Steelers Expose Broncos In 2nd Half, Thump Denver 28-10 - Celebration Open Thread

Bring on the Bungles!!!!!

This weekend should be fun.

Well deserved victory. You guys owned us today. Good game.

It’s Bungles week! I think I know a certain defense that wants some revenge…

Revenge is dish that will be served frozen this coming Sunday. I will enjoy this win some more tomorrow.

Yeah, this is the way that Steeler football was meant to be played!

3 points. Total.

And how many rushing yards? Less than 50 I think.

Great defensive performance, and a solid game from the offense, despite the struggles iun the first half.

So good to see him jumping around and smiling on the sidelines. I’m sure he was riding the emotional roller coaster during the first half. Seems like a guy who does not like to be in sweats on game day.

Shout-out to my man Kiesel.

Nice job with the interview, Mendy.

Rashard Running Hard! I’ll throw out my notes tomorrow!

GO STEELERS!

Hopefully they will put that on Replay so I can record it. That game was a blast.

Big props to Max Starks – holding the league leader in sacks to one measly assisted 5 second coverage sack. Where did this OL come from?

you guys manhandled us. It sucks to feel this way, but we’ve got to worry about the Redskins. Perhaps we’ll see you guys again, but we’ve got to be tougher. Good job.

Denver fans are nice. Almost too nice.

Missed the entire first half – and thankfully so it appears. In another thread I posted I was hoping for a full 60 minutes of football. I’ll happily take a dominating second half. Look forward to keeping the momentum rolling next week against the Bengals. Excellent, excellent second half of football. I’m pumped.

Loved the Hines Ward hurdle for a TD late in the game! Love the Deebo crushing hit when Denver should have just been kneeling for mercy! Loved seeing RM run!!! I wish FWP could have gotten some runs in though.

Great game! Turnovers stunk…but they didn’t keep the Men of Steel down!

Oh, and I LOVED seeing the Steelers finishing the game strong and getting to see Mo Rivera one more time!!!!

GO STEELERS!

Really a much closer game than the score indicated. Good luck the rest of the season! Hopefully we’ll have a little rematch in the AFC championship game.

but it was worth it. Sure, there were mistakes, but the defense is hitting its stride, the running game is just scratching the surface of its potential and Ben and these receivers are a special unit.

A couple of quick observations:

-Ryan Clady is as good as they come and Harrison was still overpowering him on a regular basis;
-the run defense was just filthy tonight and they better be again on Sunday against Cincy and Ced Benson.
-although a lot will likely be made of the change to the quick huddle, the other difference I noted for the offense in the second half was taking deeper pass routes instead of crosses, hooks and outs
-Ben was 21 of 29 which is pretty impressive, but what was just unbelievable was how many of those completions came against Champ Bailey.
-Either Jaworski or Gruden made an excellent point about how Rashard has noticeably improved in his patience and how that has helped him read the blocking. Would still like to see him fight for extra yardage along the sidelines.
-Ok one critical point: That is six games in a row where either the offense or special teams have given up a touchdown.

“Would still like to see him fight for extra yardage along the sidelines.” I couldn’t agree more that he needs to fight more for extra yardage. Noticed that S.Holmes got in his grill a little after that long run, pretty sure it was about that. It will be interesting to see whether the Broncos can maintain the focus and end up in a good spot at the end of the season.
Anyways I’m here to actually congratulate the Steelers and the way they fought back. No doubt you got a team built to win and should be very happy tonight. I’m rooting for you next week because I feel it’ll be easier for the Ravens to catch up with the Bengals than the Steelers.

Greetings from a bummed-out Bronco fan!

Nice work on a decisive road win. The loss aside, that was in general, one of the better NFL games I’ve ever watched. As a fan of great defense, I have to give you guys some serious props. You fellas commit to taking away the run game, and you did exactly that. I’m convinced Polamalu is a cyborg, and Harrison is just a friggin’ animal. A thing of beauty (unless you’re on the receiving end, of course).

Good work, and I’m glad to see both teams make it out relatively injury -free.

Good luck the rest of the way.

You guys came out of halftime and played like a completely different team. Unfortunately for us, we didn’t and you caught us with our pants down. Great game for you guys and best of luck.

anyways. Rashard could have gotten at least 10 more yards. he had one man on him and just ran out of bounds. No wait, it was the 4th. They were trying to run the clock. That’s a rookie mistake. But boy can that guy hit the hole and goooo!!!!

It is a thing of beauty to see him back to near 100% healthy. When we had Denver backed up inside the ten up only four I was yelling “Polamalu time”. He proceeded to blitz off the edge and blow up the first down running play in the end zone and follow it up with the INT that gave us the ball back at the DEN 25 yard line which helped seal the deal.

I’m a Fox believer — 7 tackles and an assist. He was everywhere, breaking blocks to catch the runner. It was so pretty. Not the pass rusher Timmons is, but he made some big tackles. He saved a touchdown with a tackle from behind when the Broncs completed on 4th and short.

More Mendenhall — I was stressing by halftime. Why weren’t we running more? Mendenhall was not stopped short of a 3 yard game until the 3rd quarter.

Wallace is exciting — More and more, he’s making clutch 3rd down receptions. All this and speed too?

Harrison is still the one — Whether by forcing the QB forward into Kiesel or by drawing a holding call to kill a 1st down conversion, Harrison is still worth the expense.

Of Course Carter — Only the most important playmaker of the first half. He made me seriously rethink our needs at FS. A new rookie SS should be in our sights instead.

where are all those posters that were calling for Tyrone Carter’s head the last 3 weeks?

The level of expectation does not change. Ryan Clark was the happiest guy in the house for his replacement.

repent , all of you Ty Carter haters. lol

I am in love. This man is the real deal

Keyaron Fox looks like a starting Linebacker for the future, was pretty much brilliant tonight too

Admittedly one of those calling for Ty Carters head at the start of the season, but he steeped in and looked very fresh and energized. You can tell he cares about his buddy Ryan Clark, who couldnt sit still on the sideline

Ryan Mundy I’ll note looked electric too

Woodley was also routinely getting the best of his man, albeit the Denver short passing game got the better of our outside rush, I think that was as good a game you can have without having a sack.

What. A. Game. It was amazing being there, probably only 20-25% steelers fans at the beginning, but walking out, it was nothing but chants of “here we go steelers, here we go”. epic. Will post more about the game in the next few days hopefully.

Loved how the D stepped up this time. They’re getting hot again…

out there.

On Rashard: “I don’t think he realizes how good he can be,” Ward said of the young running back. “He’s a special back.”

from: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09314/1012213-66.stm#ixzz0WT5MDbHq

I agree. There are still some issues with Rashard, but the guy has tremendous talent. He has the potential to take an already very good offense to another level.

was a mess. Polumbus (RT) was lost – they had to have him backed up with either a tight end or another tackle (“tackle eligible”, my Aunt Flossie’s dentures). That in itself speaks to Denver’s lack of a running game, and to the pressures on Orton.

But to me the most impressive part of the game was the no-huddle – it’s like flipping a switch and feeling the turbo kick in. Just incredible.

Eason had a nice game, but Hood was a monster. He and Kiesel took it to another level. They were getting enough out of those two to allow the LBs to drop into short coverage and negate the passing game. Great coaching by Master LeBeau.