Steelers Looking to Break the Mold

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Published: October 16, 2009

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... pattern: dominate on offense for most of the game, make a bonehead blunder to keep the other team alive, then hang on (or try anyway) for dear life, as the game goes down to the wire.

This past week in Motown helped solidify this disturbing trend. The offense looked unstoppable again, scoring on four consecutive possessions. The blunder this time was the second pick six of the season for Big Ben. Fortunately, the defense stepped up in the end to insure that the Steelers would hang on.

Here’s a novel thought: How about a nice, boring blowout? Shouldn’t a dominant team have a few of those each season? 

It looked like last week was going to be such a game. With the Steelers up 28-13, I actually considered flipping to the Bengals-Ravens game, which at the time was a much tighter game. In the closing minutes, I was actually watching both games (two TVs).

As the Steelers have become a pass-first offense, there are a few disturbing side effects:

1. Int...

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