my game notes

I was yelling at Gay to kneel so I didn’t notice Farrior was near Gay after the INT. I’m sure Farrior would’ve tackled Gay before he let him run into a crowd of Ravens.

The defense has carried the offense on their backs most of the year, much like the Ravens team of 2000. In that respect, Lebeau has carried Tomlin and Arians on his back this year. Right now I think Big Ben is the team MVP. During this tough stretch of the schedule he has helped Lebeau shoulder the load of Tomlin and Arians. His #1 receiver has under performed and the line has not done a very good job of protecting him. Add to that the fact that we have a woeful, unsteeler-like running game and Big Ben’s season is pretty remarkable. In defense of Willie Parker’s comments last week, I didn’t take his comments as him being selfish or complaining about his number of carries. He simply was stating that he is more effective running behind a fullback, particularly one who can open holes like Dan Kreider. This year in Minnesota Adrian Peterson has complained in the media that he doesn’t like running behind a fullback. He is more effective in a one back set. Personally, I don’t think Matt Spaeth is a great blocker and he certainly isn’t used enough as a receiver, so why not use a big bruising fullback who likes to block and doesn’t expect to carry the ball? Willie has shown how effective he can be and at the risk of piling on, I can only blame Arians for changing the offense to the point that our running game is feeble. I am happy we continue to win and I think our defense is actually good enough to take us to the Super Bowl, but wouldn’t it be great to see our offense play to it’s potential as well? If that was the case, we would be more dominant than the Patriots of the past decade.

we played soft on 3rd downs when we should have brought the house…i think we didn’t because your receivers/Ben are very good with the short slants etc…pick your poison. i hope we’re done with you this year..sheesh.