Steelers 2024 thread

[tommy156]

[tommy156]

Originally Posted by bambino

I’m not mad. I deal with reality. The last time they AIRED it out was under BA. Then he got fired/retired. I’m fine with a strong running game. But you have to stretch defenses or they’ll stack the box. Which defenses have against the Steelers since Ben’s last years. The fact of the matter is, if they don’t get more aggressive on offense, they won’t compete for a SB. That’s just reality.

No, the last time they aired it out was under Todd Haley, who was run out of town by the insatiable morons of "Steeler Nation". The same idiots who would kill to have that offense back right now.

But anyway, point taken. They weren't "airing it out" during Ben's last two years, but they also went 11-0 during a stretch there. No need for the offense to do anything different when you're 11-0. I don't think they'd have gone 17-0 if they had just aired it out a little more lol.

Also, this is getting to why Kenny was never going to work out here. He posed absolutely no deep threat and opposing defenses could just stack 8 or 9 in the box all day long. Still can't believe that bum was a 1st round pick.

[bambino]

Originally Posted by tommy156

No, the last time they aired it out was under Todd Haley, who was run out of town by the insatiable morons of "Steeler Nation". The same idiots who would kill to have that offense back right now.

But anyway, point taken. They weren't "airing it out" during Ben's last two years, but they also went 11-0 during a stretch there. No need for the offense to do anything different when you're 11-0. I don't think they'd have gone 17-0 if they had just aired it out a little more lol.

Also, this is getting to why Kenny was never going to work out here. He posed absolutely no deep threat and opposing defenses could just stack 8 or 9 in the box all day long. Still can't believe that bum was a 1st round pick.

Actually, they got rid of BA because they thought Ben was taking too many hits taking more time to throw it downfield. They brought in Haley to help Ben get it out quicker. Fields passing chart looked identical to Pickets. Every pass outside the hashes, which seems to go against Smiths philosophy of using TE’s in the middle of the field. Smith gave a bullshit answer when asked about it. He said their safety was too good to challenge him. Bullshit. Tomlin told him to play it safe. We’ll see what happens Sunday.