[...]It’s the Steelers, 23-17 – Inside the Oakland Raiders – A look inside the world of the highly classified Oakland Raiders from the writers of Bay Area News Group[...]…

[...]It’s the Steelers, 23-17 – Inside the Oakland Raiders – A look inside the world of the highly classified Oakland Raiders from the writers of Bay Area News Group[...]…

[...]It’s the Steelers, 23-17 – Inside the Oakland Raiders – A look inside the world of the highly classified Oakland Raiders from the writers of Bay Area News Group[...]…

to DHb defense. I rember back in 2006 i was going on before the season to some buddies how tired i was of Nnamdi. I thought he was decent, and was a round the football on some plays, but the bottom line is he made zero picks in 3 full seasons in the NFL. I thought the Raiders should have traded im that offseason… man was i wrong.

We have to take a wait and see approach with DHB; Al loves his scholarship players, and every once in a while they pay big dividends. DHB was decent this past year. I can’t remeber being disgusted with him last year. I rememebr one drop, but I remember several big drops by Murphy.

DHB needs to keep improving the way he did this year, and be ready for when JC throws him the ball.
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i agree ,but i had ginen up on him.he shouldnt be starting ,but he does need game time to get better.up until a couple days ago i just couldnt figure out why he was still on the roster ,then i looked up tim browns stats and couldnt believe what i saw for his first 5 years ,very subpar,very very subpar ,even with his injury .and we all know how that turned out .i need to be more understanding on some things .but i still think if we are going to win more than 8 games next year we have to get some veteran leadership at the wide out spot ,otherwise we just dont have the people to do much better

Most people expect that GB will spread out Pitt’s D and be able to move the ball with their quick passing game, seem’s like a pretty good idea….except that Tomlin and LeBeau have had 2 weeks to prepare for such a gameplan, they will have an answer for it.

Of course, that doesn’t mean whatever Tomlin-LeBeau come up with will definitely work.

My guess is it will (work) to a degree, they won’t completely shut down Rodgers but even if GB moves the ball between the 20’s, they still have to get in the End Zone and that’s where they might be in trouble.

The Pats did spread out Pitt and kicked their butt, but NE also ran for 103 yards that day, the most allowed by them all year, so there was some balance from NE which prevented Pitt from going all-out after Brady and TE Rob Gronkowski had a great day.

I don’t think GB will run for a 100 yards today and they don’t have a big, fast, strong TE like Gronkowski to throw to.

In last year’s meeting, Pitt won 37-36, but GB had a great day from TE Jermichael Finley, 9 catches and a TD, he’s not around this time and Polamalu didn’t play in that game.

Now how about Pitt spreading out GB?.

Ward, Wallace, Sanders and Brown are dangerous too, Packers CB Tramon Williams is great, but C-Wood is no longer playing CB full-time, he’s moved around so he’s shadowing WR’s anymore, at least not all the game and nickel CB Sam Shields is a player, but he’s a rookie who has been playing the positions for 2 years (used to be a WR).

Add TE Heath Miller who can stay in-line so they have 6 blockers or go out in short routes and a big, fast do it all RB like Rashard Mendenhall who can run and it seems like an offense just a dangerous as GB’s if not more due to the threat of the run.

In fact, I think Pitt’s TE and RB are vastly superior to GB’s, Heat Miller and Rashard Mendenhall might be they key to this game.

Miller can catch and is a great blocker, if he’s on Clay Matthews, it’s close to an even matchup and Rashard Mendenhall just ran all over the NYJ defense, the best in the league outside of Pitt and that was with C Doug Legursky playing most of the game.

I’ve watched GB many times this year, on offense they tend to play in spurts, they look unstopabble on a couple of drives and then look real bad for a few series and their Defense does not look like a dominating unit to me, they’re good but they seem to be lacking something, a killer instinct maybe.

Because of what I just said, GB ends up letting opponets hang around in most games and when you’re facing Big Ben and it remains a close game by the 4th quarter, your chances are not very good.

I think Pitt needs to focus on taking Matthews out of the game, outside of him the Pack don’t have any dominant pass rushers, meanwhile GB has to deal with both James Harrison and Lamarr Woodley.

In the end, Rashard Mendenhall is the MVP, he runs well, helps Pitt deliver TD’s in the red zone and keep Rodgers in the bench just enough to diminish his impact, with Big Ben finishing the Pack in the 4th quarter.

Pitt 24, GB 20.