Steelers Game

Also a Steelers fan, and I suppose if I was a Browns fan I would have plenty of problems with the way they played, but watching from the opposing team perspective, I have to say they are good team who played very well in many aspects of the game.

Props to:
Your D-Line – Shuan Rogers is not a human being. I am not sure what species of beast he is, but he is a big beast.
O-Line – not great on run, but looked very good against an excellent Steeler Blitz in pass protection.
Secondary – granted the hurricane stifled the passing game of the Steelers, but for a bunch of rookies they did not look foolish.

As for Braylon. Its tough to say. I didn’t see the Dallas game, but heard he had some big drops there. Then again that dude TO drops a lot of balls and although I would never want him near my team, he’s still a great receiver. I would have to see more of Edwards, to write him off, I would say this game doesn’t prove him to be elite, but also doesn’t make him a bum.

Kellen Winslow, however, is elite.

Defense was excellent. Clock management and playcalling were HORRIBLE. I have always been a big defender of Romeo but last night the coaching staff cost us that game. There is a reason why K2 was so angry he had to be pulled off the field at the end of the game. The fans deserved better. The players deserved better.

Even simple game management like calling time outs at the proper times seemed to be lost on the coaching staff.

Edwards did not have two critical easy for the defense to catch interceptions and a QB rating of shit. Besides Braylon is best we have at receiver but Anderson is not the best we have at QB. Of all RAC’s questionable decisions in this and other games the decision to stick with Anderson while Quinn sits is beyond belief. Name ONE good team Anderson has beaten? Seattle. Period. The Browns will not take the next step with DA. Change the QB or I guarantee a losing season. This loss is on DA totally. If he could have lead them to the end zone the other stupid coaching decisions would not have amounted to squat!

I know it’s easy to crap on your team when we go 0-2, but I focus on the way they play and not the result. My conlusion is that this team makes too many mental errors, including lining up offsides. The Browns are not prepared to play week after week. This is the price of continuity, a head coach that knows defense and nothing else. He may be one of the top 3 defensive minds in pro football, but that won’t get it done.

That was not pretty, but this game showed us some good things. How about we keep a pretty good offense to ten points. I know the weather had something to do with this, but the defense was strong.

This is two games that Shawn Rogers has drilled the opposing QB. He is a dominating force in that line. I saw at least four times he kocked Roethlisberger to the ground. If he keeps this going, he can book his room in Hawaii.

Jerome Harrision needs the ball more. He is a playmker pure and simple. If he didn’t step out of bounds on that screen he had a chance to take it to the house.

Kellen Winslow on Polamalu is a mis-match. Winslow on anyone is a mis-match. The fact that we seem to forget about him sometimes is frustrating.

Our defense is powerful. Our run defense is strong. I know Parker got 100, but it was a struggle to get there. Our defense made them earn every yard. If we hold every offense to 10 points, we will win ALOT of games.

Our O-line is awesome at pass protection. Run blocking needs a little work. Can someone please explain why we kept running away from the unbalanced line? I thought the point was to overload a defense with good run blockers and run behind them, not awayy from them.

On to the bad.

We cannot go away from Braylon. I know he has had some bad drops, but we need to get him back on track. If we go away from him it could damage his pysche. I know that sounds weird, but he is too good to go away from. I don’t want him to develop the yips.

I have always been a Romeo fan. Last night he cost us at least a chance at a game. The situation at the end of half was horrible. Wasting 13 seconds before calling a timeout? How is that even possible? Not to mention wasting our timeouts with 3 minutes to go. Not good Romeo, not good.

Derek Anderson is lloking to check down to much. I think he has had to many people telling him to be protective with the ball. His game is chunking it deep to our playmakers. Being aggresive. He needs the “eye of the tiger” back.

If Robaire Smith is out for awhile, we need someone young to step it up. Shaun Smith is a borderline dirty player that other teams hate. I love him.

1. Braylon doesn’t lack talent, he sometimes lacks drive, determination, and focus. You can’t deny that when he is zoned-in he is an incredible WR. Take the one-handed catch in the preseason. Or the layout against Cincy. That’s talent. It just isn’t consistent enough.

2. I can’t wait for JJ either. If he ever makes it.

3. Our general lack of offensive explosiveness and fortitude during BOTH of the games so far is upsetting. That was our identity last year, and it won us 10 games. We were supposed to build on that and add a D that could sometimes stop people. Where are we now?

One: This team has not been prepared to start the season, sure they have played two playoff teams, but guess what: The Browns think they are, at least they run there mouth like one.
 Two: Penalties, bad snaps, not making the big play ( kickoff that rolled to the 2 yard line and the Browns failed to get the ball)
 Three: pass rush, besides Rogers who busts his ass to get to the QB? Steelers on there own two, on a second and 9, Ben sits in the pocket forever, complete for 30yards, inexcusable.
Four: ROMEO, clock management is Herm Edwards like, and Romeo go for it on 4th down for a change, guess what you are 0-6 against the Steelers take a freaking chance!! Jamal was what last night 18 rushes for 34 yards, mix it up, get Harrison some touches
 Five: And this has haunted the Browns for at least my 43 years as a fan. Can we get a stop when we need it!!!!!. 3:42 left in the game, and the Steelers jam the ball down our throats, and we get the ball back with 30 seconds and no timeouts.
And one last one, Ben played with a separated shoulder and we can not still beat the Steelers. Sad.

The thing I like about this thread is that you can tell who are the posters from this site and who are the outsiders. We don’t use the subject line here (since there really is no reason to use it) so that makes it much easier to pick out the visiting Steelers fans — well, that and all the words misspelled (haha).

I would like to extend my thanks to the browns for making the division so easy for us. Maybe you guys could come over for a steak or something come playoffs. It’s not like you’ll have a game to watch. Maybe we go see what a lombardi looks like in person. Since those are like ufo’s in ohio some claim to have seen them but no one has proof.