Tuesday, September 14, 2004

It's the secondary, stupid

Uh, duh. Everyone sees the glaring weakness in this team. I could link another half-dozen stories but why bother?

With Kyle Boller's rag arm, Baltimore's a depleted O-line (Jonathan Ogden was out), and Travis Taylor's injuries, last Sunday the Ravens didn't and couldn't throw the ball downfield. Unless the Ravens manage to correct those three problems this week, I doubt the Ravens can make the secondary look bad.

None of the major publications predicted a posteseason spot for the Steelers. As Scoop said before, Cowher's teams have always exceeded low expectations and failed to meet high expectations. No doubt that could be said about a lot of teams, but outside of the now-too-usual secondary woes, the team looks pretty good to me, and I don't see anything in the AFC North striking fear in the heart of Steeler fans.

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