Steelers "surprised" and "caught off guard" by NE offense

[QuantumMechanic]

What the f*ckity f*ck?? Wow, they really are idiots over there.

“The first drive hit us by surprise,” Dupree said. “They came out firing and they caught us off guard. We were checking and they were checking at the same time. Hats off to that team. They had a great preparation.”

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Dupree said the Steelers had prepared for the Patriots to operate out of the no huddle, but they were taken aback by the frequency with which Brady ran it.

“We didn’t really anticipate it like that,” Dupree said. “It was more in their approach to the no huddle, the checks they made right away. It was a great job by Tom Brady.”

Burns said the Steelers were not expecting Patriots receiver Chris Hogan to be the main offensive weapon for Brady.

“We knew he was one of the guys who could stretch you,” Burns said. “That’s why we played a lot of zone, to keep the top on the coverage. He was able to slip behind it. That’s why he had the game he had by slipping behind our deep coverage to make plays.”

Steelers 'surprised' and 'caught off guard' by Patriots offense

 

[fightingirish595]

Uhmmmmm What?

 

[RIpats88]

ya, its not like brady to spread teams out and go no huddle. such an offensive wrinkle!!!

 

[Mark.]

That's why their season is over. What exactly were they expecting? I also think Ben could stand to try some avocado ice cream. He seems to really be showing his age.

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

lol, someone should be fired for this....

 

[fightingirish595]

Someone should be fired for this....

Wait... hes serious?

 

[PlanB]

now we know what rule will change for next season: the offense can't come to the LOS until 10 seconds left on play clock

 

[festy1986]

On to Atlanta people.

 

[ausbacker]

Impossible, it was faulty headsets.

 

[meatface]

If it was the Ravens you know they would submit a rule saying no more flea flickers

 

[TinhWoodhead]

I'm really suprise that theyre suprised

 

[everlong]

We weren't expecting so much sunshine in Arizona. I mean you read about it but once you see the light it's blinding.

 

[Nikolai]

The Pats DO take teams by surprise because of the precision and speed with which the offense is run, as well as the actual speed of the receivers and RBs. Anyone ever notice that the teams which traditionally give us the most trouble are teams we've faced often? Jest? Ravens (esp. 2009-2012)? Broncos? They know us well enough to scheme for all that, at least to some degree.

The only two exceptions are the Dolts and Steelers. Both teams have this seeming inability to prepare for what they know is coming. I'm not saying Tomlin should be fired for what happened, but the Rooneys should be pulling him in for a "WTF was that??" conference.

 

[Mark.]

now we know what rule will change for next season: the offense can't come to the LOS until 10 seconds left on playclock

I wonder how many rules have been changed because teams can't beat the Patriots. I can think of a couple.

 

[Nikolai]

I wonder how many rules have been changed because teams can't beat the Patriots. I can think of a couple.

Pretty much anything that came out of that 2005 Competition Committee meeting for starters.

When fans of other teams start *****ing about all the ticky-tack calls, I tell them they can thank Bill Polian for it.

 

[RobertWeathers]

What the f*ckity f*ck?? Wow, they really are idiots over there.




Steelers 'surprised' and 'caught off guard' by Patriots offense

Well, when you have a full day and a half head-start on game planning you really have an insurmountable advantage.

 

[Froob]

I feel like I've watched that same game like 7 or 8 times, how did they not see this coming?

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

W T F ???

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Just awful and inexcusable. This is why i say its good the steelers made it this far. Theyre doing just good enough to keep tomlin the coach.

 

[mosi]

Statements like this make me wonder if BB is really that good or are the other coaches just morons?