Beer We Go Steelers

The Steelers offense looked like it was making progress last night. The first team offense was responsible for 14 points and some nice drives, including a 57-yard touchdown that began as a short pass to Antonio Brown. With some great blocks by Baron Batch, Leonard Pope and Heath Miller he was able to scurry for an exciting over the top TD!

It was a fairly nice showing by the defense including two much needed picks by the secondary. Ike Taylor who had a great season last year despite few turnovers made a great play and had a pick six. Cortez Allen also had a nice pick of the hands of TY Hilton. LaMarr Woodley iintroduced Wonder Boy Andrew Luck to Steelers football.

The special teams actually contributed in a positive way(Which is something I don’t think I have ever typed on this Blog) with a punt block by Mortty Ivy and a nice showing by backup kicker Daniel Hrapmann, who kicked the game winner.

Some exciting players last night were Charlie Batch who looked like he still has some life in him, he lead some good drives with a very suspect line in front of him. Jerrod Johnson led the game winning drive. David Gilreath made the biggest catch of the preseason so far and looks like the leaders for the 5th receiver spot. Jonathon Dwyer is showing more burst and if he can stay healthy looks to be a lock on the team. Adrien Robinson had a non-stop motor all night and looks like a practice squad candidate. He was killing it on pash rushing and made some nice plays.

The bad news, the second team line and the replacement secondary in the words of the late Myron Cope were “El Stinko”. Dave DeCastro struggled in space but did show some good mobility. Trai Essex was downright awful and Mike Adams struggled against the Colts second and third teams.

A story that will never die is the “relationship” between Todd Haley and Big Ben. The announcers harped on it; the media has been non-stop all over it. Our comment on it is they seem to be on the same page as the results have been encouraging and BWG believes that both men are paid professionals and they will work together well.

On a personal note, one of the highlights of the night to me was seeing Greg Lloyd play. Usually we don’t highlight the other team but there was something special about watching Lloyd on the field and he is a spitting image of his old man. He had some nice plays and he has a chance at becoming a regular for the Colts.

 A new “feature” we will add to “The Facts” is stat of the week. I will pick out a stat from the game and highlight it. I am going to cheat and use something a commentator said instead of a game stat, since this is still preseason. The Steelers have had three head coaches in the past 43 years! That is a great stat and one that of course I knew but never get tired of saying.

To put it into perspective:

-the New York Jets have had 15 Coaches in the same time frame

-the “new” Cleveland Browns had three coaches in one year and five since 1999!

-The United States has had nine presidents.

-The Catholic Church has had four Popes.

-The New York Yankees have had…14 Managers and that stat is deceiving because they had Lou Piniella twice, Gene Michael twice, Bob Lemon twice and Billy Martin five times!!!

Beer We Go Steelers, Beer We Go!