CSNNE/Curran: What the Steelers offensive gameplan was

Interesting stuff here from Tom E. who didn’t waste his time going to the Patriots locker room after the loss. Some very candid commentary from the Steelers…

We knew we had a great matchup and that they’d play zone coverage and give us an opportunity to hit ‘em across the middle,“ said wide receiver Antonio Brown. "Heath [Miller] did a great job getting open across the middle, we did a great job of converting third downs and controlling the ball.
 
“I think they just wanted to blitz Ben. Get Ben confused and thinking the younger guys wouldn’t be on point with the hots (hot routes that are broken off when blitzes are sent). I think that was their aim and I think we did a great job counteracting that. They played zone coverage (because they were) scared that Mike Wallace was gonna get deep. That allowed us to get the middle open and make some big plays on third down.”