Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Steelers Week 1 Recap


The Pittsburgh Steelers did pull out the win last Thursday at the big ketchup bottle,But after watching the game,And then watching some clips of the game I am not drinking the kool aid that everyone else is about this team being dominate.

The defense was stout as always,Even with the injury to Troy Polamalu,The defense is still capable of doing the same things they have been doing,I know Troy is a HUGE part of that defense but don't think Tyrone Carter won't give 100%.

Special teams were much better then at almost anytime last year,Stefan Logan looked good returning punts bringing the opening kickoff back for 39 yards,Punter Dan Sepulveda averaged 42.7 yards per punt,Erasing the memories of Mitch Berger!

That leaves us with the offense,QB Ben Roethlisberger looked bad at the start,Taking a ugly sack,But ended the game going 33-43 for 363 yards,2 ints and a TD.

The Wide receivers looked pretty good, Santonio Holmes had a great night,Catching 9 passes for 131 yards and the lone receiving td,Hines Ward also looked good,Grabbing 8 catches for 103 yards and a very key fumble.

That leaves us with the Offensive Line....Something needs addressed here,And soon! You cannot allow your quarterback to get sacked 4 times(ok 3,Ben did cause the 1 by himself)

And the running game was not even in the stadium! When Willie Parker leads your team with 18 yards,It's time to do something.And former Steeler Jerome Bettis added his 2 cents in his first column for SI.com,And I quote
"This problem isn't anything new," Bettis says, "and I blame the coaching staff for not addressing the line in the offseason. How did they rationalize not doing anything about it? Well, they won a Super Bowl. They won't be so lucky twice in a row. If Ben [Roethlisberger] continues to get hit the way he did Thursday -- the same way he did last year, then this will come back to haunt the Steelers. Ben will get hurt. Ben will miss games. And they don't have a line to run behind without Ben. Pittsburgh can't repeat with the line playing like this."

What's going to happen is Ben is going be lost for the season if he continues to get clubbed like a baby seal week in and week out.

And here's hoping it was the Titans defense was that good,That made the Steelers running game look so horrible,Because you now face a Bears team in Chicago that lost to the Packers last week,And also lost LB Brian Urlacher for the season with a dislocated wrist. I'll be making my game predictions later this week,This should be a game the Steelers can pull off.
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I'm not a Vikings fan,But after seeing Adrian Peterson run almost the entire Cleveland defense over in a 65 yard td run Sunday,I think he actually may be the best back I have seen since Barry Sanders,And may be even better then him!!

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