Big game tonight. Pittsburgh loses, going to be hard to be the #1 seed. Some things to watch for tonight between the Steelers and Bills...
Josh Allen has had a monster, breakout season. Every stat has shot up. Completion percentage most notably. Under 60% last year, now almost 70%. Use him in a lot of ways
- Vertical shots
- Rollouts
- Designed runs
- Scrambles (DBs have to plaster)
- Watch the sneak!
Allen is their leader in rushing TDs with six. All have come inside the five yard line. Sneaks and draws.
Devin Singletary taking better care of the ball this year. Zack Moss a big back finding his footing now that he's healthy. Get gap, zone runs. Alert sprint draw on 3rd down.
Lot of talent at WR.
Diggs is true #1. Came into today 2nd in targets, tied for league lead with 90 catches. Beasley great slot option. Gabriel Davis vertical threat (John Brown big play last year vs PIT). 5 TDs, 5th in league in YPC.
Will Pittsburgh have enough answers defensively with all the injuries/illness? No Spillane, Williams, Haden. Keith Butler gets himself into trouble when he's limited by personnel and can't be flexible.
Defensively, you can run on the Bills. Bottom five in a lot of categories. Smaller group up front. But Pittsburgh has to prove they can win POA.
Bills have 30 sacks and they come from a lot of places. No one more than five. Bills 8th in blitz rate. Will McDermott send heat like last year or back off as Baltimore/Washington have?
Tre White great CB. Tomlin said he expects him to stick at his LCB spot. Allows them to play a lot of split coverage. Man up on his side, play zone to the other. Bills do nice job rotating Poyer/Hyde late to disguise looks.
Can Steelers run situationally? Third down, goal line, 1st and 10, 4:00 offense. Can the red zone offense get back to top ten levels? 2-7 last two games. Answers to those questions will tell you if they win or not.
Offensive scouting report from @ByJoshCarney and me.
Some things to watch for in todays Steelers/Jaguars game. Records are two different ends of the spectrum (9-0 vs 1-8) but these games always find a way to be close...
Starting with Jags' offense. Tomlin touched on issue of lack of familiarity with QB Jake Luton. Third career start. Had issues with Driskel off the bench vs DEN, Gilbert vs DAL. So focused on run, forget about pass game. Luton has live arm + speed at WR.
Chark, Conley, Cole all have ability to get vertical. Chark & Conley ran 4.34/4.35 coming out. Cole big-play guy too including STs (91 yard PR TD last week vs GB). All three averaging over 12 YPC. Use playaction for vert pass game. PIT can't keep blowing coverages like they have.