01-09-2016, 03:54 PM
(01-09-2016, 03:39 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Can his back up. Many times the difference between the starting RB and the guy on the bench is pas blocking. If The Steelers back up RBs can't pick up the blitz Bengals may bring more pressure than usual.
I understand that a 4-3 team has to be able to get pressure with just the front four, but when you spot a weakness you need to exploit it.
I expect Ben to throw the ball 50 times this game. He has already done that twice this year. He has throw the ball 35+ times in 8 of his 12 starts. Over the last three weeks the Steelers have had the worst run game in the league, so I think he will just come out throwing it all over the place.
When teams blitz against the Steelers Ben usually picks them apart, but that is because both
Bell and DeAngelo were very good at picking up the blitz. This definately changes our strategy
a bit. Before the Williams injury i would have said to keep up what we have been doing against
the Steelers but this does change things.
We should blitz more tonight than we normally would against these guys.
