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Scouting the Pittsburgh Steelers – Going Deep – Boston.com
Frenz gets us up to speed on the Steelers. The two teams traded blows in 2010 and 2011. The Steelers won by just 8 in 2011 despite one of the more dominating performances the Pats have ever faced.
Tom Brady has a history of knowing how to beat the Steeler defense for a lot of yards and points, but the Steelers switched things up a bit in 2011 and it gave TB12 some problems. It will be interesting to see how they adjust this year.
In 2010, we saw it start with the Jets in the playoffs,” Clark added. “When Tom Brady gets pressure and when you’re man-to-man and bumping those guys and making it hard for him to throw, he sees ghosts. Even when guys aren’t around him, even when he’s not about to be sacked, when his clock goes off in his head that the ball should be out, we’ll see him duck, we’ll see him flinch. When you get Tom Brady doing that, the whole New England Patriots mystique goes away.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/in-2010-we-saw-it-start-with-the-jets-in-the/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzZCU_xi0Po
Steelers @ Patriots 2007 – the Flea Flicker (by Musclebelt)
Best play of the 2007 season? And I was there, in the very last row of the stadium, back against the wall, but well worth it. Obvs. Here’s BB breaking it down…
https://www.patspropaganda.com/steelers-patriots-2007-the-flea-flicker-by/
WEEI.com: Which New England defenders have done best job getting after QB this season?
Pressure was outstanding last week, let’s hope it continues with Big Ben this weekend.
The New England Patriots have made great efforts to revamp their defense in recent seasons but one player who has stuck around quietly doing his job is Rob Ninkovich and he popped up against the Dolphins with a big game as a pass rusher, profiting from favorable matchups and unblocked opportunities to make a mark in this game. Ninkovich registered a season-high nine total pressures (one sack, two hits, six hurries) to take his season total through eight games to 36, only six short of his total for the entirety of last year’s regular season. He added to his fine display with a pair of batted passes (one of which was nullified by a delay of game penalty) and a trio of tackles (one of them a stop). He even notched up a missed tackle to register a stat in every column of our defensive stats page for this game. We have seen much better from Ninkovich as a run defender this season but this was the most productive we have seen Ninkovich as a pass rusher this season and comfortably the most effective more importantly.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/the-new-england-patriots-have-made-great-efforts/
