THE4RINGZ;490375 wrote:This is the typical trap game the Steelers lost.a couple.of times last year (KC & Oakland) they have to go into the game focused and ready to win.
It could be a long day for TB's offense.
I don't really worry about it being a trap game just because it is looking like the defense is taking the challenge to essentially single-handedly win games while Ben is out and playing as good as a unit as they have in ages. And I don't really look at those losses to KC and Oakland (or Cleveland, for that matter) as trap games...more like a team that was going through an "if it can go wrong, it will" phase. Key injuries on defense combined with a complete inability to protect leads, giving up huge returns regularly, Ben finding the worst possible time to throw picks. It was more of a nightmare stretch than anything else.
With that said, I look at the Cleveland game as their first "trap game". Ben will be back, so EVERYONE will be saying that the offense is going to start doing their job and combined with the defensive performance so far...the team's going to be a juggernaut. On top of that, with losses to KC and TB, the Browns are looking pretty putrid (at least on offense). It's the sort of game where I can see pretty much everyone picking the Steelers to win and win B-I-G. And all it takes is Ben being rusty, Cribbs going into the one-man-rape-squad role he's played against Pittsburgh in the past, etc. and who knows what will happen?
