Pittsburgh Steelers: Todd Haley Has Already Identified Offensive Strengths

[Crash]

No kidding Slap. But teams don't score every time they see the red zone. That's not reality.

The issue here, is what fans/Art think when they don't score? What should they do?

Yinzers believe running the ball cures everything.

[Crash]

Win Super Bowls and nobody complains...Steeler fans are spoiled...

People were complaining about Arians all during 2008. People are so hell bent on protecting this defense that their 4th quarter meltdown in SB XLIII gets blamed on the Steelers OFFENSE.

[Slapstick]

No kidding Slap. But teams don't score every time they see the red zone. That's not reality.

The issue here, is what fans/Art think when they don't score? What should they do?

Yinzers believe running the ball cures everything.

Except when it does not result in winning...

I'll take the quote from Coach Tomlin:

Every day I walk by five Lombardi Trophies, not five rushing titles.

Of course, thanks to that thinking, where winning is the most important thing, Coach now walks by sixLombardi Trophies....

[Crash]

I'll take the quote from Coach Tomlin:

Of course, thanks to that thinking, where winning is the most important thing, Coach now walks by sixLombardi Trophies....

And what happened after 2009? Tomlin changed, he apparently agreed with II that they needed to commit to the running game rather than admit his 4th quarter defense stunk.

[steelnavy]

If Todd Haley runs the ball more i think he might be the dumbest OC ever.

Design plays to your strength and Steelers QB is their strength. Steelers running game sucks. Don't run for the sake of running. I don't want to see stupid run-run-pass Marty ball.

So because the Steelers run game sucked last year, then it sucks this year? So NOTHING has changed since then? Do you think that maybe it sucked because of BA's poor play design/calling? Maybe a better coach could take the same players and make them play better? And maybe a number 1 and 2 O line draft pick might also help with the ability to run? So are you REALLY going to stick with "Steelers run game sucks" in the present tense?!?

[Sugar]

So because the Steelers run game sucked last year, then it sucks this year? So NOTHING has changed since then? Do you think that maybe it sucked because of BA's poor play design/calling? Maybe a better coach could take the same players and make them play better? And maybe a number 1 and 2 O line draft pick might also help with the ability to run? So are you REALLY going to stick with "Steelers run game sucks" in the present tense?!?

It's my belief that the run game and the O in general would be better even if BA was still here due to the improvement in personnel. Of course, injuries can be a real problem. But I don't go into the season expecting we'll see nearly what we did last year.

[feltdizz]

The run game would have improved over night if they inserted Redman more behind that OL last year. Mend wasn't built to run behind that OL.

[Crash]

Not being predictable he wouldn't have been. 3rd and 2 in Houston. Draw to Redman, STUFFED.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Not being predictable he wouldn't have been. 3rd and 2 in Houston. Draw to Redman, STUFFED.

Well, the predictable play caller from last year isn't here anymore either...

[Eich]

And what happened after 2009? Tomlin changed, he apparently agreed with II that they needed to commit to the running game rather than admit his 4th quarter defense stunk.

The Defense consistently ranks ahead of our offense, sometimes well ahead, in terms of points scored/allowed. Only two times in Ben's career has the defense ever ranked worse than 3rd in the league in points allowed. In that same time, the offense has never ranked higher than 9th in terms of points scored.

THIS IS AN OFFENSIVE-ORIENTED LEAGUE, HELL BENT ON SCORING POINTS. RANKING 21st ON POINTS SCORED IS AWFUL !!!

Offense and Defense ranking on POINTS scored/allowed.

2011: Offense 21st, Defense 1st
2010: Offense 12th, Defense 1st
2009: Offense 12th, Defense 12th
2008: Offense 20th, Defense 1st
2007: Offense 9th, Defense 2nd
2006: Offense 12th, Defense 11th
2005: Offense 9th, Defense 3rd
2004: Offense 11th, Defense 1st

[Crash]

Well, the predictable play caller from last year isn't here anymore either...

But apparently, according to four different players, we are going to run MORE.

And we ran on 58% of 1st downs, and 65% of 1st downs in the RZ.

If those players are accurate in their words? How can they NOT be predictable if they are going to run even MORE?

[Crash]

THIS IS AN OFFENSIVE-ORIENTED LEAGUE, HELL BENT ON SCORING POINTS. RANKING 21st ON POINTS SCORED IS AWFUL !!!

I agree with you. So tell me smart guy, if this is an "offensive-oriented league, hell bent on scoring points", why in hell is this team shelling out almost $139 MILLION on three defensive players like they did last off season?

[RuthlessBurgher]

I agree with you. So tell me smart guy, if this is an "offensive-oriented league, hell bent on scoring points", why in hell is this team shelling out almost $139 MILLION on three defensive players like they did last off season?

Ummm...it's probably a good idea to try to stop the other teams' offense that is hell bent on scoring points too. That's helps.

[Crash]

Ummm...it's probably a good idea to try to stop the other teams' offense that is hell bent on scoring points too. That's helps.

But $139 million worth? Why not "balance" it out?

What are people going to say if they let Wallace go? Arians isn't here anymore to blame.

[Eich]

I agree with you. So tell me smart guy, if this is an "offensive-oriented league, hell bent on scoring points", why in hell is this team shelling out almost $139 MILLION on three defensive players like they did last off season?

If you agree with me smart guy, then why are you blaming Lebeau and 4th quarter defense on anything? I can understand you complaining about spending too much on defense but defensive performance is not the issue with this team getting another ring (outside of the injury-ridden disaster against the Broncos last year, in which the offense and defense tried to out-pathetic each other).

The Steelers shelled out $100M to Ben and tolerated all his issues, they have fantastic skill-position weapons and now they went out and got some high draft pics on the offensive line and replaced our predictable play-caller. Stop complaining for the sake of complaining until we can see what they're able to do.