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    #782
    The_Honeybadger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,155 ✭✭✭The_Honeybadger


    Washington @Steelers moved to Monday 5pm

    Dobbins and Ingram are back for Wednesday which is presumably why the Ravens wanted the game moved back 24 hours.


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    #783
    discobeaker
    Registered Users Posts: 1,243 ✭✭✭discobeaker


    The_Honeybadger wrote: »
    Brutal stretch of games coming up, 3 in 12 days. Sensible thing would be to push the Washington game back a day

    It's brutal on the team,great for us fans though. I guess we will know more soon enough on what's happening.

    They just announced on the nfl app afew mins ago the match is moved to Wednesday at 3.40 ET and washington game to 5pm ET on the Monday

    So 8.40 pm here on Wednesday and 10pm the following Monday.


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    #784
    dfx-
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,662 Mod ✭✭✭✭dfx-


    It's slightly easier that both are at home (no cross country travelling) and Wed-Mon is not that different to the original Sun-Thurs schedule. Hopefully they have had an extended period off that Tomlin was trying to engineer.


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    #785
    The_Honeybadger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,155 ✭✭✭The_Honeybadger


    discobeaker wrote: »
    It's brutal on the team,great for us fans though. I guess we will know more soon enough on what's happening.

    They just announced on the nfl app afew mins ago the match is moved to Wednesday at 3.40 ET and washington game to 5pm ET on the Monday

    So 8.40 pm here on Wednesday and 10pm the following Monday.

    The game times are lovely for us. Hopefully they get ahead early v Ravens and can pull some of the starters out but it’s still the Ravens so who knows, it would be just like them to make it a game.


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    #786
    OOnegative
    Registered Users Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    Pouncey out for tonight.


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    #787
    Dufflecoat Fanny
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭Dufflecoat Fanny


    Ravens RBs Ingram and Dobbins out


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    #788
    OOnegative
    Registered Users Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    Stupid coaching, kick the easy field goal!!


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    #789
    OOnegative
    Registered Users Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    Yes Joe Haden!!


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    #790
    The_Honeybadger
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    The number of drops on offence is crazy.


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    #791
    OOnegative
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    Can’t catch a ball on offense, can’t catch a runner on defense!!!!


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    #792
    The_Honeybadger
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    OOnegative wrote: »
    Can’t catch a ball on offense, can’t catch a runner on defense!!!!

    It’s sloppy on both sides of the ball. There is absolutely no excuse not to be leading comfortably against a bunch of backups.

    I just hope they can get it together and pull off a win at this stage


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    #793
    The_Honeybadger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,155 ✭✭✭The_Honeybadger


    I understand the short passing game has served them well this season but surely you have to try a few runs here and there to keep them honest and see if there is anything there to be had. This is actually painful to watch with all the drops


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    #794
    OOnegative
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    The_Honeybadger wrote: »
    I understand the short passing game has served them well this season but surely you have to try a few runs here and there to keep them honest and see if there is anything there to be had. This is actually painful to watch with all the drops

    Not like all the drops are difficult catches either, I wasn’t expecting a blowout tonight either, as regardless what personnel the Ravens have available they are always difficult to beat.


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    #795
    The_Honeybadger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,155 ✭✭✭The_Honeybadger


    OOnegative wrote: »
    Not like all the drops are difficult catches either, I wasn’t expecting a blowout tonight either, as regardless what personnel the Ravens have available they are always difficult to beat.

    It’s hard to complain at 10-0 and this is what the Steelers have been doing all season, playing poorly but still winning. Frustrating to watch all the same though


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    #796
    OOnegative
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    Shocking by Johnson!!! Dupree appears to have injured his knee, hopefully not serious.


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    #797
    The_Honeybadger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,155 ✭✭✭The_Honeybadger


    OOnegative wrote: »
    Shocking by Johnson!!! Dupree appears to have injured his knee, hopefully not serious.

    DJ catches the hard ones and misses the easy ones. If he can fix that he’ll be a WR1

    Dangerous here. Crazy to leave the Ravens hanging around this long


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    #798
    dfx-
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    playoff teams will learn a lot from that one I think. The one place where the Ravens were unscathed was the secondary and they put a lot of pressure on the catches.

    At times they just stopped blitzing because there was no threat of the Steelers running the ball and stopped the short stuff.

    But two wins over the Ravens and in odd circumstances...


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    #799
    The_Honeybadger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,155 ✭✭✭The_Honeybadger


    dfx- wrote: »
    playoff teams will learn a lot from that one I think. The one place where the Ravens were unscathed was the secondary and they put a lot of pressure on the catches.

    At times they just stopped blitzing because there was no threat of the Steelers running the ball and stopped the short stuff.

    But two wins over the Ravens and in odd circumstances...

    I wouldn’t disagree but no matter what other teams learn most of them don’t have the personnel to match up with the Steelers receivers. If they hadn’t been dropping the ball at such an alarming rate this would have been a blowout. How many passes bounced off their hands tonight, I couldn’t even guess. Hopefully that’s just blip, one of those games.

    The running game is definitely a worry, we have been saying it all year. We don’t have a running game, certainly not one that can be relied upon.

    On a wider note the league deciding to effectively stop calling offensive holding is really curtailing the Steelers defence. Offensive linemen are virtually tackling the pass rush and know they will get away with it nine times out of ten. I know it’s a league wide thing that effects every team but when your identity is built around an absolutely elite pass rush it’s a killer. Some of what we saw tonight was just unbelievable. If this policy (I have no doubt it’s a policy to give offences an advantage and make games more exciting) continues you’d have to wonder if it’s worth investing so heavily in that unit as the Steelers have been doing.


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    #800
    The_Honeybadger
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    Mike Garrafolo reporting that Bud has a torn ACL. Devastating blow if true. They don’t really have anybody to step in except Highsmith who is a rookie and quite raw


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    #801
    Dufflecoat Fanny
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭Dufflecoat Fanny


    The_Honeybadger wrote: »
    Mike Garrafolo reporting that Bud has a torn ACL. Devastating blow if true. They don’t really have anybody to step in except Highsmith who is a rookie and quite raw

    I think Bud has played his last game for the Steelers. Shame to go out in such a crappy game.


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    #802
    The_Honeybadger
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    Dufflecoat Fanny wrote: »
    I think Bud has played his last game for the Steelers. Shame to go out in such a crappy game.

    Yeah he won’t be back, this is why you can’t blame guys for holding out in contract years. I hope he gets a nice contract somewhere.

    Loved Mike T’s presser, when asked why they struggled last night he just simply said ‘because we sucked’, LOL


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    #803
    dfx-
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    One of the arguments around the Bell contract situation is that the guaranteed money may be lower at the Steelers than he was holding out for, but they do stick by it/look after you in times of injury - Shazier is another case where he was offered another deal straight away.

    Do the Steelers offer Dupree something - maybe a one year deal before he goes back to the market...


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    #804
    OOnegative
    Registered Users Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    dfx- wrote: »
    One of the arguments around the Bell contract situation is that the guaranteed money may be lower at the Steelers than he was holding out for, but they do stick by it/look after you in times of injury - Shazier is another case where he was offered another deal straight away.

    Do the Steelers offer Dupree something - maybe a one year deal before he goes back to the market...

    His suitors might not be as plentiful now coming off major knee surgery, hopefully the lad recovers completely and plays like he did prior to injury be it in Black and Gold or elsewhere. He’s been great to watch the past 18 months/2 years.


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    #805
    The_Honeybadger
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    I would love if they could bring Bud back, a lot depends on where the cap falls. If the worst case scenario $175m transpires then I don’t think they can do anything for him unfortunately. They are probably already looking at cutting guys like Haden in that scenario.

    In the meantime do they look to bring another edge defender in? They are so thin now it’s got to be a huge worry. Clay Matthews is available, he is 34 but all they’d need is somebody to sub in when TJ / Highsmith need a breather. Not sure who else is out there. Adenyi hasn’t really shown anything to date.


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    #806
    OOnegative
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    Couldn’t they tag Bud again?


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    #807
    The_Honeybadger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,155 ✭✭✭The_Honeybadger


    OOnegative wrote: »
    Couldn’t they tag Bud again?

    Cost would go up to nearly $20m so there is no way they tag him again.

    They need to sign TJ next off season and that’ll probably be market setting type money so they can’t afford both unfortunately.


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    #808
    Dufflecoat Fanny
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭Dufflecoat Fanny


    I think Dupree will still be signed to a big deal next year and the steelers should get a 4th round comp pick at minumum possibly even a 3rd


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    #809
    shanev13
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    Seems like a lot of 'experts' would be happy to see the Steelers lose today.

    Let's hope Big Ben plays well.


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    #810
    The_Honeybadger
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    Ben will be grand once his entire receiving corp don’t have the dropsies again.

    Washington are better than people think and have improved as the season has gone on. Can’t take this game for granted at all.


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    #811
    dfx-
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,662 Mod ✭✭✭✭dfx-


    9 TDs and 250 interceptions in 11 games:)

    https://twitter.com/StatsGuyDaniel/status/1336071640569012225


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