50 Sense; Post Game Detroit Thread

Redman does it with desire (or decree depending on you views on his status vis a vis Zeus).

K Lewis isn’t ready to be #1 CB but I think we all knew that. I think that was a bit of a push off by Johnson on that TD but it probably wouldn’t have mattered. Keenan is learning.

I can’t decide who is in more trouble, with the emergence of Brown and Sanders, Logan or Battle. Whomever it is, I do know this receiving core will be fast.

i didnt think he was that fast. we gotta find a spot on the team for him.

although I am sure Sanders will be reassigned a different number than the 88 he wears today

I mean I know it was Swann’s # but then why give it to him in the first place?

we won’t be lowly much longer. we pretty much had you guys during the 1st quarter with our starters vs yours.

Who else does?

I don’t see a lot of spare change on this team. I suspect that the 2010 draft will be seen in ten years as one of the Steelers’ better efforts. If nothing else, they established depth that they didn’t have last year.

There will never be another 1974 draft – it simply isn’t possible today. But the past two have obviously been good, and may have been great.

but i thought i saw pouncey pull from the c position at one point. maybe it was a guard. did anyone else see that.

It was too bad the rain delay happened when it did, because we were going nuts in the crowd after that (almost) TD run. I don’t know if #10 would win the most games, but he’s certainly the most exciting to watch.

Dixon looked pretty good from the parts I saw. Wasn’t able to see all of his performance though.
Leftwich didn’t look good IMHO. I saw all of his play and he reminded me of Duante Culpepper circa 2009.
I’m gonna tune in to the next Steelers game to see if Dixon will go against the Ones. That kid did good for his 1st start against the Ravens on MNF last year. I’d say he has the inside track to start the regular season while Ben sits out.

If Dixon doesn’t start for you, Tomlin is making a mistake.

I hardly think Lefty looked ‘flashy’. In fact I think he looked rather slow. We need a qb that can put together touchdown drives…..not field goal drives!

Showed the importance of having a mobile Quarterback on the field for us, Dixon showed the poise under pressure, ran at the right times, and when he threw, he was hitting his guys right on the money, just look at the throw to Antonio Brown, that ball couldnt have been more perfect in terms of hitting him in stride.

He also found receivers who could gain YAC, which will be crucial for us while we go without Ben.

I know Leftwich has been pretty much given the starting job, but another lackluster performance from Lefty, along with a strong performance again from Dixon next week, could twist Tomlins arm into putting Dixon with the 1st team for the all important 3rd preseason game

I haven’t heard anything about how our D-Line beast played yet. Anything of note?

If it’s true that your starters didn’t take the game seriously then that would explain alot!
Detroits 1st team dominated pittsburg. As the game went on though it wasn’t even close. Pittsburg has alot more depth and just started steam rolling detroit.

With Battle, Sanders, and Brown looking pretty darn good, I foresee a pretty interesting battle in the WR world. I don’t think I would want to be the guy making the cuts with this crew. The next 3 preseason games should be pretty interesting. I’m really looking forward to seeing how each WR gels with Big Ben.

Better get that straightened out.

there was a lot of pre-snap motion on offense. fb/hb lined up on the line, they pulled to backfield, te’s bouncing around and going in motion. They faked the end-around a couple times..even faked out the camera man on a few of them, and then did eventually end up running one successfully. BA seemed to acknowledge/implement the speed we had on the field to keep the D off balance. While the execution wasn’t always there, it seemed like mildly more creative scheme. Also do not recall seeing the dreaded empty backfield, but my stream went out a couple times.

As I said before, the line has a log of gelling to do. It was just the first pre-season game but the line looked terrible. As most would say the defenses are usually ahead of the offenses at this point, but the Steelers line was by far the worst I’ve seen so far. I’ve watched a couple of games too. They can look at tape though and see they need to be more aggressive and quicker off the ball. We’ll see how they progress throughout the preseason. The WRs look good, I don’t think that will be a problem. Mendenhall just need to stop fumbling and plowing for some yards when there is no hole.

As for Dixon and Redman, I really want to see them with the starters before we get too excited. But they do have a lot of upside and if they can start the next pre-season game and do well I’d feel better.

I could see him being benched rather quickly if the offense needs a spark. Tomlin is going with the safe bet here and starting the vet who won’t take it so hard if he is subbed out for someone else that has a little more flash.

the first preseason game: the bad is always acceptable, and the flashes of brilliance are always signs of future consistency. dream on, football fans, dream on.

It was better than awesome seeing the Men of Steel again! Sure it’s only preseason, but it could have easily been the AFCC when Ryan Clark made the INT! Oh happy day in the ’Burgh!

O-line….well; I’m glad it’s preseason. Flozell looked a bit like a fish out of water on the right side, but I’m sure he’ll settle into the scheme without much difficulty. (Preferably without as many holding penalties this year, please. He lead the league last year.)

Redzone… what more can I say! He’s a keeper. He may not have the speed of FWP, but I do believe a playmaker he will be!

Battle surprised me… pleasantly! He’s a nice addition.

The off-season is no more! Thank God. HERE WE GO STEELERS!