Pittsburgh Steelers Run Game Will Take a Backseat to Ben Roethlisberger in 2012

July 21, 2012   ·   Joseph Bruno   ·   Jump to comments

The Pittsburgh Steelers had the 14th ranked rushing game last season and it didn’t even seem like it was that high during the year.
The Steelers did not have a 100-yard rusher in 13 of their games last season, and in six of those games they didn’t even accumulate 100 yards as a team. Now that the offensive line has been improved this offseason, it’s not expected that the running game will continue to be so poor.
That being said, the Steelers will definitely be known as a passing team with the focus obviously being on QB Ben Roethlisberger. Ben is an elite quarterback in this league and should be considered the No. 1 QB in the NFL with the way he plays.
He can literally throw defenders off of him, which he has had to do regularly with the Steelers offensive line, and he can sit in the pocket and pick apart a defense.
With the departures of Jerome Bettis and Willie Parker, and the ineptitude that was Bruce Arians, the Steelers run game hasn’t l...

Read Complete Article at Bleacher Report - NFL
Article is property of BleacherReport.com