The problem on that drive was that normally in that situation, we would just have Ben run it in for the touchdown, but you can't do that there because, coming off another concussion, you can't take the risk of Ben going in and getting his head knocked off. So, without our main goal line play, we were stuck with trying to get Willie and Najeh to run it in, and neither of them could. I'm not saying Willie sucks, and I'm not saying he's great. I'm not saying Najeh sucks, and I'm not saying he's great either. The fact is, neither of them is Jerome Bettis, and while I think they can both be successful RBs for the Steelers, neither of them has really been able to show anything in short yardage situations. And yeah, it certainly didn't help that our O-line was getting outmuscled by the freakin Raiders.
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