Marshall Faulk not impressed with Steelers

[hawaiiansteel]

Faulk not impressed with Steelers

September 13th, 2011
by Scott Brown


Upon further review, Mike Tomlin did find something positive to take from the Steelers’ 35-7 loss to the Ravens.

“Daniel Sepulveda punted the ball well,” Tomlin said at his semi-informative, semi-entertaining news conference Tuesday.

Tomlin said several times that the Steelers were soundly beaten by their archrivals, that there is “no explanation” for what transpired in Baltimore.

And he didn’t bite when asked if the Steelers had come out flat, inexplicable as it may seem considering that they were playing the Ravens.

“I don’t want to take anything away from those guys. I don’t want to make excuses,” Tomlin said. “We didn’t perform well. We got beat convincingly by a good football team. However tough the meat is we’ll chew on that and move forward.”

At least one NFL analyst had a different take.

During a conference call Tuesday, NFL Network analyst Marshall Faulk gave his observation of arguably the most surprising outcome from a wild opening week of league play.

“I didn’t think that they were ready,” Faulk said of the Steelers. “Baltimore showed up with a chip on their shoulder that the Pittsburgh Steelers normally match in that game. That did not look like the Pittsburgh Steelers team that we’re accustomed to seeing.”

Perhaps more interesting was Faulk saying that he doesn’t think the Steelers have improved themselves after getting to the Super Bowl in 2010.

“Yes, faster receivers does make for a better offense, but offensive line wise, I didn’t see them get better. I didn’t see them gain any depth on defense,” Faulk said.

“Obviously, Troy Polamalu is there, kind of the heart and soul of that defense. If he goes down, they’d be in the same situation that they were in the Super Bowl when he was a little hurt.”

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[Discipline of Steel]

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Marshall, your opinion means naught to me.

[Scarletfire1970]

Re: Marshall Faulk not impressed with Steelers

I hate the guy, but he is right.

[ramblinjim]

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Faulk not impressed with Steelers

September 13th, 2011
by Scott Brown


Upon further review, Mike Tomlin did find something positive to take from the Steelers’ 35-7 loss to the Ravens.

“Daniel Sepulveda punted the ball well,” Tomlin said at his semi-informative, semi-entertaining news conference Tuesday.

Tomlin said several times that the Steelers were soundly beaten by their archrivals, that there is “no explanation” for what transpired in Baltimore.

And he didn’t bite when asked if the Steelers had come out flat, inexplicable as it may seem considering that they were playing the Ravens.

“I don’t want to take anything away from those guys. I don’t want to make excuses,” Tomlin said. “We didn’t perform well. We got beat convincingly by a good football team. However tough the meat is we’ll chew on that and move forward.”

At least one NFL analyst had a different take.

During a conference call Tuesday, NFL Network analyst Marshall Faulk gave his observation of arguably the most surprising outcome from a wild opening week of league play.

“I didn’t think that they were ready,” Faulk said of the Steelers. “Baltimore showed up with a chip on their shoulder that the Pittsburgh Steelers normally match in that game. That did not look like the Pittsburgh Steelers team that we’re accustomed to seeing.”

Perhaps more interesting was Faulk saying that he doesn’t think the Steelers have improved themselves after getting to the Super Bowl in 2010.

“Yes, faster receivers does make for a better offense, but offensive line wise, I didn’t see them get better. I didn’t see them gain any depth on defense,” Faulk said.

“Obviously, Troy Polamalu is there, kind of the heart and soul of that defense. If he goes down, they’d be in the same situation that they were in the Super Bowl when he was a little hurt.”

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H-I Steel I have stolen the pictures at the bottom of your signature, thank you!

[feltdizz]

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I hate the guy, but he is right.

yep, it wasn't like he trashed us...

he was nicer than most fans on this board after the loss.

[steelblood]

Re: Marshall Faulk not impressed with Steelers

He is generally right. But, he is still a total tool.

Faulk was a great running back. But, as a commentator and as a person, he comes of as self-righteous, shallow, and flip. He gives guys like Schlereth, Sterling Sharpe, and Baldinger a bad name as player commentators. There is absolutely no depth and or thought to anything Marshall says. It is all based on his gut reaction to what he sees. He is an empty man.

[sentinel33]

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Don't care, Marshall.

Pompous A$$!

[steelerkeylargo]

Re: Marshall Faulk not impressed with Steelers

I hate the guy, but he is right.

[Ghost]

Re: Marshall Faulk not impressed with Steelers

Not wrong but easily one of the hardest people to listen to talk about the game. I'd rather pull my own teeth out with pliers than have to listen to this jacka$$ for an hour.

[fezziwig]

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I can't stand the guy but he is correct. It is simple to see what he has stated.
Faulk is about anti Steeler as you can get. He had a good career, they show his game tapes but, you will not find a game tape of him running on the Steelers.
He hates the Steelers because they owned him throughout his career.

As someone so eloquently put it, " he is a tool. "

[Slapstick]

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I wasn't impressed with the Steelers either...

Wow, he showed tremendous insight, didn't he?

Can I get Marshall's paycheck?

[Shawn]

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Sounds about right to me.

[Discipline of Steel]

Re: Marshall Faulk not impressed with Steelers

Dont forget we may have had a strategy to keep more of our veterans this year with the lock-out shortened preseason. The goal is to win the Super Bowl this year, give all they got while they may have an advantage as a veteran team. Didnt work out for the first game certainly but i think any decisions about the quality of the team should be reserved for at least a few more games. I mean, what if we end up 15-1, you just never know. Thats why they play the games. So Marshall's final assessment is a bit premature, perhaps they have the best depth on D possible for their situatiuon. Many on this board think the OL is the best in several years. May prove to be true after 16 games, we will see.

[hawaiiansteel]

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H-I Steel I have stolen the pictures at the bottom of your signature, thank you!

you're welcome, anytime...

[Djfan]

Re: Marshall Faulk not impressed with Steelers

The only thing worth pointing out here is that during the PREGAME show before the spanking, Faulk said the same thing. He was the only one on the panel to not pick the Steelers to win, and he said it was because he thought that they didn't improve. It pissed me off, but he was right, sort of.

Still, he sucks. As an alum of SDSU, who went there when Faulk was there, I would hope that he would support the Aztecs or their program to some degree, but he won't. He doesn't respond to them or get involved at all.

Classless if you ask me.