Keys to the Game

[kevin]

(11-30-2017, 05:07 AM)Bilbo Saggins Wrote: I'd like to see more TE chip action as well as Winston starting at a tackle spot.  Maybe some un-balanced line action could help to establish the run/allow for shots downfield. 

Well a blind man can see what Steelers will do.  Jacksonville, Tennessee, Pittsburg, all teams have had great success blowing Ogbuehi away at left tackle or Fisher at right tackle.  Man, they speed rush and Ogbuehi ends up on the ground with Dalton.  All Pro Harrison and one year Bengal is one person who can eat Ogbuehi alive, but there are others.  Steelers are going to get after our weak O Line and try to stuff our run and get us in 3rd and longs so they can blow up Dalton.  They know we will be using those Bengals dink screen passes to wide receive behind line of scrimmage, that garbage isn't fooling any teams any more. It sure isn't winning any games for Hue in Cleveland either.  Nope, defenses are all over those dink screens and throwing them for losses. ....We can try chip action or un-balanced lines or whatever but it comes down to Bodone snapping the ball and blocking somebody and the guards blocking somebody and the tackles blocking somebody.  If Steelers stuff our run and we only get 20 or 30 yards rushing we are doomed because once in 2nd and long and 3rd and long Steelers will blitz as they always do, and they will be all over Dalton. Green and others won't get the ball with Dalton getting slammed to the turf. ......None of the X's and O's will work if Ogbuehi to Bodine to Fisher across the O Line aren't giving us some blocking. I expect them to get beat on some plays by a good Steelers team, but if our O Line gets whipped all game long, we don't stand a chance and no X's and O's in the playbook can make up for lack of talent / lack of blocking.  NO, they have to step up their game and block, that's all there is to it.  I said what happens if we only get 20 or 30 yards rushing.  Now if we can run the ball and stay out of 3rd and long, it cuts their blitz down and we can win this game.  If we see Mixon or Gio breaking through for some runs, that will be a good sign. I'm not talking that delayed run garbage of ours that gets stuffed because defenses are too fast. If we can smash mouth some runs up the gut or between the tackles and pound the inside the Steelers won't be able to load their D up on the outsides as they like to do. They love to load up the outside and beat those tackles which blows up the QB and any sweep or screen pass. If you can punch Steelers up the gut, it throws their game off. Now Patriots have dominated Steelers passing every play, but we don't have Brady or the Patriots O Line. Patriots do show that Steelers can be beaten.