Steelers Gut Out Win at Cleveland, Clinch 5 Seed in AFC Playoffs, Will Travel to Denver
by Neal Coolong on Jan 1, 2012 8:47 PM EST
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PrintIt seemed almost fitting for a year in which the Steelers couldn't exploit opportunities to get past AFC North Rival Baltimore.
At approximately the same time, Pittsburgh's Isaac Redman fumbled during a drive that could have sealed a win and Bengals TE Jermaine Gresham fumbled for Cincinnati, who was driving on Baltimore down 17-13.
Pittsburgh ended up taking home a 13-9 victory, but Baltimore used that turnover to grab a 24-13 lead. Cincinnati's comeback fell short, and the teams flipped playoff positions from a year ago.
The Ravens have the week off, while Pittsburgh will prepare to travel to Denver to take on the AFC West champion Broncos. The time and date of the game has not yet been announced.
Cincinnati also clinched a playoff spot despite the loss. It is the first time three teams from the AFC North have been in the playoffs. The Bengals will travel to Houston in the Wild Card round.
The Steelers suffered another rash of injuries, the most concerning to RB Rashard Mendenhall, who left the game in the first quarter with a knee injury. Early reports on his status do not look good, as Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Mendenhall is "doubtful or worse" for next week.
It was a tough defensive battle, unfortunately marred by injuries to Mendenhall, TE David Johnson, RG Ramon Foster and CB Cortez Allen. Even with that pall hanging over the 12-4 Steelers, they did lock up the league's top scoring defense, besting San Francisco by just two points (227 to 229). Pittsburgh has allowed nine points or less in each of their last five victories.
The injuries will be the compelling story this week, and much of it will surround FS Ryan Clark (who became the team's top tackler for 2011. Clark has a blood disorder which reacts poorly in high altitude environments. It flared up during a game in Denver in 2007, and the result of it was Clark missing the rest of the season and losing his spleen and gall bladder.
Clark did not make the last trip the team made to Denver in 2009. It stands to reason he won't be at this game either, moving Ryan Mundy into the starting lineup.
Clark and the defense thoroughly dominated Cleveland for much of the game, and more the issue in the win was the lack of explosion and movement from the offensive side of the ball. QB Ben Roethlisberger did not look comfortable, failed to step into many of his throws and missed open receivers several times. It didn't seem like the plan was to have Roethlisberger throw 40 times (he completed 23 of them), but Mendenhall's injury seemed to shift that plan to the forefront.
It did help Steelers WR Hines Ward get his historic 1,000th career reception - a shovel pass for -3 yards - in the fourth quarter.
The Steelers survived a last-second hail mary pass from Seneca Wallace, but their post-season fate was already sealed after Cincinnati's last-second pass also fell incomplete.
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A 12-4 team traveling to an 8-8 team. So very, very wrong...
Tebow: Dead man walking.
Just once I'd like someone to call me "Sir," without adding, "You're making a scene."
Don't count out Denver
Saints/Seahawks last year….
Gotta do your homework.
"I think every quarterback should believe they’re the best. Do I think there are better quarterbacks than me? Possibly. But would I take anyone else with the ball in their hands at the end of the game? I don’t think so." - Ben Roethlisberger-
Feels good to be 12-4 but im setting my expectations low for the playoffs due to all our injuries
Here are the injuries we have
QB: Big Ben, Byron Leftwich
RB: Mendy, Moore, Batch
WR: Sanders
TE: David Johnson
OT: Willie Colon
OG: Foster
OC: Pouncey
DL: Smith
LB: Woodley
CB: Allen, Brown
S: Clark (just for Denver), Polamalu (not 100%)
P: Sepulveda
There is not another team in the NFL that has anywhere close to this many injuries and they are all so important. I think and expect to beat Denver but anything after that would just be gravy for me
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 8:54 PM EST reply actions
That's kind of what I expect this postseason as well.
The team has battled through untold adversity this year, but how they can overcome through the playoffs is beyond me.
by WolfpackSteelersFan on Jan 1, 2012 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah the fact that we are 12-4 and not 4-12 amazes me
We have had sooooooo many injuries throughout the year its been absurd. Here is a list of players who were injured/suspended at some point this year
QB: Ben, Leftwich
RB: Mendy, Moore, Dwyer, Batch
WR: Wallace, Sanders, Ward, Cotchery
TE: Johnson
OT: Starks, Scott, Colon
OG: Legursky, Foster
OC: Pouncey
DL: Keisel, Smith, Hampton, Hood
LB: Harrison, Woodley
CB: BMAC, Allen, Brown
S: Polamalu, Mundy
P: Sepulveda
Just an unreal amount of injuries we have sustained this year and I honestly don’t think it could get any worse
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
so if we can win one playoff game, I would call this year a success
for me, you don’t have to win the Super Bowl to have a good season
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
Yep just realized that
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
We haven't had Batch all year
Lefty went out during the last Pre-season game. So those don’t concern me, but Mendy does.
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"Back in my day we killed five hookers and thought nothing of it" Craig James
Dwyer hurts too
He was really showing something there before he got hurt, and especially with Moore and now Mendy going down.
by WolfpackSteelersFan on Jan 1, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
Dwyer was showing something….And I mean like “showing something” like you’d say about a woman after 3 months
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I think Packers had MORE players on IR last year
Every team deals with injuries each year. We’re probably a little heavier than normal this year, but nothing catastrophic like some teams have faced in the past. GB’s last year was pretty bad.
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by SteelerMessican on Jan 1, 2012 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
True
Still do you see us pulling the same run as GB last year? I believe they led the league last year in takeaways, and they are pretty darn opportunistic this year as well. Steelers, OTOH, don’t cause many TO’s this year.
by WolfpackSteelersFan on Jan 1, 2012 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
but this D
still allowed fewest points and fewest yards. Steeler defense is capable of leading a team to the title without TOs…Don’t get me wrong, I wish we generated more TOs this season, but it doesn’t overly concern me as far as our chances at winning No. 7
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"Now that I'm here, I don't want to just be here, I want to be here for a long time." Hines Ward, 1998 4th round draft pick.
"Chuck Noll is building one hell of a football team up in Pittsburgh. I look for the Steelers to be the team of the future. Just remember I said that."
- - - Immortal Packers coach Vince Lombardi in 1970, two years before the Steelers even made the playoffs under Noll
by HtownSteelerFan on Jan 1, 2012 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed, if we don't turn it over on offense.
If the Steelers can flip the TO margin in the playoffs, they could go deep. The problem is that they haven’t yet, and this isn’t the ’79 team.
by WolfpackSteelersFan on Jan 1, 2012 10:10 PM EST up reply actions
true that
the lack of forced TOs combined with the Offensive TOs generally leaves the final result of the game in doubt!
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"Now that I'm here, I don't want to just be here, I want to be here for a long time." Hines Ward, 1998 4th round draft pick.
"Chuck Noll is building one hell of a football team up in Pittsburgh. I look for the Steelers to be the team of the future. Just remember I said that."
- - - Immortal Packers coach Vince Lombardi in 1970, two years before the Steelers even made the playoffs under Noll
by HtownSteelerFan on Jan 1, 2012 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
but it's been well documented...
that if it were a salary capped year, as this year is…GB would not have been able to sign and replace the players in the way they were able to last year. If they had to shuffle with what they had on the roster the same as we did this year, I think they would have been hard pressed to even make the playoffs let alone win the superbowl. The two situations as well as the teams’ respective accomplishments don’t compare.
Broncos are dog food next week
Hey Denver, you just won the AFC West. Your prize? The Pittsburgh Steelers. Enjoy!
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by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Jan 1, 2012 9:07 PM EST reply actions
My dad just told me if the Steelers make the Super Bowl, his friend can score me a box seat to the game
I think his friend is the CEO of some major company and he gets box seats every year and he is going to be out of town during the Super Bowl week. Holy Shit, I am so excited now and it completely changes my view on these playoff games
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 9:14 PM EST reply actions
I'm a really cool traveling buddy.
Just sayin’
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by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Jan 1, 2012 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
lol. I would have to take my girlfriend if I got the tickets
My dad told me he can’t go if we get the tickets but I woudl have to take my girlfriend or else he would not get me the tickets
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
lol my gf has converted to a Steelers fan so she will be coming
If my dad can score 4 tickets instead of 2 I would be willing to sell them to someone on here at a discounted rate
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
If you give me your email, I will let you know if I land four tickets and if I do maybe we can work out a deal for the other two
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
That was FREAKY wierd
The similar events happening almost simultaneously during the Bengals and Steelers games. I was watchin both games on Sunday Ticket. They both missed FG’s within seconds of each other. There was something else that happened that I dont remember. Then the freak TO’s within seconds of each other. Like the messican says in Training Day, “This is some freaky shit holmes”
Stay thirsty my friends.
Also crucial fumbles at the same time
Gresham for Cincy and Redman for us. That was really wierd – (3) similar incidents happening simultaneous, seconds apart.
freaky homes!
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by SteelerMessican on Jan 2, 2012 5:51 PM EST up reply actions
Well the bad news is
Mendy is done. The good news, its FWP time
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Is that who you think we would sign?
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
It's either him
or TJ Duckett
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or Najeh Davenport.
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by SteelerMessican on Jan 1, 2012 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
I don't know about Dookie
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Why, the dude is BIG and FAST
Plus he can return kicks.
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by SteelerMessican on Jan 1, 2012 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
there is a reason that no team has Davenport or Parker on their roster…
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Because they have not had 3 RBs go down for the year
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
We need a change of pace back
that’s what FWP is or was. He may not be anymore.
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"Back in my day we killed five hookers and thought nothing of it" Craig James
Ok..I’m not going to investigate, but I’m pretty sure a couple teams have had this problem.
Either way. No one wanted either, there’s a reason. losing 3 backs or not…there are some teams with some pretty horrific rb situations…none wanted either of them
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so who would you suggest signing considering the same could be said about every single FA RB
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
I can’t say I’d suggest anyone…I cant’ even be sure that they are going to rush to sign someone else. Parker couldn’t make the Redskins…Davenport hasn’t played since 08…what makes you think they could help?
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They can't hurt at this point
Who else is out there.
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I didn't mention Davenport
I don’t know if FWP is fast anymore but if he regained his speed, he is worth a shot because we have no speed at RB now
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
Noel Devine should be out there somewhere if that's the case
He’s incredibly stupid, but he can FLY
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I’m sorry, I just don’t get in to all the crazy speculation every time something happens. That’s been rampant lately with the “I hope we hire Norv Turner as our OC next year” I just can’t imagine any situation where the Steelers are going to think their best option is to call Parker or Davenport off their couches
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FWP
He has the advantage of knowing the offense. The Steelers have signed old washed up players back to the squad after injuries before. I have know idea if he’s in any kind of football shape, but it wouldn’t be unheard of. I’d think they’d take Parker over Davenport.
by WolfpackSteelersFan on Jan 1, 2012 9:56 PM EST up reply actions
You may be right..I just can’t see the team reaching like that.
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I think the question with Davenport
is if he still has his “pooping in women’s laundry hampers” form.
That sort of talent lasts longer than speed.
Tough break with Mendenhall- I like that guy, and the team seemed to be making a point of keeping him fresh for the playoffs.
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by lottwasgangsta on Jan 2, 2012 2:14 AM EST up reply actions
It would be "great" to get Norv Turner next year
As for us signing one of these RB’s. I would doubt very seriously if it will happen. Hell, you might as well include Tiki in that bunch. He has some kind of connection with Tomlin. Of course, I am joking about signing him. Maybe the joke will be on me.
Bring in The Dump Truck!
Ladies, hide your shoes, because it’s Najeh Time.
I jokingly said that to my brother yesterday
Reality, though, is we aren’t going to sign another RB. We don’t have any cap room. Moore will be back, and our three will be Redman, Moore and Clay.
Here are some of the Steelers opponents for 2012 (I am definitely going to the game @NYG)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
Home: Kansas City, San Diego, Philadelphia, Washington, N.Y. Jets.
Away: Denver, Oakland, Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Tennessee.
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 9:27 PM EST reply actions
Never ever ever ever underestimate the power that is TEBOW.
Stay thirsty my friends.
by SteelerMessican on Jan 1, 2012 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
agree..no such thing as an easy game. Even Denver. That defense is nasty
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It smells like seven layers....that beaver eats Taco Bell.
Plus they got a running back that can straight up BALL.
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by SteelerMessican on Jan 1, 2012 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
yeah..I know..I’ve seen more than enough of him lol…
Wait..are you talking about McGahee, or Tebow?
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Acne?
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I think he's being over-coached
instead of just fixing his mechanics and footwork they are trying to force him into something he isn’t. Just let him play
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Poor James Harrison
He finally gets a QB who basically is a runner and now what’s he supposed to do? Damn Colt McCoy Rule. Ya know, the magically invented rule that covers the question that arises should James Harrison be within fifty feet of a QB with zero judgment.
If we don't turn the ball over, we will win
If we do, it’s going to be a nailbiter.
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by LV Steelers Fan on Jan 1, 2012 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
It will be a nailbiter, I GUARANTEE it.
All our playoff games are. We will be sweating Tebow’s antics in the final minutes. Lets hope the good lord will be on our side.
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by SteelerMessican on Jan 1, 2012 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
It will be a bloodbath
Mark my words . . . all stats regress to the mean. And the Steelers turnover ratio is unreal skewed right now.
Frankly, I see Gay and Troy both scoring TDs off Tebow. We’re overdue for a couple pick sixes.
We had a nice string of 2+ takeaway games, but that disappeared too. I stuck with the regress to the mean thing much of the season, I just don’t think it’s happening.
And I’m saying that with full knowledge of who we’re playing.
Tebow
Just sayin . . . plus he’s hitting that half a season of starts mark where defenses start really figuring a guy out.
I also have to admit I really want to see Tebow have a nightmare game so we can all put that dumb experiment to rest.
Last year...
I bet the Saints thought they were going to kill Seattle as well…and on paper, they should have. No Clark means we just lost our top tackler this season against one of the toughest running qb’s in the league.
I'd take Hasselbeck over Tebow any day
To be a complete argument, you have to ask this question: which is the more likely scenario, the Saints giving up three TDs to Hasselbeck or the Steelers giving up anything to Tebow?
We will need more than 2 RB to get through the play-offs
I am not worried about the Broncos. If we can’t beat that team… I really liked our chances for a rematch against the Ravens if we are halfway healthy. Looks like we’ll have that(not sure about the healthy part, though) and then, the Patriots, and then.. the Packers…
Is the game Saturday or Sunday?
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by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Jan 1, 2012 9:51 PM EST reply actions
Sat
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Yup, Sunday at 4:30 on CBS
Last game of the weekend.
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by LV Steelers Fan on Jan 1, 2012 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
God damnit. I hate waiting till the last game of the weekend on Wild Card weekend
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by seton hall and steelers on Jan 1, 2012 10:32 PM EST up reply actions
Gives Bens ankle another days rest.
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by SteelerMessican on Jan 2, 2012 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
Really?
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by LV Steelers Fan on Jan 2, 2012 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
so worldtrip…I suppose the overwhelming cheering of possibly ending a players career over at DBN is just an anomaly right? I mean..the largest collection of a team’s fans on the internet…
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I wouldn’t call it the largest necessarily. It’s a large representation, but there are strictly forums with more activity than this one for steeler’s fans and I imagine so for Browns fans.
That Cortez Allen injury was a big one, kudos to Tomlin for 12-4 record
Rookie CB C. Allen was the one player (other than Troy) in our secondary that you could put on those new age tight ends and he’d hold his own. I saw a little too much of Bryant McFadden today for my liking. This is a really banged up team right now. Kudos for Tomlin to getting this bunch to 12-4. To be this banged up and then have 3 games on the road is probably asking too much for this squad, particularly the way this team turns the ball over and don’t force turnovers.
With the talent returning next year and probably 8 draft picks, I think this should be the year where the Steelers trade up and get that G Decastro from Stanford to plug in at LG. If not, then I’d probably sit tight an look at either NT Dontari Poe from Memphis or G Cordy Glenn from Georgia in the late first round.
by datruth4life2.0 on Jan 1, 2012 10:05 PM EST reply actions
minor nit
I’m pretty sure Clark made the trip to Denver last time, I remember reading that he did some running before the game, but did not play. Happily the Mundy of today is a better backup option than Ty Carter… (Though he did get a pick or two in that game as I recall)
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Yeah, I think you're right
I heard otherwise, but since then, I read Tomlin saying he was there and they worked him out.
Looks like this one will develop as the week goes
I saw a quote from Tomlin yesterday saying
that they did tests on Clark the last time they were in Denver. He said the Doctor’s will evaluate the testing this week and make a decision about him playing. Tomlin said it will not be up to him. He will let the Doctor’s tell him if it is safe for Clark.
hhhheaaattttthhhhh!
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by ekl on Jan 2, 2012 8:54 AM EST up reply actions
Does anyone know anything about this Chad Spann guy that's on our practice squad
all I found out is he’s a RB from NIU.
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I think he's a shifty guy
Could be a good complement to Redman and Clay.
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by LV Steelers Fan on Jan 1, 2012 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
Actually, he looks really good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8QX4ylcekk
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by LV Steelers Fan on Jan 1, 2012 11:03 PM EST up reply actions
can he block?
can he catch?
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by Cold_Old_Steelers_Fan on Jan 1, 2012 11:25 PM EST up reply actions
lol
It may be down to that I must admit.
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by Cold_Old_Steelers_Fan on Jan 1, 2012 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
If we have need for another RB.....
It would make sense to sign someone who is familiar with our system. It will be “chancy” to sign someone without pro-game experience at this juncture of the season. Hope he (Chad Spann) is not a “fumbler” – IF we sign him. It will be interesting to see what we do because Mendy is, according to Coach Tomlin, “not going to play next weekend against Denver”.
If Mwelde is ready - that would be great
He has given us some good plays this year. It’s too late in the year to bring in someone new (IMHO).
More than the injuries
I am scared about losing a playoff game because of Suisham missing a 40-45 yard FG. Injuries are part of the game and kind of unfortunate. NFL kicker missing FGs which should be made is straight disgusting.
"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."
- Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).
Fortunately, Denver is an easy place to kick at
And the forecast for next Sunday is cool and sunny, which favors us.
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by LV Steelers Fan on Jan 1, 2012 10:46 PM EST up reply actions
But it's Suisham
Sorry to say this, but my confidence level in him kicking FGs is now tending to zero. Even the 19 yard he was kicking today was freaking me out.
"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."
- Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).
I know :-(
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever
-Napoleon Bonaparte
There’s a lot of stuff we wouldn’t have to clean up if the city provided basic human rights, like a Port-A-Potty.
-OWS Protester
Cornell University Class of 2014
by LV Steelers Fan on Jan 1, 2012 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
Holy shit
DBN is a mess. The way those guys are cheering and enjoying Mendy’s injury is appalling. Cannot believe the shit I am reading.
"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."
- Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).
why can’t you believe it? That’s how they are. The most miserable bunch of scum bag losers on the planet.
This is the problem with the Flacco hate, people don’t really know who he is as a person. - Mr. Malor. Crazy Raven fan/possible stalker.
It smells like seven layers....that beaver eats Taco Bell.
I still think Patriots fans get that tag
Maybe, because I live in Boston so I get to experience them first hand. But I am sure Browns fans might take that crown.
"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."
- Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).
I don’t agree. A large percentage of Pats fans I encounter are 24 or younger, and have been fans for about 9 years at most. I’ve never seen any group of people more pathetic than Browns fans. They are so miserable, the only joy they can yank out of life is seeing another team lose, or even better for them, a major injury. They are classless, lowlife scumbags…period
Of course, there are a few that don’t follow that…but they are few and far between
This is the problem with the Flacco hate, people don’t really know who he is as a person. - Mr. Malor. Crazy Raven fan/possible stalker.
It smells like seven layers....that beaver eats Taco Bell.
He's just as miserable as the rest of them...
…
Hey guys, I know Steeler trolls will pop up, but don’t feed them. Flag them and they will be taken care of.
I know, I’m a buzzkill. Just think how good their tears will taste when they lose in the playoffs. Go anyone but Pittsburgh.
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 1, 2012 10:53 PM EST reply actions
He just uses his power to ban as quick as the rest of them attack, even when you don’t poast a “troll like” comment
United we Stand, melded like Steel
To Roger Goodell, We'll never Yield.
Yep…that is how they work…
They like to talk lots-o-shit…you say anything back, they ban you. Pathetic people. I, like you, would swallow a bullet if I was that sad of a person.
Two people that are very close to me (brother in law, best friend) are Browns fans…they are saddened and embarrassed by Browns fans..
My best friend actually called me tonight and said "I’m glad my team sucks, with the fans we have, we don’t deserve a winner’
This is the problem with the Flacco hate, people don’t really know who he is as a person. - Mr. Malor. Crazy Raven fan/possible stalker.
It smells like seven layers....that beaver eats Taco Bell.
They need to get a life as they say..
Or a football team.
"It's a dog eat dog world and I'm wear'in milkbone underwear" - Norm
They tear into one another...
…almost as fast as they attack Steeler fans. I would have the gun in my mouth by now if I felt as miserable as the vast majority of DBN poster sound.
United we Stand, melded like Steel
To Roger Goodell, We'll never Yield.
and yet..they question why LeBron got out of there as quick as he could…
This is the problem with the Flacco hate, people don’t really know who he is as a person. - Mr. Malor. Crazy Raven fan/possible stalker.
It smells like seven layers....that beaver eats Taco Bell.
And they're STILL bitching about it on a football blog
United we Stand, melded like Steel
To Roger Goodell, We'll never Yield.
Steelers finish no. 1 in overall D, Point Allowed, and Pass Defense ...
with only Woodley and Deebo playing 3 games together (and Deebo wasn’t healthy during those few games). The D needs a NT, ILB, OLB and stud safety going fwd and the window will be open to win a few more Super Bowls during Ben’s tenure.
by datruth4life2.0 on Jan 1, 2012 11:15 PM EST reply actions
Any word if Woodley can play next week?
"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."
- Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).
I am woried about Cortez too- DaTruth. Steelers can stop Tebow without 4 corners, but not Brady.
Please let Cortez’ biceps or collarbone ligament heal enough for him to play in 2 weeks. Every team that can run a spread offense will just target McFadden all day. With Curtis Brown out also, this area of depth could have turned into the achilles heel again this year.
Per Wexell it's just a separated shoulder and isn't a big deal
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever
-Napoleon Bonaparte
There’s a lot of stuff we wouldn’t have to clean up if the city provided basic human rights, like a Port-A-Potty.
-OWS Protester
Cornell University Class of 2014
by LV Steelers Fan on Jan 2, 2012 12:12 AM EST up reply actions
He could have Clark pop it back in for him ala Troy.
hhhheaaattttthhhhh!
"You have to under promise and over deliver." Mike Tomlin
by ekl on Jan 2, 2012 8:57 AM EST up reply actions
More DBN delusion
He is Drew Brees 2.0
I don’t need to tell anyone here who “he” is.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever
-Napoleon Bonaparte
There’s a lot of stuff we wouldn’t have to clean up if the city provided basic human rights, like a Port-A-Potty.
-OWS Protester
Cornell University Class of 2014
by LV Steelers Fan on Jan 2, 2012 12:45 AM EST reply actions
He (Mendy) was one of the ones on my list that it would be chancy to play - along with Ben and Pouncey
Ben is still walking gingerly on that ankle.
Hindsight is 20/20
But Ben having to play this game of no consequence then again next week for the Wild Card round is pretty brutal
He's paid to run the ball
It was in the first quarter in a game, at that point, we needed to win.
I’m sure Mendenhall has a nice performance bonus for 1,000 yards worked in his contract. He wouldn’t have been happy to sit down anyway.
Bright side: Every time Mendy gets significant injury, STeelers win SUPER BOWL.
Stay thirsty my friends.
by SteelerMessican on Jan 2, 2012 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
Good perfomance
And cudos to Ike, whom might have played his best game as a pro…
second cudo’s to Tenn… who ground out a win for the longest of long shots, and got bumped by a back in as all the below fell
jets-broncos-cinny-raiders
GL next yr Titan Faithfull
Difficult injury day that gutted me at times… speedy recovery Mendy.. youll be missed in an already thin position..
Cortez, hope your injury isn’t serious….. your skillset for a rookie has turned my head.. hope to have you back for the divisional round..
get healthy fella’s…seems we got 3 games more before we get that week off…
Go Steelers…….!
PS: cinncy…good effort, that couldnt be over come as clearly the reff’s were paid off or lost their contact lenses on more then on occasion…horribly officiated game..
Hey guys Bronco fan here
You guys have had a lot of injuries and so have we. We lost our starting LG to a nasty dislocated ankle injury, our starting FB, and a backup O-lineman. In fact our LB Von Miller who has been playing with a broken thumb might have re-injured it and has been ineffective while playing with a cast. I think we can both agree at least that win or lose, let’s hope our respective teams make it out of the game healthy! Looking forward to chatting with you folks this week, and Go Broncos!!! ;)
Bah! That's nothing
We lost our fullback to regime change years ago!
by theobserver on Jan 2, 2012 6:19 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
It's been a while since we've had an honest fullback
The last two guys listed at FB were Carey Davis, really an over-sized halfback and the current nominal holder, David Johnson, who is much closer to H-back than a FB.
Oh, Dan Kreider, where are ya Dan Kredier!
Kuper went to my college's arch rival
I never cheer for opposing injuries, but I hate UND.
We lost our starting LG like five times this year. None of them have “starting” positions anymore. They have “regular” ones and will likely shift over to something else by the end of the first quarter.
It’ll be a good one for sure, good luck to you as well.
If we can get Harrison and a fully healthy Woodley
on the field together for the playoffs, that could make a huge difference. I think everyone has forgot what a game changer and terrifying duo that is if they are both playing healthy and in rhythm. With a healthy Polamalu, Woodley, and Harrison anything is possible…..i hope
I think we might see the turnovers start coming with both those guys on the field.
I hope they will both be healthy next week.
hhhheaaattttthhhhh!
"You have to under promise and over deliver." Mike Tomlin
by ekl on Jan 2, 2012 9:00 AM EST up reply actions
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