- no turnovers, sacks, or big plays for them on defense - zone coverage w/their young receivers. Take the crossing routes out of the equation. - Squeeze Ben into the pocket - Pray
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Hunt has to hurt them. BM needs to have himself a great day in the air. MG has to move Ben, a strip sack or two would help. Stefanski better self-scout what has worked vs, blitz thus far. Keep Keenum warm.
"Every responsibility implies opportunity, and every opportunity implies responsibility." Otis Allen Glazebrook, 1880
This one will be won or lost in the trenches. Getting to Ben early and often will be key as he is getting passes off in 2.26 seconds on average. But if we can run well against them we can keep him on the sidelines most of the game. Baker will need to tighten up his throws because the steelers will catch those deflected passes and the bounces off the receivers hands. AND the WRs need to catch everything this week.
It's just something that has crossed my mind a time or forty so far this week.
We know the steelers and how they play. I'm just concerned about a revenge thing. I read what the steelers coach said about how great Myles has been playing, and blah blah blah.............I'm just concerned some cheap shots might come his way.
I'm sure the league, and the officials, will be looking for it.
It's come across my mind, but I have a feeling the league wants to drop the issue altogether.
I don't buy for a minute they didn't have the audio or that the audio proves Mason was innocent. I'm sure the audio is as Myles says and the NFL doesn't want the PR nightmare about the language being used as a rampant problem.
I'm quite certain Myles hearing this language isn't an isolated occurrence on the playing field and this is why we haven't heard anything since February on the matter.
Kosar's teams always seemed to know how to win against the steelers.
Personaly I think they are the dirtiest, most dangerous team in the NFL and some of their past tatics lead me to wish the franchise would have been kicked out of the NFL
The Steelers injure people on purpose, I think there is a former playoff game against Cincinnati that proves this.
I wouldn't be surprised if they practiced letting Myles Garrett into the backfield and an O lineman practice pulling the D lineman backwards so they can both fall backwards rolling up on where Myles will be when he gets around the edge.
To win, we need to be the bully to the bully. Smack them in the mouth. Laugh in their face and smack them again. And again. And again. Break their will to fight and don't give them even a glimmer of hope that they can get back in it.
Browns is the Browns
... there goes Joe Thomas, the best there ever was in this game.
On defense the Steelers run a gap penetration 3-4. They love to bring pressure from different angles. They try to confuse the OL and get that inside step. The Browns will continue to use motion.
I would like to see Hunt used as a receiver more in this game. Get him in behind their inside linebackers. Use him Hunt in screens. Match him up on linebackers.
IMO we will have shots downfield. We can go against their secondary and should have some success.
On defense. The Steelers use a bunch of screens. We must be ready for that. Our linebackers need to read and react. Ben has not been all that hot on deep routes. But has been deadly on intermediate routes. We will need the safety's to play better.
They know Myles is coming and they will scheme for that. Vernon needs a good game. Our inside tackles have to hold gap coverage against the run. Again be screen aware.
KS has been very vocal about winning the turnover battle. We can not turn it over. Ben can hold it long at times and strip sack opportunities could be there. Myles will get his shots but Vernon will have more chances.
The Steelers are well coached and disciplined. We have to be as well.
In order to win we have to play mistake free. Don't give them extra chances. Don't hurt yourself with penalties. Take advantage of field position.
The Browns have been playing and winning by being sound and balanced. They have been opportunistic in the turnover game.
Hard as it is to believe, we are actually scoring more points/game than the Steelers. We have scored 30+ points in 4 straight games. Keep up the scoring ..... and keep up the defensive turnovers, (especially when they are scores for us) On offense, don't go into a shell if we get a lead. Keep pouring it on.
Oh, and on kickoffs ..... kick the darn ball out of the end zone!!!
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
commit to the run early, use PA and screens to hurt their front 7 aggressiveness and get OBJ involved early. On defense, blitz the bejeezus out of an old Ben. Hurt him enough they have to play rudolph, then replicate last years game, minus the helmet wack-a-mole
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. -John Wayne
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
How do we thwart the offense with our division 3 secondary?
Looking at Pittsburgh's numbers, I don't see prolific, I see efficient. I think we have a similar game plan as this past week where we faced another efficient offense.
Control the ball like we did against Indy in the first half only for 4 Quarters ... Oh yea and unleash the Kraken (Myles Garrett)
John 3:16 Jesus said "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
Defensively we can't be afraid to go after Big Ben and go after him bigly. Yes you run the risk that he'll burn you but if you look back to every time we did beat him, in every one of those games the DEF went after him relentlessly. If you can hit him a couple times early, he will become an INT machine. For me the 2 key players for us on DEF are going to be Myles and Denzel. If Myles can keep up the pressure and Denzel can play a lockdown game like we know he can, good things will happen for us.
Offensively? I have zero evidence and this is gut feeling only, but I feel like Stefanski game plans as much as a couple weeks out. Not that he had a specific play set for Pittsburgh before the we played the Colts, but aspects of this offensive we keep in reserve until we need it. For example the screen game. Between the RBs and WRs and an O-Line that can move? Whoever we play those cards against I think is in for long day.
It sounds obvious, but I think Baker is the key to the win. I expect that Pittsburgh believes it can sell out against the run and still have enough talent to defend on the back end. Baker is going to have to challenge them and make some throws early. If Pittsburgh has to take him seriously it'll loosen them up a bit and at that point I think we can kill 'em with some well timed screens.
"Hey, I'm a reasonable guy. But I've just experienced some very unreasonable things." -Jack Burton
-It looks like the Harvard Boys know what they are doing after all.
It's just something that has crossed my mind a time or forty so far this week.
We know the steelers and how they play. I'm just concerned about a revenge thing. I read what the steelers coach said about how great Myles has been playing, and blah blah blah.............I'm just concerned some cheap shots might come his way.
I'm sure the league, and the officials, will be looking for it.
If there are cheap shots, I don't think it'll have much to do with 'revenge'. I think it'll be more reflective of their long standing tradition of trying to take out key opponents early.
If I'm concerned about anything, its the refs. Someone else mentioned on another thread that it seems like this year the refs have realized and gotten use to just how ridiculously quick Myles is off the snap and that could be why we haven't seen him hit with offsides penalties. I'm afraid that they might hit him with a couple offsides in order to keep him in check and from being too aggressive.
"Hey, I'm a reasonable guy. But I've just experienced some very unreasonable things." -Jack Burton
-It looks like the Harvard Boys know what they are doing after all.
To win, we need to be the bully to the bully. Smack them in the mouth. Laugh in their face and smack them again. And again. And again. Break their will to fight and don't give them even a glimmer of hope that they can get back in it.
There's really nothing I can add to this post except you left out making them say "uncle".
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