04-29-2021, 11:58 PM
(04-29-2021, 11:09 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Eh. The game has changed. Nobody lines up and smashes the ball down your throat anymore. Everyone runs 3 WRs these days.
The challenge is matching up against the edge rushers/
What I find absolutely hilarious is that people reference the Steelers as some smash mouth team. Here is where they ranked in pass attempts since 2010...
2020 - 1st
2019 - 7th
2018 - 1st
2017 - 6th
2016 - 9th
2015 - 16th
2014 - 6th
2013 - 11th
2012 - 12th
2011 - 29th
2010 - 6th
They've finished in the top half of the league every single year except for one (2011).
If you take their average rank over these 11 years it's 9th in the league!
I honestly think people confuse "having a good defense" with "smash mouth football". Either that or people will be forever attached to the Jerome Bettis and Franco Harris Steelers, and just pretend like that's what they still do.
Facts are, no one in our division is smash mouth. The Browns certainly aren't. And even the Ravens, who run a ton, run a pretty modern zone read, mobile QB offense.
