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Must not be true.

Not a good sign for Ward. He should have come off today with Smith. So, we'll most likely be without him tommorrow. Hopefully Mitchel can go, or we will really be lacking at CB.

Yep. Ward out.

I don't know about you guys but I think not having our top three corners in the playoff game might be a problem.

This may sound crazy, because it's counter-intuitive, but with the state of this secondary, would it be better to blitz more? I mean, I feel like you reach a point where you just let 'er rip and let the chips fall where they may.

So I don't really understand. On the 31st Ward and Smith test positive. So presumably Smith has no symptoms and tests negative for 10 days and can come back. Harrison tests positive but a series of follow up confirmation tests come up negative so he can play? So I assume that means Ward at some point has shown symptoms? Or after ten days is still testing positive? I was sure hoping Ward would be back.

Not having Ward is a really, really bad break against their WR ... add in Johnson and maybe Mitchell ... yeah, that’s a nightmare

The problem is that blitzes land at best about 40ish% of the time. That means you are left covering for 60% of the snaps with a depleted secondary. I’d rather just rush four and hope for a nuclear Myles Garrett game. Also, Roethlisberger is king of the short pass this season so the blitz would probably be even less effective.

J/c

I’d blitz almost never this game ... he gets it out too quickly to have us effectively do it. I’d just buy time until Myles can ever get there

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Yessss Some Good News

Pastor, I deleted my post because I'm unsure of the source

well, some positive news. I like it!

Great news!

So now we have Mitchell and who at CB? Jackson?

I would think, if healthy enough, MJ Stewart would be a better second option at CB.

j/c...

Unless it ends well.

If Phillips and Ogunjobi can dominate the middle and the Browns get a turnover advantage, take care of the opportunites in the Red zone,
and make the most out of every offensive possession,

add in if Chubb and Hunt or Both have a big day, and this game could be the opposite of miserable to watch.

I tested positive for COVID on the 29th. I’m still struggling with congestion, headaches and at times, shortness of breath. If Ward was truly positive he could still be experiencing symptoms that is keeping him from playing. Really sucks because the most success Pittsburg had last week was the deep ball vertical pass. Hopefully with Ronnie and Sendejo back at safety it will help protect some of that and the coaches worked on game planning for that...even if it was virtually.

So now you're being positive?

LOL but I agree, Nick Chubb is going to do everything he can to keep us in this game. He's a baller.

The Conklin situation has me a bit nervous. Are we assuming he was also a false positive and he’s traveling alone with the hopes of testing negative this morning?

Or he is ill and testing negative right now. We may be nervous about him travelling with the team and testing positive this morning. That would make everyone a close contact.

There's still such a thing as the Common Cold and the Flu.

Covid has been linked to just about every symptom imaginable.

If he is traveling, obviously he tested negative.

Like VaDawg said, it is almost certainly a precaution to make sure contact tracing/infection does not effect the team in the event he tests positive (next test would be Monday, I believe), as a positive test would be linked back to when the symptoms first occurred and would include the entire team if he were to get on that plane.

Good news

Yes Ward has shown symptoms.

I'm going to have permanent damage from my heart jumping into my throat everytime I see that this thread has new posts.

That's the only cardio workouts I get

lmao

Lol!!

Please let this be

Ok but should we practice? I mean what we are doing is working.

Great news!!! We'll need them