I’ll say one thing. Spotty QB play aside, if Ogden winds up missing any signifigant time with his hammy injury, you can stick a fork in the Ravens and watch the Stillers take the division. Kinda like what happened in Pittsburgh last year.
I missed the first 3 quarters, but it looked to me like a couple things were going on. Frst and foremost, whatever your team is, you do not want them playing against the AFC North, period. The North is the hottest division in football, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they overtook the NFC East this week for the #1 spot in the division rankings. Okay, that’s probably an exaggeration, but they certainly surpassed the AFC South for #2.
And second, Denver had to have been looking past the Bengals. You can’t take the Bengals (or the Browns, as the Eagles found out) lightly, or you’re in for a rude awakening.
All signs point to the Steelers ending the Patriots streak. Go Steelers!!!
Yeah, it might be the one time in three weeks that they don’t lose. I think that they’ll play the Patsies and the Eagles tough, but I just don’t know how it’s going to go down, and since I’ll be in the middle of the Pacific I won’t even be able to watch the games.
Keep in mind that Denver has won its games against
KC, OAK, CARO – all with losing records.
They beat SD ( a weak 4-3)
And lost to JAX.
Whereas, CIN has lost to NYJ, BAL, PIT, CLE (IN Cleveland, a tough place to win).
So it’s hard to say how good DEN really is.
I’ll tell ya one thing, that chop block was absolute bullshit. I know it was legal, but it was cheap.
He went straight down on the ankle. The block would have been equally effective up high, and he ended that guy’s season.
I can’t believe denver does it year after year. I’m glad the full effects of it came to light on the biggest stage. I hope the NFL does something about it.
I was thinking the same thing.
Wow, I just wanted to come back here and say how WRONG I was. God damn that game was almost orgasmic.
Looks like we’re for real this year! Watch out Eagles! 
Wow, that was a great game. Congrats, Stiller fans.
So, if the Redskins game indicates that Kerry should win, would the loss of New England to Pittsburgh indicate that Kerry will not carry Pennsylvania? On the other hand, Houston beat Jacksonville and Dallas beat Detroit, so does that mean Bush will carry Florida and Michigan? And if Bush carries Florida AND Michigan AND Pennsylvania, then isn’t the election a lock?
I guess the Broncos aren’t all that after all. They lose to the Bengals, then get walloped by the Falcons. They may still make the playoffs, but I’m not optimistic that they’ll get past the first round.
That should be a good one. Seeing as how I’m only a moderate fan of each team, do I root for Philly to stay undefeated or do I root for Roethlisberger to win five straight as a rookie?
Whoops, I did not mean to quote Soapbox Monkey the first time. That’s what I get for hitting the wrong button.
I don’t know about who to root for, but based on current form the Steelers must surely be favorite.
They absolutely steamrolled the best team in the NFL, while Philadelphia (despite remaining unbeaten) were pretty uninspiring against an under-strength Baltimore team.
Not to mention that they just sneaked past the Browns last week, and the Steelers had no problem against them.
Bushwah. The Iggles got their bad games out of the way. They’ll be primed and ready for ye. 23-17.
Didn’t he just do that today? Perhaps you mean six straight?
When was Maddox hurt? Week 2 or week 3? In any case, I meant with him as a starter, so I could have easily meant six straight.
You could always go about it the way I do every week: Root for whoever is playing against Philly.
Steelers – That was a great performance you put on today. Top-notch, all the way. Now please, please keep it up next weekend and end the streak those scum-sucking Birds are on.
…oh, and play like crap against the Giants on Dec. 18th. 
Gah! What the fuck is going on here? Broncos lose two in a row, Chargers are tied for first place, and the Chiefs are winning by blowouts.
What the fuck? What the fuck? What the fuck?
Added to that, nearly every single team I picked this week lost! :mad: Fuckers.
See, your OLine plays like a bunch of thugs, and the football gods frown on you.
Regarding San Diego: Brees wants a job. With the talent on that team (by this I mean LT and. . . I guess just LT), they should be a good team anyways.
The game might’ve gone differently if the NFL would step in and cough do something about the ankle-breaking conditions the steelers keep that field in. They have an exclusive contract with Tibetan goat herders who make them special magical shoes to take advantage of that pig pen in the middle of the stadium, while everyone else slides around like it’s in the middle of a torrential downpour.
Good game, you bastards. If you just locked up the AFC north with this game… well, at least the rats aren’t going to do it. I predicted whoever won the Browns-ravens opening sunday game was going to win the division - and I was somewhat right, the Browns are going to finish ahead of the ravens - but who the hell saw it coming that the steelers wouldn’t suck? Argh.
Still, there’s a chance that the universe will correct the curse put on the Browns and try to make up for it by launching a meteor at the Steeler’s starting offense next game.
Heh - I just noticed that I capitalized Browns and Steelers automatically, but didn’t give the same respect to the rats. Probably a good habit.
You must not have posted this recently, considering that it is established fact that the AFC North is the best division in the AFC, and second only to the NFC East in the entire league.
Way to go Big Ben and the Steelers! Be sure to keep it up next week. After watching that game, I noticed that Ben is getting much more accurate with his passes. That was really the only issue he had that I could see, so now I’m thinking the Steelers are setting their sights on homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. To that end, you must beat the Eagles. Please.
I find it interesting how tenacious certain “rivalries” are. Not normal rivalries, mind you, but those certain matchups where one team just has the other team’s number. Of course I’m talking about the Giants owning the Vikings, which I pointed to in the pre-season as a win for Big Blue based on the history alone. At least this time, Red McComb didn’t scream about being embarassed, though he had more reason to this year.
I know of a few of these matchups regarding the Giants, and now I’m curious if yyou guys know of any others involving your favorite teams, or any team, for that matter. The ownerships I know of are:
The Giants own the Vikings
The Giants own the Rams
The Falcons own the Giants (whimper - we still have to play them this season.)
Any others?