Comments on: Steelers Took Advantage Of Eagles Inexperience On The Last Drive

By: haveacigar

haveacigar — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:43:24 +0000

gotta luv it, Eli’s defense did not step up for him in the 4th quarter a couple weeks ago.
they would blitz more with a lead! the offense has been the disappointment this year…. remember these phrases being thrown around: “skill players everywhere”, “dynasty”, “so many weapons for Vick”– and they can’t score points. this offense was suppossed to be dynamic, score points, make teams play catch up– uh nobody factored in that vick has been exposed– blitz his ass.
as for blitzing big ben– careful bout that– no one in the league is better against the blitz…..

By: Frank22

Frank22 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:51:39 +0000

just to your point, the eagles D gave up 16 points on the road. At the beginning of the season if you told me the eagles would only give up 16 to Pitt, I would have penciled it in as a W. Pitt did not score of those, but it also took, at minium 3 pts off the board for the birds. Should the D have stepped up and made a stop? Sure they should have. If it werent for the turnovers, they would not have been in that position/

By: bugsyhawk

bugsyhawk — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:06:13 +0000

Gotta- I am with you. When they needed a play, they didn’t make it. In a couple of years this team has gone from blitz all the time to blitz none of the time. Has to be a happy medium.

By: vinnietheevictor

vinnietheevictor — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:17:11 +0000

To review:

Eagles D
(remember these stats are for a D saddled with an O that’s #1 in turnovers)

10th in pts against at 19.8
7th in takeaways
5th in 3rd down %

VS an offence that’s

29th in pts
31st in pts/game
31st in turnovers

I’ll let those sink in a bit before you guys keep blithering on about the defence.

By: Gotta Luv It

Gotta Luv It — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:03:54 +0000

LOL..Bugs..you got me…!!!
But Seriously if the Defense needs to save the day…they need to save the day..they get paid to do just that…
Im not saying they should always have to do that but if it’s needed to preserve a win then get’er done…Why is Eli so regarded as 4th Q comeback King..Because when he get gets the lead in the 4th. his D steps up and makes a stop to preserve the win…It’s what defenses Do..Stop the other team from scoring…

By: bugsyhawk

bugsyhawk — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:15:57 +0000

Well, we DEFINITELY know that the defense can’t save the day for the offense every week.

By: Gotta Luv It

Gotta Luv It — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:12:49 +0000

Those T/O’s hurt extremely ..no points on those drives,,.but what we don’t know is how the game would have been played by Pittsburgh had we scored ..so we can’t say DEFINETLY that we would still have won with those points..now what we can say DEFINETLY is that if the Defense would have stopped P-Burg on that last drive we win….There is no disputing that fact !
Everything else is hindsight 20/20 and possibles !

By: mr1charlton

mr1charlton — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:39:22 +0000

no, Im mad because the defense had em !st and 20 AND DIDN’T GET IT DONE

By: Frank22

Frank22 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:24:04 +0000

couldnt have said it better…

Eagles lost strictly due to turnovers.

I thought Andy had called a good game offensively. Shady only ran 13 times(?), but they got hin involved in the passing game.

By: bugsyhawk

bugsyhawk — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:32:54 +0000

Look, the defense gave up 16 points on the road. That is a good game no matter how you slice it. The run defense was concerning in the second half and they do need to blitz more. With what is supposed to be a potent offense on your side, you should win if you only give up 16.

17 effin points and you have a win.