Eagles - Steelers Diary / Takeaways
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> To get off the field quick, it's no pressure and Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger floating a ball to WR Eli Rodgers for 32 yards of easy
> Yeah, it's Secondary Worry Time as Brown gets 13 off a screen as two guys take terrible angles
> RB DeAngelo Williams with good running for low results, then third and 6 and get off with just a figgie try is Ben for the scramble first as the line loses contain
> Running plays do nothing but make life difficult for Yellow, leading to third and 13 and please get off the field, which is dropped by WR Markus Wheaton on a classic Ben schoolyard throw
> K Chris Boswell is blocked from 36 by DT Bennie Logan, and that is a bullet dodged
> RB Ryan Mathews for a 2 yard loss as the o-line fails, then QB Carson Wentz from the empty backfield to TE Brent Celek, who does damage to LB Ryan Shazier, which could be really meaningful
> Super nifty screen to RB Darren Sproles, with LG Allen Barbre ducking a flag, for a 40-yard gain
> Red zone work is a big damned deal against good teams, with Wentz oddly going into triple coverage to throw it away to Celek, then WR Josh Huff getting just one on the bubble screen against a blitz
> Third and red zone money from the 13 is Huff again for a yard, just a poor design, and that looked way too conservative in a league where DPI gets called a lot in the end zone
> K Caleb Sturgis slaps a knuckler through from 29, and it's Green 3, Yellow 0
> Good strategic kick by Sturgis and coverage, aided by holding, starts Yellow at their 8
> Screen to Williams for 2, then easy bubble to Brown to move the sticks
> CB Nolan Carroll fights through Wheaton to cause a third down, with an all-out blitz just barely getting there; holding declined and the defense gets off the field
> Shazier back as Yellow run blitzes for another Mathews loss, then Yellow LB Lawrence Timmons picks up a dumb 15 yard flag at the end of TE Trey Burton's crawl for another first
> Wentz to Sproles for 2 after a terrible snap by C Jason Kelce, then Huff gets a little run that comes back due to WR Jordan Matthews' hold
> Wentz through the hands of WR Dorial Green-Beckham to make third and 12 a problem, then a laser to DG-B for the redemption first down
> That throw gave us all wood, and ended the first quarter with Green 3, Yellow 0
> Impressive work by Huff to spin off tacklers and get a first down, then Wentz tries Burton in triple coverage off multiple fakes, and Yellow had that scouted well
> Nice ball to Celek for another first, and kid's got heat for days
> Now in figgie range, it's RB Wendell Smallwood an ankle tackle away from six as the left side of the O-line does manly work
> Smallwood for one, then a perfect cross to Matthews for the score, and Eagle Fan is getting dangerously excited about this team right now
> Sturgis with the PAT, and it's 10-0 Green after 17 minutes
> Yellow runs it out again to no good effect, Timmons leaves the field, and everything's coming up green right now
> S Malcolm Jenkins with the near pick, then James for six yards as the pressure is everywhere but where it needs to be
> Third and continue the avalanche is Ben from the gun to WR Sammie Coates, who is open for the entire 41 yards of arc
> Ben to Brown for another 20 as CB Ron Brooks isn't at this level, then Williams gets two as Yellow does Green the favor of not throwing at shaky corners for a play
> Coates for a yard as Jenkins closes with a vengeance, then third and 7 and save points is Ben to the ground as DT Fletcher Cox gets an excuse-me sack for a de facto four point play
> Boswell from 40 is true, and Yellow is on the board halfway through the second
> Huff to the 23 as both teams are angling kickoffs, then DG-B with an easy catch and power for a first down
> Nifty fake by Wentz out of the bubble screen to Agholor for 7 yards, then 2 yards to Agholor
> Third and 1 and keep the ball is a big play, and made worse by a Kelce flag
> Third and 6 as Phil Simms and Jim Nantz talk a lot of Not Game, with a late DPI call on CB William Gay against Agholor; really big play and a marginal call
> Wentz for 10 as Yellow doesn't cover the right side of the field, and the QB avoids contact for a promising moment of mental development
> Sproles for 4, then RB Kenyan Barner gets room on the sweep for 14 and another first as LT Jason Peters gets multiple defenders
> Fake jet sweep is a near disaster as Yellow has it scouted hard, but Wentz barely avoids grounding and a turnover
> 2 for Barner, then 4 for Sproles as Wentz continues to play tight in the red zone; after the Mark Sanchez Experience, we'll live with it
> Sturgis from 38 connects, and it's Green 13, Yellow 3 with 2:25 left
> Williams for 8, but comes back on a hold; Brown gets 10 on a de facto screen, which takes the clock to the 2-minute warning
> Too much time leads to a throwaway, then 3rd and 4 and wow, this really could get well fast is a checkdown with excellent coverage on Rodgers for no gain and a three and out
> 3 points and a missed figgie against this offense in a half is really doing monster work
> Sproles to the 20 with 93 seconds left and two Green timeouts; enough for this offense on this day
> Near pick on first down as Yellow CB Artie Burns cheats the Huff out, then Sproles for nothing as Green gets a little disturbingly conservative; Yellow time out
> Great play and execution on the misdirection screen to Burton, who gets the first
> Wentz just misses Burton downfield as LB James Harrison gets the hurry; the hurt TE Zach Ertz might have had that
> Burton drops a 2nd and 10 throw as the QB is holding it too long; worrisome
> Third and 10 is Don't Screw It Up, with a screen to Sproles only getting 6 and stopping the clock
> Shazier in continued pain as P Donnie Jones does the job; Yellow at their own 15 with 2 timeouts and 27 seconds left
> Williams for nothing as Yellow is content to end it, and with Green getting the kick to start the second, a 10-point lead is more than fine
> Wentz to Sproles for 73, and dear heavens, Green might be a good team or something
> Just a next level bit of improv by the QB to tightrope the line of scrimmage and make Sproles open, and suddenly it's a 17-point lead with 27 minutes left to play
> Yellow's going to have to be really good the rest of the way, and haven't been so far
> Ben to Brown for 5, then 19 more as Ben handles a bad snap and the WR is just absurdly good
> Poor challenge by Pederson might be his first clear coaching mistake in 3 games
> A sack for any other QB, incomplete for Ben, as he shrugs off DE Vinny Curry
> Williams for 15 great yards, and yeah, Yellow isn't just going to fold their tents
> Ben misses a wide-open James for a serious gain as the MLB has a brain fart, then is nearly picked by Carroll
> Third and prevent points is another near pick as Rodgers falls, with S Rodney McLeod not staying up, and it's not Yellow's day so far
> P Jordan Berry falls down on contact, with S Chris Maragos with the mistake; just a terrible play
> 4th and 5 brings back the offense for the biggest play of the game, as Yellow avoids the 50-yard figgie, and Jenkins nearly picks another ball; Yellow holding is declined, and even the mistakes are working out for Green today
> Huff loses yards and gets bailed out with a face mask on Gay for 15; Yellow just giving out gifts all over the place
> Rodgers out as Yellow is losing more than a game
> Barner for a straggling yard as Green starts to run clock, then Wentz hits Celek on a perfectly covered blitz for an easy 24 yard gain
> Sproles loses a little, then Smallwood gets 14 on a draw, and the RB Carousel is working fine
> Smallwood on the same play gets another 12 as the line is just destroying Yellow, and, um, wow
> Heavy package from the one as Yellow looks unsettled, but Smallwood is stopped
> Gun on second, easy run for Smallwood and his first NFL score, and this is approaching rout
> Sturgis connects, and it's Green 27, Yellow 3 in what might be one of the more surprising results of the day
> MLB Jordan Hicks with the break-up, then Ben finally has a completion to Brown to set up third and five
> 20 minutes left as Yellow gets a bailout flag on CB Jaylen Mills for weak DPI; gahhh
> Wheaton separated from the ball by Jenkins, but that's mostly on the WR
> Ben to Brown moves the sticks for 17, then Logan for the avalanche sack, because the defense is still fresh and everyone knows what's coming
> Sack and strip by Cox, DE Brandon Graham with the recovery, and this offensive line can not deal
> Wentz tries DG-B in the end zone for the kill shot, and the ball is absolutely perfect, but the WR can't make the play
> As this is Green day all over, they get a gift 15 yard roughing the passer flag anyway
> 4 for Barner, then 14, and this is just domination
> Barner for 8 yards and the touchdown as Yellow has pretty much given up; Green 34, Yellow 3, and Ye Gads This Is Surprising
> Williams for 10, through Brown's hands twice but not very accurate either, and incomplete on third and 10 against pressure, and we might be at the point where Yellow just pulls Ben for safety
> End of three and about as happy as you'll ever hear the Linc
> Wentz to Agholor for 11, as CBS tries to will the offense into a sack or turnover
> Smallwood for 5, Agholor for 3 to get to 300 yards for the day, then a toss to Smallwood for the first, but it comes back on a hold
> Third and 13 as CBS trolls for sad Steeler Fan is a give up run for a loss, as Pederson plays it to continue the turnover-free streak
> Jones with a short one, but it's not going to matter
> Ben still in for no good reason, connects with Brown despite pressure and a face mask, so maybe Tomlin is playing his guys in fantasy
> DL Destiny Vaejo jumps, then Graham gets another sack, clean speed rush; 4th of the day for Green
> Near sack and a drop by Williams as CBS flashes that this is Yellow's biggest deficit in 20 years; 3rd and 14 is a missed screen
> 4th and 14 is a 4-0-7 defense, with DC Jim Schwartz getting porny; cheap yards stopped for a de facto turnover
> Even in this game, Brown has 127 yards, so yeah, no one should complain about taking him first in their nerd nit fantasy football draft
> Wentz still in for no reason, as Smallwood gets 12 on wide open spaces
> Smallwood for one, then five, and it looks like his RB1 job now, as much as Sproles will allow it
> Wentz to Matthews for an absolutely gorgeous arc ball, but there's no way it's a catch
> CBS is so bored they threw up a Merrill Reese chyron
> Ben still in, no idea why, and woe to Tomlin if he gets hurt; he makes a bunch of meaningless short completions, so good for him, I guess
> McLeod with a pick on an insane play in the end zone, because WR Darius Heyward-Bey is just that way, really
> Game ends without incident or injury, which is a relief, as both HCs played QB1 all the way to a gun in a blowout
> This is the third straight game where Green has made their opponent look like they play in North Dakota State's conference, didn't turn the ball over, and had a defense that looked like they can't stop smiling after the Nero Kelly Era
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