What I did and didn't like vs Steelers

[GreggTX]

What I liked:

1. Run defense

2. Secondary play in 1st half

3. McKenzie's return work.

4. Devin Singletary

 

What I didn't like:

1. Levi Wallace. Need I say more?

2. The OL. I know Pittsburgh's front 7 is among the best, but our guys were getting beat too often. Ford continues to be a real liability.

3. Josh. No, I'm not saying he's garbage, but his accuracy and decision making were off today. Hopefully he'll bounce back quickly. Also, I blame the coaches as well as Josh for all the fumbles. He simply refuses to protect the ball even in heavy traffic. He looks so nonchalant about it. He can do much better there, but there's no reason I can think of that the coaches shouldn't be drilling this into his head. It's entirely mental. He's perfectly capable of squeezing the ball to his body and covering it up. He just doesn't do it.

4. Pass rush: It wasn't terrible, but the young DE's need to start contributing.

 

It's not time to panic by a long shot, but that was ugly. What's your list of good and bad?

[MAJBobby]

Good 

 

Run Defense - Without Star even 

Taron Johnson’s play

Gabe Davis - He needs to be in field more than Sanders. 

 

Bad

Both OGs (Yes Feliciano isn’t good) 

Dawkins hoping still not fully recovered and can get there this year from COVID 

QB1 wasn’t that great at all

OC trash

HC was really bad 

NFL Officials- NFL STILL has an OFFICIATING problem. 

[SoCal Deek]

Bad

CBS broadcast

[716er]

Very concerned the pass rush couldn’t beat up that revamped Steelers oline. One of the worst o-lines we could face all year 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

12 minutes ago, GreggTX said:

What I liked:

1. Run defense

2. Secondary play in 1st half

3. McKenzie's return work.

4. Devin Singletary

 

What I didn't like:

1. Levi Wallace. Need I say more?

2. The OL. I know Pittsburgh's front 7 is among the best, but our guys were getting beat too often. Ford continues to be a real liability.

3. Josh. No, I'm not saying he's garbage, but his accuracy and decision making were off today. Hopefully he'll bounce back quickly. Also, I blame the coaches as well as Josh for all the fumbles. He simply refuses to protect the ball even in heavy traffic. He looks so nonchalant about it. He can do much better there, but there's no reason I can think of that the coaches shouldn't be drilling this into his head. It's entirely mental. He's perfectly capable of squeezing the ball to his body and covering it up. He just doesn't do it.

4. Pass rush: It wasn't terrible, but the young DE's need to start contributing.

 

It's not time to panic by a long shot, but that was ugly. What's your list of good and bad?

 

People put a lot of pressure on Allen to be the next Mahomes and rightfully so w/ that hefty contract. He definitely did not play upto it, but Daboll and Sanders did him no favors.

 

I feel like the defense did fine barring Wallace. The field position is what did them in. Wallace is for sure the weakest starter out of the unit. I'll admit I defended him against the people who said so during the off-season, but I'm beginning to think we should look at other options either on or off the roster If it continues. 

Edited September 12, 2021 by ChronicAndKnuckles

[JohnNord]

9 minutes ago, GreggTX said:

What I liked:

1. Run defense

2. Secondary play in 1st half

3. McKenzie's return work.

4. Devin Singletary

 

What I didn't like:

1. Levi Wallace. Need I say more?

2. The OL. I know Pittsburgh's front 7 is among the best, but our guys were getting beat too often. Ford continues to be a real liability.

3. Josh. No, I'm not saying he's garbage, but his accuracy and decision making were off today. Hopefully he'll bounce back quickly. Also, I blame the coaches as well as Josh for all the fumbles. He simply refuses to protect the ball even in heavy traffic. He looks so nonchalant about it. He can do much better there, but there's no reason I can think of that the coaches shouldn't be drilling this into his head. It's entirely mental. He's perfectly capable of squeezing the ball to his body and covering it up. He just doesn't do it.

4. Pass rush: It wasn't terrible, but the young DE's need to start contributing.

 

It's not time to panic by a long shot, but that was ugly. What's your list of good and bad?

It’s hard to tell how much of the failure was Josh vs. the OL.  It’s a chicken or the egg thing.

 

I think the OL was terrible and while the interior always has been a mixed bag we usually can rely on the tackles.  I thought Dion played one of his worst games in 2 seasons.  Not a very good performance from Williams either.

 

With that being said, we are paying Allen $300 million.  He needs to be better, though…again….he had many drops whereas Pittsburgh receivers caught everything 

 

so much blame to pass around

Just now, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

 

People are a lot of pressure on Allen to be the next Mahomes and rightfully so w/ that hefty contract. He definitely did not play upto it, but Daboll and Sanders did him no favors.

 

I feel like the defense did fine barring Wallace. The field position is what did them in. Wallace is for sure the weakest starter out of the unit. I'll admit I defended him against the people who said so during the off-season, but I'm beginning to think we should look at other options either on or off the roster If it continues. 

Crazy thing about Levi is the he had good coverage on the PI.  He just didn’t turn his head around

[MWK]

Feliciano is garbage. Been saying it forever. Supposed “toughness” doesnt get you anywhere when you can’t actually block.

[blackngolddigger]

3 minutes ago, 716er said:

Very concerned the pass rush couldn’t beat up that revamped Steelers oline. One of the worst o-lines we could face all year 

 

Did they really have that many opportunities?  It still looked mostly like the Steelers of last year where the low sack total they gave up was more about Ben getting rid of it right away.

[Milanos Milano]

5 minutes ago, 716er said:

Very concerned the pass rush couldn’t beat up that revamped Steelers oline. One of the worst o-lines we could face all year 

Ben gets the ball out the fast in the entire NFL. Nobody should be surprised by lack of sacks today. He only had 13 last year. Do some homework. 

[GreggTX]

5 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

Good 

 

Run Defense - Without Star even 

Taron Johnson’s play

Gabe Davis - He needs to be in field more than Sanders. 

 

Bad

Both OGs (Yes Feliciano isn’t good) 

Dawkins hoping still not fully recovered and can get there this year from COVID 

QB1 wasn’t that great at all

OC trash

HC was really bad 

NFL Officials- NFL STILL has an OFFICIATING problem. 

Good call on Taron Johnson. He seems to be on an upward trend. He was especially good in run support. That 4th and 1 call was a real head scratcher and they clearly should have given Singletary more carries, and not in bunches, but peppered throughout the game.

[JohnNord]

1 minute ago, IronMaidenBills said:

Ben gets the ball out the fast in the entire NFL. Nobody should be surprised by lack of sacks today. He only had 13 last year. Do some homework. 

Josh needs to get the ball out fast like that.  His receivers are much better

[GunnerBill]

6 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

It’s hard to tell how much of the failure was Josh vs. the OL.  It’s a chicken or the egg thing.

 

I think the OL was terrible and while the interior always has been a mixed bag we usually can rely on the tackles.  I thought Dion played one of his worst games in 2 seasons.  Not a very good performance from Williams either.

 

With that being said, we are paying Allen $300 million.  He needs to be better, though…again….he had many drops whereas Pittsburgh receivers caught everything 

 

so much blame to pass around

Crazy thing about Levi is the he had good coverage on the PI.  He just didn’t turn his head around

 

Dion is not back to full health IMO. He is still light and it is really hard to regain weight in season.

[blackngolddigger]

5 minutes ago, IronMaidenBills said:

Ben gets the ball out the fast in the entire NFL. Nobody should be surprised by lack of sacks today. He only had 13 last year. Do some homework. 

 

Yep, seemed to me like anytime he held the ball at all, there was pressure of some sort.  The Bills certainly aren't an elite pass rush team, but they seemed to get pressure when the opportunity was there against the Steelers untested OL.

Edited September 12, 2021 by blackngolddigger

[GunnerBill]

12 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

Good 

 

Run Defense - Without Star even 

Taron Johnson’s play

Gabe Davis - He needs to be in field more than Sanders. 

 

Bad

Both OGs (Yes Feliciano isn’t good) 

Dawkins hoping still not fully recovered and can get there this year from COVID 

QB1 wasn’t that great at all

OC trash

HC was really bad 

NFL Officials- NFL STILL has an OFFICIATING problem. 

 

I'd add Milano to the good. Thought he was our best player.

[MAJBobby]

Just now, GunnerBill said:

 

Dion is not back to full health IMO. He is still light and it is really hard to regain weight in season.

Agree. I worry he is not going to look good all year. I am hoping he can find enough to be solid until he fully recovers (which could be very well not this year). 

[Milanos Milano]

1 minute ago, JohnNord said:

Josh needs to get the ball out fast like that.  His receivers are much better

It will come with time. Josh is still a QB baby. Josh has better stats than Brady at this point in his career. Allen is really good, trust me we are in good hands going forward. 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

3 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

It’s hard to tell how much of the failure was Josh vs. the OL.  It’s a chicken or the egg thing.

 

I think the OL was terrible and while the interior always has been a mixed bag we usually can rely on the tackles.  I thought Dion played one of his worst games in 2 seasons.  Not a very good performance from Williams either.

 

With that being said, we are paying Allen $300 million.  He needs to be better, though…again….he had many drops whereas Pittsburgh receivers caught everything 

 

so much blame to pass around

Crazy thing about Levi is the he had good coverage on the PI.  He just didn’t turn his head around

 

They got killed in all 3 phases as the announcers pointed out.

 

A veteran like Levi should know to turn his head as a CB is going to get flagged 9/10 times when they have their back to the ball like that. I'm not sure I want to blame him for the TD as it was a spectacular bobbled catch, but in the end it's bad awareness on his part to let either play happen. 

 

You can't put the blame on the line for his inaccuracy. It's pretty terrifying how much he looked like rookie Josh Allen w/ all the under thrown balls, rushed throws, and fumbles. 

[marky]

Why are all the WRs limping again? Why did the Oline get called for holding 4 times in the first quarter alone? How's it possible to be both over the hill and inexperienced? Besides Wallace, Edmunds again. First drive, all asses and elbows. Whistle blows to end the game, never saw someone so happy to lose.

Edited September 12, 2021 by beavis

[Rc2catch]

If Knox is gonna get roasted for every drop he should at least get a good mention for securing his targets today and making some decent runs after. 

[MAJBobby]

I am just about DONE with Levi Wallace as well.