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Steelers aim to change Big Ben's game
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08:09 AM ET 01.18 | If the Steelers are blend of youth and experience, Ben Roethlisberger grows more removed from the former each year. [Roethlisberger] was sacked 42 times during the regular season. His sack totals are always high, in part because of Roethlisberger's tendency to hold onto the ball and try to extend plays. When asked if Roethlisberger has to change his style of play, [Art Rooney II] said, "He may need to tweak it a little bit but Ben is Ben and you wouldn't want to convince him that he's got to completely change his game because a lot of what we does is the reasons he's successful. The other side of the coin is he is turning 30 and we do need him to stay healthy."
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Tweak and change have two entirely different meanings, They really need to get Ben an offensive line.
Mangler.
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That solves a whole lot of ills, doesn't it?
Otis B. Driftwood
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It sure would, Morning Otis.
Mangler.
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Spinny thing is acting up early again... :-(
Mangler.
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Change his "game"?
So how's he supposed to get laid now?
Robataille
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Maybe then their running game would improve.
Darth Bane
Wilmington, DE
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Maybe he should buy his linemen some Isotoner gloves like Marino did many years ago.
TxHeat
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Here's the Article:
Rooney: Steelers face 'tough' salary cap decisions
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Steelers must make some "tough decisions" in the coming weeks as they tackle what club president Art Rooney said is "probably as big an issue as we've had to face" regarding the salary cap.
The Steelers are about $25 million over a salary cap expected to be around $124 million per team next season and must erase that excess by March 13. That obviously could involve some of their older and more recognized players but Rooney would not speculate on whether certain players, such as Hines Ward and James Farrior, would return in 2012.
"We're just at the beginning of the process,'' Rooney said.
He did say he has talked already to Ward about his future and plans to speak again with him and to others in the organization about his status for next season.
However, Rooney emphasized that it's "not a situation where we're looking to tear things apart and start over.''
"Obviously, we have some decisions to make with certain players and their contracts,'' Rooney said.
Rooney, in a candid 30-minute interview this afternoon, touched on a number of subjects, some of which have not been broached previously.
Among them:
-- Ben Roethlisberger needs to take fewer sacks as he turns 30.
-- He expects his father, Dan Rooney, to step down as ambassador to Ireland and return to the Steelers organization in some capacity in 2012, although he does not have a specific date.
-- No question, Rooney said, that wide receiver Mike Wallace "will be one of the priorities" this year. Wallace becomes a restricted free agent March 13.
-- The Steelers will add 3,000 seats to Heinz Field after the 2012 season. They will be in the open end zone, where the temporary seats were installed for the Penguins' Winter Classic.
-- Rooney said that a few coaches also are considering retirement, but would not say which ones.
-- He called the Steelers' 29-23 loss on the first play of overtime in the wildcard playoff game at Denver "the worst ending to a playoff game" he has experienced. He said, however, that injuries were not to blame.
-- "We didn't reach our ultimate goal,'' Rooney said. "But on the other side, there are positive things we can take out of it.'' Among those: A good mix of younger players and older players, including younger players they signed to long-term deals last year that they hope to become a new core for the future.
-- As for some of the negatives: "We need to take fewer sacks,'' need to be more consistent on offense, need to do better than No. 21 in scoring, need to come up with more sacks and turnovers on defense.
"Those are areas we want to try to be better at next year,'' Rooney said.
-- He thought Mike Tomlin and his coaches "did a good job,'' especially because of the lockout that put "more pressure" on the coaching staff.
Mangler.
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Get some guys to block for him up front, He's a Winner!!!
Not4Nutten
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They'll be right back in the playoff mix next year.
THE BISHOP!
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Seriously you think the reason why he has such a high sack nimber is because he holds on to the ball?????? Get him a new offensve line and then he will be even better. The last thing you want ben to do is change his game....
Huskersoldier
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Beat me to it Dag.
he won't have to change anything if they could get a offensive line. The line that played against Denver couldn't block ME.
Obelvedere
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' "the worst ending to a playoff game" he has experienced.'
...now he knows how Oakland feels about the immaculate reception
Zeeker
Santa Fe , NM
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Morning Mangler...
Offensive Line fixes the offense. It doesn't get more elementary than that.
Otis B. Driftwood
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I never looked at it that way, excellent point!
Mangler.
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don't have to be an all new line there are some pretty good pieces in place already. Just need to get through a season with the same 5 guys being healthy all year. And yeah part of the reason that he get's sacked a lot is that he holds on to the ball, Ben admits that himself but it's also when he becomes the most dangerous so how much do you want to mess with that?
Mr Steeler
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I think the rest of the teams in the division think the line is just fine the way it is
HILLBILLY
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I'm sure they like it the way it is.
Mangler.
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Ben ain't changin....and he shouldn't...that's what makes him who he is and tough to beat
DENVERROB
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