Beautiful

by Blitzburgh on Dec 16, 2008 2:32 PM EST Comment 40 comments

Step off! Steel Curtain's back!

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heh

looks like they are about to hug and make out. Kinda looks like a poster for the movie “Brokeback Mountain 2: Gridiron Groove”.

Sweet though, its nice to see us on the cover again.

by steelerark on Dec 16, 2008 2:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

yea

Though part of the article is devoted to Rex Ryan. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.

The better chunk is about LeBeau.

by Blitzburgh on Dec 16, 2008 2:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome

I just hope this article/cover doesn’t go to the team’s head. Last thing we need is a case of the SI Jinx…we’re also ranked #1 in Fox Sports power rankings.

by NoCal-SteelCity on Dec 16, 2008 2:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

joe said it was the roofie and he doesn’t remember a thing..gotta leaves that stuff on a Vikings cruise.

by raven on Dec 16, 2008 3:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Also number 1 in Power Rankings on ESPN

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/powerranking?season=2008&week=16

To the tune of the classic children's song "This Old Man" (the part with nick nack patty whack)

Big Snack, Silverback, take the Dawg Pound's Bone, the Black and Gold sent the Brownies crying home.

by HighSchoolSteeler on Dec 16, 2008 3:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Still #1 despite this…

by 36chambers on Dec 16, 2008 3:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

NICE!

I'll drink your Milkshake, I'll drink it up!

by drinkyourmilkshake on Dec 16, 2008 3:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

WOW WHAT A NICE BLOCK!!!!!!

Solid technique from the ravens.

by steelguy99 on Dec 16, 2008 4:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Great image

Please forward to:
1. League office
2. Whining Ravens fans
3. DPOY commission

by SteelerBuddha on Dec 16, 2008 4:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Dear Steelers:
Looks good to me.

- Goodell

by steelguy99 on Dec 16, 2008 4:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

simms or whoever was announcing this play was going on about how the ravens had dropped a receiver to put an extra blocker on harrison. this was replayed as he was saying it. i was ready to chuck something at my laptop (im in australia and i watch online)

by thetackle on Dec 17, 2008 5:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

lol

Dont break your source of being able to watch!

by Blitzburgh on Dec 17, 2008 3:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The mood has changed

If you get a chance check out the Post Gazette website. We are definitely in playoff/Super Bowl fever mode now. Let’s ride with it while it lasts.

by RickVa on Dec 16, 2008 4:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

sent u email rick

As soon as conveniently possible, holler back at me.

by Blitzburgh on Dec 16, 2008 4:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I’m usually pretty slow to get worked up about the chances of winning the Super Bowl, but after Tennessee lost to the Jets and the Steelers beat the Patriots, I figured the Steelers would at least make it to the Super Bowl.

The only teams that really concern me are the Colts and the Giants, but the Colts more so. Not that I think the Colts are some great team, but they did beat the Steelers (with a lot of fluke tips by our DBs into their receivers’ hands), they are playing better of late, and I just can’t sleep on Peyton Manning.

I am happy to see the Giants getting lackadaisical lately, though. I don’t believe any other NFC team really has much of a chance against the Steelers. I suppose if Tavaris really has gotten his act together that Minnesota could be pretty tough (I liked them to go to the Super Bowl before the season). Carolina is a maybe, but Delhomme stinks, they won’t be able to run on the Steelers, and their D isn’t as scary as, say, Baltimore or even Tennessee to me.

by Brett Jones on Dec 16, 2008 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

carolinas

been my NFC favorite since about week 5. Not sure how we’d match up with them, but I was very impressed with what I saw from them. I’m not sure I’d say Delhomme stinks. He hasn’t been healthy in a few years. He’s taken teams deep before and has a pretty good track record in big games when he’s healthy. Helps when Steve Smith makes ridiculous plays each and every week

by Blitzburgh on Dec 16, 2008 5:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

one more team

Philly. I’m a minor Eagles fan, so I kind of want them to get a chance, but I also don’t really want to see the Bruce Arians-Jim Johnson matchup again. If their offense in on, it’s one of the worst matchups for our defense because of Westbrook.

Anyway, I have the feeling that they’re going to win their last 2 games, so if ATL or Tampa loses a game, they could be in. FO has had them ranked very high in their metrics all year despite their record, and there’s no doubt that they’re good when they’re on. If Westbrook stays healthy for the rest of the season, they could be Giant slayers.

I think our defense is built to beat teams like Carolina, NYG, and Tennesee, so these teams don’t worry me as much. We stop the run and don’t let up big plays.

charity standing orders

by BadMaafala on Dec 17, 2008 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

NYG

I think the Giants are cooked. Plaxico is going to be missed too much. He carried them last postseason. Only guy who commands double teams too on their roster. Amani Toomer? Pfft. Giants are 1 and done this year unless they draw Arizona.

by Blitzburgh on Dec 17, 2008 3:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think that with a good reason but,

As some of them had told, Max Starks, I think, they have been in the middle of the heat, like in the post season almost from the very begining of the season, so if they survive this two weeks healthy, and with that possibility of recovery late of the 2ª half, or better having some advantage in t score, to let: RELEASE T D´BEASTS (GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE AGRESSIVE) I better hope they play a little bit more DOMINANT D, that will help Us also,

WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR ALMOST ANYTHING.

O sales tickets,...and let D rest a little, and D Win Championships.

by YeOldeMexFan on Dec 16, 2008 9:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Like the picture...

…but I think a new nickname might be in order, the Steel Curtain was in the 70’s, can we get an update?

by hartley on Dec 17, 2008 12:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Seriously.

Even that nickname is taken from spinning the now defunct Soviet Union’s nickname—“The Iron Curtain.” Talk about losing relevancy.

by Jonny B. on Dec 17, 2008 12:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Well then

Lets go with a more modern political enemy…

The Steel-icide bombers
QB Terrorists
Al-Sackda

Not great, but I pulled something out

by Mechem on Dec 17, 2008 1:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

nice Mechem. Of course u give it the good old college try. Would expect nothing less.

by Blitzburgh on Dec 17, 2008 4:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Blitzburgh Hit Squad?

Too long? That is the name of all of my FF teams, by the way.

by JHolmes on Dec 17, 2008 12:59 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

can’t think of anything good…

Steel-Qa’ida ?

I'll drink your Milkshake, I'll drink it up!

by drinkyourmilkshake on Dec 17, 2008 1:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Me neither...

Disciples of Dick? No, no, no…
The Stainless Storm
The Great Big No
LeBeau’s Abyss
Frustration Foundry
The Iron Asylum
11 Gauge Grave (where offenses go to die)

Hmmm… nuthin’.

by Varmint on Dec 17, 2008 2:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Stainless Storm is the best one I’ve heard so far, but I’m still not sure it’s catchy enough.

charity standing orders

by BadMaafala on Dec 17, 2008 3:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

valiant effort though for real

by Blitzburgh on Dec 17, 2008 4:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

the one I like the most is

LeBeau-a-Constrictors

by SteelersFanInSoCal on Dec 17, 2008 6:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

haha

I like it

charity standing orders

by BadMaafala on Dec 18, 2008 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

original steel curtain

Im sure this article has been posted before here. But SI has put it up again because Dr Z suffered a stroke a month ago. Hope he gets well!
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1122363/index.htm?eref=sisf

by thetackle on Dec 17, 2008 10:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

good read.

I forgot about the pumping of the feet. That was the epitome of intensity. I don’t think history has remembered Mr. Lambert for all the wrong reasons, but make no mistake—between the lines Jack Lambert was like a mad dog.

by Jonny B. on Dec 17, 2008 10:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs