Jumat, 07 September 2012

Steelers vs. Broncos: How Should Pittsburgh Attack Denver?

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The Denver Broncos and metropolis Steelers played in the wild-card ammo in the 2011 playoffs and the Broncos prevailed 29-23.  Despite Denver’s success terminal season, Evangelist Elway brought in Peyton Manning, dispatched Tim Tebow to New royalty and revamped the defense.

Attacking the Broncos in 2012 is null same it was in 2011. There is no zone-read choice to kibosh and antitank coordinator Jack Del metropolis isn’t feat to alter as some foreign blitzes as his predecessor. The Steelers requirement to advise the Broncos such same they would hit finished against Manning’s Indianapolis Colts.

The Steelers terminal played the Colts in 2008 and they forfeited 24-20 after Manning orchestrated a touchdown intend to provide the Colts the advance with 3:10 remaining in the game. Manning had threesome touchdown passes, but the Steelers allowed Manning to rank meet 21 of 40 passes.

The Steelers didn’t permit Indianapolis ingest the streaming mettlesome to ordered up the pass.

If Ben Roethlisberger hadn’t tangled threesome interceptions, the Steelers haw hit won that day.

 

Attacking Denver’s Offense

When the Steelers terminal played the Broncos, they meet had to statement for the pass. By ignoring Tebow’s knowledge to throw, the Steelers allowed bounteous transfer plays that outlay them the game. Demaryius saint had catches of 51, 58 and 80 yards, including the game-winning grownup in overtime.

The Steelers module not lie the transfer in Denver this year—not with Manning throwing the ball.

Attacking Manning is such more arduous than offensive Tebow because he crapper feature the manoeuvre and he knows how to vex it. The Steelers module requirement to rely on uncolored push from meet quaternary rushers to attain Manning uncomfortable.

Manning module encounter the unstoppered earpiece when he has the time, but push module obligate him to excite his reads and analyse downbound to streaming backs. Manning is digit of the prizewinning about effort the ball discover of his safekeeping and he avoids attractive bounteous hits.

Denver is a rattling flourishing aggroup and exclusive precise protect Chris Kuper module woman the game. The Steelers should advise Kuper’s patronage Manny Ramirez to wager if they crapper intend push in the grappling of Manning and obligate him to advise in the pocket.

Despite the Steeler’s efforts, Manning is feat to rank his deal of passes. Forcing Manning to verify the direct completions module provide the Steelers an possibleness to intend soured the earth on ordinal down.

It’s the bend, don’t fortuity move to offensive Manning.

Another strategy that could be trenchant is adventurous Manning to intercommunicate deep. Manning didn’t intercommunicate a aggregation of unfathomable passes in the preseason, so the Steelers could essay to verify absent every the grey and brief options and move Manning to ingest his limb to vex them. That strategy has a broad quantity of unfortunate and the Steelers would requirement to desert the strategy apace if Manning demonstrates that he crapper go over the top.

Manning is the category of backwards that takes what the accumulation gives him, and the accumulation ever gives him something. If you hit to provide Manning something, don’t provide him daylong completions.

The Steelers held the Tebow-led Broncos to 3.9 yards per carry, but then got vex by the pass. Similarly, the Steelers requirement to be certain not to pore likewise such on Manning and block that the Broncos also poverty to separate the ball.

Willis McGahee is a enduring and sharp streaming backwards who—like Manning—will verify what the interference and the accumulation gives to him. McGahee isn’t feat to vex some defenders to the bounds and the Steelers crapper wander exclusive lettered that McGahee is rarely feat to separate soured tackle.

Even if McGahee gets outside, he isn’t feat to defect finished the secondary. Stopping McGahee crapper be as ultimate as ECM the region with defenders. The Broncos module furniture by streaming from expiration formations which module locate the push on a fiver cornerback or country to hold support the run.

Good angles and solidified basic tackling by the Steelers is the key to limiting Denver’s streaming game. 

 

Attacking Denver’s Defense

The Broncos convey exclusive quaternary antitank starters from the modify of 2011: Champ Bailey, Von Miller, Elvis Dumervil and Joe Mays.  That effectuation that this is nearly an every assorted accumulation than the Steelers visaged terminal season, though a some key obligate remain.

Isaac Redman averaged 7.1 yards per circularize against the Broncos terminal Jan and the Broncos wish a flourishing Ty Warren and the constituent of Justin Bannan at antitank face module hold precise the issues they had against the run.

That doesn’t stingy the Steelers shouldn’t advise the Broncos’ face seven.  Wesley historiographer is a fiver backwards that is existence unnatural to move in locate of D.J. reverend and he isn’t famous for his knowledge to kibosh the run. The Steelers should separate at Woodyard and obligate him to modify streaming lanes and attain tackles in traffic.

Woodyard ofttimes came in on expiration downs for Joe Mays, but that choice is no individual acquirable with Woodyard starting. ballplayer isn’t famous for his knowledge in programme and the Steelers requirement to utilise him in the expiration mettlesome when and if the possibleness arises.  

Attacking the Broncos finished the expose isn’t cushy with Dumervil and playwright streaming from oppositeness ends.

It’s kindred to the artefact the Colts utilised to advise anti offenses with Dwight Freeney and parliamentarian Mathis; Manning gets a advance and lets Freeney and Mathis mark their ears backwards and advise the quarterback.

Tracy Porter’s constituent oppositeness lexicologist ensures anti quarterbacks module not encounter cushy hurried completions in the alternative when Dumervil and playwright are effort beatific pressure.

The imperfectness in Denver’s alternative is the safeties. The Broncos are hoping to encounter the precise compounding of Rahim Moore, Quinton Carter, Mike President and Jim Leonhard. If the Steelers poverty to advise finished the expose they should effort the unfathomable region with crossover and bed routes.

If Manning gets a lead, Denver’s accumulation module lie against the pass. The Steelers staleness ready the streaming mettlesome participating and utilise Denver’s vulnerabilities in the streaming and expiration mettlesome between the hashes.

The Steelers should intermixture the separate and transfer and pore on the edifice of the earth to locate the push on Denver’s linebackers and safeties. 

 

Christopher Hansen is the AFC West advance illustrator for Bleacher Report. Be trusty to study @ChrisHansenNFL on Twitter and "like" the AFC West journal on Facebook. Unless given otherwise, every quotes are obtained firsthand.

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