I am a Giants fan. I am not happy.
Collins is gone, Warner won’t amount to much, I have this horrible premonition that Manning is going to suck with the force of a million Hoovers, and Barber still doesn’t know how to hang on to the ball. Don’t get me started on the defense.
That said, the Steelers will be lucky to win eight.
You’re Bill Cowher and the great Steelers, and everyone is laughing at you, picking the Cincinnati Bungles ahead of you (what an insult!), and some even predicting a last place finish within your division. And if you are Bill Cowher and the Steelers, you wouldn’t want it any other way. The reason why the Steelers will take first place in the AFC North is because everyone (the pundits and ‘experts’) have been bedazzled by Baltimore’s defense, and by the improving Cincinnati Bungles. (Forget the Browns.) Bill Cowher will simply will this team to run the ball better, and the Steelers defense will return to the Steelers defense of the past: tough, hardnosed, and take-no-prisoners. A 9-7 record gets you first place in this pathetically weak division.
That being said, the Colts will represent the AFC in the Super Bowl.
I’m a Redskins fan, but have resigned myself to an 8-8 season.
No, bitch, he’s a former Wolverine. You know, that team that routinely kills PSU?
And, goddammit, you just made me stick up for the Cowgirls! Motherfucker!
BTW, see you Saturday, since that’s the only time this season we get to talk shit to each other, and it doesn’t even count. 
It’s been at least 8 months since most anyone lost a game, dude. The mighty Atlanta Falcons last lost December 14 of last year. Seems that fighting ignorance might include that little gem;)
And Robyn … Dallas? You like the … ugh. Couldn’t you just pick a team people either like or don’t care about, like the Seahawks? Hey, if 40-year-old vs. failed baseball player is your idea of a good battle for starting QB, so be it:)
Mind, I’ll be happy if the Washington Football Team wins two games this year … against same Cowgirls. Even better, I have suffered through years of playoff runs ending in blowouts (if they ended that late in the season) only to be rewarded by a Colts birth in the Superbowl. Defense? Who needs defense? In his final season with the Colts, Edgerrin “My Mommy Made My Name Up” James will total 2K+ yards, Marvin “Ooh, a Football!” Harrison will catch 100+ passes again, and Peyton “Playoff Choke? Only in the privacy of my own home” Manning will put to rest any lingering doubt that he is, in fact, Jesus Christ in a football uniform.
:shrug: I’m a Texan. It’s a state law that all Texans not living in Houston must be Cowboys fans.
Robin
Yeah, kinda like all Tennesseans except those living in Memphis are required to be raving lunatics for the Flaming Thumbtacks. In fact, I think there are tax penalties for those living in Memphis who are not completely indifferent to Titans ball.
How many hundreds of football players would need to be killed in freak accidents in order for the Steelers to make the Super Bowl? My God, the carnage.
The Steelers will kill them one team at a time. They play at least 13 teams this year, so by my calculations they will have to kill approximately 585 players on the way to ultimate victory. No problem.
Weirddave, do you want the Terrible Towel now so you can cry into it during the humiliating defeats the Ravens will be taking at the Steelers’ hands? Nah, on second thought I wouldn’t want to sully such a symbol with your crocodile tears. I’ll just give it to you after the trouncing is finished.
Well, to be fair, maybe it’s a software fuck-up. It could have easily have been the Minnesota Vikings. Both being 0-4 in title games. 
Go Packers.
(I hate that I have to be a Cowboys fan opening weekend. The Pack don’t get their first win until Monday night)
It’s more like 6.5 months for anyone who didn’t win the Super Bowl, or didn’t win one or more of their last 15, or in fact anyone but the Pats! We’re on a roll and we’re staying on a roll, baybee! :raspberry:
You can come for the next victory parade, next February in City Hall Plaza, if you want to know what one is like. Call me ahead of time and we can get together for drinks, okay?
If the packers don’t win it, I’d put money on the Pats. One request.
Can you get me front row seats and a Molotov cocktail for the riots that will follow?
Khadaji, while I didn’t shed actual tears, I am sorry you can’t drink any beer. Beer and football go together like… beer and bowling. Or beer and hunting.
Sadly, this is true. But even in Houston they still show most of the Cowboys games. Between them and the Texans, there’s not a durn thing to watch without NFL Sunday ticket.
Oh yeah, Airman Doors? It’s on for November 28 - Redskins @ Steelers, 1pm.
I dunno about that…wouldn’t a Bush win be a better sign for a leader who has overstayed his usefullness? 
Hey, didn’t you hear what Stuffy said about “puff, puff, pass”? Roethlisberger is better than Manning? “Guffaw”, I say to thee. What you got was a better deal, not a better QB. Is Roethlisberger good? Yes, very…and certainly better than an 11th pick. I daresay he’ll be quite a bit better than Rivers. But is he better than Manning? In true Pit fashion, I say fuck no!
And Exgineer? Fret not. Perhaps Manning won’t be leading the glory that is Big Blue into February this year, but it will come, and soon. A helluvalot sooner than it’ll happen for the Steelers, that’s for damn sure.
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Actually, I was in the DC area for the Redskins’ victory celebration back in '91 and in the NE area back when Parcells led the Pats to the SB only to be downed by the Packers. I’ve seen a celebration or two;)
And it has been 8 months (see, December to August) since anyone lost who wasn’t in the playoffs. So your team was 2 months (or 8 weeks, or roughly 7 games) better than some really shitty teams (San Diego, Atlanta, we’re talking about you…). Great. So was one of mine:D
And I’m certain that the Chargers fans said exactly the same thing about Ryan Leaf. And the Raiders fans about Todd Marinovich. And the Colts fans when they spoke of Art Schlichter. And the Houston fans when they got Andre Ware. #1 pick, for an unproven quarterback playing for a third rate team in a second rate conference? Riiiiight. The Steelers got the steal of the draft with Roethlisberger. The Giants just paid too much. I hope they got some good offensive line help in the offseason, because if they didn’t Eli Manning will get jacked up big time. And that certainly won’t help what confidence he has. The only thing he should be confident about is that teams are looking to crush him for his BS leading up to the draft. They’re looking to knock some of the gold off the Golden Boy. And I think they will. Repeatedly.
Meanwhile, the Giants will long for all those picks and all that money back when they see the 11th pick blossom into one of the best NFL quarterbacks around. Don’t say I didn’t tell you when it happens, dude.
Lions: 27 Steelers: 21
By the way, our D-Line is deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
And when are you gonna drop that sack of shit Maddux? Rothlesberger and St. Pierre are both young and have talent. Maddux is old and played in the XFL. Dump him like the steaming turd he is.
And when are we gonna drop McSuck and Mirer? Jesus, if Harrington goes down, the Lions are fucked.
That was a good preseason game. My analysis:
Ward is still the man. He made some great catches while he was in.
Maddox looked decent, but not nearly as good a Roethlisberger did.
St. Pierre looked good, but of course he was playing the third team defense.
The Steelers had too many penalties.
The Steelers are DEEP at running back. I mean, wow. Duce is for real, the Bus is still good as long as they run him north/south (which is not a foregone conclusion), and other than the fumblitis things look promising.
Anyway, it was definitely a good game. Detroit’s offense looks promising, but their defense leaks like a sieve.
So, what does all this mean? Absolutely nothing. It’s preseason. It doesn’t count. But nonetheless, it’s good to see a good team playing again, even if it’s all just a show. In three weeks it will count, and that’s when you’ll see the true might of the Super Bowl-bound Steelers.
Yeah, our D looked kinda bad last night, but CBs 1, 2, and 3 all sat (Bly, Bryant, Cash) and our best LB is out until November.
Again, it didn’t mean anything, though. I am seriously worried about Harrington getting injured, though. We have absolutely no one to seriously back him up. If y’all cut St. Pierre (if Batch returns, pretty much), I’d take him over McMahon and Mirer.
On to something much more fun to talk about:
Did you see Winslow get blown up in the Browns/Tacks game last night? Holy shit, that made me laugh! I hope that whiny little bitch gets his ass haded to him by Ray-Ray and/or Joey Porter at some point this year. (Ah, hatred of the Browns, bringing Detroit and Pittsburgh fans together for years!)
It’s even better when your team wins 24-0 instead of starting a season long pattern of losing. Seems to me the Stillers picked right up where they left off last year-with a giant “L” on their forehead.
Yes, Dave, you’re absolutely right, the first game of preseason is the indicator of how the teams are going to end the year.
Why don’t we just let them play it out, eh? As I see it, there are two whole games’ worth of chances to break Lewis’ legs. (Both of them- and both of them.)