I’ve often thought about that, but the NFL would have been wise to that by now.
Um, no, it really wouldn’t be awesome. Not one little bit.
MSNBC had this to say after the first quarter:
Did you see that punt? The ball stuck in the field like it was a lawn dart! Bizarre.
At this point, I’ll be stunned if more than 10 total points are scored in this game. A scoreless tie wouldn’t be surprising at all.
Welcome back, SenorBeef! Glad to see you’re able to post again - hope you can keep it up week to week.
As for the Steelers - we’re a bad football team. Seems kind of sudden, too. Even with Parker running well, we are completely ineffective. Roethlisberger seems lost back there, and the play calling has been pretty stupid.
Sadly, I think the most interesting part of the rest of the season will be whether the Browns can pass us up.
In an unprecedented move, the NFL has decided to just forget about the rest of regulation and decide this thing using the collegiate version of overtime.
This is just weird in so many ways. The Dolphins are driving, and the Steelers can’t do bupkis. What evil is this?
Incidentally, that helmet-to-helmet hit will draw a fine. In fact, when I saw it in slow motion I was stunned that neither player was paralyzed or killed. It looked horrible.
… and the kick is blocked, but nullified by a delay of game call. Let’s try this again…
… or not. They’re going for it on 4th and 11.
FUMBLE! Aaron Smith recovers! Hope springs eternal!
What a crazy few minutes that was.
And I’m really sick of all the sports analysts always considering us a good team. As if it’s some Law of Nature that the Steelers are A Good Football team. When we lose to the Jets or go scoreless at halftime against the Dolphins, they say things like “well, the Dolphins have to be excited that they held The Steelers to no score!” or “well maybe those Jets are coming back to life if they were good enough to beat The Steelers!”
We’re a good football team when and if we play like a good football team. We weren’t a good football team last year, and it’s looking like we’re taking a turn for the worst this year as well. Please, sportswriters and analysts, stop ranking the Steelers so high because they’re The Steelers. It just makes it that much more embarrassing when we lose to the Jets.
And for the last week they were STILL saying that we may be “the team to beat the Pats.” Are they serious? What fucking league are they watching?
This thing - I hesitate to call it a football game - has been such a travesty that it’s actually really entertaining. Is Pitt about to score at last?
…Not on that bootleg, they’re not. Porter read it all the way.
Oh Porter, I’ll love you forever.
The funny thing is that the one kid from the high school game on Friday, number 11, he helped his team score I think 71 points in the end. He would have destroyed both of these teams, at any position, it seems. Of course, different conditions, but that’s what it seems like from watching this hilarious football on bubble wrap thing.
Can we win it here?
Yeah, that was UGLY, but it was still a win, and a shutout for the defense. Ben had an awesome line considering the conditions, and that interception wasn’t a bad attempt under the circumstances.
I’d take it if I were Mike Tomlin.
A win is a win, but let’s call it what it was - another week of life support.
Look at the schedule. With the way Cleveland is playing it is very possible that they can run the table. And as for us, I’m really not confident we can beat anyone anymore. Plus we have what will most likely be loses to the Patriots and the Jaguars. Unless we play to perfection the last 5 weeks, Cleveland will take the division. And this year’s team is not as good as the 2005 Road Warriors.
We just can’t keep having these three point games with bad teams and not be a bad team ourself.
That’s three weeks in a row, and we even lost one of them.
I’m not sure I recall any helmet to helmet hit, AD, unless you are referring to the tackle of Chapman. There will be no fine, since Chapman’s helmet hit the DB on the back of the DB’s helmet.
I wouldn’t bet even money on Cleveland winning the division, but it’s looking more likely than it was. We’re still effectively 2 games behind. However, it’s pretty likely that we finish 4-1 or better, I think.
Here are the remaining schedules:
Cleveland:
@Ari
@NYJ
vs BUF
@CIN
vs SF
Not that the team is playing perfect, but they’re probably a very minor underdog if at all in the remaining games.
Pittsburgh:
vs Cin
@ NE
vs JAX
@ STL
@ Bal
If you play anything like you’ve been playing the last 2 weeks, I can’t see you winning against NE or Jacksonville. If you lost those two games you’d be 11-5 and Cleveland would have to run the table and go 12-4. Not that likely. If you lost a third game in there somewhere (St. Louis is regaining life, Balitmore will be either imploded or playing for pride, and Cinci has been looking good lately) then Cleveland could go 4-1 and Pittsburgh 2-3. Still not all that likely, but I wouldn’t dismiss the chances like I did a few weeks ago.
Are you really putting the 7-4 Browns in the same category as the 0-11 Dolphins and the 2-9 Jets?
Say what you will, it was a pretty amazing game to watch. Bizarre, but amazing. All that money on new sod was for less than nothing. It looked like they were playing on a really wet soccer pitch.
What’s scary is that I don’t know if we’re a good team OR a bad team OR a mediocre team. Different teams seem to be showing up every week. Playing up and down to the level of the opponent is never a good thing though.
I will say that I don’t think you can make any judgment about either team based on tonight’s game. The conditions were outrageous and I wouldn’t be surprised if the Steelers front office didn’t get a fine of some sort from the league. They’ve got rules about everything else, I’m sure they’ve got rules about field conditions.
You know, I would just be happy if the Steelers would decide what kind of team they are. I’d be okay if they were simply a bad team. But right now they can’t seem to make up their minds, and that’s driving me crazy. It’s like they flip a coin in the locker room before the game to decide whether they’re going to be a good team or a bad team that week.
Well a win is a win, even if it is ugly.
I went to bed at the half. I was bored and had to get up early this morning.
Here’s hoping next week is a better game.
That wasn’t a football game. In a football game, the ball actually moves up and down the field. That was a bunch of guys playing in the mud around the 50 yard line. I know conditions were bad, but sheesh. I thought the Steelers could play better than that in bad weather.
Oh well. It was a check mark in the win column. I’ll take it, ugly or not.
I honestly think the Pats can beat the Steelers whether they’re having a bad day or not. It’s not a fluke that they’re 11-0. Indy brought their A game, so did Philly, so did every other team the Patriots have played this season.
I missed the Steelers-Dolphins game last night, but it sounds like it was excruciating.