OT: The Pittsburgher Thread: Whats a Running Back? Does it make the Steel Steeler?

[Goalie_Bob]

Watch the play again, Pickett should have passed the ball way before then. I counted and there was 3-4 seconds before he spins for no damn reason. The pocket was there for him to pass the ball on a 4th and 1 where he should be looking to hit a player on a short route.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Steelers' Predictable Offense Led To Interception, Texans CB Steven Nelson Says

Last week, this Pittsburgh Steelers’ playcall hit for a 72-yard touchdown to Calvin Austin. This week, it ended in a Steven Nelson interception. Had this article been written in 2019, the latter would’ve been a good thing for the Steelers. But Nelson is now a Houston Texan and he got revenge on...

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Nelson said that the Austin interception was the same play and same formation that they scored on Vegas with last week, so it was extremely easy to be prepared for it.

Wasn't there an audio clip last year (or year before) on Twitter on the opposing team's sideline and they kept yelling "it's the same plays"?

This article can't be surprising to anyone with half a football brain: if you know what's coming, defending is super easy even for a defense that isn't talented

 

[Coastal Kev]

Watch the play again, Pickett should have passed the ball way before then. I counted and there was 3-4 seconds before he spins for no damn reason. The pocket was there for him to pass the ball on a 4th and 1 where he should be looking to hit a player on a short route.

Well I see it differently. He sets at the 42 around the late 2 second mark. If he plants and throws right at that moment, the defender crashing through the line splits his plant leg in half. Self preservation is very important in football at times.

 

[Night Shift]

They might but what’s the point? They won’t win a playoff game even if they somehow manage to get there due to ineptitude in their schedule worse than
theirs lol…but I do congratulate you for being the most delusionally optimist fan on this board…

Bigdaddys brain...


Bigdaddys brain on Roonlin, Any questions?

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Watch the play again, Pickett should have passed the ball way before then. I counted and there was 3-4 seconds before he spins for no damn reason. The pocket was there for him to pass the ball on a 4th and 1 where he should be looking to hit a player on a short route.

I agree there was a pocket, but I can't see if anyone was open before he gets to harris/checkdown. It seems like that play was slow developing from the start.

Regardless, this situation should not have occurred:

1) Why go for it there? Steelers needed a couple of scores and they possess one of the best kickers in the league. Take the points and hope your defense gets a quick stop and good field position
2) Why in the hell are you in shotgun on 4 and inches?

Couple of poor decisions for us to even be in that position where KP got hurt.