Well, why the hell not?
Here are some rays of hope:
1: Josh Cribbs and the Flash offense. Yeah, Pitt will be prepared for it, but at least our guys are vets, and it only takes a small mistake for them to cough up a first down or something.
It might work better now that Cribbs seems to be allowed to actually pass once in awhile.
1a: You guys don't know this, so I'll tell you: Colt can run that offense. I never even looked at his clock times, but I saw several of his runs in college, and he's got speed and moves.
2: Yeah that and he's a scrambling threat out of the conventional offense.
3: Roll-outs and the shotgun can be used to help protect the kid and simplify his reads.
You guys are all acting as if the fourth preseason game was meaningless because of the level of talent. That's not quite true for a quarterback. Their worst DB's are still trying to cover your worst recievers. Their worst front 7 is still trying to beat your worst linemen to kill the quarterback.
Accuracy is accuracy, and he showed that in spades; accuracy and touch.
It's true that he's up against a lot more complexity and general speed here, and that these guys will bait him and con him. That preseason game can't compare to what he'll face here. So stipulated. But you guys are, as usual, overboard in dismissing the outstanding talent he displayed.
If they don't get to him quick, he can do a variety of damage. You just cross your fingers that he doesn't get suckered by these devious, sneaky....
4: I hate that Hillis isn't being allowed to recover from his bruised thighs, but in this case I have to admit it's critical that he play. If they muffled Harrison, they can muffle Davis. Hillis is the physical type who can give them trouble.
I want to see Polumalu meet THIS guy in the hole!
Unfortunately, the only two ways smaller linebackers and secondary guys can stop or slow him are to try to pry the ball loose or throw themselves at his legs.
5: Big Ben will be rusty, and even if he isn't, he's stubborn and holds the ball. Pitt's offensive line isn't that good in pass protection. Until the last couple weeks, Benard and Roth haven't been 100%. Rogers might get his old form back. Ward has some experience now. They'll be expecting Wright blitzes...but it might not matter.
6: The Browns can also help protect Colt with personel, ie using Moore (two tight ends). Both these tight ends can deploy outside , pulling potential passrushers (and run stuffers) with them, and making it dangerous to pull Polumalu out of coverage.
Yeah yeah the Stoolers can cancel out and in-line tight end or even one on a wing, but their base personel will have a problem dealing with two of them.
7: If the Browns do that, it'll be hard for them to help a cornerback with Massequoi. Better believe Colt will want to get it to him--he'll have to to loosen the coverage.
8: Colt's accuracy plus these THREE (with Hillis) big, short/intermediate, crossing recievers can help him get rid of it in a hurry.
9: I have my Polumalu and Big Ben voodoo dolls ready to go. They worked pretty good last season!
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