Mendenhall rips Steelers play calling

This from an Observer-Reporter writer on Twitter ...
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Dale Lolley
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Dale Lolley has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers for The Observer-Reporter of Washington (Pa.) since 1993.
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Mendenhall rips Steelers play calling. Read more in Thursday's Observer-Reporter.

Well fuck, I'll be in the woods shooting bambi by the time the rest is available to read.

supytalpeht wrote:

Well fuck, I'll be in the woods shooting bambi by the time the rest is available to read.

Honestly, at the end of the day, I don't care who's to blame for our offensive struggles ... Ben, Arians, the O-line, God, whoever ... as long as the problems get fixed.
It's one thing for us fans to bitch and moan, but I don't like to see players start bitching. The last thing we need right now is locker room drama. I'm hoping this is just an over exaggerated tease by the reporter to sale more papers and get more web hits. But if this ends up being something big, I'm sure you'll hear Steeler Nation screaming in anger over the sound of your gunshots.

supytalpeht wrote:

Well fuck, I'll be in the woods shooting bambi by the time the rest is available to read.

funniest shit ever

Wallace108 wrote:

supytalpeht wrote:

Well fuck, I'll be in the woods shooting bambi by the time the rest is available to read.

Honestly, at the end of the day, I don't care who's to blame for our offensive struggles ... Ben, Arians, the O-line, God, whoever ... as long as the problems get fixed.
It's one thing for us fans to bitch and moan, but I don't like to see players start bitching. The last thing we need right now is locker room drama. I'm hoping this is just an over exaggerated tease by the reporter to sale more papers and get more web hits. But if this ends up being something big, I'm sure you'll hear Steeler Nation screaming in anger over the sound of your gunshots.

I wonder if Mendy's comments and Ben leaving practice early are connected.

supytalpeht wrote:

Wallace108 wrote:

supytalpeht wrote:

Well fuck, I'll be in the woods shooting bambi by the time the rest is available to read.

Honestly, at the end of the day, I don't care who's to blame for our offensive struggles ... Ben, Arians, the O-line, God, whoever ... as long as the problems get fixed.
It's one thing for us fans to bitch and moan, but I don't like to see players start bitching. The last thing we need right now is locker room drama. I'm hoping this is just an over exaggerated tease by the reporter to sale more papers and get more web hits. But if this ends up being something big, I'm sure you'll hear Steeler Nation screaming in anger over the sound of your gunshots.

I wonder if Mendy's comments and Ben leaving practice early are connected.

I didn't even think of that. I sure as hell hope not.

Wallace108 wrote:

supytalpeht wrote:

Wallace108 wrote:

supytalpeht wrote:

Well fuck, I'll be in the woods shooting bambi by the time the rest is available to read.

Honestly, at the end of the day, I don't care who's to blame for our offensive struggles ... Ben, Arians, the O-line, God, whoever ... as long as the problems get fixed.
It's one thing for us fans to bitch and moan, but I don't like to see players start bitching. The last thing we need right now is locker room drama. I'm hoping this is just an over exaggerated tease by the reporter to sale more papers and get more web hits. But if this ends up being something big, I'm sure you'll hear Steeler Nation screaming in anger over the sound of your gunshots.

I wonder if Mendy's comments and Ben leaving practice early are connected.

I didn't even think of that. I sure as hell hope not.

If(IF) they're connected then I think it's safe to say it falls into the HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM category.

I say "good". Maybe something will change because they aren't getting the job done like they should right now. I don't want disharmony in the locker room either, but maybe it lights a fire or jars someone's head loose from their ass.

As I originally suspected ... over exaggerated tease. But I think we now know who was complaining about them running different plays than what they practiced.
I'll just post the "juicy" part.

Mendenhall: We played to our weakness

Throughout practices last week, the Steelers worked on a power-based rushing attack. Yet in the first half Sunday against Indianapolis, many of the runs called were long-developing stretch and counter plays. The result was Mendenhall having 10 carries for 10 yards at halftime against the undersized but speedy Colts defense.

"We had some matchups that we liked, with them having (six defenders) in the box," said Mendenhall, who added he wasn't sure why the game plan changed.

"We've got to play to our guys' strengths. We've got some big guys who can move you out of the way. That's a small, slanting-style of defense, so you try to run outside on the edge against them? We played to their strength and our weakness. That's a hard thing to do."

http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/sports11/09-29-2011-Steelers-Mendenhall-frustrated

Wallace108 wrote:

As I originally suspected ... over exaggerated tease. But I think we now know who was complaining about them running different plays than what they practiced.
I'll just post the "juicy" part.

Mendenhall: We played to our weakness

Throughout practices last week, the Steelers worked on a power-based rushing attack. Yet in the first half Sunday against Indianapolis, many of the runs called were long-developing stretch and counter plays. The result was Mendenhall having 10 carries for 10 yards at halftime against the undersized but speedy Colts defense.

"We had some matchups that we liked, with them having (six defenders) in the box," said Mendenhall, who added he wasn't sure why the game plan changed.

"We've got to play to our guys' strengths. We've got some big guys who can move you out of the way. That's a small, slanting-style of defense, so you try to run outside on the edge against them? We played to their strength and our weakness. That's a hard thing to do."

http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/sports11/09-29-2011-Steelers-Mendenhall-frustrated

Reminds of the guy on SF the other day going on about how stupid Arians was for continually running the ball up the middle when we only had success running outside. It took every ounce of my being to not start screaming you freaking mental midget did you even watch the game. In case you missed it Mathis,Freeney, and the safeties were killing us outside and Mendy's only good run was up the gut.

So, will we now get to see more of Redman on Sunday?

Wallace108 wrote:

So, will we now get to see more of Redman on Sunday?

Would be nice. When you think of Steeler old school power running do you think of Mendy or Redman?

I rest my case.

solardave wrote:

Wallace108 wrote:

So, will we now get to see more of Redman on Sunday?

Would be nice. When you think of Steeler old school power running do you think of Mendy or Redman?

I rest my case.

I just read last night (I can't find the link, so you guys are just going to have to trust me) that despite Mendy's struggles in the red zone, Arians is sticking with him. He said it's Mendy's job.

We have a RB whose nickname is "Red Zone," and yet we refuse to use him in the red zone.


Oh, and welcome to the board solardave.