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PostSubject: Time for Steelers to steal   Time for Steelers to steal EmptyWed Dec 28, 2011 1:10 am

By Dejan Kovacevic, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW

The adage that defense wins championships has been accepted in the NFL since well before Vince Lombardi puffed his first sideline cigarette.

But bring that up with anyone whose football analysis runs deeper than nodding when Boomer and Shannon bump fists, and they'll reflexively respond that the championship formula for a defense isn't just about preventing points. It's about helping to produce a few. It's about returning an interception for a touchdown more often than, oh, zero times in 15 games. It's about forcing more than five fumbles all year.

This is a game of turnovers, as Mike Tomlin loves to say, but it's a game in which the Steelers have been a stunning failure even as they somehow sit here at 11-4 with a playoff berth.

The trend won't last. Count on it.

Takeaway total for the season: 14, a league low, on 10 interceptions and four fumble recoveries.

Takeaway total in the 27-0 shutout of the pathetic St. Louis Rams on Saturday: Zero.

Takeaway total in the playoffs?

There had better be a few.

"I think it's very important that we get more takeaways," cornerback Ike Taylor said Tuesday. "Takeaways throughout any game, in general, are great. But we look at other things with our defense, too, especially in the red zone. If you can get a team to kick for three instead of scoring seven, that's a four-point swing. That's huge. No question we started off slow as far as turnovers, but we're coming around."

Read more: Kovacevic: Time for Steelers to steal - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_773901.html#ixzz1ho64gw9b

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PostSubject: Re: Time for Steelers to steal   Time for Steelers to steal EmptyWed Dec 28, 2011 11:33 am

Well this week and the next 4 following it would be a great time to start!

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PostSubject: Re: Time for Steelers to steal   Time for Steelers to steal EmptySat Dec 31, 2011 7:16 am

Strip sack=Woodley
Strip sack= Harrison
Pick 6= Troy
Pick Taylor= WTF (at least that's what the opponent will say)

It starts against the Browns on Sunday at 4:00pm.
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PostSubject: Re: Time for Steelers to steal   Time for Steelers to steal EmptySat Dec 31, 2011 11:09 am

I remember when this issue was brought up about halfway through the season. I said it then, and I'll say it now ..... yeah, turnovers would be great, but I'm more concerned with the defense's ability to get off the field on third down. As long as they're solid on third down, they'll be fine (as they have been most of the season). Any turnovers will be a bonus.

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