Comments on: 5 Smoldering Questions On the Pittsburgh Steelers, Week 3

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:05:05 +0000

Well, this is the Rams, of course. As far as I can tell, pretty much no one in St Louis cares about them. They aren’t getting many sponsorship $ – those are all going to the Cards.

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By: elpalito

elpalito — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:13:51 +0000

I actually liked that the shopvac was dirty and beat up…that means it works and gets used. If that thing had been brand-spankin’ new, I would have assumed the NFL was finding new ways to get money from sponsors.

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:48:16 +0000

I can’t remember which it is either lol

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:47:37 +0000

They were definitely trying to… BTW, did anybody notice the shop vac they were using? I have a better looking one in my garage, and I had been thinking how disgusting it was. It reminds me of the shop vac the Festrunk Brothers (or however you spelled the Two Wild and Crazy Guys) smuggled out of Czechoslovakia

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By: cold_old_steelers_fan

cold_old_steelers_fan — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 18:22:32 +0000

Cover up? Do you think they swept it under the rug?

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By: cold_old_steelers_fan

cold_old_steelers_fan — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 18:20:50 +0000

I probably read it but as they say, the memory is the first thing to go… or is that pride… ah well, never mind.

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:53:41 +0000

That was the book my old boss supposedly was writing that I mentioned in the “humble” post, sorry : )

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:52:21 +0000

Well, I guess that does put Turfgate into perspective : ) I have to note that my son-in-law who lives in St. Louis called me last night (and he never calls me), to ask what the deal was with the scheduled Cards-Pirates game. (Postponed because of the 3 and a half(!) inches of rain Pgh received yesterday.) But I mentioned the game Sunday and he hadn’t even heard the turf caught fire. Cover-up, anyone? : )

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By: Ivan

Ivan — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:02:41 +0000

And for those of you who didn’t see the ’72 version of Rollerball, it wasn’t the turf that was on fire, it was some of the players.

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By: Ivan

Ivan — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 15:57:50 +0000

1. It doesn’t diminish my feelings about the offensive line at all. I think I’m learning more of how Tomlin communicates. The first thing he talked about last week was how Aaron Donald, and by extension that defensive front had caused him to lose sleep. They are very good, and it would be foolishness to believe that any offensive line was going to thoroughly dominate them. On the other hand it was hardly one sided. The O line won its share of battles as well. A good competition.

2. All things considered I think that of active coaches Fisher knows Pittsburgh as well as anyone and better than most. I don’t think it is a jinx, just a very tough out when he has the tools at his disposal to compete.

3. Part psychological and part structural. Referees are human beings too, and though loathe to admit it even to themselves, they have biases that can influence their work. On the other hand, continuing my emphasizing that this is a business, and whether its high end basketball players being allowed to take an extra step on the way to the basket, or making it clear that, as was the case with Joe Namath, one of your high value assets must not be harmed it reflects the reality that it does not advance your goals if some no name defender sends a marquee player to the hospital even though on one level its just football. Our frustration is that Ben has never been on the beneficial side of that particular line and has paid the consequences time and again.

4. I think that the truth of the matter is that conditions are in place for a ‘beautiful’ and very dangerous game. I use the term beautiful in the sense that Tomlin did when the Steelers defeated the Cowboys at Heinz Field in 2008 in that it left much to be desired aesthetically, but scratching, clawing and desperation to win was something to behold. In normal circumstances this is what Peter King calls a “Mayhem-fest”. But this is worse because 1.) there is something not right about subjecting these teams to this level of brutality on three days rest. Remember in 2013 when we lost three offensive lineman and Le’Veon Bell in the fourth quarter of this type of a game. 2.) These two teams will destroy each other just on gp (general principles), Add the fact that both teams see blood in the water (Baltimore’s record, no Ben, just to mention two) and perhaps you may want to put the children to bed early. 3.) Pride. National television. You don’t think this won’t be must see for the rest of the league? Various sources writing off both teams. Robert Kraft actually laughing at the Ravens’ misfortune. OMG. The might end up looking like Houston vs. New York in the 1972 version of the movie Rollerball.

5. I think home field advantage on Thursday night will be the difference, with Steelers depth being the advantage if injuries are a critical factor, but advantage Ravens if its about turnovers.

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