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Originally Posted by Pawnmower
you said yourself the D was to blame for the lack of time of possesion. Yet the offense didnt make a 1st down in the 1st half...
the whole point of bend not break is to wear down the the other team down by the 4th quarter.....
why do you think we score so many points in the 4th quarter?
Its not rocket science....
the only thing here that failed was the offense....Bend not break worked fine.....we wore them down by the end of the game our defense was beating them.
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The bend-but-don't-break is designed to not give up big plays so that the offense needs to string together 10-12 well-executed plays to score. It's a high floor, low ceiling philosophy.
Let's just take a look at the first few drives of the game:
Drive #1: Pittsburgh, 9 plays, 6:19
Drive #1: KC: 6 plays, 2:11 (combined, because of the weirdness on the free kick)
Drive #2: Pittsburgh: 12 plays, 6:25
The first two drives of the game, when KC's defense was freshest, it allowed Pittsburgh to have the ball for 12:44. Good luck finding an offensive rhythm when you're on the sideline for the entire first quarter because A) your defense can't get the other team off the field and B) your center snaps the ball through the end zone, killing your first possession.
Now, if you want to say that the offense played poorly in the first half, no one will disagree with you, but the defense wasn't struggling in the first half because of the offense. They gave up two straight long drives despite the Chiefs getting two straight possessions in between due to special teams turnovers.
And if the Chiefs were wearing out the Steelers so much by...being on the field on defense, why did Bell have 15 carries for 78 yards in the second half?