11-04-2018, 06:43 PM
(11-04-2018, 04:43 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I think it's more their management philosophy that beats us than anything else. They typically beat our lines up and can run the ball against us very well. That's been the difference.
Honestly, Geoff Hobson was on a Pittsburgh radio station talking before we played them last time. While his stories on Bengals.com sound like Homer pieces, he actually pointed out something like the difference has been the Steelers can run the ball which is the difference.
Having a HOF QB doesn't hurt either though.
You look at the game earlier in the year and while the score was close, the Steelers had way more yards than us.
The Steelers have all of those things when they play the Ravens, and the Ravens are more than competitive against them.
CP and Andy > Flacco. As for all the yardage/running etc, that's all scheme/Marv related. Marv can't beat the Steelers, and his record reflects that.
Bengals all-time vs Steelers:
Pre-Marv: 27-36 (.429)
With Marv: 8-25 (.242)
The Steelers have been a great franchise pretty much since the Bengals came into existence, and that pre-Marv record includes 12 years of awful Bengals teams. Yet his record is significantly worse. It's mind-boggling. Give it a few more seasons, and Marv will have as many losses to the Steelers as every Bengals coach in the 35 years that preceded him.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
