OMG! It's the Steelers defense in action!

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(09-12-2015, 09:31 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: The blue print for beating the Steelers defense the past few years has been run minimally as run defense is good.

So anytime with a strong passing attack can just throw 50 times and thrash the Steelers defense.

The only good news is that run defense as teams won't be able to run the ball and use clock in the 4th quarter to protect leads. The bad news is the Steelers won't be able to prevent comebacks when team throw in the 4th quarter to catch up.

All in all, the Steelers looked like an 8-8 team and not a Super Bowl contender.

The defense struggled to stop teams in the 4th quarter last years because after 3 quarters of getting gashed in the run game, play action was wide open. It wasn't the dink and dunk that hurt the Steelers. Only a few of the top offenses can manage to beat the Steelers with a dink and dunk offense because the Steelers offense tends to dominate time of possession and can score big. Most offenses can't sustain multiple 10+ play drives a game and cash in for touchdowns - the Pats are one of the few that can. The Steelers D can bend but not break against dink and dunk while the Steeler offense racks up points. That's enough to beat most teams.

The Pats only ran 56 plays total - discounting 2 kneels - and lost the TOP. Brady's offense is one of 3, maybe 4, that can do that against the Steelers and still win. Most teams will be lucky to run 50 plays against the steelers defense, let alone 50 passes.