Iron_City wrote:Jeemie wrote:fortythree wrote:I'd be willing to assign more blame to Ben when he offense fails to perform if he wasn't consistently put in an offense that wants to treat him like he's Alex Smith as opposed to Ben Roethlisberger.
This is the opinion most of us have.
There is no question that Ben has had bad games this year- from Jacksonville through even to Houston he was awful.
But there is no such thing as a quarterback that rises above the scheme in which he is placed- all the other star quarterbacks have coaches who at least attempt to put an offensive scheme together that maximizes the talents of their QBs...except the Steelers.
hell...even teams with marginal quarterbacks try to do so. I point out again that the Steelers with all their success in the run game didn't break out play action as a significant portion of their offense until last week. In that Browns' game, the Browns used play action without an effective run game...the Steelers who were running effectively refused to do so. How ridiculous is that?
We'll see if that changes now. Last week was a good start....and it's not surprising Ben performed better as well. Put him in a game plan that suits his strengths...he plays better...even to the point of STILL getting the ball out on schedule. It wasn't a "run around until someone gets open" offense, as people who like to knock Ben say is the only way he can play. The passes were still quick passes with quick releases...HOW, WHERE, and TO WHOM he was throwing made all the difference.
Game plan and performance go hand in hand. What a shock!
I'd be more inclined to agree if they were running the wishbone or single wing
Antonio Brown and Leveon Bell, 2 of the other 4 pro bowlers have a strength of RAC and have liven to excel in that role. Why ask them to change what they do best? If they do can we blame talent or coaching if they aren't as productive? I'd say no. I'd rather get them the ball in an opportunity that the defense is giving them space to work
What kind of year are brown and bell having? Who is throwing them the football?
If you only want to put the football into the hands of Brown and Bell to be the difference makers.... then get rid of ben and that contract and draft/sign the equivalent of Matt Hassellbeck.
What you are calling for is a qb who's role is not a difference maker if all he is doing is getting the ball to playmakers for YAC. We all want that to be part of our offense, and it is.
What was missing was the vertical away from the sidelines passing tree so the most important player on our team can impact the game like he is capable.
