Steelers @ Browns: Official Game Thread

In the preseason, the Steelers went 3-1 with wins in both road games. Now the Steelers travel to FirstEnergy Stadium to play the Browns.

For the Steelers to win:
The Steelers need to play a complete game (Offense, Defense, Special Teams for 60 min.).
The Steelers defense needs to pressure (rookie playing in his 1st real NFL game) DeShone Kiser.
The Steelers need to have a balanced offense.
The Steelers need to score TDs and not settle for FGs.
The Steelers need to win the turnover battle.
The Steelers offensive line needs to protect Ben - who also needs to play well.


From Steelers Depot:
Steelers Versus Browns Week 1 Projected Inactive List

Joshua Dobbs – Dobbs’ rookie season will start with him being on the inactive list and that’s not overly surprising. As long as quarterbacks Ben Roethlisberger and Landry Jones both remain healthy, Dobbs will more than likely be a regular on this list.

Jerald Hawkins – The Steelers second-year tackle was officially ruled out for Sunday’s game on Friday with a knee injury that prevented him from practicing a few days. The Steelers usually only like to dress seven offensive linemen in total for games and so Hawkins will likely be on this list quite a bit during the 2017 season and especially if all the tackles ahead of him on the depth chart remain healthy.

Matt Feiler – While Feiler did make the 53-man roster this year as a ninth offensive lineman, there’s a good chance he ultimately spends most of the 2017 season on the inactive list. Feiler deserved to make the roster this year just the same.

Daniel McCullers – The Steelers usually only dress five defensive linemen for games and if that holds true again on Sunday, McCullers is likely to be the odd man out and thus one of the team’s seven inactive players.

Justin Hunter – Hunter may have made the 53-man roster this year but that still doesn’t mean that he’ll dress for every game. Hunter offers no value as a special teams player and if rookie wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster dresses to return kickoffs on Sunday, it’s hard to imagine Hunter also getting a helmet.

Brian Allen – The Steelers rookie cornerback might not dress for many games this season. Somebody in the secondary needs to sit every week due to numbers and Allen is an obvious choice this week to be the odd man out.

Arthur Moats – This last spot is a tough one and especially with Bud Dupree currently listed on the injury report as questionable with shoulder and ankle issues. Dupree claims he’ll play on Sunday, however, and assuming he does, the Steelers will need to sit a linebacker. The likely candidates to be inactive are Moats and L.J. Fort. It’s worth pointing out, however, that Moats has dressed for every regular season game since he’s been with the Steelers. The last time he was inactive for a regular season game was in 2012 as a member of the Buffalo Bills.

 

Tunch Ilkins' 3 keys to the game:

Key # 1: Rattle The Rookie
Key # 2: Stop The Screen Pass
Key # 3: Protect Ben

 

It's time to play their best football from game one. This is a team coming into a season very healthy and we have the best team we have had since 2008. I really believe it is now or never. We may not have another season with the offense in tact. It is time to start the journey to number seven.

Stairway to seven

Knock, knock, knocking on sevens door.

 

Super excited for the start of the season but I'm afraid that some of us may be vomiting after the result followed by beloved Lynan's posting shenanigans

 

Fear not. I've never been big on gloating.

(But even if I was, I've forgotten how by now.)

 

Let's Roll ....

 

Let's go Steelers! Earn us a victory today.

 

Whoa

Awesome defense

Awesome special teams

Great sign and start to season boys

 

7-0 good guys

Hopefully defense keeps scoring so no chance starters on offense get hurt lol

 

Kizer sacked 3rd down - another punt coming

 

Not a bad play by Haley but that unnecessary holding while blocking penalty on first down killed the drive and then bubble screen on second down penalty

2nd and 25 and another screen

If they are thinking let the defense win the game then just run the ball

Short pass on third down and punt coming




Nice punt to Browns 32 with zero chance of return

 

Could have had a better series by the O.

And now the D starts to fade.

 

Great drive by Kizer (told you Lyman)

7-7 game

 

Maybe Haley decides to not try and out trick his opponent this drive .... all screens last time basically

 

Still no running plays yet



MmmmmmmmK

 

and our steelers still blow in the Big Ben era at screen plays


Haley in love with calling me though


Not one running play until that 2nd and long draw

 

Greets all... damn team is looking rusty.

 

Bell earning that 12mill. Really lethargic looking.

 

How is Tuitt?

 

Kizer getting browns fans excited. Need to hit this guy destroy his confidence and turn him into another couch, manziel, helcomb, etc, etc