For the PittsburghSteelers to beat quarterback Tom Brady and the New England Patriots Sunday at Heinz Field, it’s obvious that several things must go right.
As we have seen in the past, the best way to beat a Brady-led Patriots team is to keep the quarterback off the field as much as possible. To accomplish that with Landry Jones starting for the Steelers at quarterback on Sunday, the Steelers offense must be able to run the football and win the time of possession battle.
I have been examining Brady’s 51 career regular season losses all week and today we’ll look at not only how long opposing teams have possessed the football in those games, but also how successful those teams were at running the football.