The passing attack against the Steelers is pretty unique to the style of D that the Steelers run.
I'm not sure what this "formula" is that the Texans devised to beat the Phins. They played well, we did not. Thats the beginning and end of it. Its not as if they stifled Ricky. He had over 100 total yards and a TD against them, one long TD reception and one long TD run called back on a penalty the NFL itself admitted was bullsh!t. And I know they scored 21 points on our defense but that was because we ran all those zone defenses against them thinking David Carr was gonna get pressured all evening and toss it right into our defenders' hands. Thats the wrong D to play when you're facing a guy who is getting rid of the ball in less than 2 seconds and taking advantage of big physical WRs like Andre Johnson. The long TD pass was a short Bradford hitch, against a zone defense, and we missed two tackles uncharacteristically.
It happened again once or twice against the Jets (but far less often than the Texans). It didn't happen against the Bills and Giants. Obviously, the new zone coverages had a bit of a learning curve involved for these players to get comfortable.
Keep playing our game. Getting OUT of our game plan and trying to be some passing team cost us the Texans game. Don't let that happen again. Don't pretend we're something we are CLEARLY not.
