Steelers Head To Miami To Take On Beat Up And Dejected Miami Dolphins

by Michael Bean on Dec 30, 2009 2:41 PM EST

Is Miami technically eliminated from this year's playoffs? No, no they are not. At 7-8, the Dolphins still have a pulse. It's just very faint. Miami must of course win on Sunday against the 8-7 Pittsburgh Steelers then get all sorts of fortuitous developments around the league. Miami is not only all but down for the count, they're also extremely beat up injury wise. Here's a list of some of the notable Dolphins players injured:

Ronnie Brown (RB) - placed on IR about a month or so ago.

Ricky Williams (RB) - will likely play against Pittsburgh, but was removed mid-game last week against the Texans.

Channing Crowder (LB) - placed on IR with a foot injury.

Jason Ferguson (DT) - placed on IR in late November with a quadricep injury.

Will Allen (CB) - placed on IR in late October with a knee injury.

Patrick Cobbs (RB) - placed on IR in October with a knee injury.

Chad Pennington (QB) - placed on IR in late September with a shoulder injury.

This is only a list of the players lost for the year, excluding Ricky Williams. I'm sure, like with the Steelers, that Miami is expecting other key guys to play on Sunday at much less than 100%. What do you all see in this matchup? Any particular matchups you'll be keeping an eye on?

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Jake Long and Lamarr Woodley

I wanna see just how good Howie’s little boy does against The Wood.

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by Steel Spike on Dec 30, 2009 2:48 PM EST reply actions

Woodley will likely have another big day

Optimism. Positivity. Win.

by John Stephens on Dec 30, 2009 2:53 PM EST up reply actions

Fail!

Nope, Jake Long is a LT.

And actually, Jake is not Howie’s son. I thought so too until I looked it up. Chris Long, who is a DE for the Rams, is Howie’s son, but Jake is not related to Howie at all.

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by Chupathingy on Dec 30, 2009 2:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

"You have to make it happen." Joe Greene

by LongTimeSteelersFan on Dec 30, 2009 3:56 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah

I posted this here before that one over there.

"Chris! That's a terrible word! Pussywillows..."
-Lois Griffin

by Steel Spike on Dec 31, 2009 4:20 PM EST up reply actions

No problem. Now we are even. :)

"You have to make it happen." Joe Greene

by LongTimeSteelersFan on Dec 31, 2009 7:23 PM EST up reply actions

Dare I speak his name...

Troy Polamalu?

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by John Stephens on Dec 30, 2009 2:53 PM EST reply actions

Still does not look good

I would bet against Troy playing. Despite being limited today, he has muscle atrophy and conditioning to worry about with that leg. Should the playoffs be in the future, I could see him going next week, if no setbacks this week. Right now I would count on seeing him on the inactive list.

by Cracker Jack Black on Dec 30, 2009 4:57 PM EST up reply actions

I doubt he has much atrophy, as he has been walking on the leg. I believe, correct me if I am wrong, PCL injuries are fine to walk on, but putting pressure turning and twisting is what can make things worse. I don’t think he’ll play either, but I was just saying.

Optimism. Positivity. Win.

by John Stephens on Dec 31, 2009 7:53 AM EST up reply actions

Atrophy per Polamalu

“Whenever you take this much time off it’s kind of a mix of everything. It’s trying to get your nervous system right, trying to get muscle bulk from the atrophy, trying to get some strength back.”

by Cracker Jack Black on Dec 31, 2009 2:09 PM EST up reply actions

Let’s worry more about our business than their injury report. There was a lot of this going on when we played the Browns too.

I’ll be disappointed if we win and don’t get help, but I’ll be really pissed if we lose because we overlook Miami. I’ll be doubly pissed if that happens + we get the help we needed in the wildcard race.

by chicos_pants on Dec 30, 2009 3:19 PM EST reply actions

If you overlook the last team on your schedule, when you need to win to get in,

You don’t deserve to play football, let alone be int he playoffs.

Optimism. Positivity. Win.

by John Stephens on Dec 30, 2009 3:28 PM EST up reply actions

I’ll be doubly pissed if that happens + we get the help we needed in the wildcard race.

Even thinking about that is making me mad . I am sure then there will be lot of swearing on BTSC and other Steelers blogs, myself included.

I think the Steelers blogs mods around the world should forget about maintaining sanity. Includes you too Blitz ;).

"We are only going to score 17 points?"

by Han on Dec 30, 2009 3:27 PM EST reply actions

Peezy

working with Ben, so Ben can get his five sacks.

"You have to make it happen." Joe Greene

by LongTimeSteelersFan on Dec 30, 2009 3:51 PM EST reply actions

Steelers win so does Cincy.

Steelers lose so does Cincy.
I’m guessing NE needs the win for 3rd and once they have it Cincy’s only reason to show is to mess up the Steelers chances.

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by SNW on Dec 30, 2009 4:00 PM EST reply actions

I got that backwards actually

Steelers win Cincy loses.
Steelers lose Cincy wins.

If you buy a foreign made product you give money to a person who will not be buying an American made produdt that you get paid to make. Think about it next time you're at the store.

by SNW on Dec 30, 2009 4:01 PM EST reply actions

It's all about the fins, man.

All about the fins. Let the rest lay where they lay. We can destroy Miami. That’s what matters.

by Damnscot on Dec 31, 2009 3:41 AM EST reply actions

+1

I’ll take comfort in at least knowing they beat the dolphins. Like Tomlin said, it’s their playing that got them into it, and there’s no point in asking for help now.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see a playoff run and if I had it my way, they’d win the Super Bowl every year, but I just know that isn’t always going to happen. I’m happy to know that at 8-7 in a season where the Steelers had tons of problems, we still finish higher than the Browns.

by Steel Nation on Dec 31, 2009 4:45 PM EST up reply actions