Steelers attempting to find their place again

By Scott Brown, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW

Welcome to the bizarro world where up is down, Sarah Palin is left, NASCAR turns are right and Steelers fans have more reason to grouse about Lawrence Timmons than they do William Gay.

The Steelers entered an alternate universe Sunday, after Arian Foster became the first running back to rush for at least 150 yards and a touchdown against them since 2001.

And the only way out of it is to start stopping the run, something the Steelers did historically well last season when they allowed 62.8 rushing yards a game — the franchise's fewest dating to 1969.

Strange and heretical as it is, the way to attack the 2011 Steelers is as follows: pound them with the run and use the ground game to set up the pass, for tight ends in particular.

The Ravens demonstrated that in a 35-7 pasting of the Steelers on Sept. 11. The Houston Texans followed that blueprint Sunday. They may have also blown out the Steelers had they not sabotaged themselves with penalties.

What happened to the good old days when progress by opposing running backs was measured in inches, not chunks of yardage?

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Wallace108 wrote:

and Steelers fans have more reason to grouse about Lawrence Timmons than they do William Gay.

BGSU A Dub wrote:

Wallace108 wrote:

and Steelers fans have more reason to grouse about Lawrence Timmons than they do William Gay.

Hey, I didn't say that ... it's from the article. You made it look like I said it.

Although I do agree with the article.