Let the 2009 Season begin! Week 1 around the league gameday thread

a pretty good game to start the season. Can't wait to see our Skins take the field now

Puck Fittsburgh

Steelers pass protection looked like a top 5 unit, after being a bottom five unit for 15/16 of last year's regular season.

You can probably expect similar production from the Skins line, but that assumes the health of both tackles.

Good grief -- Roethlisberger couldn't throw an incompletion if he wanted to.

Ben R. doesn't look pretty all the time. He doesn't do it the way it's always drawn up but damn he just gets the job done.

again, remember our sack challenged unit sacked Roethlisberger several times last year. I think with AH, they would have had a lot more pressure.

Yeah, you're right -- but they didn't want him at the price we paid...

Puck Fittsburgh

Well said. :)

Steelers pass protection looked like a top 5 unit, after being a bottom five unit for 15/16 of last year's regular season.

I'm not sure I agree. The Titans were rushing 4 linemen most of the last quarter and they just looked exhausted an completely ineffective. When they brought an effective blitz in the first three quarters they had four sacks and tons of pressure.

Well, Tenn got no pressure in the 4th and OT, and you saw what happened. I would say that not having AH has something to do with it. And the no-huddle gassed the D.

But the big question is Polamalu--if he's down, that's a big deal.

Agreed that Big Ben finds a way to win.

Steelers pass protection looked like a top 5 unit, after being a bottom five unit for 15/16 of last year's regular season.

You can probably expect similar production from the Skins line, but that assumes the health of both tackles.

No pressure, not much blitzing towards the end from Tennessee. They were either really tired, or there was a complete change in scheming.