1 Week Down; 1 To Go

by Michael Bean on Jan 23, 2009 6:18 PM EST

Thought this week went by slowly? Next will surely be trying. A couple links and thoughts on a Friday afternoon.

* I bet you didn't know that the Steelers and the Cardinals were once one and the same. A fine story over at Revenge of the Birds will fill you in.

* Just had this passed a long to me (thanks Kathy!) Random, but pretty cool. I'm sure some of you have seen it, but we were guessing how much of this is good editing. Probably a lot, no?:

* Here's a chart breaking down the 'toughest' schedules in football this year. (hat tip: deuce blue).

* No link but if you're in Pittsburgh, Nate Washington and other Steelers players will supposedly (I haven't had that confirmed) be behind the bar at Southside 86, Hines Ward's joint.

* Parade.com has compiled a list of former All-Americans playing in the Super Bowl. Pittsburgh has five such players. You can check out their lists here.

* More from me in a bit. Happy Friday y'all.

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The strength of schedule

The strength of schedule chart is interesting. One of the reasons that the Browns and Bengals are higher on the chart than the Steelers and the Ravens is because the Browns and the Bengals have the Steelers and the Ravens raising their strength of schedule, and the Ravens and the Steelers have the Bengals and the Browns bringing down their strength of schedule. If the Browns and Bengals had much better records, and the Ravens and Steelers had worse records, the Ravens and Steelers would be higher on the chart and the Browns and Bengals lower.

Seeumsayin?

by worldtrip on Jan 23, 2009 9:13 PM EST reply actions

yes i do

I saw this also somewhere else. And I noted the exact same thing. Funny how switching the two makes all the difference. The only reason our schedule is lower is cause were better. Odd.

by Mechem on Jan 24, 2009 4:38 AM EST up reply actions

ugh i hate this week

Its a love hate relationship. I love that our guys get time to heal up.

I hate the week of agonizing wait. Its like waiting for the baby to finally exit the pregnant woman.

by Mechem on Jan 24, 2009 4:37 AM EST reply actions

steelers down under

anyone else here in Melbourne, Australia? if so where u watching the super bowl

by thetackle on Jan 24, 2009 8:32 AM EST reply actions

Pats Fans & ESPN

It’s funny how Pats fans and ESPN seem totally blind to the fact that the Pats had a cakewalk schedule this year. I mean, I expect some bias, since ESPN is located in New England, but it’s kind of ridiculous how some of the talking heads are still blathering on about how great the Pats were this season. About how they “soldiered on, despite losing possibly the best player in the league” or about how Matt Cassel “put together an amazing season, for hist first season as a starter”.

Looking at it objectively, the Pats had a terrible season. They had a cakewalk schedule, and they still couldn’t make the playoffs.

Yeah, they had injuries, but EVERY TEAM HAD INJURIES!!

Anyway, I am sure that the two best teams in the AFC were the two teams in the conference championship game, and I am also sure of two things about the Pats:

1 – Matt Cassel is a career backup. This season was a mirage, where he benefited from playing a lot of lousy defenses.
2 – The Patriots will miss the playoffs again next year.

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I guess I’m still bitter about 2004, but I think that I could get over it if I didn’t have to put up with this kind of crap:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/don_banks/01/20/patriots/index.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/01/19/superbowl/1.html
a month after the Pats’ season ended.

by PaulMorel on Jan 24, 2009 3:14 PM EST reply actions

Good call

This is why the playoff system is not broken. When you go 11-5 BUT play the two worst divisions in football that means you should have nearly 8 wins from those 8 games. You must 3 more wins in your less than amazing division and botta-bing! You’ve got 11. But you didn’t win your division and you have to fight for a wild card against teams like the Colts and Ravens who had very difficult schedules and deserve to be in the playoffs.

by Chicago Steeler on Jan 26, 2009 10:48 AM EST up reply actions

Interesting record

I don’t know if it’s been posted yet, but Woodley became the first player ever have three consecutive multi sack games. (JAC, SD, BAL) VERY impressive.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090119/SPORTS0101/901190337/1126

by tdp992 on Jan 24, 2009 8:13 PM EST reply actions

Lets make it 4.

by steelguy99 on Jan 25, 2009 2:35 PM EST up reply actions

i did indeed note that

In the ‘Facts and Stats’ post after the Baltimore game. I was shocked to see that too!

by Michael Bean on Jan 25, 2009 5:11 PM EST up reply actions

I thought it was linebacker

It didn’t include other positions.

by Chicago Steeler on Jan 26, 2009 10:48 AM EST up reply actions

I love the extra week.

I love to soak in all in. The more foreplay the better. We’ll be talking about the draft and free agency soon enough. We’ve got eight more days of the whole sports world talking about us, and I’m diggin it big time. Oops, gotta run…NFL Network might be talking about us.

Thoughtful discussion with a sense of history

by maryrose on Jan 25, 2009 12:32 AM EST reply actions