GolfHos

Who do you like in this game?  Who do you think will win this game?

Who do I like (Steelers), or who do I think will win (Jaguars)?

can the jags beat the steelers twice at home in a matter of weeks? no. but hey, i picked the skins.  :sad3:

Freakin' special teams! >:(

Well, that was easy.

fire mike tomlin!  [sm_devil]

FIRE MIKE TOMLIN!

O.K. where is our resident pbp'er? This just isn't the same without the good doctor.

No offense folks.  ;D ;)

FIRE BOB LIGASEWSKI!!!!! >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(



(Steelers Special Teams Coach)

Stillers defense is looking better this game.

Hard-fought 1st down by MJD.

fire big ben.

Roth has to stop throwing high passes.  They're either incomplete or intercepted.

Steelers D is playing better against the run.  Their tackling SUCKS, though.  It takes at least three of them to get Fred Taylor down.

Steelers O started out with some good quick passing.  I would have thought they'd plan on the Jags reacting to it and have some sort of backup plan, but the backup seems to be to keep running them (and not be able to throw the ball, as the target is getting seriously bumped right off the line) or let Big Ben get sacked/pressured fairly quickly.  On that latter point, I disagree with Madden that Roth is holding the ball too long; I think defenders are just getting to him faster than as is the norm.  In that sense, perhaps, he IS holding on too long, but it's not like he's frozen back there.

Temps in the 30s, coupled with rain, kills the PIT passing attack.  And they just don't have the rush personnel that matches up well against JAC.  Bad juju.

I'm not one to complain about officiating, but my god!  The low block on Russell on the INT run back for a touchdown?  He was trying to tackle the guy with the ball!  That's the THIRD time PIT has been hit wrongly with that particular oddball penalty in the last three seasons.  And on the third INT, you can clearly see Roth in the background of the replay, a defender closing another step and a half to slam into him and take him down.  Official right there watching it start to happen, then looks away at the guy who intercepted ... and doesn't toss a flag for the roughing that he was supposed to be watching for before he became a spectator.  Toss in the obvious late hit  -- OB, no less -- on Ward in the first drive, and I'm less than impressed with the zebras tonight.

Wow, just got back from dinner.  [sm_shock]  Looks like it's been a good game.

Poor clock mgt by the Jags.

 [sm_disgust]

I didn't know Garrard had legs like that.

Those two PATs would have sure come in handy right about now.

My bad.

It was all my fault.  I spent the evening flipping channels, watching a bit of Kapalua, a couple of interesting shows about evolution on the Science Channel :lighter: :lighter: :lighter: the TLC house flipping marathon, and every once in a while, I'd flip to the Steelers game. 

But within microseconds after each and every time I flipped, the Jag's did something tremendous, like scoring a touchdown or completing a big pass up the middle to a wide open receiver on a crucial third down play, or Ben R. would throw and interception to a nose guard or someone else similarly  :airquotes: gifted  :airquotes: physically.

LOL