Ed Bouchette Fired Up After Steelers' Loss

Pittsburgh (93-7 The FAN) - Post-Gazette Steelers Insider Ed Bouchette joined the Fan Morning Show after the Steelers' 22-17 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday.

Bouchette was fired up to discuss the safety play in the fourth quarter.  He thought the play was "suicide" and the team was trying to commit an "intentional safety." He doesn't understand why the team would not just use their running game to game some extra yards.

Bouchette said, Steelers safety Troy Polamalu, who missed the game with and injured right Achilles, would have had two pick-sixes and three sacks with the way Jets QB Mark Sanchez was throwing the ball.

Bouchette saw an improvement in the offensive line over last week and noticed that Rashard Mendenhall was not "tippy-toeing" when he reached the line during a called run. However, the Steelers seemed to have abandoned the run game against the Jets after trying to find it all year.

Bouchette said, the Steelers were averaging 5.9 yards per run and 6 yard per pass but passed the ball 44 times and ran the ball 25 times.

Bouchette tries to comprehend the play calling at the end of the game, where Ben Roethlisberger was throwing to his back-up tight end. Ben should have been looking for Hines Ward on those plays, who is third among active receivers with 47 career TD's in the red zone, Bouchette said.