Last Second Field Goal Deflates Steelers

What a game. It started off good as the Steelers marched down the field like a 4 and 1 team and scored with ease. After that the wheels pretty much came off and Denver poked holes in every weakness we have. They dominated us in the passing game, we actually made Cutler look like a decent quarterback and I know that’s not the case. He picked us apart on 3rd down and we couldn’t put any pressure on him at all.

Why oh why did Tomlin score so quickly at the end of the game? With 1:10 left on the clock he continues to pass the ball and score quickly. Why not run the ball at least once? If they stop the clock, you make them burn a timeout, if not, you burn another 30 seconds. That was a critical mistake and cost us the game.

You know the defense has to play soft and prevent the score or big pass and that leaves the middle wide open for the 10 yd. pass and that’s exactly what Denver did all night. I’m also sick of the bad calls in this league, it’s happened so many times this year it’s pathetic. They missed a false start (on us) they missed several roughing calls on Big Ben, they missed every close call there was. Pathetic.

Oh well, off to Cincinnati to play the Bungles, this should be interesting…..

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Back in the States and Ready for some Football

I’ve been out of the country for a couple of weeks and I’m ready to watch some NFL Football! I did get to see some Rugby while in England and to be honest, I found the game very interesting. It’s different than our football but with no pads and no helmets these guys are crazy. Luckily the Steelers had their bye week while I was gone so that saved me from missing 2 games.

I really like the position we’re in this year and the team is playing well. Barring a few injuries, we’ve looked good except for the Arizona game. I really think the Steelers overlooked them and counted that as a win before they played. You just can’t do that in the NFL. Plus going against half our old coaching staff made the loss even worse.

So, what’s in store for this year’s Steelers? I have a feeling it’s going to be a very tough post season for the AFC, with the Colts and Patriots both playing like championship teams, they are going to be hard to beat. Not impossible, but hard to get by. I think at this point, we are right there with the Pats and Colts and can’t wait until we get to play them.

Go Steelers!

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Embarrassing Loss to the Cardinals

What a game, I can’t believe that was the same team that’s won 3 games or should I say.. dominated 3 games. I can’t believe just having Troy and Hines out of the game made that much of a difference. I know Troy is a stud on defense but come on.. that was embarrassing. No one was tackling and to allow Leinhart and Warner to abuse us like that, well, it’s disgusting.

Note to offensive line: make a friggin block please, my goodness.. Ben had approximately 1 second each snap to make a decision and that obviously doesn’t work. I really don’t know what else to say about the O line for this week, they only looked good on 2 drives the whole game.

Well, we can’t win every game but if we play like we did today, we’ll see many more losses.

One good thing came out of this game, Santonio Holmes looked really good and that looks promising to me.

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Steelers Mike Tomlin wins Season Opener

Well, I must say I’m incredibly pleased at the outcome of the Season Opener and a bit puzzled. Although, it’s a good kind of puzzled. After watching the pre-season games and you all know how I feel about the pre-season. Big Ben really surprised me, if he keeps playing like this, we can look forward to a great season, let’s just send him positive vibes so he stays healthy.

With Willie Parker and Najeh Davenport at running back we are in good shape and looks like SanAntonio Holmes is going to have a break out year. The offense looks solid and Faneca’s intensity really surprised me after his offseason, it looks like he’s going to stay professional and work his butt off just like he always has, I’m very pleased at this.

The defense was back to the 2005 Championship form and unless the Browns reaaaalllllyyyyyy suck (and that’s possible) we should have a solid defense as usual.

Special Teams looked pretty good, it was nice to see Jeff Reed put the ball in the endzone on kickoffs and we didn’t give up any big returns. I’m glad that they took Holmes off the return squad for now and let him concentrate on being a WR.

All in all, I’m very please with the opening game, especially when we DESTROY the Browns! I like Mike Tomlin’s intensity and am very glad he’s worked with Dick LeBeau to keep the 3-4 Defense, it showed that it works very well in yesterday’s game.

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Field Goal Fest Beats the Redskins

I know it’s the pre-season but I am a very competitive person and feel these games matter, however, the players and coaches feel differently. It’s funny, I hear the players and coaches talk about not showing the other teams anything before the season starts and they want to keep the players healthy, so why play the starters at all? Heck, why play the games?

Is it to test out the rookies? Get a good feel for the depth chart? Give new players coming in a chance to learn the system? The answers are Yes, yes and yes but… I don’t really care for the pre-season. The teams have plenty of time to see the rookies, depth chart and new players in training camp, these guys are professionals they don’t need practice games. They wonder why there are so many injuries in the first two weeks of the season, well, your answer is pre-season football.

But I digress…

The Steelers went into DC to play against the Redskins and former Hoosier Alumni and friend, Antwaan Randle El. It’s hard to critique a game like this so I’ll do like the players do and give a half assed, just showing up for the cash, 1st quarter review. Ben looked decent, he has asked for more control of the offense and it seems to fit his style. Santonio Holmes is going to be an asset this year and take some pressure off Hines Ward, giving Ben 2 great targets. Throw in Cedric Wilson, Heath Miller and Willie Parker and well… the offense looks good on paper.

4 field goals and no touchdowns in the pre-season is scary, I sure hope we were just holding back and not showing our cards yet.

Keep the faith,

Pat Lovell aka The Steeler Fanatic

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