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V Chip said

"The way the defense played in Pittsburgh on Sunday has to be a concern as we head down the stretch. The run defense was dominated."

Actually, I know you can't take out plays in the game -- but except for those two 70+ yard runs, we pretty much kept them in check. Of course, you can't take the runs away and that's the concern, but I don't think we were "dominated."

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That's pretty much what I was thinking. Yes, Parker had a career day. But mostly on two runs, and one of which was a total breakdown- (the second where McKenzie inexplicably overran the play by about 10 yards).

I'm still haunted by that stat from last week that ranked us 28th against the run outside of the tackles. That's where Parker got his yards. And in my recollection we were good against him in the middle. If this continues to be a trend and we don't fix it, it will be pretty easy for O.Coordinators to scheme against.