Steelers Own Bengals, Patriots Own Steelers

[jj22]

(01-25-2017, 08:04 PM)kevin Wrote: Out of the last 12 times Patriots have played Steelers the Patriots have won almost all the time.  YET out of the last 12 times Bengals have played Steelers the Steelers have won almost all the time. ....SO, If the Patriots know how to spread out and pick apart Steelers defense, What is WRONG WITH OUR GAME PLAN against Steelers.   ..For example the Patriots don't seem to care if they get one rushing yard against Steelers. Meanwhile we try to keep running into their 4 linebackers up in the run D box as we do not spread them out.  So I'm not talking one or two games.  I'm talking Patriots owning Steelers last dozen games yet Steelers owning Bengals last dozen games or more. 

I can see the match up thing over a few games, but not this many games, this many years.  If the Patriots show us the blueprint for beating Steelers, why don't we use it.

Patriots showed teams for years how to beat Manning. And nobody listened (in the regular season). We have the players, and we have the coaches to copy a game plan. We don't have the culture to pull it off.

I never been this down about the discipline of the team. Part of it is on the Coaches, part of it is a couple players, but we never grew into the poise of some of the playoff teams we saw this postseason. Not even close really. We were the wildcard weekend team that got blew out in games nobody remembers. This after a run of 5 straight. Long way to go. There's no Championship (or playoff win obviously) until this team gets mentally tough. The roster as is isn't likely to flip the switch now.

Pats go out and execute a gameplan. Simple most of the time. Poised. Bengals, never can really get on the same page in big moments to even copy what the Patriots do.