Tale of the Tape: Blitz Blitz-burgh?

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Tale of the Tape: Blitz Blitz-burgh?
By NFL Playbook Staff |
Published: October 27th, 2011


Tom Brady sliced up the Pittsburgh Steelers' blitzes last year in a 39-26 win. With James Harrison out, can the Steelers contain the Patriots' potent passing game?

Sitting in their meeting rooms this week, the Steelers need not speculate about what they may face this week in the Patriots. There’s no need for simulation. Instead there will only be regurgitation, watching over and over the tape of last year’s 39-26 loss.

In Week 10 of last season, Pittsburgh’s defense gave up more points than they have ever allowed in the 11-year history of Heinz Field. Once again, the Patriots will visit with Tom Brady, Wes Welker, two dangerous tight ends and a bevy of running backs in-toe.

The Steelers don’t bring any fresh faces to the party, either. And that means they certainly don’t forget the embarrassment the Patriots laid on them less than a year ago.

Everyone in these two locker rooms knows the deal. In the Steelers and Patriots, you have two teams that have appeared in seven of the last 10 Super Bowls and have won a combined five Lombardi Trophies in that span. But neither team was victorious in its last appearance (Patriots lost to the Giants in ’08; Steelers to the Packers in ’10).


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Quite honestly, I worry more about the tight ends than I do the receivers, even Welker.

I hope LeBeau has something left up his sleeve for this game. We desperately need to get this Cheats monkey off our back.

Buddha Bus wrote:

I hope LeBeau has something left up his sleeve for this game. We desperately need to get this Cheats monkey off our back.

My post in the Nostra Siss thread. And I'm sticking by it:

Wallace108 wrote:

But they will ... I guarantee you ... win against the Patriots.