Anatomy of a Play: One Blitz Paid Off Twice for the Chiefs

November 26th, 2009 | Tags: aaron rodgers, bill cowher, john mara, mike shanahan, NFL, randy moss, thomas jones, trai essex, wallace gillberry

by JJ Cooper Filed under: Steelers , NFL Analysis If you’re a Steelers fan, there was a lot of things in Sunday’s loss to the Steelers that would drive a man to drink, but in rewatching the game with an eye on the offensive line play there was one disappointing aspect that may have been missed when watching the game live. After not getting any sacks in the first 55 minutes of the game, Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger was sacked three times in the final three minutes of regulation. The first sack came on a third down, forcing the Steelers to punt while the third sack, also on third down, ended Pittsburgh’s chances of keeping the game from going to overtime. Now the frustrating part was that both of those third down sacks came on the exact same blitz call by the Chiefs , both of which took advantage of a flaw in the Steelers’ blocking scheme. Anatomy of a Play: One Blitz Paid Off Twice for the Chiefs originally appeared on NFL FanHouse on Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:47:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds . ? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Linking?Blogs ?|? Comments

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