Grading the Steelers: Jack McCurry is in his 24th season as the head coach of the North Hills High School Indians. He has won four WPIAL titles.		Grading the Jaguars: Neil Gordon is in his 15th season as the head coach of the Penn Hills High School Indians. He has won one WPIAL title
Offense: D The new-age Steelers offense looked like the old dink-and-dump version. Four turnovers, dropped passes and an ineffective Jerome Bettis contributed to a subpar performance. The Steelers never challenged the Jaguars secondary with intermediate and deep passing routes. It’s tough enough to come back from a three-touchdown deficit; without an effective passing game, it’s impossible. The lone bright spot was the running of Amos Zereoue.		Offense: A It took the one flawless quarter of execution to send the Steelers packing. An impressive game plan, coupled with Mark Brunell’s textbook play-actions, kept the Steelers’ linebacker corps in limbo and opened the doors for Jimmy Smith, Kyle Brady and the ever-dangerous Fred Taylor. A job very well done.
Defense: C The Steelers were unable to cover Jimmy Smith, Kyle Brady and Damon Jones, and that was essentially the game. Losing Kimo von Oelhoffen and Kendrell Bell early in the game hampered the defensive effort. The defensive stand near the end of the game was impressive, but too little too late. The debut of Casey Hampton was a plus for the defense.		Defense: A The Jaguars’ front seven totally outplayed the vaunted Steelers offensive line. The Jaguars were obviously quicker, more physical and more aggressive the entire day. Timely, well-disguised blitzes upset the offensive timing, created numerous turnovers and eliminated any deep threat.
Special Teams: D When your special teams give up a 70-yard punt return, fumble a punt snap and don’t block for the punter, you are probably going to lose. The loss of Josh Miller was disastrous, and if he doesn’t return quickly, the Steelers are in trouble. Kris Brown is an excellent kicker, but is no punter. Special teams is usually a strength; it wasn’t in Jacksonville.		Special Teams: B Despite the missed field goal and bobbled punt snap, the Jaguars special teams handily won the all-important field-position battle. Chris Hanson punted well, Damon Gibson returned well, and Donovin Darius’ blocked punt provided the momentum shift that inevitably put this game away.
Coaching: C The debut of Mike Mularkey’s new offensive scheme left a lot to be desired. Short passing and power running usually work when you have the lead, not when you trail by three touchdowns. It’s only the first game, so let’s hope the weather affected the play selection. The defensive game plan created a lot of one-on-one matchups. That hurt the Steelers.		Coaching: A Despite all the preseason injuries and salary-cap problems, Tom Coughlin posted his sixth consecutive opening-day victory and left little doubt the Jaguars are back and still alive. Questionable holes in the offensive line and secondary seemed to disappear; this is again a well-balanced and well-disciplined team.
Team Score: 70		Team Score: 95

Key
100-95		Super Bowl performance
94-90		Division title contenders
89-80		Wild Card possibility
79-70		Shooting for high draft picks in 2002
69-less		Check waiver wire