Journal FortKnox's Journal: Football: You know what I'm about to talk about.... 49
I'm about to talk about the rookie of the year (yup, he's already earned that honor) Ben Roethlisburger.
I'm about to talk about the streak that really matters, Ben Roethlisburger... no losses in any NFL game he has started.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, here's a link.
I was SO DAMN SICK of hearing about "Well, here's what's happened since the past lost last time" and "Everytime since the streak started that the Pats got scored against, they march down the field and score." Want to know the next things those analysts will say "The last time the Pats had any sort of screw up, the Steelers caused it."
They were utterly dominated. Dominated on the ground, dominated in the air, dominated defensively (once the Steelers had a giant lead, they just started playing soft to avoid big plays and keep the lead).
Now, baldass_newbie and buffer_overflowed... tell me you aren't quaking in your boots that your iggles have to come into Pittsburgh to play the giant killers. They are Baltimores defense (that you had a tough time with) and an offense capable of giving the Pats a thrashing. Oh, and the Pats had to STOP blitzing Big Ben, cause everytime they did, he lit up their secondary...
Fear.... be afraid.....
I'm about to talk about the streak that really matters, Ben Roethlisburger... no losses in any NFL game he has started.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, here's a link.
I was SO DAMN SICK of hearing about "Well, here's what's happened since the past lost last time" and "Everytime since the streak started that the Pats got scored against, they march down the field and score." Want to know the next things those analysts will say "The last time the Pats had any sort of screw up, the Steelers caused it."
They were utterly dominated. Dominated on the ground, dominated in the air, dominated defensively (once the Steelers had a giant lead, they just started playing soft to avoid big plays and keep the lead).
Now, baldass_newbie and buffer_overflowed... tell me you aren't quaking in your boots that your iggles have to come into Pittsburgh to play the giant killers. They are Baltimores defense (that you had a tough time with) and an offense capable of giving the Pats a thrashing. Oh, and the Pats had to STOP blitzing Big Ben, cause everytime they did, he lit up their secondary...
Fear.... be afraid.....
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My berds eat steel (Score:2)
watch out.. 8-0, here we come!
Re:My berds eat steel (Score:1)
Oh and FK, if they start choking, I'll be booing them*. Other than that, see above post, 8-0. It's a coming.
* - We got moxy in Philly holmes.
Re:My berds eat steel (Score:2)
been a iggles fan for 22 years... yeah for me
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The Eagles at Steelers game should be interesting. I am still not sold on the Steelers being legit but from what I have seen from the Eagles a truly objective Eagles' fan would have to say the same thing about the Eagles.
Re:My berds eat steel (Score:1)
I applaude on you avoiding the Jim Johnson is going to really screw with your rookie QB rhetoric.
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The Steeler D is not as good as the Ravens D, but they are coming into their own. For the first time in years they finally have an offense effective enough to motivate the D. The Steelers will run all over the Eagles and Big Ben will knock off the Eagles.
Re:My berds eat steel (Score:1)
I really don't understand your "offense effective enough to motivate the defense" comment. Just three years ago they were the league leaders in rushing and scoring points like they were going out of style towards the end of the year. Then two years
Re:My berds eat steel (Score:2)
As for D, I think the only worry is the injuries up front for the Steelers. But they certainly got to Brady yesterday. The Pats didn't bother to run the bal
Re:My berds eat steel (Score:2)
1.) They did try, but weren't getting anywhere with Kevin Faulk (Corey Dillon was injured and out for the game).
2.) They fell into a 21-3 deficit in the first quarter. Had to fight to get back.
The Iggles won't be able to run on the Steelers, either, but I worry about containing McNabb. He'll be the reason the Steelers lose, if they lose.
And Chris Hoke is a pretty good backup. Even got to Brady a couple times. He's no Casey Hampton, but is definately salvagable for the position.
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The test for Hoke will come against Baltimore, Buffalo, the New York teams, and hopefully the playoffs. Hopefully Bell will come back soon to help out and be who he was as
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As for the D and injuries in general, this is the NFL no team is ever truly 100% healthy. Yes Casey Hampton anchors the defense and is a huge loss but the Patriots had injuries also. It has been awhile since I have been a fan of the secondary but we are
Re:My berds eat steel (Score:2)
BTW,How'd a Baltimore guy end up liking the Eagles? No Ravens or 'Skins love? Ah hell, this area is a big mix with teams too close to each other...
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Red Sox Nation doesn't care (Score:2)
even though (Score:1)
Good job killing the Patsies.
Maybe next year Emperor Davis will retire...
~Blackneto.
Re:even though (Score:1)
Good for the Steelers.
And you're right, FK, the Steelers look great. They won't lose another game this season. Their running game will crush the Eagles and their D-Line will handle the Birds O-Line like the Pats injury ridden line.
Get a grip, dude. It might be close. The Steelers may actually win. Rutlessburger looks like he might even
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In fact, for many years after the fact, Bradshaw was not considered great.
FWIW, I love Bradshaw. But the sentiment both from the coach and from a lot of football fans was that Terry was 'just alright'.
That's all I meant. Personally, I think the guy is fantastic. A great ambassador of the game.
Heck, I even liked his acting in Hooper [imdb.com].
Re:even though (Score:1)
I will grant you his stats are not great but Terry was rarely the main focus of our offense. We were (and still are) a running team but whenever we needed him to make a play I think he did alright. And don't forget he
Re:even though (Score:1)
And don't be so defensive.
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Dude, I was not being defensive. I just thought it was worth pointing out why people can consider him great today (does any starting qb besides Montana have four rings?) even if they thought different of him at the time.
My reply was not meant to be an attack but was meant to expand and add substance to your comment. Okay?
Re:even though (Score:2)
Kruczek also holds another dubious record: most career passes without a touchdown pass (154).
-Ab
yeah, that was nice (Score:1)
HEHEHEHEHE I kill me.
The Bears are so bad the frigging sucky-assed 49ers played them close.
Sheesh.
I watched some of the Steelers game. Twas a good one.
I'm just glad they won, would have been interesting to hear the excuses had they lost
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who looked like the rookie? (Score:1)
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Miami (7th)
Cleveland (18th)
Dallas (28th)
Cincinatti (26th)
New England (11th)
So Miami is the toughest D he's faced and he's got number 2 coming to town next week.
We shall see.
I'm curious as to what the birds O will do against the 14th ranked D of Pittsburgh as they've already beaten 3 of the top 10 (Baltimore, NY Giants and Chicago).
Should be a good game. As long as the Steelers don't have to play 'ketchup'.
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Secondly, last time I checked, scores determined outcomes of games, not yardage. If you look at yardage, one of the 'best' teams was the Redskins, followed by Buffalo, Tampa Bay and Denver [thesmokinggun.com]. I'll let you determine how good a measure that is. If that's the kind of teams you want to be compared to, good on you.
Personally, I like points because that shows you who scores and who doesn't. The Birds have been big yardage allowers for
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One could argue that it is stupid to compare defensive statistics of teams that you have already played. A great offensive team will likely have played weaker defenses statistically because they gauged those defenses and lowered their rankings. It is not crazy to infer that Philly have played "stronger" defenses because of the Eagles offensive impotence and the Steelers have played against weaker defenses because their offense is better. While I do
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That would mean that those teams the Eagles played were really, really good when they didn't play the Eagles.
And you do know who leads the league in TD receptions. He's a member of that 'impotent' offense you mentioned.
There are teams in the league besides the Steelers. Some of them are even good.
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I hate to repeat myself but maybe it will get through this time- statistical rankings don't mean shit. There are many reasons but here are two big ones- strength of schedule and football being non-deterministic. Face it, not all schedules are the same or fair. Some marginally g
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Don't be discouraged by this! Everytime someone pushes around the future hall of famer, it just gets him fired up. You'll note that the next snap was a run for 11 yards. Bettis was sure to walk right over Johnson to make sure he knew his place. I enjoy it when players push Bettis around... gives him incentive to shove the football right down th
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hehe (Score:2)
Craig Krenzel
OK OK, maybe 1-0 is a little too early to be celebrating but I think people sold him short too quickly. I think he's better than people say he is. After all, he did lead a team to the national championship and all.
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game of the season (Score:2)
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I'm hoping that the Steelers can pull this one out but I think its going to be real tough. This win against the Patriots was the first rea
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I guess I'm no better - According to mapquest I'm 77.89 miles from Brown's stadium and 76.64 miles from Heinz field.
Still a Brown's fan.
I was impressed with the Steelers on Sunday against the Pats. They looked good. I have to admit - If I ever played in the NFL, I'd definitely want to play for Bill Cowher.
Congrats FK (Score:2)
The Steelers (Score:1)
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* Well I can hope.