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Aggressive Offensive Football The Key To Beating San Francisco

By now we’ve all re-hashed the play and the drive a hundred times, reviewing the situation that puzzlingly caused Todd Haley to call a double pass for Antonio Brown with the Pittsburgh Steelers threatening on their first drive of the game last week. Pittsburgh had bullied their way to a 1st-and-10 at the Patriots 24 yard-line, thanks to an excellent effort from DeAngelo Williams and a few strong throws by Ben Roethlisberger. The Patriots had no answer, until Roethlisberger lateraled backwards to Brown, who opted to take a sack rather than unleash a pass downfield to his well-covered targets.