Thursday, September 29, 2011

Game Preview: Steelers to unveil 9-WR set in Houston
The Steelers travel to Houston this Sunday to play the Texans, who (along with one owner in every fantasy league) will be welcoming back their star running back Arian Foster.
Given the 23-20 crapfest in Indy against a poor team, its hard to be optimistic about the Steelers' chances against a good team this week.  That said, the Steelers often play best when expectations are low.  At least Coach Tomlin has threatened to "unleash hell" yet (and Steeler Nation remembers how well that worked out in 2009-10).

These 2011-12 Steelers still have something to prove to their fans and themselves.  Mendenhall, needs to show that he can run through holes, rather than dancing around them, and the o-line, which has been decimated by injury, just needs to show up.  Given its futility, I suggest Bruce Arians scrap any attempt at pass blocking and unveil a 9 WR set, which will give Big Ben at least four more targets while facing the pass rush.

WR WR                       WR WR               C                       WR WR
    WR                              WR                                                WR


                                                              QB

I'd also suggest using a long-snapper at center, so that Ben has about a 15-20 yard buffer.  Seriously, if the o-line can't pass block, Ben will turn the ball over, and the Steelers will have no chance of winning this one.  The Steeler D isn't without fault either, but at least Polamalu, Troy Polamalu showed some spark late in the Colts game.  Additionally, I have benched the Steelers D on both my fantasy teams, guaranteeing that they'll have a marquee day for turnovers and touchdowns.  I'll take the Steelers in an upset, 24-20 (the Steeler Face is 2-1 picking the Steelers this year).

In other news -- Coach Bill Cowher, along with The Bus and Dermontti are Hall of Fame eligible this year, but don't get your hopes up.  The ECM (East Coast Media) will make sure they all wait too many years before putting them in.

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