Away Game Concerns

[NAS]

We have been a different team on the road this year. 1-2  record and it took an amazing fourth quarter in Philly to avoid 0-3.  To me these are the biggest ? tonight.  

Will the team avoid slow starts and mistakes that have plagued us on the road this year?

Can this team, especially offense, carry the momentum of the last 9 quarters and prove that they can win on the road?

if they can’t, then we’re not just in danger of losing this game, but our playoff future/seedjng could be in jeopardy as 5 of the remaining 8 games are on the road. 

[4Corners]

I saw something like the home team in TNF wins almost 68% of the time. And we haven’t looked great on the road despite the fact I think we beat the Skins if Moore doesn’t fumble at least one of the balls. Hard to pick the panthers in this game. Hopefully we will get out injury free regardless of the outcome. 

[DeAngelo Beason]

All signs point to us losing this game.  That being said, we are playing better football than at any other point in the season, and the sample size of us playing as a complete team is very small.  This game tonight will say A LOT about the potential of this team.

[Castavar]

What you said is why the Steelers opened as 7 point favorites. Honestly, I'm not expecting much from this game. A short week on the road against a really good team is not an easy task at all. Couple that with the way we've been playing on the road and I'm keeping expectations real low for this one.

[rayzor]

I've got none, except maybe the crappy field but ours has issues of its own so that's pretty much a wash.

We got this.... barely, but we got this.

[4Corners]

3 minutes ago, Castavar said:

What you said is why the Steelers opened as 7 point favorites. Honestly, I'm not expecting much from this game. A short week on the road against a really good team is not an easy task at all. Couple that with the way we've been playing on the road and I'm keeping expectations real low for this one.

Agree w/ this. Hope we win, but I just don’t see it happening. 

[TheMaulClaw]

Short flight. Cam hasnt taken any hits lately. Big comeback against Philly. Nice comeback at Washington just fell short. I think we're undefeated at home because we're playing better in general. We're finding our sea legs. Should be a good game...could go either way. Home field is an advantage for Pittsburgh but not one we cant overcome. We dont turn the ball over...we win.

[Adb6368]

We are a completely different team than the last time we played on the road. Our offense, specifically, is a completely different beast. We have a chance tonight. If for no other reason than the Steelers are due for a bad game.

[rodeo]

the last time i remember us playing the steelers they screened and check downed us to death because we gave huge cushions the whole game. with bradberry jamming evans at the line last week hopefully we've learned not to do that.

[RumHam]

The stats are against us going in to tonight. Both teams are trending in the right direction. Primetime, away, and Shittsburgh are basically three strikes. The difference will be who wants tonight more, and I think we do. But even then it might not be enough. We gotta remember that we're basically two plays away from being undefeated an Shittsburgh tied the fuging browns. It's a statement game, and so was that Sunday Night in 2014 which caused us to spiral out of control, but hell that was at home. That turf is shitty at Heinz Field, the shittiest in the world and all of shittsburgh. 

[brandon_87]

4 hours ago, Mr. Nuts said:

We gotta start fast on the road and quit fuggn playing around 

And not let up.

[Sasquatch]

8 hours ago, 4Corners said:

I saw something like the home team in TNF wins almost 68% of the time. And we haven’t looked great on the road despite the fact I think we beat the Skins if Moore doesn’t fumble at least one of the balls. Hard to pick the panthers in this game. Hopefully we will get out injury free regardless of the outcome. 

Home teams are 6/2 on Thursday nights this year. The 2 home losers are the Giants and the Cards 

[becker4prez]

9 hours ago, NAS said:

We have been a different team on the road this year. 1-2  record and it took an amazing fourth quarter in Philly to avoid 0-3.  To me these are the biggest ? tonight.  

Will the team avoid slow starts and mistakes that have plagued us on the road this year?

Can this team, especially offense, carry the momentum of the last 9 quarters and prove that they can win on the road?

if they can’t, then we’re not just in danger of losing this game, but our playoff future/seedjng could be in jeopardy as 5 of the remaining 8 games are on the road. 

Normally I'd say this would be worth monitoring, but the team we saw in Atlanta and Washington is different. Samuel wasn't available for ATL and only played 3 snaps against Washington. Moore has progressed over the past couple of games and we've seen Norv start using different looks.

On top of that the offense found something in that 4th quarter. They've been much more aggressive since and it seems everyone is just falling into a groove right now.