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Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,This Week's Matchup Report by ravenhater on Thursday 7 December 2006 at 9:13 am
The Browns got a huge win last week at home beating Kansas City 31-28 in OT.  The Steelers have won 3 of their last four games.

It looks as if Derek Anderson will start for the Browns after leading them to a rousing 4th quarter comeback and win in OT.  Anderson has a much stronger arm than Charlie Frye does, but he also helped win that game with his legs as he carried the ball 2 times for 44 yards.  With Troy Polamalu and Ryan Clark both out for this game, the Browns should be able to attack the Steelers deep and over the middle to Kellen Winslow on the shorter stuff.  The Browns will still attempt to run the football with Reuben Droughns (had his best game of the season last week) and young Jason Wright.  The Steelers are only giving up 3.6 yards per carry, so it won’t be easy. 

Look for the Steelers to feed the ball to Willie Parker (976 yards rushing) against a Browns run defense that is allowing 131.8 yards rushing per game.  The Browns did bottle Parker up the first time they played.  The Browns will probably blitz alot more than usual to rattle Roethlisberger’s confidence, as he frequently throws balls up for grabs when he feels the heat.  The Steelers would be smart to use Heath Miller more than they usually do, because Tony Gonzalez had a huge game last week against the Browns safeties.  The Steelers are without Hines Ward and Cedrick Wilson for this game, so it will mandatory that Nate Washington and Santonio Holmes step up their play against the Browns.

The Steelers got real lucky to win the first game between these teams.  I think this game could go either way, because it seems as if the Steelers don’t have much heart this season.  The Browns players are trying to save Romeo’s Crennel’s job, and last week was a good start.

 

Steelers will be without 4 key players against the Browns

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,Injury Reports by ravenhater on Tuesday 5 December 2006 at 11:27 pm

The Steelers will be without Hines Ward (knee surgery) and Cedric Wilson (ankle) on offense, so Nate Washington and Santonio Holmes will start on Thursday Night.  The defense will be without starting safeties Troy Polamalu and Ryan Clark.

This will be a real test of the Steelers depth.

Steelers turn up D in 20-3 win over Bucs

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page by ravenhater on Monday 4 December 2006 at 1:57 am

This was just a yawner of a football game between two teams that are going nowhere.  Ben Roethlisberger completed 12 of 25 passes for 198 yards with 2 TDs and 1 INT.  Willie Parker had a tough game with 22 carries for 61 yards (2.8 ypc).  Nate Washington was the leading receiver with 3 catches for 78 yards.

The Bucs really couldn’t get anything going against the Steelers D.  The Bucs carried the ball 30 times for 110 yards (3.7 ypc).  The Bucs completed 20 of 34 passes for 144 net yards thru the air.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,This Week's Matchup Report by ravenhater on Friday 1 December 2006 at 10:27 pm

The Bucs have been horrible all season and have only won 1 of their last 5 games.  The Steelers got absolutely punished last week by the Ravens.

The Bucs would like to run the ball with Cadillac Williams (697 yards rushing) against the tough Steelers defense that is allowing 99.5 yards rushing per game and 3.6 yards per carry.  The Bucs had better be able to pick up the aggressive blitzing scheme of the Steelers D or Bruce Gradkowski will be in a world of hurt. 

The Steelers will probably be content to feed Willie Parker (915 yards rushing) the ball.  The Bucs allow 122.3 yards rushing per game and 4.0 yards per carry, so Parker should have a good game.  All signs points to Ben Roethlisberger having a good game this week despite not having Hines Ward for the game.  The Bucs don’t rush or defend the pass well.

The Steelers should roll to an easy win here as long as they protect the football.