(01-23-2018, 09:00 AM)irontrooper83 Wrote: Bouye wasn't really happy after the Pittsburgh game as well, he wasn't as outspoken as this time but between the lines he said they got too conservative in the second half and played lot of prevent that allowed them to get yards and points.

Wash has had this habit other times (the Arizona game when we sat back in soft coverage again at the end and Gabbert got the 25 yards he needed to get in FG range is another exemple), when we have a big lead we stop being aggressive.
Against Pittsburgh it was a glaring difference how we played defensively when up 14-21 points and when up only by 7.

I credit Wash for preparing this team well most of the time, the gameplan often worked and the players made lots of great plays the entire season. But he has to learn to keep being aggressive with the talent we have on defense, especially against elite QB's you can't just manage the lead.
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Then I dont know what the hell Bouye is talking about because he was right next to Antonio Brown more than once when the ball got there, he simply couldn't make the play and the result was a Steelers touchdown.  You can't blame that on prevent defense.

Same goes for the Leveon Bell catch, Telvin Smith was right there in MAN COVERAGE, but Bell simply made the play and Telvin couldn't knock the ball out.

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