Pittsburgh Steelers Appear To Be Calling Mr. Peabody

November 1, 2010   ·   Joseph Sirimarco   ·   Jump to comments

Does anybody happen to have the telephone number for Mr. Peabody?  

If so, please give him a call.  It looks like Bruce Arians has stolen the extra set of keys to the Wayback Machine and is taking his coffee breaks and timeouts back in the 2009 season.  

And it looks like he takes Dick Lebeau with him sometimes.  

To wit:  

Second half against Baltimore, third down, 4 yards to go.  Does Bruce call for a slant pass to Hines Ward or Heath Miller, or some other high-percentage pass?  No.  With a running back averaging 4.6 yards per carry, does he put that running back in the backfield and call for play-action or an off-tackle slash that had been mostly successful to that point in the season?  No.

What does he do?  He calls for a 30+ yard pass into the end zone.  A low-percentage play, which, of course, fails.  
Does Bruce think that it is a better idea to get the first down to continue the...

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