Giving the Devil His Due, Again....For Now

do I hope we can kick these guys out of the playoffs.

Like u, I grudgingly feel I must giv the Ravens their due. Yes, they get the crown, the wk off, & @ least 1 homg PO game, but, hey, they earned it & deserve it. When u’ve been outplayed, the graceful thing 2 do is 2 man up & admit it. I’m still proud of what the Steelers were able 2 accomplish this season, &, @ least n my recollection, is 1 of the best seasons they’ve had n the last 10 or so yrs after a SB appearance the previous yr.

I’m jus keeping it real here when i say, (sorry n advance) we’re simply not the best team n the AFC (let alone n the entire NFL) this year. I’m o k w that. But neither r we also rans or a bunch of slackers. It will b awhile b4 i get over the 2 beatdowns we got from the ravens this season, but overall, i will still remember this season, as a whole, fondly.

My Game of the Year would hv 2 b the 1st Browns game. After hearing the half time commentators talk about BB’s injury as 1 that would not only keep him out of the 2nd half, but potentially end his season – I, like many other (honest) viewers will admit, was stunned 2 watch BB limp on2 the field 2 start the 2nd half & have that moment marked n my permanent memory as the steelers version of a Willis Reed moment. The rally behind him by the rest of the team was un4gettable, at least 4 me.

Of course, I hope i’m wrong, but i don’t really envision a ravens-Steelers rematch n the PO’s this time. I think we beat denver, n a surprisingly (or not really so surprising) close game – but then we hv 2 com back & play the pats n their house. I can’t honestly feel too optimistic about that 1, @ least not yet.

Still, there jus isn’t another team out there 4 me other than the Steelers – Dam these guys r good!

When I was talking to my boys about the kind of football I like: tough, physical, fly to the ball defense, solid running game and the ability to strike quick if needed. And they can line up right in front of you, tell you what they’re doing and then execute. But most importantly, they have that defense that people hate to play against. You know, like the steleers! Then I realized that purple team that used to be the Browns is also one of those teams.

Their management has done a great job creating a team designed to win the AFC North, and specifically, beat the Steelers. The first game was a 1st round knockout, so it was difficult in my mind to get a good read on the competition. The second game, however, was the kind of game that the STEELERS win, where one play can tip the balance of a game. That play never came for the Steelers and the purple drove the ball down the field at the end of the game and put 7 on the board when the chips were down. I hated every minute of it, it was like death by 1000 cuts. But the truth is/was that they’ve been a better team than us this season. And heading into the playoffs they look balanced, battle tested, healthy and primed for a SB run.

With that said, I’ve posted on Beatdown a note of congratulations. They’ve earned the AFC North Title which is no small accomplishment. They’ve got two all-pro players in Ngata and TSizzle, a top-5 running back, and other weapons on both sides of the ball. Looking at this dispassionately it’s easy to see the writing on the wall. Which will make it that much better when we send them home for their annual early playoff dismissal.

From a Ravens fan, the tenor of your article is well met. I know your feeling all too well. Familiarity breeds contempt. Both teams are more alike than most of us fans would like to accept. Anything could happen at this point but I surely wouldn’t be shocked to see the Steelers show up in our town in a couple of weeks. Good luck Steelers fans. Go Ravens!

Although I may be different from a lot of my Steeler brethren, I like the Ravens, I like them alot. How could I not? They are basically a carbon copy of my team, what Ozzie Newsome has accomplished has been amazing and dare I say it, on par with what Kevin Colbert has done in Pittsburgh, if anything I think Baltimore has been a little more agile in the FA market and they really attack an area they see a weakness or need. Although I dislike being on the losing end of this equation, it is something that was bound to happen eventually. The Raven’s have outplayed the Steelers this year, but fortunately the fat lady has yet to sing. I know that Ravens fans don’t want to hear it, but week one was an anomaly. Our second game was a Ravens v Steelers game, and we came out on the losing end, but just barely. I think we can go all the way again this year, and I feel confident that we can win a rematch with the Ravens should we play them again. Having said that, if we can’t be in the big game this year, I hope it is them. keep the crown in the division – Just don’t let it be NE.

The ratbirds were built to compete with the Steelers, so I respect them in that regard. But I still doubt Flacco’s ability to lead that team to a truly meaningful win; and I like dads ability to match him in a winner-take-all game

A win is not a given…not in the NFL , even less so in the postseason…We’ve gotta take one step at a time, up first is the Broncos without Mendy, Cortez, Clark, Keenan(hopefully not so).

I hope you utterly destroy Tim Tebow. Just smash him.