Grades and thoughts on the Steelers win against the Titans

DEFENSE! DEFENSE! DEFENSE! DEFENSE! DEFENSE!     A+

Wow! What a Defensive performance the Steelers put on Sunday. The job they did collectively as a group shutting down Chris Johnson and the Titans was one of the best I have ever seen. So many players played great ,that many could make a case for defensive player of the NFL this week. I mean do you pick James Harrison ,who had a great game with 11 tackles ...2 sacks...2 forced fumbles and 1 fumble recovery … Troy Polamalu who had another outstanding game with 6 tackles ...3 for a loss ... another interception to stop a scoring drive ...and a leaping tackle over the Titans o-line at the snap of the ball that was beyond belief … was it Lamarr Woodley ...he had 4 tackles ...a sack ...interception and a forced fumble... was it Lawrence Timmons with 15 total tackles ...1 for a loss ...and a forced fumble...

Timmons is really living up to the All Pro caliber player the Steelers coaches thought he would become and more...The list of players that had outstanding play for the Steelers D Sunday goes on and on ...they force 7 turn overs ...3 interceptions ...4 fumbles... 4 sacks and only gave up 11 points not to mention held Chris Johnson to 16 carries for a total of 34 yards and his longest run was 11 yards... that's no small feat against a back like Johnson . The whole Defense gets player of the game if you ask me with too many great efforts to mention ...LeBeau and company called another great game .Did I mention that they forced Vince Young to the bench ...you just got to love The Steeler defense!

Offense  D-

I'm going to try to make this as short as possible ...The passing game was just pathetic with 43 total passing yards between the two Qbs ...and the few good passes they made were dropped or nullified by penalties ...the offensive line gave a good effort considering the circumstances but could not play with any togetherness due to the many line up changes there was at so many positions...Mendenhall may not of had his best game but gave a workman's effort and earned every yard he got with 69 total yards ...The Steelers offense can't go anywhere but up from here . The offense kept the turnovers and major mistakes to a minimum so I wont give them an F

Special Teams  B+

The reverse kickoff return to Antonio Brown at the start of the game worked like a charm and went for an 89 yard TD and help take the crowd out of the game early... great call by the coaches ...It would end up being the only TD of the game for the Steelers so that makes it even more crustal....Jeff Reed went 4 of 4 for field goals and Sepulveda had a pretty good day punting although I thought he could have had less touch backs into the end-zone and more inside the 10 … I really like the way the return teams are coming and S.Sylvester may be the Steelers new special teams ace if he keeps it up.

The Good

The Whole Steelers defense ...Beating up on Chris Johnson and the Titans all day long.

The Bad

The Steelers offense....Its got to get much better than this.

The Ugly

The Steelers Passing game ...43 total passing yards...Wow that's ugly!!!

Well another week and another win lets keep it going! 2-0 and headed to Tampa Bay!

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