"SOFF"

The Steelers offensive line is "soffer" than the pens 03' PK unit. Kendall Simmons is not good. Willie Colon is maybe the worst pass protecting tackle in the league. The smaller faster defensive line of the Eagles made the O-line look stupid. Ben went down more times than the Pens Patrol girls went down on Bugsy last year. Aside from the pitiful performance, that game was boring. I thought the Browns game reached the pinnacle of boring football, but yesterdays game proved me wrong. Nothing was working for the running game, and Ben didn't seem to be able to make any of his 'hot' reads to counter the always blitzing Eagles defense.

The Steelers secondary plays "soffer" than Peter Sykora. They're constantly playing a very loose cover three hoping that the quarterback is pressured into making a bad throw. It's not a personnel issue, it's a play calling issue. I understand the scheme and logic behind playing it. But, when you're not getting pressure on the QB, you can get picked apart. Now, the "soff" scheming is certainly not the reason why they lost the game to the Eagles. It is, however, the reason that this team isn't going to win a playoff game. Mcnabb didn't have a huge game, but he did seem to just sit back and make all the throws he had to. On the bright side, Bryant McFadden has played great in the wake of DeShea being out the last two weeks. Polamalu, I'll be the first to admit, has played phenomenally. Ike Taylor has the speed and agility to be a true cover corner that I think could thrive in a more man coverage oriented scheme. I guess we'll have to wait until grandpa Lebeau retires to see if a different defensive scheme would show the true coverage ability of some of these players. The Steelers are not as bad as they played yesterday, but they're also not as good as they played against Houston. The Eagles gave every other team the Steelers play this year a blueprint on how to beat them; Blitz everyone. Good thing this division is a joke.