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There are lots of both good and bad in this game, but the overall thought I had throughout was:
Thank god it's the Giants. If this had been KC, Baltimore, NO, GB - I'm not confident the level of tonights play would have produced a positive result.
Speaking of positive - let's start with the glass is half empty.
sloppy play to start the game. muffed punt. missed extra point. Kickoff out of bounds.
a 19 play drive???? ygtbsm.
as much as we want the Conor story to have a happy ending - I don't think it will.
awful break for Zack Banner. Really liked that story as well. Hope the MRI is better than it looks.
I thought as good as the defense did to make them one dimensional, the giants had more success than was warranted. allowing SB to convert that 4th down was absurd.
speaking of the 4th down - as good as our D-line was, I thought the secondary played pretty average. Need better from them against higher quality QB's.
Tomlin suggesting it takes longer for the offense to get in sync is BS. Maybe that's true for Tomlin teams. But many offenses throughout the league started week 1 on fire like they never had an off season. So nope Mike, it's just another example of how your camps don't lead to fast starts.
But now here's the glass is half full.
Offense DID find it's rhythm. Soooo much better after that 2 minute drive.
Benny Snell cracks 100 yards in 3 quarters essentially.
The O-line did a pretty good job after about the first 8 minutes or so.
Dionte drove me nuts this game - but made some clutch plays. Kid can be electric.
JuJu was a stud
Chase Claypool only made two real plays - but they were both high quality NFL plays. Dragging the toes on his first catch - and being savvy enough at the end of the game to stay inbounds. Really impressed.
Defensive line is absurdly good. Consistent pressure with just 4 rushing.
Bud had a monster game. They had no answer for him.
When both TJ and Cam get an interception - that's a sign the defense can be something special.
Ben found his groove, showed he has total command of the game. Just don't take a stupid 12 yard sack at that point.
James W TD was awesome
Villenueva's helmet was terrific. I like his independent streak.
Essentially the game unfolded as I expected. The Steelers started slow and rusty but took advantage of a QB really in his first full year of playing along with a rookie HC. I'm sure they'll go to the 'lab' to sort out what went wrong, but with a bit of luck we start the season 2-0 and finish sept on a high note.
Thank god it's the Giants. If this had been KC, Baltimore, NO, GB - I'm not confident the level of tonights play would have produced a positive result.
Speaking of positive - let's start with the glass is half empty.
sloppy play to start the game. muffed punt. missed extra point. Kickoff out of bounds.
a 19 play drive???? ygtbsm.
as much as we want the Conor story to have a happy ending - I don't think it will.
awful break for Zack Banner. Really liked that story as well. Hope the MRI is better than it looks.
I thought as good as the defense did to make them one dimensional, the giants had more success than was warranted. allowing SB to convert that 4th down was absurd.
speaking of the 4th down - as good as our D-line was, I thought the secondary played pretty average. Need better from them against higher quality QB's.
Tomlin suggesting it takes longer for the offense to get in sync is BS. Maybe that's true for Tomlin teams. But many offenses throughout the league started week 1 on fire like they never had an off season. So nope Mike, it's just another example of how your camps don't lead to fast starts.
But now here's the glass is half full.
Offense DID find it's rhythm. Soooo much better after that 2 minute drive.
Benny Snell cracks 100 yards in 3 quarters essentially.
The O-line did a pretty good job after about the first 8 minutes or so.
Dionte drove me nuts this game - but made some clutch plays. Kid can be electric.
JuJu was a stud
Chase Claypool only made two real plays - but they were both high quality NFL plays. Dragging the toes on his first catch - and being savvy enough at the end of the game to stay inbounds. Really impressed.
Defensive line is absurdly good. Consistent pressure with just 4 rushing.
Bud had a monster game. They had no answer for him.
When both TJ and Cam get an interception - that's a sign the defense can be something special.
Ben found his groove, showed he has total command of the game. Just don't take a stupid 12 yard sack at that point.
James W TD was awesome
Villenueva's helmet was terrific. I like his independent streak.
Essentially the game unfolded as I expected. The Steelers started slow and rusty but took advantage of a QB really in his first full year of playing along with a rookie HC. I'm sure they'll go to the 'lab' to sort out what went wrong, but with a bit of luck we start the season 2-0 and finish sept on a high note.
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