Offense
Todd Haley has an interesting job this week to attack the New England defense with Landry Jones as opposed to Ben Roethlisberger. He explained that the team yet again abandoned the run game in the loss to the Dolphins like they had against the Eagles.
That seems to unfortunately provide an easy blueprint for teams on how to beat Pittsburgh. They’re going to not need to allow another team to dictate their strategy.
Haley discussed the confidence level in Landry Jones and how he addressed the team this week as a veteran would. It’s easy to think of Landry as a young guy but he’s been with the team for four years and he’s very capable of handling this moment.
Haley described his time with working on the New York Jets staff with Bill Belichick and about how he learned from him to focus on the details. Haley worked as a receivers coach on the Jets team when Belichick was the defensive coordinator.
Haley describes a Belichick defense as a disciplined one that doesn’t make a lot of mistakes. Haley says they’ll be focused on looking out for linebacker Jamie Collins and Devin McCourty in the secondary.
For Pittsburgh to have a chance they’re going to need to play smart and not make any mistakes. If they keep the ball out of Tom Brady’s hands they can legitimately win this game.
Next: Steelers Player Spotlight: Landry Jones
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Let’s do this. Here we go Steelers! Here we go!