Are You Ready for Some Football - Steelers/Browns

[blackjack68]

Ben is out.

Troy is out.

We're starting our 3rd string ancient QB.

And we're playing against an inferior opponent on the road. (Not a recipe for success for us this year.)

The good news...it's the Browns. And it's a 1pm game.

Other than that, I don't have much.

If we can win this game, we need a lot of people to get healthy next week to keep us in the race.

Here We Go Steelers!

[blackjack68]

And for those who didn't see this yesterday:

I'll believe it when I see (or maybe not even then...)

CBS' Jason La Canfora reports Ben Roethlisberger (ribs, shoulder) is "expected back" for Week 13.
According to La Canfora, it's not "out of the question" that Roethlisberger could dress as an emergency quarterback for Week 12. Charlie Batch will start against the Browns, but it's clear Roethlisberger is making steady progress. He shed his sling on Wednesday. Considering the magnitude of next week's game against Baltimore, we expect Big Ben to be back.

[Geezer]

I think it's bad news that we're playing the browns; this is their annual super bowl. They have very little else to look forward to most seasons other than trying the beat the Steelers at home. The Browns have played many teams tough this season and have played well defensively considering their weak offense.
This sure isn't a game to take for granted.

[BurghersAndDogsSports]

And for those who didn't see this yesterday:

I'll believe it when I see (or maybe not even then...)

CBS' Jason La Canfora reports Ben Roethlisberger (ribs, shoulder) is "expected back" for Week 13.
According to La Canfora, it's not "out of the question" that Roethlisberger could dress as an emergency quarterback for Week 12. Charlie Batch will start against the Browns, but it's clear Roethlisberger is making steady progress. He shed his sling on Wednesday. Considering the magnitude of next week's game against Baltimore, we expect Big Ben to be back.

Injurites are part of the game and every team has them so I hate to make it as an excuse, but with Ben and Brown and at least two of our rbs healthy (once Mundy was benched) we were inching towards a top 3 team in the conference. The Ravens game actually proved that to me.

I bring that up because I would rather have Ben sit and get healthy then risk injury. If we sneak in the playoffs I actually like our chances. We dominated the Pats until Woodley got hurt last year and I'll take a shot at the Texans and the Ravens.

By that time we might have Gilbert back at RT. my only point is we have very few straight weaknesses when healthy.

Back to this game: I'm scared crapless. Batch can't throw deep so this game is entirely on the oline to keep them running the ball effectively. If not they have zero chance.

[the wicked child]

[Froggy]

1st game of the year that wont be on TV here... weird

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

You forgot about the return of Plaxico.

[The Snapshot]

1st game of the year that wont be on TV here... weird

Wait, where is "here"?

[Froggy]

baltimore

[blackjack68]

You forgot about the return of Plaxico.

I did. Hopefully he does something positive that'll make me remember him next week.

[Bioshock]

Steelers win 55-10

Plaxico catches 5 TD's and Charlie farts on the city of Cleveland.

[Pitt87]

Anything can happen against the Browns... Charlie throws a nice deep ball. Looking for Wallace to take the top off of the defense and watch Plax get like 15 targets, 10 catches.

[Bioshock]

With Plax on the roster, we are winning the superbowl you guys.

[penny lane]

deck the brownies...

good luck Charlie Batch!

[blackjack68]

CBS pre-game guys also seem to think Ben will be back next week.

Hope it's not premature.

[jprolley]

according to cris carter on sunday nfl countdown, charlie batch won't beat the browns today because he was 1-6 against the minnesota vikings when he played for the lions 10 years ago.

[Geezer]

I thought Cam Heyward did a good job last week replacing Hood. He was one of the keys in shutting down Ray Rice and he also provided some pressure on Flacco. It'll be interesting if they play him this week and if they don't how Hood holds up. Hood's been adequate overall. He's done well pursuing plays to the opposite side but has gotten shoved around in plays run right at him.

[DudeMan2766]

CBS pre-game guys also seem to think Ben will be back next week.

Hope it's not premature.

It's unlike Ben to declare himself clinically dead only to return soon after.

I said on here during that Chiefs game I'm 100% certain he won't miss a significant amount of time and I still believe that.

[jprolley]

CBS pre-game guys also seem to think Ben will be back next week.

Hope it's not premature.

It's not unlike Ben to declare himself clinically dead only to return soon after.

I said on here during that Chiefs game I'm 100% certain he won't miss a significant amount of time and I still believe that.

fixed

[jprolley]

willie colon out

[Geezer]

willie colon out

Who's backing him up;Legursky?

[jprolley]

legursky starting

[Bioshock]

Dejan says Colon is active and available, just not starting.

[penny lane]

coach cowher picking a 13-13 tie... oh really...

[Froggy]

anyone know of a link?