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Steelers Will Start Backup at Left Tackle

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Steelers Will Start Backup at Left Tackle

If we had some kind of a pass rushing monster I might think is a little bit of a bigger deal, but it could make a little bit of a difference in where the Pats decide to stick big Vince. 

I was surprised last week to see Myron Pryor at nose and Mike Wright at RDE when it seems their specialty for most of the year has been pass rush. So this week I’m going to go on a limb and say we see a Brace-Wilfork-Warren front three.

Or perhaps it makes sense to put Vince at LDE and dare the Steelers to run the defensive right side. Make them predictable and it’s advantage Pats D.

Steelers DVOA Kinda Scary

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In taking a gander at the Steerlers DVOA rankings from Football Outsiders I was hoping to find a fatal flaw that the Patriots might hope to exploit, but there certainly isn’t one jumping off the page.

The Steelers are 2nd in defensive DVOA (4th vs. pass, 1st vs. run), and 17th in offensive DVOA (15th passing, 17th rushing). So yes the defense looks… uh what’s the word… oh right.. impenetrable, while the offense looks like they might possibly have trouble moving the ball. Of course that’s if the Patriots defense shows up and plays well, something they didn’t do last weekend.

If there was ever a game you could expect the Pats to go spread it has to be this one.