The Official Patriots vs Steelers game thread

[Big-T]

Oh look who was head hunting again

 

[Deus Irae]

Is it just me or is Brady getting the ball out noticeably faster today?

The receivers getting open is allowing him to do that.

 

[Foxypats]

Up by 14 again....smart play

 

[Archeryaddict12]

Needed a td there.

 

[TyronePoole]

FG there is really stupid

 

[BradyToAmendola]

Greg A. Bedard ?@GregABedard 36s
Did **** LeBeau forget he needed press man in '11 to halt Brady's dominance of him?

This is why. The zone defense helps brady.

The Bengals played mostly zone against us.

 

[SVN]

Saw that sack coming.

just when i said a couple of good words about the oline play

 

[Uncle Rico]

Chad Finn ?@GlobeChadFinn 1m
Troy Polamalu chasing a Patriots receiver 40-plus yards downfield belongs in a montage of recurring moments over the past decade or so.


Always been funny to me how much respect Brady and BB have given to Ed Reed, while staying silent on Polamalu. There's a reason.

 

[PATRlOT]

**** YOU McDaniels

WORST ****ing play calling on long yardage situations in the entire league. I say this every game and it continues to hold true throughout every single one.

I could give a $h!t less if our RB had a big gain there, there was no way he was getting a TD.

What a joke.

 

[oldskool138]

FG there is really stupid

Not when you're up by two TD's.

 

[SVN]

The Bengals played mostly zone against us.

but the 4 man pressure was relentless and brady was hit hard

 

[Sticky Caulk]

Ridley is at his best when he has opportunities to get to the 2nd level. This is what Pitts is denying him. Better to use a bruiser like Bolden or Blount at this point until things open up a little.

Neither Blount nor Bolden are 'bruisers'.

 

[FrodoBagginz]

As we learned earlier, 3 points is better than 4 and out and no points. I'll take 3 over 0.

 

[PatsFaninAZ]

It is virtually impossible to score on first and goal from the ten yard line. I'd like to see red zone conversion rates for series that start there, but they almost never are successful. We've had it twice now. It's just too many yards to get with 22 guys jammed into a 20 yard space. As soon as Amendola went out of bounds at the 10, I knew it was trouble.

 

[TheTruth3402]

The Bengals played mostly zone against us.

It helps when you have a D line and pass rush like the Bengals do.

 

[Deus Irae]

Ridley is at his best when he has opportunities to get to the 2nd level. This is what Pitts is denying him. Better to use a bruiser like Bolden or Blount at this point until things open up a little.

I'm just hearkening back to recent game threads. I'm not posting the RB/OC stuff seriously.

 

[Brady6]

That was still a dumb call even though they gained some yardage, you have Gronk and Dobson both who have a size advantage and you don’t at least try and get it to them in end zone instead you run a draw on 3rd down like we have a rookie QB.

 

[TyronePoole]

Re: Re: The Official Patriots vs Steelers game thread

Not when you're up by two TD's.

Especially when you are, a FG is worthless

 

[SVN]

**** YOU McDaniels

WORST ****ing play calling on long yardage situations in the entire league. I could give a $h!t less if he had a big gain there, there was no way he was getting a TD.

What a joke.

And we are back.........

 

[ausbacker]

The receivers getting open is allowing him to do that.

It is a fair point Deus. Receivers open or not, Brady looks as decisive as we've seen in 2013. I wouldn't mind seeing a few more balls spread across the team rather than just Gronk. That said, he's open so throw it to him.

I'm still less than pleased with the OL. They're still spotty at best.