My Afterthoughts – The Philly Game
Wow, what a game, if I didn’t see it with my own 2 eyes I would have thought our defense was wearing puke green uniforms with an eagle head on the helmet. We got schooled by our own style defense, fast – furious – blitz after blitz – show no mercy – hard core defense at it finest. I can’t believe we didn’t adjust to that after the first 6 sacks.. come on.
Is our offensive line that bad? Can our receivers not run a blitz route? Where is the check down? What the hell were they thinking out there? Ok, yeah I’m pissed about this game because it’s Philly but we are not that bad.
On a positive note, we shut down McNabb and didn’t let him put 35+ on the board like the other 2 teams they have played, he is McNabb after all. So, our defense looked good after Westbrook left the game injured. He was busting our chops early and by overplaying the run, we gave up many quick short passes for big yardage. Once we stopped over pursuing, the short/screen pass was gone.
Special teams, not much I can say there except, somebody get in there that’s not afraid to catch a punt or kickoff. Come on fellas. Reed was Reed and came through when needed.
Big Ben looked bad and just like he did last year when he had no protection, I know it’s easy for me to sit here and say it but hey, I’m not the one making big bucks and supposed to be leading this team. I do my job everyday and perform as expected. Ben.. shape up my man and use your head.
Until next week, keep the faith and Go Steelers. Bring on the Ravens!!
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