Week 11 : Steelers @ Browns

[Prime 1978]

Some of the drops were due to timing issues which is to be somewhat expected with a guy who's been practicing with the 2nd and 3rd team most of the year..

The other part, to your point, was DTR throwing a hot ball.. Thought he could throw a bit softer on some of those short to intermediate throws..

Something to watch moving forward -- as much as DTR didn't help himself with some of the throws, some of the drops certainly didn't help him either..

Some of the drops were due to timing issues which is to be somewhat expected with a guy who's been practicing with the 2nd and 3rd team most of the year..

The other part, to your point, was DTR throwing a hot ball.. Thought he could throw a bit softer on some of those short to intermediate throws..

Something to watch moving forward -- as much as DTR didn't help himself with some of the throws, some of the drops certainly didn't help him either..

You said it better than me.

 

[MalTalm]

Coaching staff played the first half as about I expected: Try to lean on the run game, give DTR some easy throws, get the ball out quick, and don't put DTR in spots to create turnovers.. Browns were getting into more 3rd and manageable situations leading to more productive drives..

In the second half, Browns kept the same approach but the Steelers were sitting on everything... The run game was clogged up, the quick passes weren't there and were killing themselves with early down negative plays.. Here's a list of 3rd downs in the 2nd half: 3&10, 3&8, 3&5, 3&10, 3&15, 3&14, 3&22, 3&7... Those are just not realistic conversion opportunities no matter who is back there..

Offensive staff will have to figure out how to adjust given how the Steelers played them in the 2nd half and now that the Broncos have a full game worth of game plan to watch...

I understand the approach: You have a rookie QB going against the Steelers without his best offensive playmaker, without the top two tackles, and coming off a similar spot where he got wrecked... If you want to give DTR a shot the rest of the season, this very well could have been a game you ruin him by asking him to do too much...

But you're going to have to figure out how to create some more space and explosive plays... Two touches for Strong is too few when this team needs some speed and chunk yardage..

The balance the whole game was trying to walk the line of what's asking DTR to keep defense honest and asking him to do too much.. You can open it up but too much too soon has already been proven ineffective, and some of DTR's throws were behind and/or high, leading to turnover opportunities...

It's an understandable game plan but coaching staff is really going to have to earn their playcheck on how they pivot from here..

Heckuva drive by DTR to finish the game.. Hopefully it's something to build off of, and that combined with this win gives him some confidence moving forward..

Don’t forget how banged up our O-Line was against one of the best D-Lines in football. Not putting pressure on DTR to hold the ball and create was the right choice in my opinion. He wasn’t going to get 10 seconds to make decisions in that pocket.

 

[Cement]

 

[mAo_mAo]

Stefanski should probably hold some sort of a record winning with 3 qbs in 1 season right?

 

[Cement]

 

[wuck]

Only thing close to as fun as watching this game on DVR was reading the game thread afterwards.

Rookie QB came through when it counted, when his teammates finally didn't let him down, and when his coach trusted him, just barely enough, in the end. Think about what kind of day the Steelers and their QB had today.

 

[Cement]

 

[Hurl Bruce]

I don’t care if this has been posted. It’s freakin hilarious.

 

[jjvors]

Game highlights:

 

[Kiddo]

I don’t care if this has been posted. It’s freakin hilarious.

That is hilarious!!

 

[Surge]

Some of the drops were due to timing issues which is to be somewhat expected with a guy who's been practicing with the 2nd and 3rd team most of the year..

The other part, to your point, was DTR throwing a hot ball.. Thought he could throw a bit softer on some of those short to intermediate throws..

Something to watch moving forward -- as much as DTR didn't help himself with some of the throws, some of the drops certainly didn't help him either..

I did even think of this but you are right on all points.

Different timing, different arm angles, different speeds.

Not an excuse for the guys, but a partial reason.

 

[DJTJ]

The new LT played really well, again…

 

[MD13]

Easily the biggest play of the game imo. Without a big gain there, we probably go conservative on 3rd and play for overtime. Awesome job by our OL all around- everyone wins the 1 on 1s, Teller climbs to the linebacker, and Hunt finishes with a 1st down after the hurdle.

 

[MD13]

If Stefanski says the Steelers game is just another game, he's lying. I think he swore more in this speech than in all the other postgame speeches combined this year.

 

[adam81king]

With Browns Backers @ Jaxx Steaks Taproom in South Philly. I hate the Steelers.

I'm still a member of the Philly Browns Backers.