And continue to think that Slaton looked ok, despite his weak yards/carry average. His yards/carry average was lowered by the fact that he got tackled in the backfield a few times, which I put on the line. I think he’ll be fine. He certainly had more pop than any rb we’ve had in the last few years.

Nonetheless, with the exception of Mario, this team (from the coaching staff down) needs to question its dedication to the game, its schemes and its very manhood.

All will be forgiven if they turn this into a positive and reel off a few victories, but for now, it’s hard to argue that this isn’t the worst possible way to start the season.

And let’s focus on getting some talent in the secondary.

I think Steve Slaton looked good. Ahman did too, albeit in very limited action. The OL wasn’t much better at run blocking than protecting the Schaub, and we all clearly saw that Schaub had no time to stand in the pocket (hell, there never was a pocket) and make reads. I am really hoping that this was a case of Pittsburgh being a really good team, rather than us being plain lousy. Duane Brown had a rocky 1st game, and will get better. Winston is OK. Not so sure about Pitts, Brisiel and Myers.

On defense, other than Mario and DeMeco there wasn’t much to cheer for. We got our fannies whipped on almost every play. In my worst nightmares, I did not see us playing so poorly.

Lastly, the Ravens also have a stellar defense. Ask Cincinnati. They were dominated by the Ravens. The score was much closer than was the game. Our OL had better be ready to block much better on Sunday, or I would not count on driving home from Reliant with a good feeling.

before we look too much into this game lets breathe peeps. look i for one thought we were going to come out and maybe pull off an upset. i thought we were going to be able to throw the ball around and make a few stops on defense. but come on fire richard smith WTF? look we got beat yesterday by a top 3 or 4 team in the steelers. they were at home and won their nfl best 6th opening game. the chips were stacked up against us. the only thing that frustrated me was how rattled matt schaub looked in the pocket. we got outplayed by the defensive line and it made schaub looked like he has only played in 8 games, OH WAIT HE HAS ONLY PLAYED IN 8 NFL REGULAR SEASON GAMES. we just need to chill out and admit we are still a growing football team who lost to a top tier defense and crafty offense. the thing that i cant live with is the way they ran the football down our throats and how we couldnt stop them.

that was a real eye opener. both lines looked completely overmatched, with the exception of a few highlights from Mario. Schaub looked rattled, and on a couple of the worse sacks, it looked clear that he should have been able to throw the ball away.

i actually liked what i saw from Slaton. he made something out of nothing on a few occasions, and hit a few narrow gaps for the few yards we WERE able to get on the ground. too often though, there was just nothing there. we all assumed that Green wasn’t going to end up getting the bulk of the carries, so i’m happy with what i saw from the guy who will likely pick up the slack.

next week is not looking like much of a gimme. hopefully some adjustments can be made, and hopefully Schaub can get it together. the Carr comparisons are already hitting the radio talk shows. not that they’re justified just yet, but it certainly makes my commute more annoying.