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her Arians should have been back, folks on both sides of the issue had real problems making their case and being 100% correct. Arians backers simply pointed to the number of Super bowl trips under his watch and were willing to overlook the Steelers offense that has underperformed their stats in the regular seasons. Meanwhile, Arians bashers were quick to point out the Steelers regular season offensive ranking in total points scored and then quickly credited the defense for the SB trips and ended their conversation.
But that is where the problem lies in this discussion. Yes, the Steelers offense has under achieved as an offense throughout the Arians era, but this has only happened in the regular season. What some have a very hard time coming to grips with is that once the post season began, the Steelers offense has consistently been one of the best.
Here are the playoff losses for each team in the past several years
Steelers
Den 29-23
GB 25-31
Jac 29-31
NEW England
NYJ 21-28
Bal 14-33
NYG 14-17
Ind 34-38
Indianapolis
Jets 17-16
NO 31-17
SD 31-17
SD 28-24
Pit 21-18
NE 24-14
NYJ 41-0
Colts have averaged just 15 points scored in 7 playoff losses.
Pats have averaged just 20 points scored in 4 playoff losses.
Steelers averaged 27 points scored in 3 playoff losses under Arians.
So as you can see, when the Colts lose in the playoffs, it is typically because their offense WAY UNDER PERFORMS based on their regular season play. You can also say the same for the Patriots as 3 of their 4 losses have come when they failed score more than 21 ( and they scored just 14 in 2 of their 4 losses).
I wonder if their team’s fans want a change in the offense after each one of those losses?
So while the Colts and Pats offenses have cost their team the right to advance in a number of post seasons, you would be hard pressed to blame the Steelers offense that has averaged a very good, 27 points per game.
In fact, the Steelers offense has been quite consistent in all post season games (even in 04 & 05 with Whiz) as their team has scored more than 20 points in 14 consecutive post season games (league record for a QB) under the heavily talented Roethlisberger. (yes, a couple of Defensive Touchdowns in the mix, but most of your annual playoff teams have a couple of those over the years)
When the Steelers lose a regular season game, the offense is often blamed and rightly so. But when those same critics try to parlay their arguments into the post season losses, they run smack into the information I provided above.
So what is a team to do?
It’s time for a change. The regular season points scored must begin to come up while an aging defense begins to give a bit. But there are still reasons to believe that had the Steelers not been on pace by week 12 for the fewest takeaways by any a defense in the history of the league, they might have scored a lot more points. After all, when a defense gets takeaways, they often provide short fields for their offense and quick scores. The Steelers offense did NOT have that luxury this year.
Furthermore, the Steelers were ranked 30th worst in average starting field position. In fact, their average starting field position In the SF game, was the worst of any team, in any game, since 1995. Blame Tomlin for that. He was simply outcoached in many aspects this year. But it is doubtful that many will call him out for it. Some Arians bashers also point to the Steelers rather mediocre red zone play as a reason to show him the door. But let us take a look at 4 of the top redzone offenses and see what they all have in common.
Top Red zone offenses (what do they have in common?)
1) Jets
2) Detroit
3) NE
4) NO
These great red zone offenses have a big tall, athletic WR or TE that can simply catch the ball in tight spaces by leaping over the top of the defender. The Steelers do not have a great red zone target like that at all. They do not have a basketball like player that can cause red zone matchup nightmares that Gronkowski, Burress, CJ, and Graham can cause.
Therefore, for the Steelers to improve in the red zone, must improve their offensive line so that their power run game is more respected inside the red zone. That in turn will open up room for the receivers and TE Miller. But until they get a freakish player like the one’s mentioned above, don’t expect a top 5 red zone TD conversion pct anytime soon. They can be better, but they won’t be great in that area.
There is one case however to be made against Arians and his red zone offense. Arians offense is a big play offense and many of their scores are from outside the 20. But being a big play offense can often lead a team to be out of their element inside the red zone. But that is why the Steelers power run game needs to be more effective. A big play offense with a power run game would be deadly. Throw in a defense that that gets a bunch of takeaways and a head coach that doesn’t get outcoached, and well, you would have all the points you need.
My Two Cents….
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I figured I’d take the time to chime in on the Arians outing.
When it comes to the question of whether Arians should have been back, folks on both sides of the issue had real problems making their case and being 100% correct. Arians backers simply pointed to the number of Super bowl trips under his watch and were willing to overlook the Steelers offense that has underperformed their stats in the regular seasons. Meanwhile, Arians bashers were quick to point out the Steelers regular season offensive ranking in total points scored and then quickly credited the defense for the SB trips and ended their conversation.
But that is where the problem lies in this discussion. Yes, the Steelers offense has under achieved as an offense throughout the Arians era, but this has only happened in the regular season. What some have a very hard time coming to grips with is that once the post season began, the Steelers offense has consistently been one of the best.
Here are the playoff losses for each team in the past several years
Steelers
Den 29-23
GB 25-31
Jac 29-31
NEW England
NYJ 21-28
Bal 14-33
NYG 14-17
Ind 34-38
Indianapolis
Jets 17-16
NO 31-17
SD 31-17
SD 28-24
Pit 21-18
NE 24-14
NYJ 41-0
Colts have averaged just 15 points scored in 7 playoff losses.
Pats have averaged just 20 points scored in 4 playoff losses.
Steelers averaged 27 points scored in 3 playoff losses under Arians.
So as you can see, when the Colts lose in the playoffs, it is typically because their offense WAY UNDER PERFORMS based on their regular season play. You can also say the same for the Patriots as 3 of their 4 losses have come when they failed score more than 21 ( and they scored just 14 in 2 of their 4 losses).
I wonder if their team’s fans want a change in the offense after each one of those losses?
So while the Colts and Pats offenses have cost their team the right to advance in a number of post seasons, you would be hard pressed to blame the Steelers offense that has averaged a very good, 27 points per game.
In fact, the Steelers offense has been quite consistent in all post season games (even in 04 & 05 with Whiz) as their team has scored more than 20 points in 14 consecutive post season games (league record for a QB) under the heavily talented Roethlisberger. (yes, a couple of Defensive Touchdowns in the mix, but most of your annual playoff teams have a couple of those over the years)
When the Steelers lose a regular season game, the offense is often blamed and rightly so. But when those same critics try to parlay their arguments into the post season losses, they run smack into the information I provided above.
So what is a team to do?
It’s time for a change. The regular season points scored must begin to come up while an aging defense begins to give a bit. But there are still reasons to believe that had the Steelers not been on pace by week 12 for the fewest takeaways by any a defense in the history of the league, they might have scored a lot more points. After all, when a defense gets takeaways, they often provide short fields for their offense and quick scores. The Steelers offense did NOT have that luxury this year.
Furthermore, the Steelers were ranked 30th worst in average starting field position. In fact, their average starting field position In the SF game, was the worst of any team, in any game, since 1995. Blame Tomlin for that. He was simply outcoached in many aspects this year. But it is doubtful that many will call him out for it. Some Arians bashers also point to the Steelers rather mediocre red zone play as a reason to show him the door. But let us take a look at 4 of the top redzone offenses and see what they all have in common.
Top Red zone offenses (what do they have in common?)
1) Jets
2) Detroit
3) NE
4) NO
These great red zone offenses have a big tall, athletic WR or TE that can simply catch the ball in tight spaces by leaping over the top of the defender. The Steelers do not have a great red zone target like that at all. They do not have a basketball like player that can cause red zone matchup nightmares that Gronkowski, Burress, CJ, and Graham can cause.
Therefore, for the Steelers to improve in the red zone, must improve their offensive line so that their power run game is more respected inside the red zone. That in turn will open up room for the receivers and TE Miller. But until they get a freakish player like the one’s mentioned above, don’t expect a top 5 red zone TD conversion pct anytime soon. They can be better, but they won’t be great in that area.
There is one case however to be made against Arians and his red zone offense. Arians offense is a big play offense and many of their scores are from outside the 20. But being a big play offense can often lead a team to be out of their element inside the red zone. But that is why the Steelers power run game needs to be more effective. A big play offense with a power run game would be deadly. Throw in a defense that that gets a bunch of takeaways and a head coach that doesn’t get outcoached, and well, you would have all the points you need.
My Two Cents….
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I figured I’d take the time to chime in on the Arians outing.
When it comes to the question of
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her Arians should have been back, folks on both sides of the issue had real problems making their case and being 100% correct. Arians backers simply pointed to the number of Super bowl trips under his watch and were willing to overlook the Steelers offense that has underperformed their stats in the regular seasons. Meanwhile, Arians bashers were quick to point out the Steelers regular season offensive ranking in total points scored and then quickly credited the defense for the SB trips and ended their conversation.
But that is where the problem lies in this discussion. Yes, the Steelers offense has under achieved as an offense throughout the Arians era, but this has only happened in the regular season. What some have a very hard time coming to grips with is that once the post season began, the Steelers offense has consistently been one of the best.
Here are the playoff losses for each team in the past several years
Steelers
Den 29-23
GB 25-31
Jac 29-31
NEW England
NYJ 21-28
Bal 14-33
NYG 14-17
Ind 34-38
Indianapolis
Jets 17-16
NO 31-17
SD 31-17
SD 28-24
Pit 21-18
NE 24-14
NYJ 41-0
Colts have averaged just 15 points scored in 7 playoff losses.
Pats have averaged just 20 points scored in 4 playoff losses.
Steelers averaged 27 points scored in 3 playoff losses under Arians.
So as you can see, when the Colts lose in the playoffs, it is typically because their offense WAY UNDER PERFORMS based on their regular season play. You can also say the same for the Patriots as 3 of their 4 losses have come when they failed score more than 21 ( and they scored just 14 in 2 of their 4 losses).
I wonder if their team’s fans want a change in the offense after each one of those losses?
So while the Colts and Pats offenses have cost their team the right to advance in a number of post seasons, you would be hard pressed to blame the Steelers offense that has averaged a very good, 27 points per game.
In fact, the Steelers offense has been quite consistent in all post season games (even in 04 & 05 with Whiz) as their team has scored more than 20 points in 14 consecutive post season games (league record for a QB) under the heavily talented Roethlisberger. (yes, a couple of Defensive Touchdowns in the mix, but most of your annual playoff teams have a couple of those over the years)
When the Steelers lose a regular season game, the offense is often blamed and rightly so. But when those same critics try to parlay their arguments into the post season losses, they run smack into the information I provided above.
So what is a team to do?
It’s time for a change. The regular season points scored must begin to come up while an aging defense begins to give a bit. But there are still reasons to believe that had the Steelers not been on pace by week 12 for the fewest takeaways by any a defense in the history of the league, they might have scored a lot more points. After all, when a defense gets takeaways, they often provide short fields for their offense and quick scores. The Steelers offense did NOT have that luxury this year.
Furthermore, the Steelers were ranked 30th worst in average starting field position. In fact, their average starting field position In the SF game, was the worst of any team, in any game, since 1995. Blame Tomlin for that. He was simply outcoached in many aspects this year. But it is doubtful that many will call him out for it. Some Arians bashers also point to the Steelers rather mediocre red zone play as a reason to show him the door. But let us take a look at 4 of the top redzone offenses and see what they all have in common.
Top Red zone offenses (what do they have in common?)
1) Jets
2) Detroit
3) NE
4) NO
These great red zone offenses have a big tall, athletic WR or TE that can simply catch the ball in tight spaces by leaping over the top of the defender. The Steelers do not have a great red zone target like that at all. They do not have a basketball like player that can cause red zone matchup nightmares that Gronkowski, Burress, CJ, and Graham can cause.
Therefore, for the Steelers to improve in the red zone, must improve their offensive line so that their power run game is more respected inside the red zone. That in turn will open up room for the receivers and TE Miller. But until they get a freakish player like the one’s mentioned above, don’t expect a top 5 red zone TD conversion pct anytime soon. They can be better, but they won’t be great in that area.
There is one case however to be made against Arians and his red zone offense. Arians offense is a big play offense and many of their scores are from outside the 20. But being a big play offense can often lead a team to be out of their element inside the red zone. But that is why the Steelers power run game needs to be more effective. A big play offense with a power run game would be deadly. Throw in a defense that that gets a bunch of takeaways and a head coach that doesn’t get outcoached, and well, you would have all the points you need.
My Two Cents….
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I figured I’d take the time to chime in on the Arians outing.
When it comes to the question of whether Arians should have been back, folks on both sides of the issue had real problems making their case and being 100% correct. Arians backers simply pointed to the number of Super bowl trips under his watch and were willing to overlook the Steelers offense that has underperformed their stats in the regular seasons. Meanwhile, Arians bashers were quick to point out the Steelers regular season offensive ranking in total points scored and then quickly credited the defense for the SB trips and ended their conversation.
But that is where the problem lies in this discussion. Yes, the Steelers offense has under achieved as an offense throughout the Arians era, but this has only happened in the regular season. What some have a very hard time coming to grips with is that once the post season began, the Steelers offense has consistently been one of the best.
Here are the playoff losses for each team in the past several years
Steelers
Den 29-23
GB 25-31
Jac 29-31
NEW England
NYJ 21-28
Bal 14-33
NYG 14-17
Ind 34-38
Indianapolis
Jets 17-16
NO 31-17
SD 31-17
SD 28-24
Pit 21-18
NE 24-14
NYJ 41-0
Colts have averaged just 15 points scored in 7 playoff losses.
Pats have averaged just 20 points scored in 4 playoff losses.
Steelers averaged 27 points scored in 3 playoff losses under Arians.
So as you can see, when the Colts lose in the playoffs, it is typically because their offense WAY UNDER PERFORMS based on their regular season play. You can also say the same for the Patriots as 3 of their 4 losses have come when they failed score more than 21 ( and they scored just 14 in 2 of their 4 losses).
I wonder if their team’s fans want a change in the offense after each one of those losses?
So while the Colts and Pats offenses have cost their team the right to advance in a number of post seasons, you would be hard pressed to blame the Steelers offense that has averaged a very good, 27 points per game.
In fact, the Steelers offense has been quite consistent in all post season games (even in 04 & 05 with Whiz) as their team has scored more than 20 points in 14 consecutive post season games (league record for a QB) under the heavily talented Roethlisberger. (yes, a couple of Defensive Touchdowns in the mix, but most of your annual playoff teams have a couple of those over the years)
When the Steelers lose a regular season game, the offense is often blamed and rightly so. But when those same critics try to parlay their arguments into the post season losses, they run smack into the information I provided above.
So what is a team to do?
It’s time for a change. The regular season points scored must begin to come up while an aging defense begins to give a bit. But there are still reasons to believe that had the Steelers not been on pace by week 12 for the fewest takeaways by any a defense in the history of the league, they might have scored a lot more points. After all, when a defense gets takeaways, they often provide short fields for their offense and quick scores. The Steelers offense did NOT have that luxury this year.
Furthermore, the Steelers were ranked 30th worst in average starting field position. In fact, their average starting field position In the SF game, was the worst of any team, in any game, since 1995. Blame Tomlin for that. He was simply outcoached in many aspects this year. But it is doubtful that many will call him out for it. Some Arians bashers also point to the Steelers rather mediocre red zone play as a reason to show him the door. But let us take a look at 4 of the top redzone offenses and see what they all have in common.
Top Red zone offenses (what do they have in common?)
1) Jets
2) Detroit
3) NE
4) NO
These great red zone offenses have a big tall, athletic WR or TE that can simply catch the ball in tight spaces by leaping over the top of the defender. The Steelers do not have a great red zone target like that at all. They do not have a basketball like player that can cause red zone matchup nightmares that Gronkowski, Burress, CJ, and Graham can cause.
Therefore, for the Steelers to improve in the red zone, must improve their offensive line so that their power run game is more respected inside the red zone. That in turn will open up room for the receivers and TE Miller. But until they get a freakish player like the one’s mentioned above, don’t expect a top 5 red zone TD conversion pct anytime soon. They can be better, but they won’t be great in that area.
There is one case however to be made against Arians and his red zone offense. Arians offense is a big play offense and many of their scores are from outside the 20. But being a big play offense can often lead a team to be out of their element inside the red zone. But that is why the Steelers power run game needs to be more effective. A big play offense with a power run game would be deadly. Throw in a defense that that gets a bunch of takeaways and a head coach that doesn’t get outcoached, and well, you would have all the points you need.
My Two Cents….
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You make an interesting point about our offense in the playoffs. I have never been a fan of Arians but I try really hard not to be a "basher" and to look at everything from a well informed perspective.
What frustrated me about Arians late this season was that it was obvious that Ben was not 100% and Bruce was not able to adjust. I like to see coordinators get creative, and even if it fails miserably, at least they were trying… I've hated for years that Lebeau sticks with his usual formula to play the Patriots and we get picked apart every time… I LOVED his gameplan against the Pats this season. We bumped receivers at the line all day and didn't give up the underneath stuff that kills us. Was it risky? Hell yes! Had we seen NE again you can be they would've tested us deep the same way the Broncos did, to counter the bump and run coverage… But I loved that Lebeau saw an opportunity and tried something different, and it worked.
In that same game, Ben played a lot of "take what they give you" hitting check downs and quick hits, and it worked great! That's what I would've liked to have seen because Wallace and Brown are more than capable of running slants and crosses, not just bombs. Now, I realize the Pats pass D is abysmal, but I liked the gameplan.
I realize that Ben's biggest weapon is his ability to extend the play and find a man for a big play… but I think he's also very good at sitting in the pocket, going through his reads, and finding the open man… When Ben has time he's a very good passer, not just a gunslinger.
We've been playing with fire for years by not building the OL and calling plays that get the ball out quickly, and we finally got burned late this season… If we don't adjust soon, it might be a more serious injury. If we continue like this Ben will have 2-3 years left of effective football, tops.
I would be curious to hear in what ways Tomlin was outcoached. Besides some bad playclock management I didn't really see that.
Arians is great at designing passing plays, and designs some great running plays as well. On the flip side, his playcalling is often too predictable or just plain stupid. Overall, Arians is no worst than most of the other offensive coordinators.
When the rumors started up again about Arians retiring or being forced out after the season, it seemed almost certain that Norv Turner would be fired. I hoped the rumors were true so that the Steelers could pursue Turner.
The Steelers made this decision AFTER it was public that the Chargers were retaining Turner. Now that no clear upgrade is available, it was a bad move for the Steelers to oust Arians.
Consider the timing of the two defensive touchdowns in the 2008 playoffs — They were more than just "oh, the couple of touchdowns that defenses score in playoff runs." Especially important when the anti-Arianites are often called out for focusing on total points and ignoring context. The 31-29 Jacksonville game — Ben had three awful picks including a pick-six / MJD ran back a kickoff to the one-yard line / "goin' for two from the twelve" / 3rd-and-6 QB draw with a $100 million QB & the season on the line. The 31-25 Green Bay game — pick-six, three total turnovers, missed connection on wide open TD, first-week-of-training-camp-style confusion on last possession w/ season on the line.
The offense seems to simultaneously overachieve and contribute to the defense's underachieving in the playoffs.
The 29-23 Denver game — defense was an utter disaster. But 23 points by the offense WAS underachieving in that game, although statistically they put up a whopping three more points (there's those total points again!) than their average this year.