We need to switch to passing attack

[steelz09]

Just because 1 PLAYER has a route that is short of the endzone doesn't mean Ben has to throw it to that guy. Then again, Ben doesn't strike me as the sharpest tool in the shed.

[ikestops85]

The first pick went through Mendy's hands against the Jets, but YOU are going to be taken to Context School. Pull up your desk and say "Hi" to Slap and Lemming, they are sitting right next to you.

Ben Roethlisberger scores a TD to give the Steelers a 17-0 lead in the Jets AFC title game.

Then, Willie Gay scoops up a fumble. It's 24-0, start playing Renegade, wave those Terrible Towels, right?

WRONG!

Why? Because after Gay's fumble return, the Steelers defense gave up a field goal.

Then, to start the 2nd half, the defense gave up a touchdown to Santonio Holmes.

So that's 10 straight points for the Jets, and the 17 point lead that Ben's offense gave the defense was cut to 14 points.

And Ben wasn't on the field for a half an hour.

Class dismissed.

... and we don't care that the offense took the entire 2nd half of the game off.

School's out

[GermanCrash]

... and we don't care that the offense took the entire 2nd half of the game off.

School's out

You guys can't have it both ways. You can't demand defense and running with leads and then complain when they don't score.

Tomlin admitted they played "not to lose" in the second half.

But that's what you people want. Protect the defense, chew clock.

[birtikidis]

Still better than the Haley offense.

And if you want to say "they don't win without Harrison's pick-six", then does Drew Brees with without Tracy Porter's pick-six? Does Flacco win without Jacoby Jones 108-yard kickoff return? Does Peyton Manning win his only Lombardi without a pick-six as the Colts final score in that game?

Haleys offense was on pace to make Big Ben the MVP of the NFL until he got hurt.

[Slapstick]

You guys can't have it both ways. You can't demand defense and running with leads and then complain when they don't score.

Tomlin admitted they played "not to lose" in the second half.

But that's what you people want. Protect the defense, chew clock.

And score TDs, not FGs...

[Vader]

The first pick went through Mendy's hands against the Jets, but YOU are going to be taken to Context School. Pull up your desk and say "Hi" to Slap and Lemming, they are sitting right next to you.

Ben Roethlisberger scores a TD to give the Steelers a 17-0 lead in the Jets AFC title game.

Then, Willie Gay scoops up a fumble. It's 24-0, start playing Renegade, wave those Terrible Towels, right?

WRONG!

Why? Because after Gay's fumble return, the Steelers defense gave up a field goal.

Then, to start the 2nd half, the defense gave up a touchdown to Santonio Holmes.

So that's 10 straight points for the Jets, and the 17 point lead that Ben's offense gave the defense was cut to 14 points.

And Ben wasn't on the field for a half an hour.

Class dismissed.

The only class you'd be in charge of is the short bus class... now time to learn you a few things:

Do you really expect to shut out a team in today's NFL? You're a ****ing moron if you think the D was just going to shut them out. WOW they scored a FG after the D just got off the field by scoring a TD by themselves? WOW what brilliant insight. The defense shut them out in the first half except for a FG. The offense was staying on the field and then in the second half they do this:

3rd qtr- Interception
3rd qtr- 13 yards and a punt
4th qtr- -1 yards and a safety (yea, blame the D here *******)
4th qtr- ran out the game

3 drives in the 2nd half with a pick, punt, and a safety. The offense didn't play to win. They didn't score a ****ing point the entire 2nd half. The defense didn't give up a huge lead on it's own. They got 2 pts from Ben then got a TD because they kicked it off and the Jets had great field position at their own 42 yard line.

BTW you can't say the Jets dominated the TOP in the 2nd half so the Steelers couldn't get the ball. Ben has over a 4 minute drive going and then throws a pick to kill the drive. So anybody that think the offense won that game is ****ing nuts. The defense scored 7 points while the offense scored 17 points and gave up 2 pts. They didn't do **** in the 2nd half.... spin it all you want. The defense scored 7 points and held the Jets to 17 which is a 10 pts spread.

Class is indeed dismissed.

[skyhawk]

Mmmm, this popcorn is good....

[BlitzTo7]

Haleys offense was on pace to make Big Ben the MVP of the NFL until he got hurt.

Wrong. Ben was on pace for an MVP season because he was bailing out the offense on third & long all of the time, mostly because of atrocious play-calling on the first two downs.

Just because 1 PLAYER has a route that is short of the endzone doesn't mean Ben has to throw it to that guy. Then again, Ben doesn't strike me as the sharpest tool in the shed.

We get it. You think the rest of the team is perfect and Ben is the only thing wrong with it. Ben is not the problem, no matter how badly you want him to be.

[birtikidis]

Wrong. Ben was on pace for an MVP season because he was bailing out the offense on third & long all of the time, mostly because of atrocious play-calling on the first two downs.



We get it. You think the rest of the team is perfect and Ben is the only thing wrong with it. Ben is not the problem, no matter how badly you want him to be.

Oh i forgot we kept calling the run backwards and fall down play over and over again on 1st and 2nd down and then said bail us out Ben.

[BlitzTo7]

Oh i forgot we kept calling the run backwards and fall down play over and over again on 1st and 2nd down and then said bail us out Ben.

Pretty much. Don't forget the bubble screens that went nowhere.

[NorthCoast]

Wrong. Ben was on pace for an MVP season because he was bailing out the offense on third & long all of the time, mostly because of atrocious play-calling on the first two downs.



We get it. You think the rest of the team is perfect and Ben is the only thing wrong with it. Ben is not the problem, no matter how badly you want him to be.

And so what happened to the 3rd down magic this season?? In the second half of the game, the Steelers averaged 3 yds to go on seven 3rd downs. The offense got how many first downs?? Zero!... Ben couldn't manage a single throw for a first down. That's the difference.

[birtikidis]

God i hate that bubble screen

[ikestops85]

God i hate that bubble screen

Me too ... I was hoping that play went away with Arians.

[Töm87]

Maybe we should at least play an offensive sheme that suits our quaterback. Spread offece out of the shotgun, that's how most snaps should look like.

[BlitzTo7]

And so what happened to the 3rd down magic this season?? In the second half of the game, the Steelers averaged 3 yds to go on seven 3rd downs. The offense got how many first downs?? Zero!... Ben couldn't manage a single throw for a first down. That's the difference.

Because no offense can live off its QB pulling a miracle out of his butt on every third & long.