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Old 04-10-2011, 07:52 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Steelers Ben Roethlisberger says he and Bruce Arians wanted to pass more

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Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wanted to throw the ball more than he did in 2010. He says Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians wanted to throw the ball more in 2010, too.

So why didn’t they?

Roethlisberger doesn’t come right out and say why, but he implies in an interview with Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Arians was prevented from passing as much as he wanted to because of outside pressure, perhaps from head coach Mike Tomlin or perhaps just from a general sense that NFL offenses need to be balanced.

“If he were, I don’t want to say ‘allowed,’ but his preference would be to throw the ball more, use the weapons we have and throw it,” Roethlisberger said. “Mine’s the same way.”

Roethlisberger suggested that when he’s handing off, he’s doing so grudgingly.

“But we both think the same in the no-huddle, that we call a lot more runs because we know that’s what we’re supposed to do,” Roethlisberger said. “And I don’t know if that’s ‘supposed to’ from the fans, the media, the owner, who knows? But it’s just a feeling that you have that we better run the ball some. So we do think alike in a lot of those ways.”
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Old 04-10-2011, 11:05 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Everyone knows that the ROONEYS mandated that they run the ball more, so that's what they did. The team is a lot better when Ben is passing the ball more, no doubt about it. To elaborate, that's not a statistical thing, because we all know the Steelers tend to lose more games when Ben has more attempts, but that's merely because they generally only pass a lot when behind, so the loss is already on the way before the attempts get high. But when they start out with Ben opening up the offense passing, they can get leads and that's when the Steelers are the deadliest, by far. The D can tee off on the QB better that way, and it opens up the rushing attack for Mendenhall too.
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