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Steelers and Gronk

Different matchup with Haden in the game. You can throw Burns on him in the playoffs. I think they should treat him like LeBeau treated fitz in the super bowl. Have Debo and Polamalu smash him at the line every play.
 
gronk is the best tight end ever

george novak must be a shit coach because gronk had as many catches today as he had his entire senior season at woodland hills
 
Double cover the guy, bump him off the line and do not allow him to get a free release.
Couldn’t agree more. But hey I am not the coach. They know more than you or me because they are paid millions therefore are smarter...
 
The difference is in coaching..
NE knows how to hold. The TD pass to Bryant was blatant holding but it was not called. Belicheck scouts the refs and knows what they will call and what they don't. It's not cheating so much as knowing the refs and designing your defense to take maximum advantage of it.
Tomlin and Butler are not that smart.
 
Said this in the other thread, and not to make excuses as injuries are part of the game. But think what all these other teams thought about AB this year. Took over the game when his team needed it the most. Sucks we didn’t have our star. Hopefully he’s OK.
 
Mitchell was lining up 18 yards deep and backing up all game long. Gronk catching the ball 20 yards down the middle should never have happened. Mitchell backed up so far he couldn’t come up fast enough.
Couldn’t agree with you more. There were at least 2 or 3 of those long pass completions where they gave you a good view where you could see Mitchell sitting out there in centerfield at the beginning of the play and just keep backpedaling to where he was a complete non factor. Man defense was the way to go but you need to get some help from the safety, particularly with Gronk.
 
Couldn’t agree with you more. There were at least 2 or 3 of those long pass completions where they gave you a good view where you could see Mitchell sitting out there in centerfield at the beginning of the play and just keep backpedaling to where he was a complete non factor. Man defense was the way to go but you need to get some help from the safety, particularly with Gronk.

I thought Mike Hilton covered him best. He’s really quick and has great ball skills.
 
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Why they didn’t double Gronk is beyond me.
 
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Hilton is an emerging star, or starter at least

Next year will be his breakout season.

I never thought I would say this, but I like the secondary of Burns, Haden, Hilton, Sutton. All 4 are very capable of starting and really athletic. They apparently really like Allen as well. I for once can say, they don’t need to draft a cb.

They are razor thin at Safety and need to upgrade Mitchell. I would love to bring Revis here for a year or 2 before he retires to llay S. Draft a Whitehead or Marcus Allen to learn from him, then take over.

Somehow, they need to draft more LB’s... and a lot of them.
 
Why they didn’t double Gronk is beyond me.
yes, Belichick and Brady would be befuddled by this strategy and never, never be able to make the adjustment to weakened coverage elsewhere.
 
yes, Belichick and Brady would be befuddled by this strategy and never, never be able to make the adjustment to weakened coverage elsewhere.

but isn't that the point? To make someone other than Gronk beat you?
 
but isn't that the point? To make someone other than Gronk beat you?
the point is that the Steelers are the Pat's beyotches so do what you will as it will not make a difference as they are two steps ahead of the Tomlin the cheerleader...Gronk was not beating them in the first half, why its, its, its almost like the Past schemed for him to dominate in the second half as they would have schemed to go elsewhere had the Steelers changed things up. Does not matter. They cannot and will not beat these guys.
 
the point is that the Steelers are the Pat's beyotches so do what you will as it will not make a difference as they are two steps ahead of the Tomlin the cheerleader...

Not sure how you can make that assessment after watching yesterday's game. They clearly lucked out in winning the game hell the game winning interception should have been nullified by pass interference on the New England defender. Not to mention the ridiculous overturning of the touchdown.

Is that what you meant by "two steps ahead of Tomlin"? Having the officials and the NFL in their back pocket? 2 penalties for FOUR YARDS?
 
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Not sure how you can make that assessment after watching yesterday's game. They clearly lucked out in winning the game hell the game winning interception should have been nullified by pass interference on the New England defender. Not to mention the ridiculous overturning of the touchdown.

Is that what you meant by "two steps ahead of Tomlin"? Having the officials and the NFL in their back pocket? 2 penalties for FOUR YARDS?
yes, they have had the officials in their pocket for a decade of Steeler beatdowns. every one...come on man! I think it is a lot more fun just to blame the Penn State kid with Sandusky lube on his fingers for not simply holding on to a ball that was in his hands through the process ( not to mention the ridiculous overturning of the touchdown. the overturning was not ridiculous, the rule is ridiculous. had they not followed it one might say they were in the steelers pockets). Probably one of those things that Belichick's staff puts emphasis on while Tomlin rah rahs... .....
 
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If the Steelers would have double covered Gronk, Brady would have found someone else. And he would have.
 
If the Steelers would have double covered Gronk, Brady would have found someone else. And he would have.

And that would be fine, make one of the scrubs beat you. Don't let their best player beat you. Repeatedly. Especially when you have a complete jackass trying to cover him.
 
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yes, they have had the officials in their pocket for a decade of Steeler beatdowns. every one...come on man! I think it is a lot more fun just to blame the Penn State kid with Sandusky lube on his fingers for not simply holding on to a ball that was in his hands through the process ( not to mention the ridiculous overturning of the touchdown. the overturning was not ridiculous, the rule is ridiculous. had they not followed it one might say they were in the steelers pockets). Probably one of those things that Belichick's staff puts emphasis on while Tomlin rah rahs... .....

Have you forgotten Spygate? And the NFL quickly destroying the evidence?
 
I like the original post. "Bump him off the line"

who the eff is going to bump gronkowski off the line?
 
I like the original post. "Bump him off the line"

who the eff is going to bump gronkowski off the line?


This guy, if only he could still play

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Have you forgotten Spygate? And the NFL quickly destroying the evidence?
yep, its a conspiracy I tells ya! Still have not figured out how they got Jesse James in on it though and how any of that tin foil hat crap translates in the Patriots manhandling the Steelers on the scoreboard every game...
 
Different matchup with Haden in the game. You can throw Burns on him in the playoffs. I think they should treat him like LeBeau treated fitz in the super bowl. Have Debo and Polamalu smash him at the line every play.


Larry had 7 catches for 127 yards and 2 TD’s in Super Bowl. This is too funny!
 
You've just revealed yourself to not being a Pitt fan. Every true Pitt fan knows that Mike Ditka is - without question - the best tight end ever.

if the steeler's te decided to play like Gronkowski the steeler's win..

as I saw it... catch.. hit the ground to avoid getting hit... he's no Gronkowski.. steeler's te is just a big target.

Ditka would have scored...
 
Larry had 7 catches for 127 yards and 2 TD’s in Super Bowl. This is too funny!

Meaning he had 63 on 6 catches for a TD before a big play was hit. Ya, i’ll take that kind of control over a dominant player every Sunday.
 
Larry had 7 catches for 127 yards and 2 TD’s in Super Bowl. This is too funny!

Meaning he had 63 on 6 catches for a TD before a big play was hit. Ya, i’ll take that kind of control over a dominant player every Sunday.


And what makes you think a big play wouldn’t be hit with Gronk? Steelers contained Gronk in first half then got destroyed in 2nd half. Steelers won SB because of James Harrison’s pick six. If it wasn’t for that play Fitz would have been SB MVP
 
And what makes you think a big play wouldn’t be hit with Gronk? Steelers contained Gronk in first half then got destroyed in 2nd half. Steelers won SB because of James Harrison’s pick six. If it wasn’t for that play Fitz would have been SB MVP
In a nutshell....
Once Bill had time at half to fix things it was game on.....
Tomlin plays catch up v him and it usually turns out badly. .....
It’s not coincidence.
 
Meaning he had 63 on 6 catches for a TD before a big play was hit. Ya, i’ll take that kind of control over a dominant player every Sunday.
Meaning he had 63 on 6 catches..or the equivalent of 1,000 yard season pace, but alas cherry picking is easier. Should have just gone with "he had two catches for 16 yards" before he got those other catches...Santonio Holmes was 5 for 58 in that game, until he wasn't on the last drive.
 
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