# The 16th Annual Steelers March to the Super Bowl Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 9, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029 "2018-09-09T00:15:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/61 "2018-09-26T15:18:21Z")
Let’s take a midweek moment to reflect on that glorious Vance McDonald stiff arm. [These twitter reactions made me laugh.](https://www.yardbarker.com/mobile/content/article/s1_127_27347954) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/62 "2018-09-27T15:18:49Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > I really wish they would stop doing this to me. This game was over at halftime and they let the Bucs get back in it. > > It’s a win, though. I’ll take it. I was really hoping for a tie and was sad the Bucs came up short. Close though. I thought it’d be awesome if Pittsburgh got a bunch of ties this season. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/63 "2018-09-30T22:18:04Z")
Tonight they get the hated Ratbirds and are predicted to win. Yeah. This game is going to be brutal, it will probably come down to the last minute, it will likely be decided by a touchdown or less, and the Steelers will lose someone significant for a while. I hate AFC North games. 24-21 Steelers. With the Bengals win against the choke-happy Falcons today they’ll be a game out of first, but that won’t last long. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/64 "2018-10-01T00:45:11Z")
Terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad start. I hope it gets better. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/65 "2018-10-01T01:12:52Z")
I feel bad for how horrible your defense is playing. Here, have this gift. Love, Alex Collins ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/66 "2018-10-01T01:13:28Z")
Boswell made his FG. That’s something. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/67 "2018-10-01T01:48:11Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > I feel bad for how horrible your defense is playing. Here, have this gift. > > Love, > > Alex Collins Me too. I didn’t want this interception anyway. Love, Tavon Young ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/68 "2018-10-01T03:20:05Z")
Ravens were just better. Then again, at present, half the AFC north is better than the Steelers. Arguably three-quarters of it. And the funny thing is, it has pretty much nothing to do with Bell. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/69 "2018-10-01T03:20:34Z")
So after that comeback they’re going to lose. Maybe one of these days they won’t fall behind by two scores immediately and actually build a lead. 1-2-1 isn’t at all what I expected. Still, plenty of season left. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/70 "2018-10-02T16:05:06Z")
With Bell wanting to come back after the bye, do the Steelers trade him or cut him instead? Does their record matter for the decision? In other words, would 3-2-1 make a bigger difference than 1-4-1 or something in-between. I like the Steelers. I understand Bell wanting to get paid. But I feel like I wouldn’t blame Pittsburgh if they either trade or cut him, especially if the season feels lost. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/71 "2018-10-02T17:03:44Z")
I can’t wait for October 14th. I scored some free tickets from work so I am going with my 16 year old son. He’s a big Bengals fan too. He’s a good boy! He’s been to a couple games before but never to a Steelers game. He understands that it gets ratcheted up to another level when these two teams meet, that there will likely be a couple drunken fights in the stands, etc. Oddly enough, since I’m so perenially poor, I haven’t been able to afford to go to any games the last few years and this’ll be my first NFL game I will attend since I quit drinking due to health reasons, so that will be a little weird. I have never been completely sober at an NFL game before. I guess I’ll have a coke. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/72 "2018-10-07T16:04:15Z")
Last week it came out that Bell was planning to report during the bye week. Now, one could make the argument that Pittsburgh’s poor performance this year is partially due to him. I don’t choose to make that argument, but it’s not entirely unreasonable given the virtual abandonment of the running game. If so, why bother showing up at all until week 10? The Steelers might be dead and buried by then. Now he’s saying he doesn’t want to be traded. In other words, he wants it both ways. I’ve been understanding of his holdout, but I also recognize that there will be consequences from it. He wants to pretend that everything will be just fine, that there will be no issues and he’ll be welcomed with open arms. My support for him is rapidly waning. If he wants to be there he should just be there. Otherwise, I don’t care what he wants. There’s his consequences. If they’re done and he comes back thinking everything’s cool he’s dreaming. Anyway, this game will be a shootout. If Ben is accurate Pittsburgh wins. If not, they lose. 35-31 Pittsburgh. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/73 "2018-10-07T19:36:55Z")
I’m close on Pittsburgh’s score, anyway. The defense has made some mistakes but overall they’ve all but shut down Julio Jones and asserted control of this game. Conner is running well, which is what happens when you don’t abandon the running game for a change. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/74 "2018-10-07T20:02:01Z")
Pressure on the other guy’s quarterback. Running the ball. Seems to work. Should try that some more. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/75 "2018-10-07T21:40:28Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > Pressure on the other guy’s quarterback. Running the ball. Seems to work. Should try that some more. I know, right? So, how about that ludicrous roughing the passer call on Watt? This is getting absurd. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/76 "2018-10-14T03:03:19Z")
I just want hope Tomlin reads Antonio Brown the riot act. He’s becoming more and more a liability everyday. The guy is becoming more trouble than he’s worth. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/77 "2018-10-14T14:57:03Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I just want hope Tomlin reads Antonio Brown the riot act. He’s becoming more and more a liability everyday. The guy is becoming more trouble than he’s worth. The best receiver in football is more trouble than he’s worth? Not yet, anyway, though I agree that he should be talked to. So today is the semi-annual Bloodbath Bowl. The psycho Burfict is back, so the risk of season-altering injury is high. I want Pittsburgh to win, of course, but not at the cost of the rest of the season because of some lunatic. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/78 "2018-10-14T17:38:33Z")
I said _becoming_ – he’s not quite there yet. I simply find it disgusting when athletes use, “I’m the best!” as an excuse to be a jackass. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/79 "2018-10-14T18:22:14Z")
JuJu with the outrageous catch inside the 1! ---
**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:** [October 14, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029/80 "2018-10-14T20:21:09Z")
I can’t believe that just happened. Wait, check that. It was the Bengals. It’s completely believable. I’ll talk more after my hands stop shaking and my pulse returns to normal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-16th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/821029.md?page=5)