Are You Ready for Some Football - Steelers/Browns

[DelPen]

Not a fan of the team's schedule this year. 3 of their last 4 are at home, and they're basically going to have to win out those games to get the last playoff spot (assuming they lose this week). I guess it's all even in the end, but it seems like a crappy balance, why would you not play 6 road and 6 home in your first 12.

This might have been their easiest schedule in a long time. Broncos, Ravens and Giants are the only decent teams we are playing this year, everyone else pretty much stinks.

[the wicked child]

I agree that we should have had another backup who wasn't 80.

However, we saw last week that just handing the ball off doesn't always work either.

[DelPen]

I agree that we should have had another backup who wasn't 80.

However, we saw last week that just handing the ball off doesn't always work either.

Dwyer needs to touch the ball more than 9 times. Running the ball 20 times was not enough with Batch at QB.

[the wicked child]

I agree, but at the same time, I can't exactly blame Tomlin if he lacked confidence that anyone would actually hold onto the ball...

[DudeMan2766]

Not a fan of the team's schedule this year. 3 of their last 4 are at home, and they're basically going to have to win out those games to get the last playoff spot (assuming they lose this week). I guess it's all even in the end, but it seems like a crappy balance, why would you not play 6 road and 6 home in your first 12.

That is really nitpicking. Most teams would love 3 of 4 at home down the stretch. The Steelers only threat in the division is Baltimore, and up until recently they've had absolutely ZERO offense, and even now its not great. And this feels like the 3rd year in a row they've played the joke AFC West

[Troy Loney]

Not a fan of the team's schedule this year. 3 of their last 4 are at home, and they're basically going to have to win out those games to get the last playoff spot (assuming they lose this week). I guess it's all even in the end, but it seems like a crappy balance, why would you not play 6 road and 6 home in your first 12.

That is really nitpicking. Most teams would love 3 of 4 at home down the stretch. The Steelers only threat in the division is Baltimore, and up until recently they've had absolutely ZERO offense, and even now its not great. And this feels like the 3rd year in a row they've played the joke AFC West

It's definitely nitpicking, but the early bye week, combined with back to back road games twice did a lot to keep this team from getting into any sort of rhythm. I know you need to create your own rhythm like the Giants did, trouncing the Packers after looking like **** the prior two weeks. This team has been out of sorts all year, I'm not going to state it's because of the schedule, but I would say that it might be an enhancing factor.

[DudeMan2766]

Im not a fan of bye weeks prior to week 6. I'd even go later for all teams

[the wicked child]

The worst part of the schedule is where they are now... Ravens 2 out of 3 weeks with the Browns sandwiched in between. That was always going to be rough... The injuries just exacerbated it.

[joopen]

http://triblive.com/sports/3040017-85/steelers-game-butler-rice-woodley-hampton-ravens-ankle-baltimore-carries#axzz2DgDMyOxI

Interesting little article that calls out both Dwyer and Woodley for being out of shape by Haley and Butler respectively.

[canaan]

more interesting to me was

Just because they make a comfortable living doesn’t mean some Steelers don’t dream of winning the Powerball. Casey Hampton, Shaun Suisham, Drew Butler and Greg Warren kicked in $50 apiece to buy 100 tickets for the $587.5 million Powerball drawing Wednesday. One ticket had four winning numbers — 5, 16, 23, 29 — and was one number away from a $1 million payoff. They had No. 2 instead of 22. They’ll settle for $105.

[shmenguin]

http://triblive.com/sports/3040017-85/steelers-game-butler-rice-woodley-hampton-ravens-ankle-baltimore-carries#axzz2DgDMyOxI

Interesting little article that calls out both Dwyer and Woodley for being out of shape by Haley and Butler respectively.

woodley is the first guy i think of every time the steelers come into their first game of the season fat and out of shape

[mac5155]

more interesting to me was

Just because they make a comfortable living doesn’t mean some Steelers don’t dream of winning the Powerball. Casey Hampton, Shaun Suisham, Drew Butler and Greg Warren kicked in $50 apiece to buy 100 tickets for the $587.5 million Powerball drawing Wednesday. One ticket had four winning numbers — 5, 16, 23, 29 — and was one number away from a $1 million payoff. They had No. 2 instead of 22. They’ll settle for $105.

haha, that's nuts.

[TheHammer24]

Ben has 35% chance to play. Sources say "doesn't look good." PFT:

Regardless of the label, we’ll be shocked if he doesn’t play. The notion that the dislocated rib threatens his aorta came from no one but Ben himself, and if he’s in no danger of serious injury the question becomes whether a less-than-100-percent Roethlisberger is better than the alternative.

[mac5155]

I think he plays.

[KennyTheKangaroo]

I think he plays.

Nope.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/spo ... ns-664347/

[shmenguin]

sit everyone

[TheHammer24]

Yeah, he was officially ruled out after my post. How noodly could Ben's arm be if Batch is the starter?

[Lt. Dish]

more interesting to me was

Just because they make a comfortable living doesn’t mean some Steelers don’t dream of winning the Powerball. Casey Hampton, Shaun Suisham, Drew Butler and Greg Warren kicked in $50 apiece to buy 100 tickets for the $587.5 million Powerball drawing Wednesday. One ticket had four winning numbers — 5, 16, 23, 29 — and was one number away from a $1 million payoff. They had No. 2 instead of 22. They’ll settle for $105.

haha, that's nuts.

That's a couple of Swiss hams for Big Snack. http://bakery-cheese.swisscolony.com/cheese/Ham

[shafnutz05]

So the Steelers are 6-6 after this week...I see them finishing 3-1 at best, with a road loss to Dallas or home loss to Cincy (or both) likely.

What is the good news? At this point, the only three teams I think that contend for a wild card are Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Indy. Indy has a one game lead on PIT and CIN, and I think they will secure one of the spots. I know I said it already, but that 12/23 game looms HUGE for Pittsburgh.

[FreeCandy44]

Never know........Steelers could win tomorrow?

[the wicked child]

Never know........Steelers could win tomorrow?

Unless the D has epic performance (I'm talking multiple TDs or at least TOs deep in Baltimore territory... and even then, can we trust Batch or the RBs not to give it back?), pretty unlikely.

[FreeCandy44]

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl harbor?

[Lt. Dish]

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl harbor?

[the wicked child]

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl harbor?

I would feel significantly better with Bluto @ QB instead of Batch tbh.

[PensFanInDC]

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl harbor?

I would feel significantly better with Bluto @ QB instead of Batch tbh.

Bluto? Do you mean Ludo?