Early Games Open Thread
we've got some intriguing early games to keep our eyes on in preparation for tonight's Ravens at Steelers game on Sunday Night Football.
| Final - 11.12.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
we've got some intriguing early games to keep our eyes on in preparation for tonight's Ravens at Steelers game on Sunday Night Football.
Mike Tomlin is known as one of the elite coaches in the NFL, complete with a pretty decent relationship with the media. However, in recent years, his relationship with the local scribes has gone down a predictably strained path.
These aren't the same teams fans are used to seeing do battle twice a year. The absence of Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown, not to mention, Ray Lewis and Hines Ward, shake things up, but the Steelers have a few tricks up their sleeve.
Steelers/Ravens games are usually about physical dominance, but without headliners of the marquee days of this rivalry, it may have more of a "finesse" feel to it in Week 11.
A unit that's not producing sacks anywhere close to what it did in its AFC Championship season in 2010 will need to address the outside linebacker position in the 2013 NFL Draft.
Fantasy Football: The Extra Point Poll centers around AFC North quarterbacks.
Under 'normal' circumstances Baltimore week would easily be the most dramatic and exciting of the regular season. This week isn't normal by any stretch of the imagination and the uncertainty and anticipation is off the charts.
Big bucks.
The Chiefs played one of the best games of the season on Monday night against the Steelers but months and years from now we'll only remember the Chiefs-Steelers 2012 game for one thing: all that...
The Chiefs had success against the Steelers in their zone-running concept with Jamaal Charles. Baltimore runs this same concept, as the Steelers know. How can Pittsburgh stop it?
The Steelers are made up of men who thrive on "Us versus Them", not ESPN highlights; who relish being counted out for the adrenaline rush that comes with defying the odds.
We highlight a few of the reasons why the Chiefs were able to run effectively on the Steelers' defense in our weekly play breakdown series.