Sep 16th 2008 11:50AM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Browns, Steelers, AFC North
Every week I take a look at the line play in one NFL game. Check back every week for a new Between The Lines.
The NFL loves to make its game seem extremely complex, and sometimes it is. We hear about 300-page playbooks, 22-word play calls and marathon film sessions.
But then you watch a game like the Browns-Steelers game on Sunday night, and you get reminded that at times football is simply a matter of lining up and seeing who can win the man-on-man battle.
Admittedly, the Steelers-Browns game wasn’t one that set offensive records, but if you focused on the line play, it was clear that the Steelers came into the game with the belief that their offensive line, as maligned as it has been, was better than the Browns’ front seven. Then they went out to try to prove it.Continue Reading
