TK Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 NO WAY' date=' this was a game where campbell had to step up. The team needed campbell to carry them in this one and he let the team down.[/quote'] Had to carry a team when your O-Line looks just like swiss cheese. It's not that one single person has to carry the team. The TEAM has to carry itself. Tonight they didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 its a chest match.. they knew we are coming with portis. we got to start the game passing. we played checkers tonight, while they played chest Chest? Ben, is that you? Did the cheerleaders distract you again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrupt3d Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I'll place this one mostly on a banged up Samuels and abandoning the run with a RT that can't pass block. The end result----> Campbell on his back and no TDs.We can't go pass happy with tackles that can't pass block. DURRR!! That was the root of the problem right there. After that, Campbell could get into any sort of rythm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter_R Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 The Steeler's qbs made something happen, and they had a ton of pressure in their faces, too. Campbell cannot be totally absolved of that performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskin4ever Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 There is plenty of blame to go around tonight. But I agree it starts with the O-Line. When the O-Line can't pass block, everything goes down hill from there. Campbell did not play well, but at the same time, he was getting the snot beat out of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 The silver lining in tonight's loss? We don't have to worry about JC's zero INT streak any more. Yes, I am indeed grasping at straws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrellsMyHero28 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Big Ben gets hit like this every game and he generally delivers. Can't make excuses, this is the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCalMike Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I am starting to get concerned that this offense is based on the same 10-15 plays and it is up to our team to have the personnel to make them work. After the Eagles game, our offense has just not looked the same. True, we put up a lot of yardage on some bad teams, but we haven't been able to score TDs Tonight we played against the #1 defense and got handled, but I wouldn't even be concerned if we had done what most other teams had done when playing garbage teams like the Browns, Rams, & Lions..... It is the fact that we basically looked lackluster against them that has me most concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meskeet21 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 zorn wasnt ready for lebeau's zone blitz scheme. the offensive line was confused all night as to who was coming and dropping back. thats all there is to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUst21 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Everyone deserves a little blame most, however, i'd say lie with the OLine and the receivers. The line rarely gave JC more than 3 seconds and when u combine this with the fact that our receivers looked absolutley sluggish and got no seperation, the result is JC gets sacked or hit on almost everyplay. Sure JC deserves some criticism cause he was high or indecisive at time, but hell if i got beat up like he did today id be a bit off too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 The Steeler's qbs made something happen, and they had a ton of pressure in their faces, too. Campbell cannot be totally absolved of that performance. There's a difference. We played well defensively at the beginning of the game but we didn't punch them in the mouth. The Gnats punched them in the mouth for four quarters and the game finally went their way. The Steelers are a team that you have to bludgeon into submission and we just didn't do that tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darc Requiem Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Yeah the line has to take the bulk of the blame. Campbell could have played better. It seemed that after taking some many shots he stopped following through on his passes and they started to sail high on him. I don't fault the defense. They were on the field so long tonight, I just think they ran out of gas in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURugby1984 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 The Steelers D was simply brutal. Credit should go to them more so than criticism for our offense, so I'm not even blaming the O line at all. I completely agree with you about JC. He reminded me of a Timex watch, took a lickin' but kept on tickin'. The man hung in there like a true champ. Precisely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsMaster88 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 They better get up to speed fast, because I'm sure Dallas is going to be spending their bye week trying to implement more stunts for their 3-4 defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Sure, JC made some mistakes that show he's still young and we haven't quite gotten this down...but GOOD LORD our O-line was AWFUL. God Awful. That was embarrassing. Even more embarrassing, my roommate who doesn't know anything about football was asking me essentially how so few "yellow" guys (lined up in the box) were able to sack our QB. GOOD QUESTION! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdskn4eva Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Jeez...we just played the BEST DEFENSE IN THE NFL. This is what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orlskinsfan Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 dallas doesnt have nearly as many playmakers on defense as the steelers do, there are 4 teams in the NFL who play nearly lights out defense week in and week out.. Giants Steelers Ravens Titans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genghis Khan Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 It was a combination of things our o-line is banged up and Moss pulled himself out of the game. Leftwich comes in and we seemed unprepared for him. I'm pretty mad but we weren't predicted to even be this good coming into the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execution56 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Jansen looked horrible in pass protection tonight.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Our two bad offensive games this year have been against arguably the two best defenses in the league. We got beat by a superior group. We haven't been "figured out" any more than we were earlier this year. We'll make plays and score points against lesser opponents and struggle against better ones. We weren't going 14-2, and hell we won't go 13-3. Move on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P'Oed Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 what's really disturbing is that we had the ball in Steeler territory multiple times to start the game. We came out of that situation with 2 field goals and did a whole lot of nothing with the other possessions we had in there. I don't know what happens with the team when they have the ball down there...is it Zorn over thinking the playcalling? Is it just a serious mental block that we have on that side of the field that leads us to penalties and turnovers? This finishing drives question has to be answered or we might as well just change our names to the Washington Field Goals. Field goals just don't win games, get it together offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 The silver lining in tonight's loss? We don't have to worry about JC's zero INT streak any more.Yes, I am indeed grasping at straws. Yep, after seeing the amount of pressure on JC cuz off our effing O-line, my brother and I were talking on the phone and both of us were like "well, the no interception streak is going to end here shortly." Two play later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerbee99 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Actually you might be on to something......we run the same basic plays....draw play, run up the middle, run to the left and quick slants......we caught the Eagles and Philly by surprise with those plays....sloughed through the browns and lions , but finally played a good defense that could stop it and they did. WE might need to start opening up our playbook a little bit more Also coach Zorn, you do not have to cal run plays every first down, playaction will always get you moving the chains on first down and keep aggresive defenses honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orlskinsfan Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 you dont have to run on every 1st down, but you also have the best back in the league in your backfield so doesnt it make sense to run it on first down if it is successful? and gauging by how many yards mr portis has this year, i would say it has been pretty successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljeasel Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Actually you might be on to something......we run the same basic plays....draw play, run up the middle, run to the left and quick slants......we caught the Eagles and Philly by surprise with those plays....sloughed through the browns and lions , but finally played a good defense that could stop it and they did. WE might need to start opening up our playbook a little bit moreAlso coach Zorn, you do not have to cal run plays every first down, playaction will always get you moving the chains on first down and keep aggresive defenses honest Hes gone away from the screens and reverses that really helped us out early on in the season. In the run game we havent been using the strech or toss (effectively) for a few weeks now. Still much room to grow as a playcaller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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