Steelers Are Falling Apart!

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(01-05-2019, 03:25 PM)StrictlyBiz Wrote: I've had to begrudgingly admit that Brady is the GOAT so I know how you feel.
That's my point.
Sanders and Browns success was attributed to Wallace "taking the top off" of the defense and allowing them to work underneath, and it was doubted by many that Brown could do what he did without Wallace being around. We now know that to not be true.

But the biggest reason that Wallace was exposed is that HE didn't have the team or QB around him to succeed. What if he would have accepted the Steelers offer (he turned it down and they gave it to AB, a move that met with criticism) and Brown went to Miami? I could see Brown fading away while Wallace continued to put up big numbers here. 

A lot of the success of the Steelers offense has proven out to be just having too many good players for other teams to match up, rather than one specific player.  They have a great QB, and they make sure to keep plenty of weapons around him.  Some guys, like Bell and Miller, would be good pretty much anywhere.  Others are more dependent on having other players around them, like Wallace and Bryant, although I also think Wallace got a little lazy after getting paid and Bryant became a train wreck.

Brown improved as he went along, but early in his career, he was basically made by rub routes, scramble drills, and deep crossing routes with Wallace drawing the safety.  He's become more complete and can separate without getting so much help now, but there's always been great pass catchers around him and he's not the same player without Ben.