Who Will Make The Difference Saturday Night?

[flippy]

Which players do you think will step up? Who needs to have a big game for us to have success against the Ravens?

I have a feeling this could be a low scoring Steelers / Ravens game with Ngata back and Bell being out.

I'm going to suggest this game is going to come down to the play of the D front 7 and stopping the run and pressuring Flacco into mistakes and creating some turnovers.

And on the other side of the ball, we need to see continued success up front. Our OLine vs the Ravens front 7 is going to be a tough battle. I think we just have to be dominant enough on 1-2 series to get a TD or 2 to win this game.

I have a feeling there's gonna be a lot of FG attempts tomorrow.

I'm guessing the star of the game will be Cam Heyward.

[feltdizz]

Interior OL

[papillon]

Interior OL

I don't who will make a difference, but with Bell out and the hit that puts on the passing attack I am hoping that Beachum and Gilbert step up to the plate and win their one-on-one battles with Dumerville and Suggs. Those two guys can disrupt the entire offense of the Steelers if given the opportunity. Mickey and Minnie Mouse could be the cornerbacks for the Ravens and it won't matter if Beachum and Gilbert can't get Suggs and Dumerville blocked.

IMO, here's to Beachum and Gilbert standing tall and giving Ben the time he needs.

Pappy

[Discipline of Steel]

Mike Mitchel...time for him to step up for the team and cement his position for the long run

[papillon]

Mike Mitchel...time for him to step up for the team and cement his position for the long run

Sounds like he's going to have to that with Troy as his running mate and up until now those two have not seemed to be on the same page of the playbook ever.

Pappy

[Notleadpoisoned]

Heath Miller

[Sword]

Big Ben & Heath Miller!!

[SidSmythe]

BROWN needs to go wild (Double Digit catches for 200 yards) and open things up for HEATH underneath.
How about a BIG Play by Bryant?? If HARRIS can get up 40 rushing yards i'll be happy.

BROWN can step up and have a Larry Fitz post season (200

[hawaiiansteel]

I'm hoping it's Ben...

[Discipline of Steel]

Sounds like he's going to have to that with Troy as his running mate and up until now those two have not seemed to be on the same page of the playbook ever.

Pappy

I just feel they are going to test our secondary and its Mitchel's turn to come up big.

[RuthlessBurgher]

The Ravens have two rookies starting on their o-line...UDFA James Hurst at LT and 5th round pick John Urschel at RG. Who will be playing over these guys? None other than James Harrison and Cameron Heyward. Looking for Harrison and Heyward to sack Flacco more often than Suggs and Dumervil get to Ben.

[SidSmythe]

The Ravens have two rookies starting on their o-line...UDFA James Hurst at LT and 5th round pick John Urschel at RG. Who will be playing over these guys? None other than James Harrison and Cameron Heyward. Looking for Harrison and Heyward to sack Flacco more often than Suggs and Dumervil get to Ben.

That is good news.
But I am sure they are training Hurst on how to properly hold Harrison.

I predict Harrison gets a huge strip fumble at some point.

[fordfixer]

Josh Harris

[7 UP]

The star of this game will be Will Johnson. He will run the ball. He will catch the ball out of the backfield, He will protect Ben.

Will Johnson 7 carries 32 yards 1 TD
3 Receptions 29 yards

[SteelerMaine83]

I'd say Polamalu can make the difference, that is if he doesn't play like he's played all year. At this point in his career, he needs to fit in this secondary. The whole secondary, including Mitchell, have played much better without him (Read: Fundamentally Sound). I love all that Troy has brought to the Steelers through the years, but I sincerely hope he retires a Steeler this year. He is so done.