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The #1 defense in the league is the reason the Steelers are failing...

WWWWOOOOOWWWW!!!

Okay, captain "I read the stats pages." You're probably the same person who read Matt Cassel's stats page and said he had a pro bowl year in 2009 because he had healthy yards and few INTs.

Go tell any smart Steelers fan they have a #1 defense. See how much they laugh in your face.
-The Steelers have been ranked in the top TWO in points defense 5 times out of 6. This year, they're ranked TEN. They dropped ten spots.
-Their defense typically creates 25 takeaways a year. For the first time ever, they are on pace to not hit even close to 20. In fact, they are in the bottom 5 in takeaways

Damn yo!

They are 10th in points?

Thats a killer right there. Clearly why they aren't going to the playoffs.

Nothing to do with that terrible 22nd ranked offense they have... nothing!

But the offense is more "efficient," keep Haley! He's doing a bang up job!

You want to have a smart conversation about why the Steelers are struggling instead of the herpderp "Haley is new. Steelers not win. Haley make Steeler not win" argument?

Defense isn't dominant anymore -- they're losing more games than usual and not taking the ball away. Injuries on offense -- Mendenhall has missed most of the season, they lost Willie Colon, David DeCastro, and Mike Adams all year long. Those were guys expected to be starters, and so you now have two scrubs starting in the interior line and a late round rookie starting at right tackle. Fumbles -- you can't explain it, but they have twice as many fumbles than in most years. 6 of those 20 fumbles came from backup RBs. Maybe that's on Haley. I don't know.

And sorry... but while I think Big Ben is a terrific player, his M.O. has ALWAYS been that he does just enough to win a game, and he is elite in his ability to do that. In the last 2 losses, in the Steelers' last drive, Big Ben had the ball and threw an open pass poorly and right into the hands of the receiver. I don't think Ben is 100% right now in his throwing arm. But those INTs are not bad playcalling. That's on the QB and those are throws Ben almost always completes.

All these excuses for Haley's failing.

When he was in KC: "Haley just needs a QB to be successful."

Insert the Steelers and Roethlisberger (he still sucks): [Insert excuse after excuse.]

But, but, but... Haley >>>> Crennel.

Good job Haley! Here's your Special Olympics gold medal!

They were ranked 21st in offense last year. And they are ranked 21st in offense because they lost their thousand yard rushing RB and three out of 5 of their offensive linemen which, more than anything, led to a horrible run offense that was ranked 24th in the league.

Big Ben, by the way, was on pace to have career numbers in yards, TDs, and least amount of INTs and sacks before he got injured. But of course, this offense is poison to Big Ben.

If you watched games and didn't rely on stats pages, you'll see that the o-line is blocking with better technique but lousy backup talent are getting crushed. A lot of problems get solved by the time getting healthier or getting better depth.

Balls deep on Haley.

Sad.

Haley was fired because of a poor 2010. In that season, he was given cassel and jamaal Charles was out. So yes, it's ridiculous to expect a team that is solely reliant on Matt cassel to win games.

In Pittsburgh... The steelers have always been a close game team. Their defense is slipping and they're missing three starters on the offensive line blocking for running backs in what is now a bottom 10 running game.

These are not excuses. These are reasons. And the fact that you would throw Romeo in here, even though Haley was clearly better shows how much of a hater you are.

I have never said Haley was a great coach. I'm defending against idiots like you that believe Haley did everything wrong and that deny that he hasn't had a lot of bad breaks outside of his control that limited his success.

The picks have a direct affect on the number of points scored.

Get over Todd Haley already. JFC

I'll get over him the day he's no longer being talked about on this board with people saying "They'd love to have his less than mediocre ass back in KC."

Why does it bother you? If he sucks that bad, why do you care?

Petty much?

Why do you continue to show up in Haley threads if you are done with him?

Read the OP and immediately thought..."and not a **** was given...."

I am not done with him. Somebody has to make sure the truth is represented in this world of all black, all white.