Steel Men Are Coming

[Mother****erJones]

If Ladarius Green doesn't play, I would shadow Bell with Berry. Let Parker and Sorensen roam the secondary. Sorensen can do it and has shown range and athleticism. Stopping or slowing Bell is the most important thing in this game. Then we must generate pressure on Ben. He'll **** up. He usually gives up some gimme balls to the defense. I'm excited for the defense with the time off. Heel up Houston, Hali and Ford. They're all beat up.

Offensively, it's the playoffs. They're gona be more aggressive and attack the shitty Steelers secondary.


This is going to be a little like the first Denver game with the exception being that the Steelers actually have an offense. But I mean from an attitude and physicality standpoint. KC needs to be physical. Pittsburgh is trying to bully teams on defense right now. They showed that last week with Miami.

[RunKC]

I'm actually thinking that Sorenson covering Bell is the best option. I think there's a big disparity between Sorenson in coverage and Berry in coverage.

[Chiefnj2]

They have to roll over the top coverage to Brown.

[fairladyZ]

Originally Posted by Mother****erJones

If Ladarius Green doesn't play, I would shadow Bell with Berry. Let Parker and Sorensen roam the secondary. Sorensen can do it and has shown range and athleticism. Stopping or slowing Bell is the most important thing in this game. Then we must generate pressure on Ben. He'll **** up. He usually gives up some gimme balls to the defense. I'm excited for the defense with the time off. Heel up Houston, Hali and Ford. They're all beat up.

My thoughts exactly. Berry should be down close to the box and shadowing bell. The KEY i believe to bell is to not bite on the run and come running up to meet him in the hole. He's to patient and the line is likely to pick you off.. Rather you mirror him from side to side until he decided to finally go forward. Then berry should come up and meet him at the linebacker spot. If you just try to stuff the hole up bell will bounce it out or be patient and wait for another hole to open.

And while berry is down there sorenson should shadow and bracket brown. Sorenson has proven to be a pretty good ballhawk and he's got better speed than berry and parker I believe.

[Jerok]

Daily fantasy having a hard time deciding who in the chiefs to trust. Crazy to think they are all viable. I know we expect to run a lot but I'm not sure if I trust ware bc he will give up 5 ton10 carries to west and hill.

[philfree]

Can't tell if he's wearing a knee brace or not at todays practice. I want Houston to play and ball out but it's not a must for us to win. We've won plenty this year without him.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by philfree

Can't tell if he's wearing a knee brace or not at todays practice. I want Houston to play and ball out but it's not a must for us to win. We've won plenty this year without him.

Doesn't look like a brace there

[58-4ever]

7:20 Game time now!

[Great Expectations]

Lines down to -1, I though this would make it go the other way.

[Dayze]

Dee Ford....facing away from the play most likely.


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[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Dayze

Dee Ford....facing away from the play most likely.


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Watching their backs

[redfan]

PRIME TIME REVENGE

[BigRedChief]

Kirwin tweet

Best bad weather QB in the NFL-Ben Roethlisberger...Ben believes bad weather is an advantage

[mdchiefsfan]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Kirwin tweet

Best bad weather QB in the NFL-Ben Roethlisberger...Ben believes bad weather is an advantage

Good. I'd hate to hear how we lucked into a win.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Kirwin tweet

Best bad weather QB in the NFL-Ben Roethlisberger...Ben believes bad weather is an advantage

Strange considering Alex's bad weather numbers are better.

Ben doesn't have great numbers under 50 degrees.

If the weather reports are correct, it’s going to be one hell of a nasty day when the Chiefs host the Steelers on Sunday. Given the weather conditions I wanted to take a look at how both starting quarterbacks have fared in poor weather.

Using weather data from NFLWeather.com and statistics from Pro Football Reference I was able to get some insight into how each quarterback has played in poor weather conditions.

For anyone who is curious, I considered poor weather conditions to be any game where it was snowing or raining AND the temperature was below 50 degrees. NFLWeather.com had data from 2009 onward, so all of the data is from the 2009 season and later. Not a complete picture but it’s what we got.

Alex Smith
Amazingly, Alex Smith has only played in three games since 2009 where inclement weather was present. Each game was with the Chiefs.

Alex Smith in Bad Weather
Date Opponent Temp Cond Attempts Comp Cmp% Yards TDs INTs Rating
12/8/13 @ Redskins 28 Snow, Freezing Rain 14 20 0.70 137 2 0 122.3
11/9/2014 @ Bills 41 Light Rain 17 29 0.59 177 0 0 76.4
11/29/2015 Bills 34 Light Rain 19 30 0.63 255 2 0 112.5


Alex Smith has averaged 190 yards, a 64 percent completion percentage, 1.3 TDs, 0 INTs, and a quarterback rating of 103.7. (Note, these are game averages, and not total averages.)

It’s a small sample size, but Smith has been very efficient in bad weather games.

Big Ben
Roethlisberger has played in 10 bad weather games since 2009. Seven of the games were at home, and three of them were on the road.

One of the notable games is a 2012 game in Pittsburgh against the Chiefs where Big Ben threw for 84 yards on 18 attempts and was knocked out of the game by Justin Houston early in the third quarter.

For the sake of keeping this article from having a 500-ish line table, you can see the data for Big Ben’s games here.

Roethlisberger has averaged 215 yards, a 60 percent completion percentage, 1.4 TDs, 0.6 INTs, and a quarterback rating of 86.4.

Since the Steelers will be playing on the road, in three road games Roethlisberger has averaged 201 yards, a 59 percent completion percentage, 1.3 TDs, 1.3 INTs, and a 74.5 quarterback rating in inclement weather games.

It’s a small sample size, but Big Ben really has not played as well on the road in adverse conditions.

Hand Size
One common thought in the NFL is that a QBs hand size effects how they will play in cold weather. Alex Smith’s hands are 9 3/8 inches - which is about average for an NFL QB. Smith doesn’t have small hands so he should be able to handle the ball well in bad weather.

I scoured the internet to find Big Ben’s hand size, but could not find information anywhere. Eventually I came across an article that stated Roethlisberger’s hand size was denied to the public during the combine. What are you hiding Ben?

Final Thoughts
There isn’t a massive amount of data, but the small sample gives the advantage to Alex Smith.

One possible theory as to why Alex Smith has played better in poor weather than Big Ben may be due to each quarterback’s style of play. Alex Smith primarily uses quick, precise, and short passes which should cut down bad weather’s effect on the ball. Roethlisberger on the other hand airs the ball out and there is more time for the ball to be affected by poor weather the longer it is in the air.

Maybe there is something behind Big Ben’s hand size not available ...

http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2017/1...in-bad-weather