Steelers Beat Broncos in Denver

In front of a national audience and on Monday Night Football, the Steelers put a beat down on the Broncos in Denver. I’ll admit, I was a little uneasy about this game and thought there was a chance for the Broncos to come out on top in this one, if it was close in the 4th quarter.

Going into the 2nd half, I thought, here we go, another 2nd half collapse by the Steelers. This was one of those times I didn’t mind being wrong. After a few mistakes in the 3rd quarter, Ben decided he was going to take control of the game.

Wow, is all I can say about Ben and his performance last night. The guy gets a lot of criticism about his play and unwillingness to get rid of the ball. I say this is a good competitive trait and not a downfall. Ben played a damn good game last night and showed his critics that he is a good quarterback. Strike that.. a great quarterback.

The offensive line gets a ton of criticism from everyone (me included) but they are creating some huge holes and running lanes for Mendenhall. I was impressed with the time Ben had on a lot of the passing plays, sure they collapsed a few times and made some assignment mistakes but overall, they played well.

The defense played at their level of smash mouth football and completely stopped the Broncos from running the football. Actually, they stuffed the run and with the pressure on Orton they controlled the flow of the game. Troy brought his A game, Carter made some big plays, Kiesel played a great game and the line backers kept Orton hurried and under pressure.

This creates some urgency with the Bengals coming to town this weekend, I think this is a MUST WIN game for the Steelers, they have to beat the Bengals at home to stay on top of the AFC North and set themselves up to win the division.

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Steelers Go Wide Left Against the Bears

The Steelers went into Chicago as the reigning Super Bowl Champs and riding the high of beating the Titans in overtime at home 10 days ago. They came out and dominated the first quarter controlling the ball for over 12 minutes and scoring on their first possession of the game.

Then came the 2nd quarter and the rain. I don’t know if it was the weather or the adjustments but the Bears turned around and dominated the 2nd quarter tying the game and going into halftime tied 7-7.

Well, you know how it ends….. Jeff Reed misses 2 field goals in the 4th quarter and Robbie Gould hits one with 30 seconds left in the game to win it.

I don’t know what to think about this game. We looked good for the most part, ran the ball decent (for a change), stopped the run (as usual), special teams played well and Ben played well except for a few under thrown balls but, I’m not sure that wasn’t from the rain.

The defense…. It’s funny how a team can take advantage of a starter being hurt and the Bears did that, well. They abused Aaron Carter all day long.

We are feeling the loss of Polamalu right now and Carter and the rest of the Defense need to step up. Did you notice the big plays took place right in front of Carter? I don’t think the two TD’s happen either, if Troy is in there. I don’t think the big pass plays to the Tight End happen either. We need Troy back and fast.

I’ll go easy on Reed after this game, he has done way too much over the last few years to get crap for missing a couple field goals, on the road and in the rain.

The loss stinks but it’s a long season and we know where the weaknesses were in this game. Time to regroup and go into Cincinnati and beat the Bengals.

Go Steelers.

Pat Lovell

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Steelers @ Patriots – The season changes…

Going into this game I was very worried and after the first possession I was extremely worried. Big Ben comes out and throws an INT on the first series and NE converts it to a TD. Being at Foxboro and thinking about our record against the cheating Bellicheck, I knew this was going to be a good game.

Until halftime…

When the Patriots missed the field goal going into halftime, I had a feeling the momentum was going to change. In fact, I told my wife that we would make a few adjustments and kick their asses in the second half.

And then…..

The defense decides to come out and completely dominate the Patriots in the second half. I am loving this and can’t believe the 30 unanswered points.. WOW

I’ll give the Defense some huge props and also to Big Ben for recovering from the big interception. I’d also like to give Willie Parker some props for coming back and having a big game.

Patriots….. Smatriots…. LOL

Go Steelers!!!!!!!!!!!

9 and 3 and leading the AFC North once again!

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Great Game Against Jacksonville!

`The first thing I need to do is give Big Ben some credit, I’ve been busting his chops for the last few weeks. Big Ben played an incredible game and was one of the keys to winning this game. Great job Ben, The Steeler Fanatic and Steeler Nation appreciates the effort.

There were some other great contributors to this game, Mewelde Moore had a phenomenal game and really took the pressure off Ben and gave the O-Line some confidence. We really needed that boost. Hines Ward, Heath Miller, Nate Washington and Sanantonio Holmes all had great games making Ben’s job much easier.

The defense was on fire and despite some stupid penalties which cost us 2 touchdowns, they stopped the run and put the much needed pressure on Garrard. Dick LeBeau disguised the blitzes so well, no one knew he was blitzing. I heard Madden say at one point near halftime that Jacksonville thinks the Steelers have been blitzing on every play and they have only blitzed once…. that my friends is funny stuff.

John, John, John, just because we only put 5 men on the line of scrimmage and not 8 doesn’t mean we aren’t blitzing. Lay off the scotch and concentrate on the game. I guess we disguised our defensive schemes pretty well.

Overall, it was a well played game and with Baltimore losing, puts us in a great position going into a much needed Bye Week. Get some rest and everyone get healthy.

Go Steelers!

Pat Lovell

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Steelers Head into Jacksonville Hurting..

The Steelers are heading into this game against Jacksonville with an injury report that’s bigger than the 700 Billion dollar bailout list of bank debt. Not quite that bad but we’re pretty beat up after the last two games.

Lately Jacksonville has had our number lately but I think we can beat them if we focus on a few key areas. 1. Keep Garrard in the pocket and don’t give him any extra time 2. Stop the run and 3. Protect Big Ben, if we can do this, we have a shot at winning this game.

I know the players have to have the end of last season replaying in their minds. We had 2 heart breaking losses last year at the end of the regular season and again in the playoffs. You know they are going to pressure Ben, that seems to be the consensus this year. Pressure Ben and he makes mistakes, that has to stop.

I know I’ve been hard on Big Ben this year but he makes a ton of bad decisions once the pocket collapses or his go to receiver is covered. Oh yeah, it’s not 100% Ben, the O-Line needs to take some of the responsibility as well, they have allowed 15 sacks already this year…. ouch.

The game is about to start, get out your terrible towels and start the cheer. Here we go Steelers, Here we go! Make Myron proud and get LOUD!

Pat

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