GDT #1: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Washington Unmentionables

Postby **Algernon** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:20 pm

Worst PI call?

Postby **shafnutz05** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:22 pm

DEEBO!!! Overturn though

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:22 pm

It's usually halftime right now. This is awesome

Postby **dodint** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:23 pm

Perfect.

Postby **blackjack68** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:23 pm

I'm not gonna tell James that hit the ground.

Postby **stillgeezer** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:24 pm

Are there no Steeler db s that can learn to turn their head and look for the ball when the receiver does? H e could have easily played the ball if he had looked when Jackson did

Postby **blackjack68** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:24 pm

Worst PI call?

Pretty weak. Thankfully it doesn't matter this time.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:30 pm

Impressive season-opening win. The Redskins aren't world-beaters, but to go on the road and dominate in the fashion they did is a great sign. Offense looks awesome. I may be saying this selfishly as a Williams owner, but I'd love to see him in full season mode. That being said, I'm sure he would wear down.

Postby **Craig** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:33 pm

Over/under on career wins Kirk Cousins has against teams with a winning record: 0.5

Postby **Kaiser** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:01 pm

Penalized for disgusting twerking. Heres Katy Perry with your halftime show, because of her singing.

Postby **Viva la Ben** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:02 pm

Tonight's win makes it six in a row for the Steelers vs Washington. The Steelers last lost to Washington in 1991.

Postby **dodint** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:31 pm

Penalized for disgusting twerking. Heres Katy Perry Beyonce with your halftime show, because of her singing.

So close.

Postby **large garlic** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:55 am

I forgot what it's like watching this Steelers defense. Most of the game, they look kinda bad--missing tackles, blown coverage in the secondary, not getting off the field on 3rd down, no consistent pressure on the QB, etc. But somehow at the end of the game, you look at the scoreboard and the other team has less than 20 points.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 9:06 am

I thought the defense played great. On the road against an offense that had some weapons, they played effective bend not break defense. They didn't give up big plays, they also played very conservative with the pass rush because there was never any reason to dial it up.

I know that Eli Rogers was the camp darling, but you had to come away impressed with the guy. One of the problems with watching a football game is you hardly get to see how the defense is covering the receivers, so at the beginning I was under the impression that Brown was getting blanket coverage and the Steelers were going to have to show that someone else could catch before anything would open up for Brown. Rogers played that role, James also played the Heath Miller role adequately. I think the Brown-Roethlisberger connection might be so good at this point that only injuries to either of those two can derail the offense.

So when you have an offense that can score, all you need to do on defense is play effective bend not break, especially on the road.

Postby **Blue Canary** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 10:27 am

It's usually halftime right now. This is awesome

The early timing was wonderful.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:41 pm

I like that Martavis Bryant was mentioned once during the broadcast, and it was in the same sentence as Heath Miller; people that Pittsburgh can move forward without.

That's not a dig on Heath, I love Heath, just pointing out the kids are alright.

Postby **Algernon** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:03 pm

I like that Martavis Bryant was mentioned once during the broadcast, and it was in the same sentence as Heath Miller; people that Pittsburgh can move forward without.

That's not a dig on Heath, I love Heath, just pointing out the kids are alright.

I'd like to not move on without LB tho

Postby **dodint** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:06 pm

Oh, for sure. DW is great but I'm not sure he has 16 of those games in the tank. The receivers look young and good, I'm hoping they can fill the MB gap. I teased Coates about having stone hands but he played well last night.

Also hoping I'm not getting too optimistic after beating the Redskins, a very hot/cold team. The Bengals game this week should be pretty great.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:07 pm

They just need to figure out how to manage the workload of the big three so that they can all actually play a playoff game together.

Postby **blackjack68** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:13 pm

They showed a stat at one point last night that in 2015, Ben, Brown and Bell were only on the field together for 5.7% of the snaps taken.

So yeah, more cohesion and good health would be appreciated.

Postby **Blue Canary** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:44 pm

They just need to figure out how to manage the workload of the big three so that they can all actually play a playoff game together.

Thank you. I remain convinced that the Steelers beat Denver and probably win the SB last year if all were healthy enough to play.

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:47 pm

They just need to figure out how to manage the workload of the big three so that they can all actually play a playoff game together.
Thank you. I remain convinced that the Steelers beat Denver and probably win the SB last year if all were healthy enough to play.

*trying my hardest not to respond to this*

*quickly exits Steelers thread before I get beer cans thrown at me*

*realize I am mixing up third and first person perspectives in these bits*

Postby **Troy Loney** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:47 pm

They just need to figure out how to manage the workload of the big three so that they can all actually play a playoff game together.
Thank you. I remain convinced that the Steelers beat Denver and probably win the SB last year if all were healthy enough to play.

Yeah, but then they probably would have lost to NE, so it's a moot point.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:52 pm

They just need to figure out how to manage the workload of the big three so that they can all actually play a playoff game together.
Thank you. I remain convinced that the Steelers beat Denver and probably win the SB last year if all were healthy enough to play.
*trying my hardest not to respond to this*

*quickly exits Steelers thread before I get beer cans thrown at me*

*realize I am mixing up third and first person perspectives in these bits*

Relish the SB that was gifted to Peyton cause Denver will be irrelevant soon.

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:54 pm

They just need to figure out how to manage the workload of the big three so that they can all actually play a playoff game together.
Thank you. I remain convinced that the Steelers beat Denver and probably win the SB last year if all were healthy enough to play.
*trying my hardest not to respond to this*

*quickly exits Steelers thread before I get beer cans thrown at me*

*realize I am mixing up third and first person perspectives in these bits*
Relish the SB that was gifted to Peyton cause Denver will be irrelevant soon.

eh. I think Siemian is better than last year's Peyton and our defense is better than last year (people talk about how the defense lost Trevathan and Malik Jackson but don't talk about Shane Rey or Shaq Barrett getting bigger roles). I think we'll be in the same situation as last year aka we can win any game and lose any game, regardless of opponent