Well, the G-Men gave it a good shot, but they just couldn’t beat the indomitable juggernaut that is the Steelers this year. Ellis Dee, give me your address and I’ll send you a Terrible Towel courtesy of the team that will without a doubt win the Super Bowl. 
Let’s hope for fantasy football/money purposes, Pitssburg’s defense decides to show up next week.
Oh man, that game put me in a serious dilemma. I’d love nothing more than to rail about that pussy call of roughing the QB. About how Ben clearly went down on his own*, which dragged the guy locked on him down on top of him, and what a load of crap that is. Then I remember the two wins we got from Kurt Warner reaping the benefit of similar pussy calls, not to even mention the dramatic overacting of Feagles in several games this season that have drawn roughing the kicker penalties. Such a shame, too, because I could do a decent job railing against that horrendous call. :mad:
Overall a good game. The Giants played hard and earned 30 points, the most let up by the Steelers all season. (I think.) Eli finally looked better than the worst QB ever to play the game in the history of the NFL.
Was it just me, or did anybody else roll their eyes at the breakdown of all the Steelers’ injuries during a game in which their opponent was far more banged up? Sure, the Steelers are doing light years better than the Giants in the standings, but they matched up pretty evenly that game, at least according to the score and the number of lead changes.
- I didn’t really notice this in the live broadcast, but I rewatched the entire (shorty) game on tape after it ended, and this is clearly what happened. Give the nod to the rook, he did good that play.
I would have thought it appropriate if they had done the same for the Giants, is the Giants were 12-1 and in the drivers seat in the NFC. /shrug
That game gave me some serious fantasy points, I’ll tell you whut!
If only I had picked up Randel El from the waiver wire! Hoodathunk?
Can’t wait to see what LT2 and Volek to Bennett does.
Okay, you got me there. The whole point of injuries, at least what makes it a point of interest, is when a team overcomes them. Clearly the Giants did not, while the Steelers did.
Can we say CHOKE?
How do the Patriots get beat by the Dolphins?
Thank you kindly, Miami, for all but cementing the Steelers home field advantage throughout, and also for showing the Patriots to be a lesser team than the Steelers. Much obliged.
Christmas came early in Pittsburgh with a wonderful gift, not from the North Pole, but from Florida of all places! Thank you Miami. The Steelers just have to go .500 the last 2 games to cement home field. Let’s hope they can do it.
Early in the season I suggested that the Baltimore at Pittsburgh game would be meaningless. Boy was I wrong - we have the chance to both clinch home field throughout, get the bye, and knock Baltimore out of the playoff picture.
How sweet would that be!
One of the last things I said to a friend of mine before turning in last night was, “There’s no way Miami will beat New England.” Nice to know we were both wrong. Now there are only two things I have to worry about. First, the Steelers-Ravens game will be during my mother’s Boxing Day Brunch. Second, my poor brother, who’s a transplanted Pittsburgher who married into a family of New England fans up in Massachusetts. And he thought things were bad on Halloween!
I’m looking forward to Sunday’s game!
CJ
Here’s an amusing observation from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
Well, ESPN got their act together and finally, given no choice, they unanimously put Pittsburgh ack at number one in the Power Rankings.
However, look at these chowderheads.
And then look at the highest and lowest positions. Pittsburgh beat the Eagles and the Patiots handily, and yet they’ve NEVER been ranked at the top. Not even after the Patsies lost to the hapless Dolphins.
Like I said before, Pittsburgh doesn’t get the respect that they deserve. I’ll bet that even after they win the Super Bowl someone will still rank them lower than the Patsies and the Eagles.
sigh
The Steelers beat the 5-9 (in the NFC!) Giants in a game that came down to the 2 minute warning. Want a cookie?
Each of the top 3 teams took a dump in week 15 - the Steelers and Pats failed to play like top tier teams against sub-par opponents, and the Eagles lost one of their most important offensive playmakers. Had the Steelers manhandled the Giants, I could see an argument for changing the rankings, but they sure didn’t make much of a case for themselves.
Wins are wins, but power rankings aren’t based on wins alone. Division titles and playoff seeds are, though - relax.
How sweet it is! 20 - 7, and it wasn’t even that close. The CBS guys, Brent Jones and the other guy, sure seemed to be pulling for the Ravens. I loved how Jones kept calling for them to give the ball to Jamal Lewis more, even when he had 9 carries for 7 yards. I almost got more yards against the Steelers today than he did!
I particularly loved how the other guy was suggesting that the Ravens had some sort of justification for roughing the passer because Joey Porter pushed Todd Heap in the shoulder pads back in the earlier game.
If nothing else, Bilick can remind everyone during the whole off-season how they were the team that devastated the Steelers back in week three.
A bye week, home field advantage… all good things, but it reminds me of 2001 and the Patriots. Still, “We---- 've got a feeling…”
Well, we got completely outplayed today. Pittsburgh deserved to win.
Vengeance is ours!
Mwahahahaha!!!
And to think that all of you guys thought that I was cursing the Steelers. Nay, I dare say that this thread is the only reason that they are doing so well. I bet they secretly read this and play up to my expectations. After all, I called it.
I’ve just got one question: What does Baltimore have against our quarterbacks? 
They’ve taken out two in two games. I’m with Hentor in that I got fed up with the way the commentators on CBS said they were justified in taking out Rothlisberger because of Joey Porter’s pushing Todd Heap. It looked like a deliberate, late hit. By the way, according to the morning news, there’s still no word on Rothlisberger’s condition.
I’ll admit to being a bit worried about this game, like I have been about the past few. It’s nice to see them pull another one off.
CJ
Not to be a nitpicker, but you misspelled “New England”
-Rav
“Never has a team talked so much, and won so little”
Oh, the same New England team that got bitch-slapped by the Steelers and then lost to the uber-pathetic Dolphins by blowing a big lead with 4 minutes left?
I’m not worried.
Blah, blah, blah… When the chips are down, you find out who the winners are, and you know who the chokers are. I hope the Stiller fans made reservations for the Super Bowl again, us Patriots fans got some damn good bargains in '01.
“Sometimes the best team doesn’t win.”
- Kordell ‘Slash’ Stewart, January 27, 2002
Buahahahahaha… Whiney bitches. Give the Steelers credit though, at least they earned their AFC North title this year, as opposed to 2002 where a measly 10 wins took the title, and 6 of those wins were beating up on the pathetic “division opponents” the NFL bestowed upon them.
You all had better be lighting some candles for a quick recovery for BR, cause Tommy Maddox ain’t getting it done. I heard Neil O’Donnell might be available though…
-Rav