Steelers shaking up backfield

Next man up... and Redman looked good last weekend.

RB's are doing great, need to get Brown healthy

Isaac Redman suggests the idea of two tailbacks on the field at once. How, exactly, do you get "Steelers Shaking Up Backfield" from that?

I guess that's the state of modern journalism.

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Originally posted 08:17 AM ET  11.08 by Mangler.

RB's are doing great, need to get Brown healthy

And Polamalu.

If the Steelers continue to play like they have been, they are going to shake up the AFC.

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Originally posted 08:50 AM ET  11.08 by SouthernBlueFan

If the Steelers continue to play like they have been, they are going to shake up the AFC.

The fourth quarter last Sunday was the way football should be played.

Keep that up and Baltimore will have to settle for a wild card this year.

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Originally posted 09:10 AM ET  11.08 by Debbie Does

The fourth quarter last Sunday was the way football should be played.

Yeah, it sure was. I just wish they hadn't decided to start playing it against my Giants.

2 tailbacks in the backfield at the same time and that's a "radical" idea?

am i missing something or isn't that the old pro set backfield?

or to be pro set do you need to have one of the backs be a FB?

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Originally posted 09:32 AM ET  11.08 by SouthernBlueFan

Yeah, it sure was. I just wish they hadn't decided to start playing it against my Giants.

If the Steelers can get all three backs healthy, they should have fresh legs in the 4th quarter when everyone else is getting worn down. And we'll see more games like the one against the Giants.

Didn't Franco Harris & Rockey Bleier both rush for a 1,000 one year?

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Originally posted 09:57 AM ET  11.08 by Daffy Duck

Didn't Franco Harris & Rockey Bleier both rush for a 1,000 one year?

You mean, back in the 1970's, before the changes that increased passing in games? Yes. Yes they did.

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Originally posted 09:57 AM ET  11.08 by Daffy Duck

Didn't Franco Harris & Rockey Bleier both rush for a 1,000 one year?

Frenchy Fuqua was the man. He had special platform shoes made that had goldfish in the heels. Miss him.

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Originally posted 10:27 AM ET  11.08 by 50yearfan

Frenchy Fuqua was the man. He had special platform shoes made that had goldfish in the heels. Miss him.

The Immaculate Reception intended receiver...

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Originally posted 09:53 AM ET  11.08 by Double J.

2 tailbacks in the backfield at the same time and that's a "radical" idea?am i missing something or isn't that the old pro set backfield?or to be pro set do you need to have one of the backs be a FB?

Well, that was also probably before Redman was born, so to him it would seem like a radical idea. Reporters are like goldfish; if they get back to the front of the tank, they think it is brand new because they don't recall having been there before.

The Steelers probably can't afford to have two tailbacks in the game at the same time, both exposed to injury

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Originally posted 09:53 AM ET  11.08 by Double J.

2 tailbacks in the backfield at the same time and that's a "radical" idea?am i missing something or isn't that the old pro set backfield?or to be pro set do you need to have one of the backs be a FB?

I know, I was just about to post the same thing...the old Packers, Bears....not a new concept. How long have Veer, Wishbone, Split formations been around?

The old Pro Set was a HB and FB. Years ago, FBs were just HBs playing that position (as in the Packers and Bears I was talking about)

Then again, neither is anything else...running QBs (Tarkenton)...they were running the "Wildcat" in Knute Rockne's time as a Single Wing.

I think the only innovation in the last number of years has been on the other side of the ball, to be honest.

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Originally posted 09:57 AM ET  11.08 by Daffy Duck

Didn't Franco Harris & Rockey Bleier both rush for a 1,000 one year?

There's a good example...though technically Bleier played the FB position. But a lot of FB's were like that....Taylor, Csonka...even Brown played some FB

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Originally posted 09:57 AM ET  11.08 by Daffy Duck

Didn't Franco Harris & Rockey Bleier both rush for a 1,000 one year?

Earnest Byner and Kevin Mack did so as well with the Browns back in the 80's.

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 08:17 AM ET  11.08 by Mangler.

RB's are doing great, need to get Brown healthy

The key, I believe, is that they continue to have continuity on the Oline. If those guys stay healthy they will get better and better and we'll have "Steelers" football back full-time.

Actually, Franco Harris was the fullback. 'Course, that was in the old days,when fullbacks were allowed to actually run with the ball instead of just blocking.