10-03-2019, 02:05 AM
(10-02-2019, 05:32 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: NO, to the Steelers winning the division. They only looked good against the Bengals.
NO, to no QB could win behind the Bengals Oline. Plenty could. They were a single play away from winning 2 of the 4 games.
As I watch big fat no other team wants Andre Smith falling on his fat butt all game, and the rest of O Line just as bad, Bengals have worst O Line in NFL. Of course they had worst O Line in NFL last 2 years with Og & Fish. No QB could win behind that garbage. On the other hand Steelers have 3 Pro Bowlers on their O Line as we use to back in 1980's. When you have that kind of blocking, the run and pass plays open right up. Steelers also have good WR's, TE, RB's, Defense, Kickers. This Rudolph has the luxury of starting out on a good team, unlike many rookies expected to turn around some real loser teams. Big Ben went down and the new guy needed to get in there. He is coming along. He still has some learning to do on the field, but he has a good team around him. He has an O Line that can block them to play-offs. Bengals use to have an O Line like that in 1980's, before Mike Brown took over. The Steelers have the O Line to knock Ravens and Browns on their backsides, and Block them to Play-Offs. It's the O Line I wish Bengals had. I would trade Dalton, Green, Boyd, Ross, Mixon, Eifert, Tate, Bernard for Steelers O Line, but Steelers are too smart to make that trade and Mike Brown too stupid in his why should he pay O Linemen. His dad Paul Brown always had a great O Line and knew blocking is the key. Hell, his first pick here was center Bob Johnson. So I'm a Bengals Fan that has to admit Bengals are reaching new lows. The Steelers have the Blocking and Tackling to win the AFC North. This Rudolph looks good enough and maybe it's time for Big Ben to retire anyway.
I'll add the Bengals O Line so bad that if they have 7 draft picks, they should all be O Linemen and maybe a couple of them turn out to be worth drafting. The Bengals rolling out an awful O Line every year will always be Last Place football. But I can see you are a big fan of the QBs thinking they do it all. They do not do it all and every play in football is about Good Blocking. The finesse players are not worth a dime if you don't have good blocking, something Mike Brown has never understood, but his dad Pail Brown sure understood. I am not a Steelers Fan, but they will win because they can win in the trenches, and this young QB will be good enough, not great, but good enough. When DeCastro and these guys fire out and knock Ravens and Browns backwards, the 3 Pro Bowlers on the O Line will look like bulldozers as when we had Munoz, Montoya. I'm noticing that Bell left and behind this blocking Collins and whatever RB they put in has great blocking. Mixon would gain many yards for them, he will gain few yards behind our blocking.
1968 Bengal Fan
