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Week 4 Pittsburgh Steelers @ Baltimore Ravens

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DeVito52 said:
The defense is playing well today considering the circumstances.
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Yeah, they did okay when they held Pitt to three points (although they should have gotten off the field in less than 10 minutes and change) but the whole thing is so frustrating.
Lost_In_Translation said:
It's hard to do so but I don't think it's a talent issue on the defensive side of the ball. Injuries have decimated us there more than anything.

Offensively, Ozzie neglected it last season, especially the line. I said it would be the death of us. And now look. Sure, playcalling is bad, but when you don't have a good oline it ain't gonna matter anyway. Next offseason needs to be rededicated to fixing the fucking oline(for once, do something ozzie I beg of you), finding a bell cow guy, and looking for Harbaugh's replacement. He's gonna lose the locker room
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Injuries were more a problem for the defense in past seasons, I think. This year it's basically Williams and Urban (who never proved he was anyone to begin with) that they're missing. And I don't want to minimize their impact, but they went 7 deep in the secondary in '14 and seemed more effective. Speaking of the secondary, I know they were hoping to turn things over to the young corners, but just wait until Jimmy and Webb go down again, then the defense will have excuses.
But I digress...

The oline is playing like hot garbage, but it's hard for me to jump completely on the Ozzie-doesn't-have-a-clue train when he did draft Stanly and Lewis just last year. I think Urschel was supposed to be stop gap and that shoulda, coulda, woulda left one weak spot. But of course, injuries had to throw a wrench in the plans.
I don't know what could possibly fix it though. You can't just find 4-5 decent lineman on the market.

SepticeyePoe said:
Probably not, but I'm getting frustrated with them.
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I feel you. I can't recall voluntarily turning off an afternoon Ravens game (including last week), but the way things are going I might finally have to. Three hours is just too much time to waste being disappointed.
 
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