RE: The Road to Glendale: NFL Playoffs discussion
December 24, 2014 at 9:50 pm
(This post was last modified: December 24, 2014 at 9:53 pm by Ryantology.)
(December 24, 2014 at 8:56 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote:(December 24, 2014 at 8:13 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: I'm not afraid of the Colts. Pitt beat them in Indy in 2005, and Luck is no Peyton.And this defense is no 2005 defense. That front 7 was epic. Aaron Smith, Casey Hampton, Kimo von Oelhoffen, Joey Porter, James Farrior, Larry Foote, and Clark Haggans. The back end had an effective Troy, Chris Hope to let him do the dirty, and Deshea and Ike, young and effective.
And that game earlier this year was a prime example of what I am talking about. Luck TORCHED this defense. Manhandled them. 400 yards. 3 TDs. It took a record 6 TDs and 522 yards out of Ben and a hundy out of Bell to beat him. You think that's happening again? I don't. I'd MUCH rather Case Keenum.
Remember their defense? I think even I caught a TD off Ben that day. And look what Tony Romo just did to them. They were never even in that game. So yes, I think a repeat of our dominant offensive performance is entirely in the realm of possibility in a rematch with the Colts.
No, the Colts are absolutely the better matchup for the 2014 Steelers, because the Colts defense is worse than our defense, and our offense is better than theirs. Pittsburgh scored 21 more points against the Colts D than the Texans D.
That plays to our strength. This year's Steelers will win if its 20th ranked defense that can hold back good offenses just enough for our #2 ranked offense to outrun them. That works much better against the Colts' paper D than it does against the likes of J. J. Watt. And, we played both teams at home, so you can see which one was more of a contest.
This Steeler offense is good enough to win a shootout, and if we go anywhere, it will be the Bs carrying us there. Give me the D Ben torched like a fat doob over the one that can slow down this offense. The Indy matchup is much more favorable to the way Pitt is playing right now.
Something to bear in mind: the Saints (who have the only better offense in the NFL than Pittsburgh's) are the only team since Halloween which put up more than 24 points against our defense.
