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Campbell has been the better pass rusher, Dockett gets double teamed more.

He hasn’t been consistently great in coverage, but he seems to get better each week and he is driven to be a great Corner in the NFL. I think he will be fine, corner is supposedly one of the tougher positions to adjust to in the NFL from what I’ve heard as well.

He did return some kicks in the Preseason, but LaRod Stephens-Howling is our main kickoff guy, he has done a good job with that (three touchdowns since he was drafted in 09) although the new rules have made it tougher on him. I think they don’t want to overwork PP either.

I wanted PP over Green.

Biggest problem is fans from other teams showing up, like with the Steelers and Cowboys games.

The guards and the center are the strength of our line, both tackle spots are the big problem.

Horton blitzes a lot, you will see some linebackers coming plenty of times. If the Steelers did it last week, Horton will probably use it again this week.

I call him “He who we do not name.”

The picture below still makes me want to puke.

Same for the Cards. I figured that division was up for grabs. What is the fanbases thoughts on Kolb and the high price you paid to get him?

Skelton is 4-1 in games he has played extensively or started (including the come from behind this past week).

I watch the cards a bit and it seems like he is less afraid to take a chance down field. He basically throws it up and lets his playmakes make plays. Sometimes it works (this past week) sometimes it doesnt (first game against 49ers.) but the guy has a very very short memory and a pretty good arm.

Im sure a true Cards fan will have more though.

During the 1-6 start, the defense was playing awful, they were also losing all the close games. Of their six losses, four of them came by totals of one point, three points, four points, and three points. So not all of it was on Kolb.

Then he had the turf toe injury during the Baltimore loss (30-27) where we actually had a big lead and the Defense fell apart after dominating the first half. Skelton came in after that, and then the Defense just became dominant, and in some of those wins for Skelton he did play poorly until around the end of the game just like Tebow.

Here is the best way to explain it. During the 1-6 start the Defense was giving up 26 points a game and they gave up a ton of big plays. But during this 5-1 streak the defense is giving up 17 points a game (take away the two safeties and a pick six and a punt return TD that I don’t think should be on the D and it gets even lower), they have also done a great job limiting the big play.

Just look at the second half against the 49ers, they only gave up two first downs in the second half. One was the 37 yard touchdown by Gore on their first play of the half, and the other came by a defensive penalty. Other than that, the Niners could do nothing.

I am in the vocal minority that thinks we should be playing Skelton rather than Kolb. Probably half the comments on ROTB are related to mediocre qb play and what to do about it going forward.

DA? Hell no

Since he had a rough game against the 49ers, I’m guessing he will bounce back a little more this week.

The offense has been pretty balanced with running the ball all year long as well (both QBs). Much better than last year where it would just be pass on every down as soon as you fell back by any number of points.

When he was healthy (or at least healthy enough, when does Beanie not have some sort of ailment), Beanie was very good. Then he got a bad knee injury, and decided to play through it, in an attempt to shake of his injury prone reputation.
His play suffered while he was injured, as he was clearly slowed down by the injury, and couldn’t make good cuts like earlier in the year. After the first St Louis game, Beanie said he was feeling as good as he had in a month and played pretty good against the Eagles. 2 of the past four games we’ve played against the unreal run defense of the 49ers, and Beanie obviously struggled. In the games against St. Louis and Dallas, Beanie did very well. He was huge in the second half of the Dallas game, and obviously set the franchise record in St. Louis.
I would say Beanie is healthy now, and when he’s not playing against the ridiculous San Fran run defense, he should be alright. I expect anywhere from 60 to 100 for Beanie this weekend

So, you don’t like Antonio Gates or Jimmy Graham? Basketball project TEs are very valuable projects.

Starting of the year we had Clark Haggans and Joey Porter starting. Neither of them could get any pressure at all. When Porter went down, Acho stepped in, in front of 2nd year OLB O’Brien Schofield, and played remarkably. He’s a very bright kid (he won some sort of academic award last year) and does a great job in our scheme. I was excited when we picked him too.

the Pittsburgh Steelers are White Trash America’s Team

Raiders fans disagree.