Game Balls and Goats (Steelers vs. Vikings)

As usual, I'll add more later, but here's a start ...

GAME BALLS
Suisham. He's been great all season and even going back to last season. Right now, I'd vote him MVP of the team by default.

A. Brown. He didn't have the kind of monster game he did last week, but you can't expect that kind of game every week. Without a doubt, he was our best player on offense once again. He has established himself as a No. 1 receiver.

Bell. The rookie scored 2 TDs in his first game and ran the ball well. I didn't see any dancing in the backfield ... just hard running.

GOATS
Big Ben. For the second week in a row, he made some great plays but his turnovers were costly.

Mike Adams. Up to this point, I haven't been on the "Mike Adams sucks" bandwagon. I'm on it now.

Defense. Yep, I'm giving a Goat to the entire defense. They got no pressure on Cassel all game, and they need to get back to the basics, like tackling. And a turnover certainly wouldn't hurt.

Mike Adams was individually responsible for 4 of the 6 sacks.

Drizztbob wrote:

Mike Adams was individually responsible for 4 of the 6 sacks.

I'm really not sure how you overlook a Pro Bowl defensive end who is lined up right across from you, and you have no one on your left side who could possibly pick him up. Where, exactly, is the confusion there? But somehow, Adams got confused and allowed Allen to run right by him.

Goats:
Ben
Adams
Defense

Gameball:
Brown
Bell
Suisham


This game was disappointing. To give up long pass plays the way we did today, and to not take advantage of the broken secondary the Vikings had is unacceptable. The o-line is bad enough but Ben throwing an easy pick and taking the sack in the final seconds is just part of the offensive unit this year.

I agree with everyone's assessment. This defense just constantly leaves me scratching my head. Even the fumble we forced turned out to be a good thing for the Vikings. Ike almost had 2 picks but those didn't work out. Seemed like Cassel had time to make some smores in the pocket as we just don't get any penetration.

Brown and Bell show a lot of promise. Brown has left me saying "Wallace who?"

Sanders also gets to be a goat for the little temper tantrum he threw on the interception. I don't know if it was an error on him or Ben, but imagine if he was the only player with a chance to tackle him? Can't act like a kid in a school yard on that.