Timmons "Haters" Still Out There?

[Oviedo]

Best LB all season long! Great INT last night. Solid game like every week.

Too bad Harrison can't contribute to that level.

[steelz09]

Yup. A good play by Timmons and he had a good overall game. Finally, the d came thru.

I'm going to keep things in stride. Let's not enshrine him in Canton just yet.

He had 3 tackles against the Giants and 2 tackles against Redskins. Like I said, let's keep things in stride. In both of those games, I thought he had a better game than what his stats indicated. I was surprised to see the tackle stats myself.

[SidSmythe]

I'm notta a "hater" but it's been a "love/hate" relationship.
But I like what i've been seeing the last 4-5 weeks.

[feltdizz]

He sucks... KC sucks.. do it every game vs everybody and then I will think about changing.my mind... maybe.

[flippy]

It's like any of our LBs when healthy. Keep them in the box, they make plays and look like studs. Drop them into coverage, they disappear and don't make plays.

Timmy's as good as Lebeau allows him to be.

[Eddie Spaghetti]

Maybe they are with all the lebeau hatres who finally had to shut up and eat some crow

[papillon]

Maybe they are with all the lebeau hatres who finally had to shut up and eat some crow

Yea, I'm with ya, but how do they give up the 4th and 15? As soon as I saw Cassell side step Woodley I knew a completion was coming, I was hoping for 14.5 yards, but it turned out to be more than 15. Dominated the KC offense all half and then they hit one play, unbelievable.

Timmons made everything good, so it's a win and they move on to Baltimore.

Pappy

[Starlifter]

I'm notta a "hater" but it's been a "love/hate" relationship.
But I like what i've been seeing the last 4-5 weeks.

Totally agree.

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

Yea, I'm with ya, but how do they give up the 4th and 15? As soon as I saw Cassell side step Woodley I knew a completion was coming, I was hoping for 14.5 yards, but it turned out to be more than 15. Dominated the KC offense all half and then they hit one play, unbelievable.

Timmons made everything good, so it's a win and they move on to Baltimore.

Pappy

Shades of playoff game in Denver last year ... I thought this was the year we had finally slain the 3rd and long bogeyman ... maybe it was, but now it's the 4th and 15's I'll be worrying about.

It would be so much easier if the rest of the NFL just forfeited their seasons and awarded us the Lombardi this week, why do we have to fight for it like this??

[birtikidis]

People don't realize what Timmons does to the other teams TE's. He can match up with any of them and taken out of the game. There's more to football than just sacks.

[phillyesq]

Timmons has played pretty well recently, but I want to see elite performance from him consistently.

Also, Ovi, I thought you had been saying all year that Timmons should be attacking the LOS and not playing in coverage. Seems that having him drop in coverage worked out ok.

[steelz09]

People don't realize what Timmons does to the other teams TE's. He can match up with any of them and taken out of the game. There's more to football than just sacks.

Timmons, just like most LBs in the league would get toasted by Jimmy Graham, Vernon Davis, Gronkowski, Hernandez, etc.

If I remember correctly, Cortez Allen covered Gronkowski most of the game last year because he #1 - Has size #2 - Athletic ability. Most corners have the athletic ability but can't match up physically.

[Oviedo]

Timmons has played pretty well recently, but I want to see elite performance from him consistently.

Also, Ovi, I thought you had been saying all year that Timmons should be attacking the LOS and not playing in coverage. Seems that having him drop in coverage worked out ok.

I still would have him attacking the LOS at least 50% of the time. Like we saw last night he makes things happen doing that. Greaty he was in coverage for the INT but he will do more damage going after the QB than waiting for an INT.

[Slapstick]

I still would have him attacking the LOS at least 50% of the time. Like we saw last night he makes things happen doing that. Greaty he was in coverage for the INT but he will do more damage going after the QB than waiting for an INT.

Both of Timmons' INTs this season were set up by him going after the QB...just when the opposing QB is expecting him to rush, LeBeau has him drop into coverage, leading to the INT...

[Eddie Spaghetti]

People don't realize what Timmons does to the other teams TE's. He can match up with any of them and taken out of the game. There's more to football than just sacks.

this is simply, not true.

remember the oakland game timmons was beaten by a no name TE for a critical 1st down. This was in the stretch of the 1st 3 games where timmons was practically invisible, outside of giving up big plays. To say he is the best LB and brings it "every week" is just seeing what someone wants to see. If I recall, he had 11 total tackles in those 1st three games. They count too, right?

and while he played well last night, he was far from perfect. He was bailed out by a horrible holding call after missing a wide open tackle on the KC touchdown pass. That very well may have cost the steelers a victory if not for the generous call. Lets see a couple of full seasons from timmons before we anoint him into the HOF.