserve to lose, again.