Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Oakland Raiders: Keys To a Pittsburgh Victory

November 17, 2010   ·   Chris G.   ·   Jump to comments

Did the Pittsburgh Steelers go from AFC front-runner to a second straight season of missing the playoffs?
Many would have you believing so this week.
The New England Patriots apparently developed a ‘blueprint’ to defeat the Steelers.
Throwing short passes and gaining yards after catch? No surprise, teams have had success for years doing that. Attacking William Gay? He is the weak link in the secondary. Applying pressure to Ben Roethlisberger? Not many quarterbacks are sacked more.
A blueprint was not developed, it was just executed to the fullest extent by the Patriots. That is what they do best, attack a team’s weaknesses.
The Steelers, however, do not do that. They come out on a weekly basis with the same plan, regardless of their opponent’s strengths and weaknesses.
Earlier this week on ESPN Radio’s Mike and Mike, Jerome Bettis said that the Steelers do not game-plan for their opponent.
“The problem that the Stee...

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