Week 18: Browns vs Steelers Wild Card Game

[hx214]

@sdbacker80 said:

Have the Coverage match the pressure...which we don’t do a lot.  We don’t really jam WRs a lot because we don’t have the 6’2’’ 210 corners 

How many WR screens are we going to see caught behind the LOS result in 10+ yard? 

Well if Ward is out and Kevin Johnson is out and that Jackson kid plays again. Probably 30? 35?

[jiggins7919]

@sdbacker80 said:

Have the Coverage match the pressure...which we don’t do a lot.  We don’t really jam WRs a lot because we don’t have the 6’2’’ 210 corners 

How many WR screens are we going to see caught behind the LOS result in 10+ yard? 

And now no Harrison. Throw us a bone! 

[The Gipper]

@vagitron said:

Im not going anywhere, like i said with gipper earlier if I'm right i expect you in here eating some crow.  I have never ever hid on this board and i'm not about to start.  I stand behind what i say no matter what I say. If i'm wrong i'm wrong but i'm currently not worried about the steelers.  The virus and injuries are the biggest factors. 

Eat crow over what?  

The ONLY possible thing that I would have to eat crow over is if the Steelers go into  Buffalo and win.   And OK, I would have to in that case.    And the crow I will eat is this "Crow".  Andrea Crow:

[calfoxwc]

on a positive note:

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Browns Activate B.J. Goodson, Sign Anthony Fabiano

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[Silver slayer]

"I think they're still the same Browns teams I play every year," Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster said, via the Associated Press' Tom Withers. "I think they're nameless gray faces. They have a couple good players on their team, but at the end of the day, I don't know. The Browns is the Browns."

[SdBacker80]

@silver-slayer said:

"I think they're still the same Browns teams I play every year," Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster said, via the Associated Press' Tom Withers. "I think they're nameless gray faces. They have a couple good players on their team, but at the end of the day, I don't know. The Browns is the Browns."

Excellent- keep em coming 
 

Yeah I saw this...ESPN radio personalities were trying to spin it as confidence.  Yeah Okay...why give the defense another reason to hate you. 

[The Gipper]

@silver-slayer said:

"I think they're still the same Browns teams I play every year," Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster said, via the Associated Press' Tom Withers. "I think they're nameless gray faces. They have a couple good players on their team, but at the end of the day, I don't know. The Browns is the Browns."

Quoting   Max Kellerman:   " But the Steelers are NOT the same old Steelers.   They can't run the ball.  They don't throw the ball  more than a few yards downfield.  They have no one in their defensive backfield that scares anyone"  

[browns52]

@vagitron said:

Im not going anywhere, like i said with gipper earlier if I'm right i expect you in here eating some crow.  I have never ever hid on this board and i'm not about to start.  I stand behind what i say no matter what I say. If i'm wrong i'm wrong but i'm currently not worried about the steelers.  The virus and injuries are the biggest factors. 

i agree...the crow is not the browns losing....because they will....covid got them....my point is the steelers are going nowhere after this round.....

[ATOM]

@the-gipper said:

Quoting   Max Kellerman:   " But the Steelers are NOT the same old Steelers.   They can't run the ball.  They don't throw the ball  more than a few yards downfield.  They have no one in their defensive backfield that scares anyone"  

he is the only one looking at the game without looking at the past Look we gonna move on to the next round

[Vagitron]

@browns52 said:

i agree...the crow is not the browns losing....because they will....covid got them....my point is the steelers are going nowhere after this round.....

It's funny that you blame covid but ignore the fucked schedule and covid that set the steelers on a shit path before regathering themselves in the Second half of the Colts game. How does that work exactly? 

[Tour2ma]

Looks like we are resting vets and patched up guys...

PTG is looking healed...

[Tour2ma]

And the Injury Reports...

[The Gipper]

@atom said:

he is the only one looking at the game without looking at the past Look we gonna move on to the next round

Well....he looked at the past....the past 5 games where the Steelers lost  4 out of 5 of them. 

[The Gipper]

@vagitron said:

It's funny that you blame covid but ignore the fucked schedule and covid that set the steelers on a shit path before regathering themselves in the Second half of the Colts game. How does that work exactly? 

WTF are you talking about?   The Steelers WON all those games wherein they were being shuffled around with their schedule....because the reason they were being shuffled around was because the other team was having fucked up Covid issues. They lost the games they lost on the days they were regularly schedule. 

Week 12

Wed., Dec. 2 — Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens (Heinz Field), 3:40 p.m. ET on NBC

Final Score: Steelers 19, Ravens 14

Week 13

Mon., Dec. 7 — Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Washington (Heinz Field), 5 p.m. ET on FOX

Final Score: Washington 23, Steelers 17

Week 14

Sun., Dec. 13 — Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills (Bills Stadium), 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC (Sunday Night Football)

Final Score: Bills 26, Steelers 15

Week 15

Mon., Dec. 21 — Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals (Paul Brown Stadium), 8:15 p.m. ET on ESPN (Monday Night Football)

Final Score: Bengals 27, Steelers 17

Week 16

Sun., Dec. 27 — Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Indianapolis Colts (Heinz Field), 1 p.m. ET on CBS

Final Score: Steelers 28, Colts 24

Week 17

Sun., Jan. 3 — Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns (FirstEnergy Stadium), 1 p.m. ET on CBS

Final Score: Browns 24, Steelers 22

[SdBacker80]

Hopefully Stefanski doesn’t yell at his TV too much like some us might do on Sundays.

[gumby73]

@canton-dawg said:

Buffalo laid the groundwork for beating the non running dink & dunk Steelers.

They got physical with the WR’s on the line, which also gave their pass rush a blink of a second longer to get to Ben.

In that game Ben was 21/37 for 187 yards with 2 TD’s & 2 picks

went into gamepass to watch this game... your spot on how Woods should prepare & attack this game...

@sdbacker80 said:

Bring the house!!! Try to disrupt his throws.  Not in Woods DNA but he needs to change for this one.

  You are right...

you sir are also right.. we got to tackle like the Bills corners did though.. missed tackles in press man turn into big YAC's. Bring Phillips! he can get there..

@sdbacker80 said:

 Myles who hasn’t been right lately shows up big against a guy he does well against.  He’s a game wrecker.  He needs to wreck the Steelers game plan....prevent scoring drives  

I want to see a Tip & pick starting with Garrett this week. I get #95 can't get tips coming in the QB's backdoor, but sometime wait 2 seconds on Ben & get those big Paws up..  Clayborn's wingspan starts at 6'4"... Vernon's started at 6'2"... I like the next post down.. Get those longer wings up in Ben's passing windows & do it under 2.5 seconds.. 

@tour2ma said:

Forget the house... ^ this...

The DL can't get there if he's throwing short, so follow his eyes into the passing lanes and go tip drill on his ass.

Best defensive plan I've read all week... backup DT's Vincent Taylor & Jordan Elliott are 6'4'..Ogun & Shelton are both 6'2".. Jacob Phillips has the wheels to blitz Ben.. hope to see it.. 

@sdbacker80 said:

Have the Coverage match the pressure...which we don’t do a lot.  We don’t really jam WRs a lot because we don’t have the 6’2’’ 210 corners 

Getting Ward back can fix a lot things.. Keeps Mitchell in the slot where he belongs, matching to Pitts WR D.Johnson..They picked on Robert Jackson & Mitchell outside last week.. Jackson is 6'2' 205, and gained a ton of experience last week...We also just added CB Brian Allen from Bengals PS, and a former Squeeler.. He's 6'3 215 ?.. Maybe now we can Jam outside JuJu & Claypool? I say the same thing every draft.. Draft tall/long armed Corners with burner speed..Could this be the draft we do it?

@the-gipper said:

 They have no one in their defensive backfield that scares anyone"  

Watch the ballhawk #39 with the name Fitzpatrick on his back..First name Minkah

@the-gipper said:

Well....he looked at the past....the past 5 games where the Steelers lost  4 out of 5 of them. 

Here lies the biggest key to the Rematch..^^

Vag's says his team got covid schedule tired.. I call that BS... A gameday fresh* Shlitzberg offense can't score points in the 1st half..So Let's, JUMP ON THEM EARLY !! and keep scoring as I watched in Tennessee till half...(than bite our nails again holding on)

Fact! Ben has not scored 14 points in the 1st half since Week 13 at Home in a Loss to Washington?

Week 14 Bills, Ben scored 7... Week 15 at Bengals, Ben scored 0... Week 16 vs Colts..Ben was losing to Colts 21 Ben 7... Week 17 Macy Rudolph was worth 2 fg's scoring 6 points before half.. 

Don't hold nothing back when their backs are already against the Wall.. Attack! Attack! and do it early.. Smart Fake Punts?/Priefer opening with a Onside kick? get them out of sync & steal some possessions..  

[Dutch Oven]

Drafting tall, long-armed corners with burner speed is easier said than done.

There's a reason why there aren't a lot of 6'2 or taller corners - tall CBs generally do not have quick twitch reaction skills. They might be fast in a straight line for 40 yards, but they struggle getting in and out of breaks. 

[Dick Mellon]

@icecube said:

Pitt favored by 4 to 4.5 right now. 

Yes, it's surprising some people that it's so close.

Has home field been reduced this season from +3?  Sorry, but I haven't been paying attention to that.  Everyone is loving the underdog and betting CLE, thus driving the spread down, down, down.  It will probably be lower by kickoff time.

For me, the greatest accomplishment is that the NFL has made it through the regular season.  I was doubtful that the NFL would make it half this far.

CLE needs to pound the rock; kill the clock; wear out the PIT defense.  I admire teams that can run the ball well.

[Dutch Oven]

@dick-mellon said:

Yes, it's surprising some people that it's so close.

Has home field been reduced this season from +3?  Sorry, but I haven't been paying attention to that.  Everyone is loving the underdog and betting CLE, thus driving the spread down, down, down.  It will probably be lower by kickoff time.

For me, the greatest accomplishment is that the NFL has made it through the regular season.  I was doubtful that the NFL would make it half this far.

CLE needs to pound the rock; kill the clock; wear out the PIT defense.  I admire teams that can run the ball well.

I think the line is around 7 points now? 

The Browns also need to crowd your WRs and take away the quick, short passing game. Unfortunately, the Browns secondary is not set up to do this. 

[Vagitron]

@dutch-oven said:

I think the line is around 7 points now? 

The Browns also need to crowd your WRs and take away the quick, short passing game. Unfortunately, the Browns secondary is not set up to do this. 

Last I saw it was 6 but wouldn't be surprised if it's now 7.