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Sunday, December 07, 2014

Steelers-Bengals game day thread

Greetings from sunny by chilly Paul Brown Stadium.

The temperatures are in the low 40s/high 30s today and there is a slight wind that could affect things.

James Harrison and Marcus Gilbert are both out for the  Steelers.

With Harrison out, the Steelers activated Jarvis Jones from the short-term injured reserve list and placed Cortez Allen on injured reserve.

Arthur Moats will start at outside linebacker, but the Steelers will use Jones in some pass rushing situations.

Mike Adams will get the start at right tackle.

Dri Archer is also inactive today for the Steelers, which is surprising.

The Bengals will be on their third starting right tackle as guard Clint Boling will slide outside to replace Marshall Newhouse, who was replacing Andre Smith.

Jason Worilds needs to take advantage of that matchup.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who are these idiots talking during this game? since when is a draw (run from shotgun) considered a trick play...

Anonymous said...

Did anyone else see Cameron Heyward take himself out of a play by running into the center and follow that by dramatically fall down... I did

Anonymous said...

Defense starts strong, offense refuses to build a lead.

That joke's not funny anymore.

Anonymous said...

What's the point in having safties, I mean really

Anonymous said...

Ben can't run the ball in from the 4 yard line instead of trying short passes that are a recipe for an INT in the red zone? Dalton ran it in from 20 yards out. Way to settle for 3 points guys!

Anonymous said...

They had no timeouts left and around 20 seconds, a failed run results in no points.

Anonymous said...

Harris time?

Mike said...

This is an inspired showing by the boys. Great job by the coaching staff identifying our advantage. Season saving performance.

Anonymous Brian said...

I give up! That was great!

adamg said...

Obviously the key is for Dale to pick against the Steelers. :)

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