Wagon, as in people who follow the team. Bandwagon is people who jump on the team after they are winning. I never implied you were that type of fan.

We are the 9th ranked offense, 8th ranked pass offense, 17th rush. Last year we were the 22nd offense, 17th in pass, 23rd in rush. After last years poor offense I am definitely impressed with the offense this year. Sorry buddy, but the statistics just don’t back up this unimpressive offense you are talking about. It is a very good offense that had one bad game.

And for someone talking about bad grammar or writing you should learn the difference between effect and affect. Not to add you completely missed the meaning of the analogy I was using.

I’ll just neglect the entire first two paragraphs because they make you sound extremely arrogant, and foolish because of the extremely apparent oxymoron.

Anyway, I addressed your concerns on the scoring and you never responded:

Anyway, our average scoring is 23 points a game with a progression of 13, 14, 20, 38. 28, 27, 27, 28, 12. Excluding last weeks game (that I already conceded was a very poor performance) I would say our offense has definitely been improving week in and week out. Furthermore, I believe that lower ranked scoring is more indicative of this teams slow start. Besides, I take nothing away from the Bengals, that is a very stout defense with something to prove especially in the AFC North.

If you can’t see that you were in attack mode I certainly can’t help you out. If you want to turn a blind eye to your faults that’s on you. Calling somebody juvenile and attacking the “quality” of their writing, i guess doesn’t qualify? You’re a sharp one.

As for taking the time to go point by point through your post, it isn’t worthy of that type of response. The majority of your rambling is based on speculation and your personal opinion. You clearly had something you needed to get off your chest and you have done so. Don’t you feel better now?

As for your prediction that this team isn’t Super Bowl caliber, way to go way out on a limb. Only one team from each conference is SB caliber. We’ve made two appearances in four seasons. Therefore, from a purely mathematical and statistical point of view your bold claim appears to be nothing more than common sense. Way to go way out on a limb to provide such incredible insight.

As for your post you make a lot of claims about the health of a player here or the mindset of a player there. My only question is how are you privy to such information? My guess is that you are not and that you are making your claims based on personal opinion and pure speculation.

For example you were clearly wrong regarding the Polamalu injury. He did not reinjure his knee but sustained a different injury to the same knee. If you watched the Denver game last week TP was flying around the field and making big plays again. Clearly his knee wasn’t right and the team is hiding something from us and unnecessarily putting their star player at risk. At least from your skewed point of view.

As for Ben’s mindset how do you know what it is? Are you his best friend? His psychologist? Not likely. Just another fan with an opinion based on, well, your opinion.

I can run numbers on you all day long showing how this team has actually performed superior to last year’s team through this point in the season, but frankly, I don’t need or want to waste my time trying to convince somebody who thinks they have all the answers.

I don’t mind others having differing opinions and debating things civilly, but you haven’t been doing that. You’ve been in attack mode and quite frankly it’s nauseating. Why don’t you act your age, apologize for attacking Johnny and then try to get your point across with some factual evidence. Maybe then somebody will think about taking your “opinion” seriously.

While the defense is still exceptional, and the drop off from last year has not been significant, the season is just past the halfway point and the lack of depth is bound to take it’s toll. Smith is gone, Timmons is dinged up, and Troy cannot be counted on to finish the season, his knee is clearly a bigger problem than anyone on the Steelers cares to admit. The defense has pride and it has heart, and it has Dick LeBeau. But it’s another year older and lacking depth. There are brutal games on the horizon and I just don’t see them holding up well enough to make a serious run through the playoffs. One more major injury and they might not even see the playoffs

Every team has to deal with injuries, not just the Steelers. DE is the position we have the most depth at. Losing Smith hurts, but clearly it has been filled very well with Travis, Nick, and Ziggy. Travis I believe practiced this week and should be back soon. Timmons will be fine as his injury is not a big deal. Polamalu hurts the most, but initial reports are the injury is not as serious as first believed. Our injury situation could just as likely get better as it could worse. This is true for every NFL team.

Big Ben is not his usual self. I mentioned this in another post and it was pooh poohed by the faithful. I’m going to say it again and if you can’t see it you are clearly in a state of denial. Big Ben isn’t right in the head for all the obvious reasons. He’s a future hall of famer and 2 time Super Bowl champ, I love the guy and expect amazing things from him in the future. But I am not so foolish to think that anyone having been accused, falsely or otherwise, of a heinous crime who is currently awaiting trial could have his head completely in anything, especially the pressure packed, fast paced, highly cerebral job of a winning NFL QB. As much as I dislike Bruce Arians playcalling, there were plays to be made yesterday, everyone gets a little blame, but Ben was not sharp and it’s not the first time this year that he was obviously out of sorts.

Ben had 1 bad game. He is on pace for career records in completions, yards, and comp%. With the “easier” part of our schedule coming up I would not be surprised if he broke his TD record too. As far as picks go, he is on pace to have about as many as last year. Ben is a professional football player and he has his head in the right place every Sunday. Please point out where Ben was “out of sorts” this year besides that game? Keep in mind every QB throws picks whether your name is Ben, Peyton, Drew, etc.

Holmes. He’s made some big plays this year. And he has left some bigger plays on the field. Hines is Hines and you can expect 100% from him every Sunday, but Hines 100% is not what it used to be and Santonio needs to step it up. It wasn’t well documented but he was struggling with a wrist injury or something earlier in the year. I’m not sure that he is completely healthy. Holmes potentially dealing with a nagging injury, Hines dealing with father time, Heath Miller spending too much time in the backfield providing support to an O-line that frankly seems to be a bit over hyped this year (which is to be expected considering what an improvement they have been from last year), add it all up and it’s a recipe for disaster.

First of all, Ward’s 100% is still damn good. He is having one of the best statistical years of his career. And seriously, do you think Hines has his head off the football field? The man is a veteran.
Holmes has been struggling more than people thought he would. And yes he did have an injury but it should be healed up now since I think it was hurt around the Bears game. I don’t know what else you expect from him considering he is putting in some pretty good numbers. He is not going to be a Andre Johnson or Fitzgerald type of player.
Heath Miller’s lack of production in the last few games has been Arians fault. He is not getting the big man involved like he was the first few games of the season. I don’t understand why since he has great hands for a TE and makes good separation.

How is that for addressing your points?