Late Game Thread
by SteelerBuddha on Oct 25, 2009 4:29 PM EDT
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PrintAnother day, another heart attack.
The good news is, that like the cardiac kids of last year the Steelers found a way to win.
The stat hogs (Rivers, Brady and Manning) had great days. Ben didn't shine statistically, but we won one. It would be nice to have that and 400 yards in the air, but if you have to choose between the two it's a no brainer.
So on to the late games.
The important one for us of course is Cinci at Chicago - the two teams who beat us this year.
Obviously we are all Bears fans on this one.
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Bengals are too good for the Bears. They have receivers and an under hyped defense. The Bears have no receivers, an overrated defense and their most dangerous weapon on a leash.
Wowz
I was just over at the Vikings board saying good game…never seen a fan base believe so whole-heartedly that the Refs lost em the game.
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
Have you ever talked to a Seahawk fan?
by SteelerBuddha on Oct 25, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
No
Are they still bitter about that SB?
Their offense never showed up
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Well I think
that was the last meaningful game they played. They are still a bit hung up about it.
by SteelerBuddha on Oct 25, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
True
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Very true.
Have a friend from Seattle who still can’t stand the Stillers.
Have you ever talked to a Seahawk fan?
by SteelerBuddha on Oct 25, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
The titans?
Which game are they upset about?
by SteelerBuddha on Oct 25, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
D-all-as fans?
O sales tickets,...and let D rest a little, and D Win Championships.
by YeOldeMexFan on Oct 25, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Imagine how they would feel
If that hold on Fox was called during the kick-off return.
by SteelerBuddha on Oct 25, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I could care less about Ravens fans
That Holmes TD was good.
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
That's why you don't give up on talented immature players.
Cutting them may be just what they need to get it going.
by Phantaskippy on Oct 25, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Cut Sweed
Then resign him?
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha
Just realized I get the Cinci game… I was watching the Cowboys game. Whoops
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
anyone see Leon Washington' s leg injury? Brutal!
by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Oct 25, 2009 4:53 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Is he the RB for the Jets?
What happened?
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Jets RB. Looked like the leg just collapsed under a pile. freaking gruesome.
by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Oct 25, 2009 4:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ew. Glad I didn't see that
I hate those when they play it over and over again.
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
They showed one replay and decided that was enough,
by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Oct 25, 2009 5:05 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I remember
The willis mcgahee leg break. They showed it over and over and over. So nasty.
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Check out Miami
…they are legit, up 14-3 on NO
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
Did they just say James Farrior had two defensive TDs?
UHhh what?
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
Pittsburgh D = 14
Minnesotta O = 10
That’s the story of the game right there.
The ref’s blow calls, you can lose and whine about them or win in spite of them.
We’ve complained and yes, even whined about the ref’s around here too. It’s sad. No ref can make you lose. They just make you do more to win.
by Phantaskippy on Oct 25, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Yet
All you would do if you were on the Vikings side is whine, bitch and moan about the refs. The refs have and will always be on the Steelers side, so you don’t understand what it feels like.
Limp and dangling.
Ugh...Ravens fans
Its a bye…shouldn’t you be elsewhere?
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Uh, "Thank God"
Great, figures I’d have a typo joking with a Ravens fan. :)
OK, so that pick by Troy against Indy in 2005 that they called off and Indy scored? Or how about all the times Tackles take Harrison to the ground from behind?
Or does it only count when you lose. Because the Steelers still when when the calls go against them.
You can man up and win the game anyway, or you can cry about the world being unfair.
by Phantaskippy on Oct 25, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
The world is unfair
We lose 3 str8 with no momentum what so ever, and you guys win 4 straight, getting your best player back from injury with all the momentum.
Limp and dangling.
u serious
steelers almost always get the short end of the stick, so when we do gets some calls we’ll take it.
by tannofsteel84 on Oct 25, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
"The refs have and will always be on the Steelers side, so you don’t understand what it feels like."
Oh like when they let the Jags hold the Steelers D which resulted in a huge first down in the 2007 playoff loss and the refs officially admitted later they were wrong and apologized to the Steelers? Or the non-holding calls on Harrison last year and this year?
I’m only citing these examples to prove you wrong, not to complain about it. I’m definitely over them by now. Weren’t you complaining about a scheduling conspiracy against the Ravens on the Beatdown? Maybe the reason the Steelers beat the Ravens is because they are a superior team. Did you ever think of that?
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
I am thinking of that
Ravens are playing pathetic right now. Steelers are playing top notch.
Limp and dangling.
Eh...
The game today left a lot to be desired on both sides of the ball and ST. Its probably the perfect time for us to have a bye, especially with two key injuries on defense today.
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't say pathetic
It would be pathetic if you guys were giving up every game. But the Ravens have been in every game this year til the end. It just comes down to eeking out those tough wins. Very surprised that you guys have struggled the way you have considering how tough minded you are.
by StoneColdSteel on Oct 25, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep, for pathetic see the Titans.
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
"Yep, for pathetic see the Titans."
haha yeah things can always get worse!
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
Tough minded, lol
Ray Lewis cares more about his dance moves than getting his guys in position.
Limp and dangling.
Ochostinko
Is abusing Chicago. That is what Holmes could have done had he held onto a ball.
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
cincy up 21 nothing
This is Pittsburgh Steeler Troy Polamalu getting knocked around by the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii yesterday...
Minutes later, Troy caught the ocean going over the middle and smacked it right in the mouth. The ocean fumbled, Troy recovered and ran it into the endzone. The ocean never messed with Troy again.
I was trying to say...
….. I hope Timmons isn’t hurt seriously and will be back in soon.
by Marvin, The Paranoid Android on Oct 25, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Did he hurt the same ankle from earlier this year?
His replacement did have the big pick…
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
It is ...
…tremendous to have a player like Fox to come on and fill in with such impact and I hope that doesn’t change.
by Marvin, The Paranoid Android on Oct 25, 2009 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
He did miss a coverage play
A couple of plays before the pick though. I’d rather have Timmons in, but Fox is definitely a good filler
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
A lot of blow outs today..
Only two game within a score, although our game was not a blowout.
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
Now that we are back in friendly territory Johnny
I just wanted to let you know that it was funny to watch you butt kissing the Minnesota fans. I didn’t use offensive language, you did. If you would have paid attention to what they were posting, ie the refs cheated ,the steelers suck, Big ben is a rapist QB etc you would have seen they were being sore losers. So I had fun with them. The name calling wasn’t necessary and like I said, you wouldn’t do it in front of me.
Good game and in the end you outplayed us.
We had a few guys step up; I thought Favre was heroic on a couple of drives and Peterson and Rice played big. But we also had a lot of guys who didn’t: We couldn’t make the big plays, had way too many penalties at critical times and couldn’t punch the ball in from the one (and yes we are all screaming at Childress in regard to the play calling on that one).
A couple of questionable calls but I won’t put it on that. We still had opportunities to win the game and didn’t do it; it’s a team game.
Congratulations on a great win; I wouldn’t mind seeing a rematch later.
It really was a good game
Not without mistakes (no excuse for Reed being a jackass and pretending he was going to tackle someone) but all in all it was good to see AP didn’t rock the numbers on our defense. “Any given Sunday”…. today was ours. Good game Lurker.
I'd love to see a rematch....
I’ve taken some heat for saying how much I love to watch Favre and how great he has been for the game….but I also point out that – just before the curtain falls – he’s more likely to break your heart than he is bring you that late season victory.
Like Reggie Jackson, he’s Mister October. Of course, baseball ends in October (or maybe November).
I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer.
- Homer J. Simpson
I don't think that L is Favre's fault
Chester Taylor put that ball up for grabs. Brett was looking impressive the entire day.
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Great win and..........
Two Kickoff returns in two weeks with blatant holding that was not called. Steeler haters quite your moaning. The Steelers get robbed and still win.
Man some of those Vikings fans are bitter!
Wow, it’s the first loss of the season, calm down a bit. Give the Steelers some credit. And to the whiners, the Vikings weren’t the only team in that game to get a TD taken off the books with a questionable call!
I saw a few nice respectful Vikings fans around the forum this week. Good luck to you guys and your great team! They will be very competitive for some home playoff games in the NFC this year. This game was special and there were tons of awesome plays and emotion swings for both teams. The Steelers defense finally stood up and really reminded us of 2008!
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
Yeah I don't agree on them saying the refs won us the game
But oh well. We played hard despite the bad calls.
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know much about the psyche of that fanbase
but let’s not forget the Steelers took a Lombardi from them once. Some of those fans sound very raveny when they give the Steelers zero credit. But whatever I’ll take the win and the two SICK PICK SIXES.
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
One pick six, one fumble return for a TD…good stuff.
I just hope the two injuries are not severe.
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
This beating is almost as bad as last weeks NE bashing of the Tits
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
As much as it pains me to say
Cincy is built to win in December and January. Good running game, good defense and a good QB might take them a long way. But then again they might become the Bungles all over again. One can only hope.
by StoneColdSteel on Oct 25, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Benching Benson in fantasy = biggest bone head move of the season
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
so you're partly to blame for this offensive explosive from the bung-gals?
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
FANTASY: oh man Miles Austin is starting to light it up for me - 6 catches for 171 yards and two TDs currently!
what a great value pick that has turned out to be. And I’m playing against Jay Cutler. Not happy that Cinci is layin’ the wood, but I have to enjoy Cutler getting abused, especially when I stand to profit from it.
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
Also on my bench...
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
Starting in both of my FF leagues.
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
by John Stephens on Oct 25, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Miami might be the dumbest team
Why are they putting the ball in Henne’s hands and not their playmakers?
" I’m glad we play Pitt twice, and not Tenn this year." - Salty Browns Fan.
Just for Fun
Yes, fun, and only for fun. He’s some of the Minnesota wisdom that explains why I don’t like to engage in smack talk prior to the game.
“Settle down silly steeler, You think you are beating the Vikings. No chance! The undefeated Vikings will come wielding victory axes and slaughter the silly steelers, in all aspects of the game. Jarred Allen will squish Ben like a cheeseburger under his foot. The only way to stop his domination is to cut off his mullet ala like Samson. Victory!!” – Packslayer
“You might like to look at the stats, but when in comes down to the facts. The Vikings will slaughter the Steelers, make you look like banana peelers.” – Packslayer
“Well then, bring on this Clark fellow.” – Bjorno
“As A Witness (of watching of course), any given Sunday Peterson can do some tremendous things to "Great" Defenses!” – UnbannedVikingholic
“The Steelers are gonna have to run the football to win. The Vikings intend on controlling the game with the running game.” – Curiousg87
“AP/ Taylor will have a big day.” – gt.eye.guy
No Sweat
“Silly Steelers, Vikings got this game bagged, it wont be blowout, but it will be a Vikings W. The Vikings biggest challenge thus far? Infant Please” - Packslayer
“Turnovers: The Vikes have only turned the ball over 4 times this year (two INT – two Peterson fumbles). We need not to turn it over and realistically we probably need the Steelers to turn it over once or twice.” – Migrantlurker
“Big Ben is sacked more than any other QB. So its inevitable Allen will get at least 1 sack…” – Curiousg87
Squish
“Squish will be the noise when Adrian runs all over your players. Silly steelers, there is no way that the steelers will beat the Undefeated Minnesota Vikings. It’s going to be a one sided slaughterfest. Silly silly steelers” – Packslayer
I have enough time to watch Steeler games and barely enough to keep up with the posts here at BTSC. I don’t follow the entire league. So, I do enjoy it when fans of other teams come into town and talk to us about the strengths of their teams. It’s a learning experience. Then there are the things no one should be saying before the game has been played… Anyway, thanks to those Viking fans who did bring valuable insights over the past week.
Wondering how I got included in that company,
with that particular comment. I didn’t say what I predicted us to do: I said what we needed to do to win, and obviously that was precisely what undid us.
by Migrant lurker on Oct 25, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
But some of your cohorts are just foolish
Not saying that you are, but if you Viking fans believe that you can’t be beaten then you got another thing coming. This is not college football, this the NFL. Grown men against other grown a** men.
And you guys better hope Favre doesn’t revert back to his old self. He’s been taking care of the ball so far, but like I said earlier this week it’s difficult to teach an old dog new tricks.
by StoneColdSteel on Oct 25, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, there is a quote or two that is taken out of context. Your remark is only funny because we scored half our points on turnovers. Bjorno’s request for Clark is only amusing because Clark got in one good hit, but it wasn’t even against the player he was (righfully) bragging about at the time (AP). Half the guys who are on that list also provided good commentary, or at least their sillier remarks were good-natured. This was not meant as an indictment; it’s just for fun.
"Silly Steelers, The Vikings biggest challenge thus far? Infant Please"
I just don’t understand where the disrespect is coming from. Same thing with the titans fans earlier. I doesn’t bother me but it’s interesting. Judging by junk like this and the incessant, infantile whining at their board today, the SBN contingent of Vikings fans appear to have an average age of 15 and average IQ of about 60. The hate is just weird since we never play these guys.
Thanks Varmint for rounding up all this nonsense in one place for ease of ridicule.
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
"But some of your cohorts are just foolish"
Yes, we’ve got a few (even a couple worse than the ones you listed). But there are a lot of reasonable and knowledgeable fans over there too, and a number of them were wondering aloud if we would win this week (and some of them predicted we wouldn’t). If you want to find foolish and loudmouthed fans, I’m sure you can find them on any blog (maybe you even have some here?).
If I remember the entire post that that quote was extracted from, I believe I basically said that we wouldn’t win unless we had some good things happen. We didn’t and we lost. However, I was actually surprised at how well we played overall against a heck of a good team (the best we are going to face in the regular season this year, imo).
As to Favre, I think the old dog has taught himself some new tricks. I’ve been watching him for years and he is just playing differently. I didn’t think anything he did at the end of the game showed any signs of ‘reverting to form.’ Getting the ball knocked out of your hand as you are getting read to throw happens. It’s his first fumble this year, it just happened at a bad time.
He probably could have thrown a slightly better pass on the INT but it was a catchable ball and bounced right to a defender; not the kind of thing you could hang a prediction on. We’ll see, but nothing that happened this week makes me question his determination to avoid turnovers this year.
We’ll be in the playoffs; so will you. I really would not be terribly surprised if we meet again.
we’ve got a few (even a couple worse than the ones you listed).
coughREVENGEFORFAVREcough
"My doctor said I'd quit getting nosebleeds if I just kept my finger out of there!"
-Ralph Wiggum
by Steel Spike on Oct 25, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
oops...
Shouldn’t have slash…
"My doctor said I'd quit getting nosebleeds if I just kept my finger out of there!"
-Ralph Wiggum
by Steel Spike on Oct 25, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
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