I haven't changed my opinion on the matter. I think both Redman and Dwyer run HARDER than Mendy and have a better shot at making something out of nothing. Mendy has a few better moves and more speed and can take one to the house if he gets into the secondary.
If there is no hole Redman/Dwyer > Mendy.
Overall, the weakest link in our run game is the offensive line. Redman's average was killed by the number of times there was someone in the backfield immediately after he got the ball.
Post-Jets thoughts
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
by Dale Lolley
@ The Steelers scrapped their outside running attack in the second half and started running right at the Jets.
It says here they should continue along that path until Rashard Mendenhall comes back and shows he's healthy.
Isaac Redman and Jonathan Dwyer are not east-west runners.
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Yeah, that's the crazy part - with this [B minus at best] grade OL, and runners that really are only any good going north/south (thus exposing them to all the consequences of the OL's faults) ... we STILL burn 10 min off the clock in the 4th qrtr.
How does that happen?
I don't care, I just say ... WHOOOOOOT!!!!!!
We got our "6-PACK" - time to work on a CASE!
HERE WE GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO!
Originally Posted by Eich
Still got Foster on the OL. The interior of the OL did not move the Jets off the LOS, but there was a lot of penetration from Fosters side. Either he's the problem or Pouncey. I tend to believe the former. BTW Colon wasn't a world beater either.
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When the rubber met the road, as Tomlin says, Redman and Dwyer were able to get it done...
On the last drive, Redman had a 10 yard carry, a 14 yard catch and run, a 6 yard carry and a short TD run where he was met in the backfield but still scored...
Dwyer added a 4 yard carry and a 7 yard carry on that drive as well...
They were minus Revis, their best player. He would have made a difference. Who knows if we would have been as successful with him taking away our best WR and locking down half the field. They could have committed another safety to the rush if they had Revis out there.
And if we had James Harrison and Troy Polamalu at full health, we might have held the Jets to minus 10 points.
Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.
Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.
We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.
We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.
Not to mention DeCastro...
Wont happen as long as DL is our DC
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Are you kidding? If not for the TERRIBLE tackling courtesy of the New York Jets those second effort runs by Redman don't happen. Dwyer has better vision, better feet and can actually make people miss. Redman is a battering ram. Once our o-line is situated Dwyer is going to be a exceptional compliment to Mendenhall, hell he may prove to be better. I thought Redman looked putrid yesterday even with the TD run.
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