Pouncey

Pouncey How much difference does it have if Pouncey is able to start or not? Will it have any difference on any interesting prop bets?

Jets 19. Pit 0. He seemed to have had a small impact in the AFC title game....

[QUOTE=Superskrub;38870]How much difference does it have if Pouncey is able to start or not? Will it have any difference on any interesting prop bets?[/QUOTE] If Pouncey starts and is at full strength, then it makes a difference. If he plays and is significantly hurt, then I don't think it makes much of a difference. So, I'm not too worried about his status until I hear that not only is he playing, but he's completely healed, and I don't expect to hear that.

[QUOTE=Fezzik;38872]Jets 19-0 He seemed to have had a small impact in the AFC title game....[/QUOTE] What are you talking about? Pouncey went out on Pit's first drive! Pit scored all 24 points without Pouncey!!!! Man...

I thought the line looked surprisingly solid without him.

[QUOTE=IceTea;38874]What are you talking about? Pouncey went out on Pit's first drive! Pit scored all 24 points without Pouncey!!!! Man...[/QUOTE] They scored one or two plays after he got hurt and were already inside the five yard line. The dirty work had already been done. They also scored seven points on a fumble so really Pitt scored 10 without him. They chose to run the ball a lot in that game so looking at points only isn't probably completely correct.

[QUOTE=Sixth Sense;38892]They scored one or two plays after he got hurt and were already inside the five yard line. The dirty work had already been done. They also scored seven points on a fumble so really Pitt scored 10 without him. They chose to run the ball a lot in that game so looking at points only isn't probably completely correct.[/QUOTE] Right, maybe we should look at Mendenhall's yards per rush, which were higher without Pouncey.

[QUOTE=IceTea;38893]Right, maybe we should look at Mendenhall's yards per rush, which were higher without Pouncey.[/QUOTE] I think they did okay. I was looking earlier in the week at their stats on the first drive and after and I think they were still decent. Might be wrong on that. Question here is Pitt likes to pull their guards and if Legursky or an injured Pouncey are getting pushed back into the backfield by Raji, that could disrupt what Pitt is trying to do with their guards. Also, the Jets defensive line isn't nearly as good as GB's so even if they were effective against the Jets, they may not be against GB.

[QUOTE=Sixth Sense;38894]I think they did okay. I was looking earlier in the week at their stats on the first drive and after and I think they were still decent. Might be wrong on that. Question here is Pitt likes to pull their guards and if Legursky or an injured Pouncey are getting pushed back into the backfield by Raji, that could disrupt what Pitt is trying to do with their guards. Also, the Jets defensive line isn't nearly as good as GB's so even if they were effective against the Jets, they may not be against GB.[/QUOTE] I think either Pouncey or Legursky will struggle at times with Raji. That's typical. So do most centers in the league. I think with the amount of time spent analyzing this game, too much is made of Pouncey. People completely forget that Pit scored all 24 points without him, and they had a better rush avg without him. I have (f/ my guy I use) a ton of info about things that have been overhyped and overblown in analyzing this game. Hell, it seems even Fez thought when Pouncey was hurt, Pit scored no more points. I mean, do these people watch the game? Or just listen to dumbass journalists who don't know squat?

[QUOTE=IceTea;38897] [U][B]I have (f/ my guy I use) a ton of info about things that have been overhyped and overblown in analyzing this game. [/B][/U][/QUOTE] incredible info.