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Six chances to win against Pittsburgh in the final drive alone. Plays that could have stopped the drive, resulting in a Packers victory. (The following content is taken from the GBPG.
The format is mine.)
With Woodson called for 3 penalties, dropping an interception and misplaying or being outplayed on several key receptions, was this his worst game as a Packer? Being a late game with lots of national exposure, did this game kill his shot for Defensive Player of the Year?
The missed sack by Jenkins was really something. Jenkins was a bit off balance, and had to reach for Roethlisberger, but looked to get a good hook with his hands high on Roethlisberger, being able to get some of his weight onto him. It barely phased Big Ben, who shook it off as if a little cornerback grabbed on.
The format is mine.)
1 & 2. "CBs Tramon Williams and Charles Woodson both had passes bounce off their hands — the sort of throws the Packers have seemed to turn into takeaways all season."
3. "Nickel CB Jarrett Bush held onto one, but ILB Brandon Chillar’s illegal (and inadvertent) contact with WR Hines Ward wiped it away."
4. "They had the Steelers in fourth-and-7, but Woodson — freelancing in a “robber” defense — bit on QB Ben Roethlisberger’s pump fake and shaded away from WR Santonio Holmes, who crossed ILB Nick Barnett’s man-under coverage for a 32-yard gain."
5. "DL Cullen Jenkins whipped LT Max Starks with an inside move but couldn’t wrap up Roethlisberger — a would-be sack that almost surely would have caused the final 9 seconds to expire."
6. "And on the next play, which also was the game’s last, dime CB Josh Bell more or less got caught sleeping, drifted too far upfield and opened the back-shoulder throw WR Mike Wallace caught for a 19-yard TD."
3. "Nickel CB Jarrett Bush held onto one, but ILB Brandon Chillar’s illegal (and inadvertent) contact with WR Hines Ward wiped it away."
4. "They had the Steelers in fourth-and-7, but Woodson — freelancing in a “robber” defense — bit on QB Ben Roethlisberger’s pump fake and shaded away from WR Santonio Holmes, who crossed ILB Nick Barnett’s man-under coverage for a 32-yard gain."
5. "DL Cullen Jenkins whipped LT Max Starks with an inside move but couldn’t wrap up Roethlisberger — a would-be sack that almost surely would have caused the final 9 seconds to expire."
6. "And on the next play, which also was the game’s last, dime CB Josh Bell more or less got caught sleeping, drifted too far upfield and opened the back-shoulder throw WR Mike Wallace caught for a 19-yard TD."
With Woodson called for 3 penalties, dropping an interception and misplaying or being outplayed on several key receptions, was this his worst game as a Packer? Being a late game with lots of national exposure, did this game kill his shot for Defensive Player of the Year?
The missed sack by Jenkins was really something. Jenkins was a bit off balance, and had to reach for Roethlisberger, but looked to get a good hook with his hands high on Roethlisberger, being able to get some of his weight onto him. It barely phased Big Ben, who shook it off as if a little cornerback grabbed on.
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