It is kind of hard to find much positive about the Steelers performance yesterday. I am not sure what bothers me the most. The quarterbacks behind Roethlisberger all suck.......the first four games are going to be UGLY.......Leftwich is slow, and behind this offensive line may not survive those four games.....and if he doesn't Kordell II is not the answer. After hearing everyone scream for him to get his shot, he promply shit the bed.....and shit it bad. Two picks, one in the end zone right into coverage after locking on to his target the whole way. The second returned for a touchdown, similar to the one that cost the Steelers the only other game he started, against Baltimore last year. Yeah, Dixon could start if he played against second stringers.........The offensive line appears to be again, OFFENSIVE. The running game, subpar, Mendenhall does not look sharp, and there is NO depth behind him. Yeah, the Steelers did not need LT when he was available for a song. Defensively, they look old, slow, and STUPID!! Last week, Ike Taylor gets in a fight in the first minute of the game, and this week they take four personal fouls. Add to that the pre snap penalties, and you see a team that does not appear ready Hey, there are some bright spots.....First round pick Maurkice Pouncey is a beast and appears ready to win the starting job at center. Antonio Brown and Emmanuel Sanders look like they will make the team as well, adding youth and speed to the recieving corps and special teams. Dwyer finally started to show something last night as well. Timmons was all over the field, and if he can be the beast they think he can be, on top of Woodley and Harrison, that linebacking corps could be an elite unit. It will need to be, because the corners SUCK....AGAIN. This team has some real talent, but the combination of four games with Roethlesberger, a bad offensive line, and weak corners will make it tough to beat out Baltimore and Cincinnati. The quarterbacks and wide recievers in Cincinnati and Baltimore will make it tough on this Steelers team. Hopefully, Polamalu will stay healthy, and the pass rush will hide the deficiencies at corner, but I am not really optimistic about that. There are plenty of players worth following on this team such as Mike Wallace, LaMarr Woodley, Lawrence Timmons, Troy Polamalu, Maurkice Pouncey, Antonio Brown, Ziggy Hood, James Harrison, Heath Miller, Brett Kiesel.............and I hope for the best, but have a great concern that this will be a LONG season.
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