Steelers Scouting Report

Please do this after every game

Its never fun to lose but i dont mind a slap in the face to remind me that this is a competitive league. He pretty much killed me. His offense seemed to be focused on the running game. Mostly just diving up the middle with Mendehall, I was able to shut it down for the most part but he would break off a crucial 5-7 yard run to get a 1st down when he needed it. He sometimes uses the strategy of not sprinting right away and letting the blocks develop, ive seen it before and it usually fails but he got it to work, it paid off on a beautiful 20 yd TD run by Parker. On 3rd and long he would usually come out the same shotgun play. Aside from me turning over the ball, id say this play and me not being able to stop it was what might of won him the game because he converted 3rd down after 3rd down. Holmes automatically goes into for a few yards then right when he hiked it he rolls out to the sideline and he has 3 options, either throw it to holmes who is running a corner route and is open if you dont manually cover him, or he can dump it off to the a RB who is in the flat on the holmes side, or he can throw it to another RB who is in the flats on the complete opposite side of the field. You would think that keeping the CBs in flats zones would take away the RBs but i tried it ever time and it didnt work, the CBs would not stay near the RBs and would drift off down the field. Im pretty sure its a screen play because the O line barely blocks which is why he rolls out to the side of the OL who are actually trying to block while the other OL run in towards the flats in the opposite direction. He'll also lull you to sleep with the run game then do PA and hit you mid-deep. eventually i was all out blitzing and sacked him a few times after the PA.

He played the perfect D against me. Almost nothing went my way. I must of been picked off 3 times from LBs in zone in the middle of the field and a couple more times from overthrowing welker deep and not seeing a CB in the flats. Not much of a pass rush, he basically just let me slowly make mistakes and give him the W. Overall great player but needs to develop the offense more or someone who actually knows what they are doing will stop it.