Instant Recap: Browns' Defense Picked Apart by Roethlisberger in Loss

I hereby move that we don’t use “this” anymore unless the original comment was astoundingly brilliant.

Almost? I’m past done. Get his ass off the field – maybe let him play the nickel.

That’s garbage. I’m frustrated like everyone else with Wright, but among the DBs, he’s not playing significantly worse that the rest of them.

How about Brown looking completely desperate and resorting to the pass interference? How about fan-favorite TJ Ward and Elam looking completely lost as Roethlisberger launches one 50 yards out of his own endzone?

Doesn’t help either when there actually is good coverage there is absolutely no pass rush and someone ultimately ends up open.

I’d give him credit if he actually tried, but he just looks so clueless out there. If Cribbs is injured for a while, let’s put Haden at kick/punt return? He looked good at that interception.

I think the score would have been closer, but I don’t know how we would have gotten things done when we have Wright being clueless and their defense being solid.

one of the TDs was a nice throw by ben, but it was also a bad play by eric wright. if you put dixon or batch in and they even make a worse throw, its still a TD because wright forgot what a football looks like.

I have to agree on this to a degree. I remember at least two plays where Ben held on to the ball forever like he usually does, but got rid of the ball for big plays right before a sack. The bomb out of the end zone he stepped up perfectly and avoided getting sacked to complete the pass. I don’t think any other Steeler QB makes those plays.

What happens to Seneca?

youth

I guess thats a quality problem, right?

But not right away. You’d still have a very green QB in McCoy….a rookie WR (regardless of what spot you picked him up in, he’d struggle his first year, every WR does, unless they have a very good QB)….and you would need Cribbs to take a backseat in the Wildcat. Trick plays like that just don’t work effectively long term.

So if you draft a good piece or two on offense, you’ll have a decent offense in 2 to 3 years.

More of a semantic point, but I was referring to the hit to Cribbs. It was “borderline” – some might see it as okay, and others as improperly leading with the helmet. (That’s the definition of borderline).

I think he should be fined. I wouldn’t call it a dirty hit, but the way Goodell is handing out fines, the Cribbs hit certainly deserves one. But, I’m not looking to argue that point (because it was a “borderline” hit…)

For the Cribbs hit, I guess I am okay with Harrison, but not with the refs. In this day-and-age, all helmet-to-helmet hits like that have gotten a flag. Taken a step further, if the refs had flagged Harrison on that play (as they should have since it was helmet-to-helmet), would Harrison have made the hit on Massa as he did?

At this point, I want to see a battery end up in Harrison’s ear the next time he plays in CBS.

disagree, he had his arms down, clearly leading with his helmet. it was a dirty hit from a dirty player. just one man’s opinion I guess.

I disagree with this point.

It made me laugh too, but I do think he’s exactly right. I hate it when people say “That’s just football.” This is what’s wrong with football. We should protect the players that are entertaining us.

I think the NFL needs to consistently fine and penalize dangerous behavior, particularly crap like Harrison pulled today. You should tackle by wrapping up — which is more effective anyway — and if you try to cripple somebody, you should be penalized for it.

Yes, but his head was down before Cribbs moved his head down. It was much more a terrible mistake than a purposeful dirty hit. They were friends at KSU, I doubt Harrison had any intent to crack him in the earhole.

Also, yes I over exaggerated, but still. I loved what I saw.

And Real McCoy is the Engineer.

One of these days we’ll just have to accept that Moon knows everything.

Now Phanta, I was talking with another BTSC member about you, how come you just appear, say something sage like, then disappear again?

Also, I disagree on the first hit, from my view it looked like Harrison was aiming to use his right shoulder to deliver the killer blow to the stacked up Cribbs and, after launching into the tackle Cribbs fell towards the deck, causing a helmet to helmet.

I’m not going to anoint him “The One”, but I believe he at least deserves a couple more shots to show us if what we saw today was real or a fluke.

(Special Teams does not equal 1/3 of the game.)

right again.

I noticed that too. But I took it as a kick in the groin by the refs.

Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes!!!

But, I think the 15-yarders might have had some type of impact.

this is what I think. all illegal hits according to the rule, even the Ward hit. The Cribbs hit is debatable.

But in respect to being “dramatically” different, they weren’t really doing a ton before they got injured, and given the Steelers body of work, not to mention history against the Browns, I have a hard time thinking “dramatically” would be the word to use. “Different,” most definitely.

Before you flame me…which I don’t care about one way or the other…I like Cribbs game, and have MoMass on a fantasy team…both are good players, and Cribbs has been called a “Steelers Killer” and rightfully so, he’s electric…his hit wasn’t in any way worthy of being flagged, or even fined after the fact. it will be, but ehhh….Mo Mass….hard to look at that and say it was clean. I’d be mad too. But if you want to demonize Harrison, I think that’s wrong. He’s an animal. Pure and simple, a beast, and he plays hard very single play. He even said, he doesn’t want to injure anyone. Just lay a hurt on them. Fair enough.

Ward did hit Shipley’s helmet but led with his shoulder. Like I said, I don’t have a problem with any of the hits, only the differences in call by the officials.

Not sure what you’re talking about — the announcers were surprised that Harrison didn’t get a flag on the MoMass hit. When they saw the flag on the field that’s what they assumed it was about and were talking about why he deserved a flag for that hit.

This.

Seriously?

I dunno… I think TJ Ward’s hit was fairly similar to Harrison’s hit on Cribbs. There was helmet to helmet contact on both, and I’m not totally sold that either was intentional.

But the hit on MoMass was illegal, dirty, and intentional.

Def. messed up that Harrison didn’t get a flag on either hit, though.

so I’m reading this reply thinking someones being a little harsh with the comment to Roger,,, oh, wait a minute, I get it now.
thanks Rog.

The 2 ints aren’t pretty, but 281 yards against that pass rush with Polamalu back there is.