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pitt is no longer a primary running team they run alot of shotgun formations.they run at times but pass more than they run.delhomme also went 7-27 against the raiders are u really surprised that carolina lost.and atlanta was 4-12 last year and played way over expectations.they have a good team to build on but again no surprise at arizona ,at atlana falcons might win. parker is much like westbrook when healthy. pitt will be able to run more times than not when they want to.eagles lost but put up very impressive numbers in the 3rd quarter. at one point the eagles 160 yards to something like 14 yards. and owned that quarter. zona was outscored 19-8 in the second half and scored on the one drive.
Carolina was running the ball.... until their defense decided not to play and jake day light come and me wanna go home wanted to throw to red jerseys.... so they became 1 dimensional passing all game and throwing into red jerseys..... bad defense changed the game plan...
ATL on the road with a rookie qb... Arizona stacked the box and Matt Ryan forgot about the snap count thingy where you don't have to hike the ball the same amount of time each down.... they were playing catch-up most of the game... but its hard to run on 8 in the box against any team especially on the road in that environment...
Philly's defense much like Carolinas shit the bed... Larry Fitzgerald torched them.... Philly became one dimensional and stopped running the ball to catch up.... and pulled it off in the 3rd quarter.... their running game was held in check so I give the Cardinal defense the due respect in that one game... but Philly's lack of Defense in my opinion was the direct cause of abandoning the run....
Pitt's defense is rediculous... the best in the league...... they won't be getting burned by one receiver... and they will force Warner to make mistakes.... BIG BEN has been running the hurry-up shotgun the second half of the season and has been very successful... they havn't relied on the run as they did in t he past.... but Willie Parker is healthy and making great cuts to the outside.... Arizona Defense will have their hands full....
as will the Steeler defense.... but I think the ZONE BLITZING SCHEME is going to work very well against Warner.... those little wide reciever screens aren't going to work jsut like the way the Giants shut those short passes down in their midseason battle in the desert....
this is in TAMPA.... outdoors... on the East Coast..... were Arizona only won against Carolina the whole year.... and that was a crazy set of circumstances.... i.e. qb throwing 5 picks and fumbling the ball....
PITT is a proven team who one much more games against tougher opponents....
I just hope it rains...
GOOD LUCK TO ALL
Pittsburgh's defense has been stepping up all year. And they've held their two playoff opponents to just 88 yards rushing. That's right 88 yards rushing (15 yards to the Chargers, 73 yards to the Ravens). And it's not like those are bad rushing offenses either. That's what Pittsburgh does. They take you out of your comfort zone and force you to do what they want you to do.
And why are the Cardinals hotter than the Steelers right now? They've won 4 straight and are 6-4 in their last 10. The Steelers have won 3 straight and are 8-2 in their last 10. Plus the Steelers have played much tougher competition this year.
Actually as booyahz123 and breakabookie pointed out the public has been hammering arizona and the points all week and the line still hasn't moved back down to 6.5. Something's not right about that. And Pittsburgh has played teams that run variations of the spread offense (New England) or west coast offense (Philadelphia) where the quarterback wants to get the ball out of his hand quickly. It didn't work out to well for those offenses. I know Pittsburgh lost to Philly but that had more to do with the 9 sacks Philly's defense had. Their offense only gained 260 total yards.
pitts secondary is pretty sick i`m a ravens fan and flacco had time to throw the ball but pitts secondary locked the ravens receivers down. i know the ravens WR`s arnt zona`s WR`s but i think pitts blitz will do the job. also willie parker is not that great 24 carries for 47 yards against the ravens. i know zona DE is not baltimore`s DE but he did nothing. but anyway i think pitt gets the job done with their DE. and they will put points up against a hot but weak zona DE. they go from playing baltimore`s DE to zona`s DE.
31 to 17 pittsburgh
As we all learned last year stats are no match for destiny, and these cards seem to do the impossible week after week! Still waiting this one out
ILL TAKE 7 WITH CARDINALS IN THIS ONE
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