Hard to say with this start. Wow is right! Great D, special teams, and FWP/O-line/Big Ben – elite level.

So, if you had to pick at something, the weaker finish with some subs in there, I loved Harrison’s take on it when told its understandable, he said its not understandable. Love that guy.

Last year it seamed we gave up some opening day drives, like to see faster starts this year on D.

For three quarters they looked awesome.

I expected good things out of Ben, the receivers, and the running game, but the big happy suprise of the day was the O-line.

I’m glad these guys were mad about the rep they were getting from last year’s play. It looks like the shakeups we did get worked out well. Kemo and Marvel were really laying on some great blocks, and they kept Mario mostly contained – which I was really concerned about. Would have like no sacks, but the guy is a monster. I hope these guys keep playing with a chip on their shoulder all dang year long.

I was pleased as punch to see the ball getting spread out to Hines, Heath, and Holmes…really good stuff and glad to see Hines going deep and Holmes catching across the middle – it shows we aren’t going to limit these guys to particular roles – which should cause other D’s to have to think twice before assuming coverage.

Ben was great and if folks don’t see he’s great they must have sawdust between their ears. One point though – I saw a least one high looking snap that Ben pulled down and then there was the fumbled snap – looks like there are still a few issues btw Hartwig and Ben, but hopefully this will calm down with more time played together.

Leftwhich made me want Charlie back. I know everyone says the guy is going to be a great backup, but jeez it was like the offense went into deep freeze when he took over. His throws looked fast – as advertised, but looked out of place for most receivers. if this had been an injury situation in a segment of game that counted we would have been doomed. IMO. Ben please stay healthy, elsewise bring on Dixon.

Now for the FWP adopted report…well. what can a proud Dad say… He had a great day and spoke to alot of his critics in getting those there touchdowns and putting up another 100+ yd game. Most of all, it was evident that he hadn’t lost any of the deadly speed that is his chief weapon. He also showed some other skills – fighting off defenders to turn the corner, some stiff-arm, and a nice little spin move that cleared him into the endzone. I hope that his gut has plenty more room for adding yards and scores this year, and I’m sure it will.

Now, no performance is without some criiticism, so here’s some stuff to grow on. He was most productive running outside the tackles again, and only had a few really productive runs up the middle and a lot of the between the tackles stuff only produced a few yards at a time. Some reports online say that the Texans were stuffing the middle (line watchers?) so this could explain it. I would still love to see him plow down someone straight up the middle, but not at the expense of his breakaway speed. The important thing is that he and the OC didn’t abandon the middle and kept the D honest. There were a few times that FWP seemed to stutter step a little before he commited to a hole, but with other reports coming out that there was some zone blocking going on – this makes sense I suppose. Other than that – he did pretty good on the play action fakes, defended Mario enough to prevent him getting Ben at least once (although Mario kind of bounced off his attempted block), and although he could get the guy out of bounds he got behind the fumble recovery and slowed them down a little until the cavalry came rolling in. All-in all an excellent day out for FWP.

Here’s looking forward to the Browns!!!!!!!

The Steelers hopefully saved some of that whoop-ass for the pumpkin heads next week! My adopted son double m, Mewelde Moore, had a rather booring first game as a Steeler.
He fielded a punt and two kickoffs, with less than average results, although not fumbling puts us ahead of year’s past. He saw very few third down passing situations, as they didn’t face many as a team. MM did a nice job filling his lane on kickoffs, even though he did not record any tackles. I still feel his impact will be felt over the course of the season, especially against the better defenses the Stellers will face.

this was about the best weekend I could have imagined! Except, I couldn’t watch any of the action. :( But, my alma mater staved off a winless season by beating Tomlin’s alma mater. The Steelers were dominant, and the Falcons (my second team since I live ATL) actually looked like a real team and beat up on the sad-sack Lions. And, the only real highlight for the Texans was former NC State DE Mario Williams’ two sacks, which I can still be happy for, since he didn’t injure Ben or cause the Steelers any real problem in winning the game.

I had adopted Woodley, and from the accounts of those who saw the game, it sounds like he was awesome this week, with a sack, int, and FR, and 5 tackles. Quite a solid day for a 2nd year man getting his first start! I’m looking forward to seeing the game next weekend. I’ll actually be able to watch it since it’s on Sunday night. Hopefully, Harrison and Woodley will go off on Anderson, even if he is my FF QB.:)

On a thorough, well-deserved ass-kicking of a DIII team. I’m sorry we couldn’t give you more of a game. Hopefully it’s because you guys were realllly good more than we were bad, but I suspect it’s a combination of both.

At least we have Mario.

Good luck the rest of the way.

under Tomlin