Had NO business starting Big accidentprone Ben. I don't care what anyone says - he was not 100% He acted like he was afraid to get hit, couldn't put the ball where it needed to be and over all just played like shit.
Pittsburgh got beat by a sub-par team because of a stupid decision to put their golden boy back in before he was ready.
Diekan wrote:Had NO business starting Big accidentprone Ben. I don't care what anyone says - he was not 100% He acted like he was afraid to get hit, couldn't put the ball where it needed to be and over all just played like shit.
Pittsburgh got beat by a sub-par team because of a stupid decision to put their golden boy back in before he was ready.
Jax beat both Pitt and New England last year, and is far from a subpar team.
They are an AFC playoff team, and a good one.
If Pitt had played Batch, they probably would've been beat by more, as even a 90% Roethlisberger is better than a 100% Batch.
We'll see what shape Ben is in at home against Cinci.
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. – C. S. Lewis
Reynaldo wrote:The hitting last night was one of the best games I've watched in years. Lots of "ooooh!" moments.
They'll be able to run exponentially better on CIN, so Ben will look back to form with the play action stuff.
I think he'll be fine
if you look at the game, Ben and Hines just weren't in sync yet
Hines catches that long bomb in the first quarter, steelers end up winning the game 21-3 i bet
/shrug
Jags are a good team, the fact that the steelers offense did nothing all game, yet they only lost 9-0 seems to me that they're going to be alright if they start hitting some plays later on
lyion wrote:C'mon. 10 points isn't destroying. I want at least 13!
Alright, fuck it - they're only goats.... I'll give you the 14 points. I think Mannings passing game is going to create serious problems for J-ville's D.
I agree with diek....i think manning will give Jacksonville some troubles, but there are not alot of teams that are succesful against manning. They are playing in Indy, colts win 24-10
As far as Ben and the Steelers go, i think a 80% ben is better than Batch at 100%. I cant fualt them for letting Ben play the game, they have ridden him the last 2 years, if he says he is ready to play...then let him play. I think the "scared" to get hit comment was right, he did seem alittle tentative to get hit. However if i have Stroud and Henderson (6-6, 316 and 6'7" 325 resp.) coming down on me, i would be alittle shy of getting hit too. Best duo of interior lineman in the league imho