sven233

Look.....we're a bit of a laughing stock right now with what Beane is doing, but Beane brought all of this on himself and he's scrambling to try and salvage this season. I give him credit for 1 thing.....he's taking swings at trying to improve even if it is the bottom of the roster. I mean, let's face it, we're hanging a lot of our hopes at safety on Jordan Poyer, someone who is on his last legs. They must not think Hancock is ready to take over that spot if needed, so finding more vet depth isn't a bad thing. Heck, call up Gilmore and see what shape he's in and bring him in for the run. Can never have too much depth in the secondary. All that said, we need teams to start releasing pass rushers for us to claim. The fact we are praising God that AJ Epenesa can play Sunday shows just how desperate we are. Saying this half joking, but can Von ask for his release? We are just nowhere when it come to being able to rush the passer.

I'll be joining you on this bet..... Yup.....final stat line for the TE position..... 1 catch for 6 yards.

Time to play some 2 high man. Put Hairston on the field and let him run with Chase and use Benford's size to try and combat Higgins. Bracket them both over the top and then send the house at the QB. Their line is not great. There's a reason their QBs have taken a beating this year. Unfortunately, we have no real pass rushers active for this game, so you are not going to win with 4 which would be ideal, but it is what it is. The last several times we have played them, we have tried playing McDermott's crap zone scheme and Burrow has literally not missed a throw on the first series. Time to change things up and do something totally different. Heck, you force 1 incompletion and you've already done better than the last 3 opening drives against them. As much as McDermott hates this style of defense, we might not have a choice. This is a game we will really miss Oliver. Burrow can't really move in the pocket with his toe and the stuff he's wearing in the shoe. Pressure up the middle would be huge. But, he's not there, so it is what it is. However, I am blitzing the A gaps constantly to try and force him to move a little bit off his spot and hope that it just affects him enough to be less accurate than he normally is. This isn't a great matchup for us, especially with the guys we have out. Normally, I'd say we'll just have to win a shoot out, but the fact is, we can't do that this year. We just don't have the horses, the scheme, or the OC to win that type of game. Somehow, we have to keep them to around 20 and hope our offense can do just enough to squeak by. Not going to be an easy game.

Gonna beef him up to play DE..... But seriously, this is a little puzzling if you ask me. We are playing more dime, but Hairston is only seeing half the snaps on a weekly basis as it is. As good as Tre was the other day, I want Hairston to get more reps and now you're adding another CB? Is he going to play some safety snaps? This one is kind of weird. I know there wasn't a DE released that would help, but unless there is an injury we don't know about yet, I am not sure where he fits.

I'm sorry.....can't do it. I want them dead and buried. It's not that I fear them in the slightest. I'm just done with the glazing that team gets year in and year out. I'm done with their arrogant fan base. Just over that team. If we can't take care of our own business, then we don't deserve to be there either. I know we don't have the easiest schedule down the stretch, but I got news for you......winning in the Playoffs isn't easy either. So, nut up and win the games you need to in order to get in the tournament. Screw the Chiefs.....I hope they get smoked.

Obviously, this ranking is due to teams running all over us, but it's nice to be first in something..... And I am willing to be our ranking on 3rd and long (10+) is not #1.......

Doesn't Cam know that Allen is a finalist again for the Sportsmanship award? Best trash talker while also being the epitome of sportsmanship is only something Allen can do. So, step off, bud......

It was mostly ugly and that's not going to get it done against good teams in the long run. Luckily, we didn't play a good team today. That said, we got the W we really needed and it's nice to be a couple games clear of the Chiefs for the last Playoff spot. Unless we get a fluky loss by the Pats* along the way, it looks like the 5 seed might be the best we can do. But, whatever.....get in the tournament and see what happens. It's going to be a tough test next week against a Bengals team with a lot of offensive talent who, while having a ton of losses, are probably licking their chops while looking at the other teams in their division. They aren't completely out of it and I think they are going to come in here looking to score a lot of points next week. If they go off, it could get ugly because for the first time in a while, we don't have the horses to keep up on the scoreboard. Hopefully we can get healthy this week. If we can get Kincaid and our tackles back, it would be great. Not sure if that will be the case, though. But, getting through the week as a fan is a lot better coming off a win than a loss. Hopefully we can find some answers.

Oh.....I know. But sometimes you have to at least show the willingness to do it even if they are incomplete. Because if there isn't even a chance of you doing it, teams are just going to play 11 guys within 15 yards of the LOS and eventually you will not be able to run the ball at all.

It's fine to be a balanced team and running the ball well, but against good teams, you need to at least take some shots down the field. If you don't, teams are just going to crowd the LOS and take away Cook. Good teams have already proven that to be recipe to beat us. Luckily, the Steelers are not a good team so we have been able to get away with it. But we can't run the same 3-4 plays over and over again against Playoff teams and expect to win. Just find a way to stretch the field and get some of these defenders out of the box.

They're going to key on Cook.... If Allen kept it on a boot, he may score.....

It's like Brady is calling the game for both teams......

Tre's had a good game, but man....has Hairston played at all?

2nd and 26..... No problem

QB1 with #32 skilled position talent and one of the worst OCs in the league......