I watched the opening game and saw a hard fought battle almost the whole way. Then I saw the Tennessee Titans do something that I despise with about 4 minutes left. They went into this prevent/4 man rush defense that allowed Big Ben about 6-8 seconds to throw on about 6 out of every 8 passing plays. The Titans brought 4 defensive rushers who were completely gassed and abandoned the blitz almost all together. This is the same blitz that kept them in the game. The Steelers offensive line looked like a bunch big brothers pushing around their little brothers near the end.
The Titans won that game in the trenches but got over conservative at the end for some reason and handed the game away. Let me quote Herm Edwards, “You play to win the game.”
I hate the Steelers, but they did look good on defense. However they completely over pursue making them extremely vulnerable to big plays and screens. Kerry Collins took advantage of that quite a few times, but special teams has to take care of business. You can’t miss two field goals.
RGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!