# The 12th Annual Doobie Brothers Smoke The Steelers To The Super Bowl Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 4, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432 "2014-09-04T01:53:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/261 "2015-01-04T04:13:03Z")
And that is that. Great season, but it’s over now. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/262 "2015-01-04T04:14:49Z")
Wow, I am actually very sorry, Airman. That entire sequence of events looked incredibly painful. I almost hope you didn’t get your hopes up. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/263 "2015-01-04T04:16:35Z")
Gradkowski was doing well. Not sure why they rushed Ben back in. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/264 "2015-01-04T04:17:40Z")
Simply outplayed. Ravens called a better game and executed better. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/265 "2015-01-04T04:19:39Z")
Hope doors did not turn it off yet ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/266 "2015-01-04T04:35:19Z")
> [@HongKongFooey](#): > > Simply outplayed. Ravens called a better game and executed better. That is exactly so. I hate Baltimore with the fire of a thousand suns and I hope they get demolished next week, but they played a great game and deserved to win. All of the Steelers fans complaining about the refs tonight (and there are a ton of them) need to eat a bag of dicks, the Steelers had their chances and didn’t get it done. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/267 "2015-01-04T04:39:19Z")
I am thankful they even made the playoffs… See you next season. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/268 "2015-01-04T04:44:10Z")
☹ Time to roll some more joints. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/269 "2015-01-04T14:53:53Z")
Harbaugh called Joe Flacco “the best quarterback in football”. Is everyone in the AFC North such blind homers? ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/270 "2015-01-04T14:57:50Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Harbaugh called Joe Flacco “the best quarterback in football”. > > Is everyone in the AFC North such blind homers? I think the Bengal fans understand the Jeckyl/Hyde that is Andy Dalton. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/271 "2015-01-04T15:00:23Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Harbaugh called Joe Flacco “the best quarterback in football”. > > Is everyone in the AFC North such blind homers? What would you expect him to say about his own quarterback? “Eh, he’s just OK, but at least he’s better than Ryan Lindley?” ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/272 "2015-01-04T15:30:23Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > What would you expect him to say about his own quarterback? “Eh, he’s just OK, but at least he’s better than Ryan Lindley?” He’s a very good QB. Or, he played great today, and he’ll be able to win the Super Bowl with us. But saying Flacco is the best QB in the NFL is just stupid. He’s not. Nobody thinks he is. Saying that he is just makes Harbaugh seem like a meathead homer. Which seems to work in Baltimore. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/273 "2015-01-04T15:33:21Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > I think the Bengal fans understand the Jeckyl/Hyde that is Andy Dalton. Today is the day that he shuts those fans up. Today is the day when he goes out there and plays incredibly, despite losing his number 1 (and numbers 2, 3, and 4) target in AJ Green. Today is the day he throws for 300 yards, a couple touchdowns, and doesn’t throw an interception. Today is the day Andy Dalton makes all the haters shut up. Or today could be the day where the Bengals run the ball as much as possible, play great defense, and put as little pressure on Dalton as possible, so he can attempt to game manage his way to a win. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/274 "2015-01-04T16:16:10Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Today is the day that he shuts those fans up. Today is the day when he goes out there and plays incredibly, despite losing his number 1 (and numbers 2, 3, and 4) target in AJ Green. Today is the day he throws for 300 yards, a couple touchdowns, and doesn’t throw an interception. Today is the day Andy Dalton makes all the haters shut up. AJ Green was his number 1, true. And often as a result he would force the ball to him. Doing so accounts for half of Dalton’s INT’s. Dalton’s number 2 was Marvin Jones, who’s on IR after having a great season last year with 10 TD’s, his number 3 is Mohammed Sanu, whom has curiously disappeared but will have to play big today to help win the game, his number 4 was Tyler Eifert, also on IR, and lastly, Jermaine Gresham, the physical freak #1 TE pick from four years ago that’s a headcase but will have to put it all together today like he did against Denver. The Bengals offense is different now with Hill as the starting RB and with the o-line being revamped and re-tooled after the injury to Andre Smith. The Bengals offense for the most part played pretty well without Green earlier in the year. It forces Dalton to spread the ball around more and by and large, with a solid run game behind you, that’s the way you win on offense. > [@](#): > > Or today could be the day where the Bengals run the ball as much as possible, play great defense, and put as little pressure on Dalton as possible, so he can attempt to game manage his way to a win. This is what they will attempt to do. However, Dalton is a little better than a game manager. He’s won games himself before. He just can’t be relied upon to do it every Sunday. The defensive front is going to have to put the hammer on Luck though, unlike what happened with Rothlisberger last Sunday. Can’t have a non-existant pass rush today. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/275 "2015-01-04T16:26:16Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > AJ Green was his number 1, true. And often as a result he would force the ball to him. Doing so accounts for half of Dalton’s INT’s. Dalton’s number 2 was Marvin Jones, who’s on IR after having a great season last year with 10 TD’s, his number 3 is Mohammed Sanu, whom has curiously disappeared but will have to play big today to help win the game, his number 4 was Tyler Eifert, also on IR, and lastly, Jermaine Gresham, the physical freak #1 TE pick from four years ago that’s a headcase but will have to put it all together today like he did against Denver. It was a joke. I don’t think that AJ Green was Dalton’s only option. You know I love me some Sanu, and I would add in Bernard as his actual #2 option, but it was just a joke. [quote=FGIE] > [@FGIE](#): > > This is what they will attempt to do. However, Dalton is a little better than a game manager. He’s won games himself before. And he’s lost games by himself also. Which is why the Bengal’s game plan for this game is to make him a game manager, rather than risk relying on him. The game manager isn’t about his style of play all the time, more about what role he will take today. > [@FGIE](#): > > He just can’t be relied upon to do it every Sunday. The defensive front is going to have to put the hammer on Luck though, unlike what happened with Rothlisberger last Sunday. Can’t have a non-existant pass rush today. I think that’s key. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/276 "2015-01-04T19:34:03Z")
In the first half, Dalton has silenced his critics who say he can’t lead his team in the clutch with series of short passes and dump-offs to get a field goal to lessen the lead the other teams has by a little. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/277 "2015-01-05T06:34:53Z")
I’m choking back tears. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/278 "2015-01-10T23:47:05Z")
Probably the last bump for this thread: Dick LeBeau has resigned as the Steelers’ defensive coordinator. It’s the end of a truly successful, if not legendary, era. Keith Butler, the current linebackers coach, is expected to get the job. Thanks for the memories, Dick. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/279 "2015-01-10T23:49:28Z")
Huh. I just assumed he was retiring, but it would seem that very recently, he said that he intended to stay onboard, and that he’s resigning but not retiring. Seems like the team wanted to let him go, which is surprising and, well, not the ideal ending for such a great coach. Wonder what’s going on there. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432/280 "2015-01-10T23:54:17Z")
[NBC story](http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/10/dick-lebeau-not-returning-to-the-steelers/) [Yahoo Sports](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/longtime-defensive-coordinator-dick-lebeau-resigns-from-steelers-215537659.html) > [@](#): > > Per Dulac, it’s being described as a mutual parting. But it’s unclear whether the decision was truly mutual; three years ago, the Steelers claimed that former offensive coordinator Bruce Arians had retired. He resurfaced in Indianapolis in 2012, and Arians was named coach of the year for his work while head coach Chuck Pagano was receiving leukemia treatment. > > “Time to go in a different direction,” LeBeau told Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. > > LeBeau, 77, also told the Urbana (Ohio) Daily Citizen that the Hall of Famer is not retiring, and that he actually is resigning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12th-annual-doobie-brothers-smoke-the-steelers-to-the-super-bowl-thread/697432.md?page=15)