pouncey, larry foote, stephens howling
 

all gone for the season :(

week 1

Excuse time

7-9 may have been generous

First pick of the draft

The nice thing is you said they have a whole starting defense as backups so losing Foote doesn't matter

if your squad was the cardinals I would call you guys the mini steelers but your team is the phins so Imma call your squad the mini cardinals

the offense is what I'm worried about

our D is still elite. duh did you watch any of the game?

Our D is exactly where it needs to be. we just decided to not play offense anymore I think our gameplan is to get the defense to score

Cool story bro

Is it 6-10 or 5-11 now? That's the real question

That D is no longer elite... stop kidding urself, Ed.

wtf did you watch the game? are you trolling?

this is why I don't like having football convos on this site

its like you guys clearly have ammo to come at me for my team but y'all still don't know wtf y'all talkin bout lol

how you joke on somebody for the wrong thing, consistently

The irony of Eddie asking if strike is trolling is hilarious.

Lol @ getting stonewalled by the worst defense in the league last year

Clowney will help

I'm asking if he's trolling because saying the D isn't elite equates to trolling

just like when you said big ben is a poor man's cam newton

nigga, that's either trolling or very very low football IQ

If anything the mini packers

I'm not trolling.

Ya'll suck.

I hate when you guys have discussions I can't get involved in.

the D is elite tho

that's all I'm sayin

lol ok bro.

Ben is getting his just dues for pulling his D out

this year...

his D is pulling it self out.

seriously

if you watched the game you'd know what I mean. the D is very sharp. esp Will Gay

dude is playin just like he did at the end of his contract season for us

then when cortez allen gets back thats 3 man up defenders thats gonna have the secondary on lock

the the LBs.... Foote gettin hurt just means more JARVIS JONES

JARVIS JONES, IS A MONSTER

real talk, he's takin troy's spot as the freak crazy dude with hair, you seeing it unfold right before our eyes troy is passing the torch to him

we got the ball on a saftey first possession, we got all the way to the redzone, fumbled @ the 3 yard line and they got a touchback

we could have went up 9-0 right there

would have been a completely different game

its weird

but in our 2 min offense, big ben's work worked wonders

we should think about comin out no huddle on some drives and lettin him work

we had no offense outside of that

emmanuel sanders isn't as fast as mike wallace. he can't stretch the field on the go routes.

I say we throw gilreath out there on a suprise go route on third down next game and see what he can do out of the blue

the titans didn't need to play d. they just came out in a soft zone the whole game because we have no deep threat. the soft zone allowed defenders to sit there and watch for the run while at the same time lookin out for the middle in routes we were pathetically attempting.

the titans gameplan on d was perfect because we had to prove that we could throw and we honestly couldn't

I also think we need to make antonio brown do work. he needs the rock, the few times ben looked to him he made it look easy

he needs 7-8 catches next game

the Defense is elite, how is the D pulling out?

huh??

pounce, larry foot AND steven howling are all gone for the season.

that D line couldn't penetrate a wet towel.

a ben looking older than dental floss.

That steel curtain been gone son.

@PancakeBrah this is what I mean

ppl here make no sense

when was the last time our dline was a threat on pass d?

since when has our zone blitz d, you know, the d we've been running for the last 20 years, not been focused on our LBs blitzing?


this is why I be frustrated. I feel like the only ppl who know anything about football are ravens fans, sadly

Would u really say elite tho, or are they just above average?

our d line is set up to specifically stop the run @Innovator if you didn't know

the black mutant lbs are the ones that penetrate the opposing oline

yes elite

we got no TOs yesterday, they had like 3-4 and we gave up 16 points even tho we should have given up at least 30

at the end of the game we still had a chance to tie with like 90 secs left even tho our offense didn't even put up 200 yards total

we have an elite d

our defense is better than lliteraly everyone in the pac-12, err I mean NFC east

lol

U don't dare see me bragging about the Skins defense, or anyone in my division for that matter... at one time a couple seasons ago the Giants D was feared immensely. The only thing my team has going for them on defense is our front 7.. they're above average & might prove to be dominant. Our back end is near pathetic, if not pathetic... I'll see tonight which.

But yeah.. ur squad USED to have an elite defense.. I think ur just giving a maybe above average group of guys alot more credit than they deserve because ur stuck in the past.

But hey, u got ur coordinator still.. he's HOF. That always will play a key role. Dude can coach & put the right personnel out there in the right situations.

But elite bro?

Come on.

Word, the steelers run a 3-4. Line isn't there to get sacks.

I still think the d drops off a little. They're good, but if the drop even just a notch? With that offense?

Not good.

well.. I consider elite D defenses to be ones that give up little yards, minimal points week in and week out

our D was #1 giving up yards, and #6 giving up points last yr, and after yesterday they still seem sharp

but idk.. if you didn't/don't watch the steelers games then its hard to understand that the d is elite

but it is. our D still is elite. and will be for years looking at the current youth and depth we have

I was wondering who we would be able to get to replace troy and now I see that it will be jarvis jones

dude will be the superstar of the team in two years

all we will need is a speed guy to play zone behind him once troy leaves

even if they don't drop they can't win with the offense we had yesterday lol

that's the thing. we decided not to play offense wtf?

i don't like our offensive gameplan at all period

That's mostly a product of having no weapons. Losing Leveon was huge. And Brown is perfect as a number two but is not a threat as a 1. Roethlisberger isn't the level of qb to make those type of weapons work

I say throw gilreath out there with sanders in the slot

if they don't respect gilreath which they won't let him burn whoever is guarding him dude got speed idk bout his hands tho lol

but lets see what he got. sanders ain't fast enough nor confident enough to be out there tryna catch them 40 yards bombs it looks retarded

let him do his underneath routes like he always does. feed brown

dwyer is back he can fumble with redman now again

we tryna do zone running with pure power backs, let felix jones get 10 carries in the middle of good drives. he will gash for 6-7 yards

with felix in the lineup it can be a real game changer as far as the pace goes.

they need me on the sidelines, I can't wait to work dudes on madden

steelers d will end up middle of the pack.

you once was elite....now your defense is barely laughable.

your defense is setup to stop the run?

112 yards last game...yeah bro

plus.

your offense is horrible you have absoluted no way of extending your time on the field..thus making your Elite D tired by the start of the second half.

you clinging on to last years stats like yall did something with it.

lol

we gave up 250 yard and 16 points

please, continue to tell me why the d is trash

we gave up 112, on the ground they rushed 42 times


chris johnson rushed 25 times for 70 yards, under 3 yards a carry

if you gonna be a fair weather fan and use the stat lines as an argument, which is what most ppl do when they don't know what they talking about, at least know what stats to look at

u also lost to the titans.

never said I was an expert.

but you seem o clinge on to shit that is irrelevant to fact that your DEFENSE is not ELITE anymore buddy...

with confidence I can say


the dolphins will have a better D than the steelers.

and uhmm...they played yesterday...I saw the game..i watched those 42 carries...I didn't know it was wrong to use what I SAW ON TV to back me up.

u gave up 112 yard to the fucking titans.

plz. come back to me when your elite defense goes up against a team forth a fuck.

I'm with Eddie.

That defense is still elite.

If elite means top 5 D the Steelers are, have been, and continue to be that.

i stopped reading the thread halfway through

all i know is the D the steelers run is like the ravens base defense. (although the ravens run everything from 3-4 to 4-3 to the 46 and every type of nickle dime etc, their base d is still the 3-4)

the steelers like the ravens want huge linemen who do nothing but take up blockers, so that the linebackers can run free to the ball.

but yo like i said i didnt watch this game so i dunno, i seen a short like 2 minute highlight thing and it had jarvis jones smacking cj2k in the backfield pretty nice, and polamalu being polamalu

they only gave up 16 points, but the titans are terrible.

but i dunno how many turnovers the steelers offense had or what the time of possession is looking like

the steelers D is always solid tho. probably finish top 10.

i just scrolled up and read some more posts

the dolphins D looks nasty, but they played the browns lol. too early to tell about either team. also the browns didnt run much, and were behind so they were passing alot showcasing the dolphins pass rush.

but word i can see both D's finishing top 10.

i didnt watch the steelers game tho so im just going off the strength of how they usually are

Going to be a struggle this year

I still think they'll break .500

Trooff...to early to tell is all im saying..niggas going off last years stats.

The fact is the steelers D Isnt what it was and wont be this year, because of
The injurys and people leaving to other teams.

Am I saying the steelers d is garbage?

Of course not...

But are they ELITE MEANING TOP 5 THIS YEAR.?

nah.

And I realize the fins played the browns..and I realize titans aint shit.

But yall honestly cant tell me the steelers D is top 5 this year

Past years?

Top of the heap