Nice way to make up numbers to support an argument. Romo was sacked 36 times last season. Brees has never been sacked more than 27 times in a season. Roethlisberger has ONLY ONE SEASON WITH LESS THAN 27 times!!! Ben's sack rate is double that of the top 5 QBs. There is no way BR can survive a 500 pass season. It won't happen and I am thankful team management realizes that and is taking steps to address it.
Because the article is true!! Haley is not for Ben he is an OC for the likes of Brady. I seriously don't know who's idea it was but it was a terrible decision. Run , run, dink and donk screen game is so simple. Why even pay Brown , Ben and Heath if you are going to run this offense.
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I'm going to have to agree with this post.....
I'm starting to agree with you more and more...
IMO this franchise looks like it's trying too hard to go against the grain. Maybe it will pan out 5 years from now when the D's start figuring out how to stop high powered offenses and the league goes back to big bruising backs and Marty Ball...
That screen pass INT said it all... we aren't even trying to put drives together.
You know what this boils down to is play calling. Whether its Haley, Arians, or Ray freakin Sherman, we need to be able to put a drive together that results in touchdowns on a consistent basis. We didnt do that when Arians was here, and we havent done it enough under Haley either.
Fact of the matter is you need to run and pass effectively to be a great offense. As long as we are putting scoring drives together I really dont care which we do more often.
Considering how the rules have changed over the last few years to favor passing, and the fact that the NFL likes to pimp-out star QBs, I don't think we'll be seeing a shift any time soon.
But let's say you're right and in 5 or 6 years the NFL will shift back to being more of a ball control league.... how many mediocre to bad seasons will the Steelers have in between trying to go against the grain? How many years of Ben's career would have been wasted?
At some point, they need to stop worrying about being right and worry about winning.
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