Nice piece on Chuck Noll

Foster had one great season. Mainly because Cowher had nobody else. Look at Pittsburgh's receiving corps at the time. No wonder they used a lot two-TE formations early in Cowher's tenure. Green was mostly a bust.

Noll believed more in small, quick offensive linemen toward the end. Cowher went straight to huge drive blockers -- pretty much their trademark thenceforth.

They had the look of an ordinary 9-7 team. Woodson, Lloyd and Lake were the only pieces to be excited about. The rest is hindsight.

 

The point is Foster was one of the pieces he inherited, and Foster ran for 1,690 yards and had 344 receiving yards. A lot of teams have "nobody else" and don't get a guy who gets over 2,000 yards of offense.

Green was a bust who made two Pro Bowls.

Dawson, who is on the HOF ballot, was one of those Noll linemen whom Cowher inherited.

Nearly every team in the NFL looks like 9-7, including the two in this year's SB.

 

YOU are throwing on the dollops of hindsight.

 

Foster's one great season was legit. You don't run for 1,690 yards by accident. The problem came when he had some injuries and he didn't have the heart to work through them.

Edit: see what Smasher said.

 

"Dollops of hindsight." You are a precious dipshit.

Run along.

SS and OOP, who else was going to run the ball?

 

It's not like he wasn't doing something with all those carries. He averaged 4.3 yards per rush.

 

Running backs always seem better in the Pitsburgh system.

Do you think Hoge would have gained 500 yards in his career on another team?

Bettis was washed up when he came to Pittsburgh. Parker was not even drafted.

 

He carried the ball 390 times and touched it 426 out of their 989 offensive plays.

If they had other weapons, they might have used them more often.

 

yeah, that's contributing. thanks.

 

Never said he had much around him, which makes his productivity even more impressive.

 

oop got the steel-toed boot up the asses of two of the biggest board dolts. Quite enjoyable.

 

Doesn't matter, he carried the ball and did his job. Emmitt Smith had 373 carries that season for 1,713 yards -- if he can carry the load and that's what you got, then you go with it.