The Pittsburgh Steelers are trying to put pieces of their performance against quarterback Peyton Manning-led Denver Broncos in the season opener together to know why they could not find firm grounds against the opposition, amid persistence of some of their players including QB Ben Roethlisberger that they need some time by avoiding playing against teams like Broncos in the immediate future to regain their lost rhythm.
Ben when asked if they would like to come back to Denver, he said no, and added:
"I'd like to say I hope we come back here, but I hope we don't. I hope they come back to our place because it's a nice advantage."
The Steelers lost the game 19-31 and safety Troy Polamalu believes it was because the team was not able to make just enough plays. He said:
"We just weren't making any plays - any significant plays. We weren't getting pressure. We weren't getting pass breakups. We just weren't making plays."
Defensive end Brett Keisel has a completely different opinion. He thinks:
"We just couldn't get to Peyton. He was getting the ball out quick."
Overall, the Steelers are finding it difficult to accept the reality that the Broncos outplayed them in all departments, and this also happened in the playoff game last year, when they had been ousted out of the season in a similar fashion.
It was expected the team would come on the field this year with some lessons learnt from their past season's defeat, but they seem to be as much confused now as were then.
It is reflective in the state of uncertainty the players have found themselves in that the team lacked a coordinated effort and even if they play a home game against the opposition the result would be the same, contrary to the ambitious hopes of win set by some players.
Coach Mike Tomlin knows the team failed in all departments, and especially the much-boasted transformation of offence was not much of a help. Ben looked nowhere near the performance by Peyton irrespective of the fact he is a well capable offence leader.
So while the team stands a chance of easy victories over some of the weaker oppositions, the coach needs some work to do to develop team chemistry. They are good analysts of their performance in individual capacities but lacked a coordinated effort on the field, and this needs to be worked out.
Ben when asked if they would like to come back to Denver, he said no, and added:
"I'd like to say I hope we come back here, but I hope we don't. I hope they come back to our place because it's a nice advantage."
The Steelers lost the game 19-31 and safety Troy Polamalu believes it was because the team was not able to make just enough plays. He said:
"We just weren't making any plays - any significant plays. We weren't getting pressure. We weren't getting pass breakups. We just weren't making plays."
Defensive end Brett Keisel has a completely different opinion. He thinks:
"We just couldn't get to Peyton. He was getting the ball out quick."
Overall, the Steelers are finding it difficult to accept the reality that the Broncos outplayed them in all departments, and this also happened in the playoff game last year, when they had been ousted out of the season in a similar fashion.
It was expected the team would come on the field this year with some lessons learnt from their past season's defeat, but they seem to be as much confused now as were then.
It is reflective in the state of uncertainty the players have found themselves in that the team lacked a coordinated effort and even if they play a home game against the opposition the result would be the same, contrary to the ambitious hopes of win set by some players.
Coach Mike Tomlin knows the team failed in all departments, and especially the much-boasted transformation of offence was not much of a help. Ben looked nowhere near the performance by Peyton irrespective of the fact he is a well capable offence leader.
So while the team stands a chance of easy victories over some of the weaker oppositions, the coach needs some work to do to develop team chemistry. They are good analysts of their performance in individual capacities but lacked a coordinated effort on the field, and this needs to be worked out.
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