Re: FF Tip
Parker had a damn good day today for the Steelers, but they really surprised me. All preseason when Parker was in, they wouldn't run him up the middle. This is what lead me to believe Parker wouldn't do crap for the Steelers in week 1.
Today though, very rarely did they call an outside run. It was typical Steelers pound the ball up the middle offense. The difference here was instead of running over people, Parker was getting people to miss that first tackle and then bounce it to the outside after he was through the hole. Why they didn't work on this during the preseason I do not know, but it sure worked against Tennessee.
Parker was also helped by Ben being on-point early in the game. Tennessee couldn't comitt 8 men in the box or else Ben was going to continue to throw all over them.
Parker will be starting next week against Houston. Another weak defense next week so he "should" be able to have another good week if they continue along the same gameplan with him.
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