11-29-2018, 03:28 PM
(11-29-2018, 01:48 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS
Marvin's overall record against them is 8-25 including playoffs. Eight wins out of thirty three chances ! He loses over 3/4's of the time.
Marvin has a home record of 2-16 against them including playoffs. They own us at PBS !
Pittsburgh has swept Marvin Lewis led teams 8 times probably soon to be 9 in 16 seasons. At or over half the time.
In 2006 just as one of many examples all we had to do was beat a Steeler team to end the season that wasn't having a good year (8-8) and we lost. We have lost to the Steelers late in the season on numerous times busting up any confidence we've had.
Since the 2015 melt down in the playoffs this team is 0-6 vs. the Steelers ! This season we were 4-1 going in the first match up against the Steelers, we lost in heart breaking fashion, again. We're 1-4 since.
One could go on citing examples of the Steelers taking the wind out of our sails. And to me this is the main reason why:
I caught Jonathan Vilma on Monday morning talking about college ball but it so hits Marvin's problem right on the head !
He said words to the effect of "Michigan can't beat Ohio St, because Harbaugh goes uber conservative, run left, run right, pass on 3rd and long, and play not to lose. It's the same reason (I forget the SEC team he cited, LSU ? Georgia ?) can't beat Alabama." "Why not get out of your comfort zone and do something different? "
It's the main reason we fall short time and time again against the Steelers and it comes from our HC. We go in against them with our tail tucked between our legs, uber conservative, same game plan time and again, play the odds, play the numbers, field position, rely on your defense, blah, blah. It's not about going for it on 4th down that's mostly desperation. Or fake FG's.
It's about showing some innovation on 1st down. Coming up with a game plan to attack their weakness. Using our weapons and using them a lot. Not going back to the field position game the nano second we get a lead. Attack, attack, attack ! And ML won't do it. He has to stay in his safe zone and we're never going to win like that.
We'll never get over the hump until we get the Steelers monkey off our back.
Even if we won the Superbowl in his time this would still be unacceptable anywhere else to lose to your rival like this.
No doubt Marv's true failure, such a true post brother.
