12-19-2016, 10:24 AM
The steelers had been on a tear lately with a lot of sacks against the opposition. Jake Fisher only yielded one pressure in his first start at RT. That is a huge improvement and he was very upbeat about being able to start and being provided the opportunity on the majority of the snaps.
I noticed Burkhead got the job done in blitz pick up as well, and there were some HUGE hits on guys running full tilt in a gap. Rex often got the worst of those hits, but he was at least effective in preventing hits on his QB.
I would love to see a breakdown of blitz % by each team, as it seemed as though pittsburg blitzed on more than half the snaps...while Cincy blitzed....maybe a couple times? Ugh.
Nonetheless, a great job by Jake Fisher. If he can solidify the RT position the rest of the way, that will be one less thing to worry about in the offseason.
I noticed Burkhead got the job done in blitz pick up as well, and there were some HUGE hits on guys running full tilt in a gap. Rex often got the worst of those hits, but he was at least effective in preventing hits on his QB.
I would love to see a breakdown of blitz % by each team, as it seemed as though pittsburg blitzed on more than half the snaps...while Cincy blitzed....maybe a couple times? Ugh.
Nonetheless, a great job by Jake Fisher. If he can solidify the RT position the rest of the way, that will be one less thing to worry about in the offseason.