Last Weeks Result

• Pittsburgh 3, Miami 0
• Record: 8-3
• Standings: Sole possession of 1st in AFC North

Last Weeks Game Recap

This is a really hard game from which to deduce information about either of these teams. I feel that I could successfully argue that the Steelers are a more talented team than the Dolphins is most positions. While both teams had to play on the same field, I really believe that it becomes an equalizer. In other words, conditions like this are going to hurt the more talented team. Joey Porter is always good for a quote and he summed it up well when he said that Willie wasn’t a 4.2 guy today on that field, but instead he was a 4.8 guy. Everyone on that field was a 4.8 guy.

Kind of lost in the game and the score is the fact that Roethlisberger only had two passes hit the ground. He had 18 completions and an interception in 21 passes. I had almost forgotten how good Porter is in coverage. Ben did not get the ball high enough, but with most other linebackers it is an incomplete pass at worst. The Steeler receivers (especially Ward) were excellent at holding on to a slick ball. On the other side of the field, there were several passes dropped by the Dolphins. > more <

Last Weeks Result

• New York Jets 19, Pittsburgh 16
• Record: 7-3
• Standings: Sole possession of 1st in AFC North

Last Weeks Game Recap

This was a tough game to watch. Not only did the Steelers lose, but it highlighted some fundamental flaws in the 2007 Steelers. These are mentioned in more detail below. First of all, I want to be careful not to take anything away from the Jets for this win. They came out with a game plan and executed it well. The play calling at the first of the game caught the Steelers by surprise and allowed the Jets to take the early lead. I think this took the Steelers away from what they wanted to do just enough to be a factor in this game.

I come to the same concussion that Tomlin pointed out in his post game conference. This loss was truly a team effort. All three phases of this team contributed to this loss. The team seemed flat and, in my estimation, severely under-estimated their opponent. > more <

Last Weeks Result

• Pittsburgh 31, Cleveland 28
• Record: 7-2
• Standings: Sole possession of 1st in AFC North

Last Weeks Game Recap

This game was decidedly different than the week one blow out by the Steelers at Cleveland. In fact, this game was nearly opposite of the first meeting between these two teams. Last time the Steelers jumped out to a big lead and Cleveland simply could not come back from their mistakes. This time, the Browns played very well on defense and got some good field position by turn-overs and kick-off returns of which they took full advantage.

Looking back at week one, midway through the second quarter, the Browns were down by 17 and really hadn’t moved the ball well at all. This point also marked the start of the Derek Anderson era in Cleveland. Anderson came in and for the first time in that game, the Cleveland offense actually started to put together a drive. However, this was stopped by a fumble and the Browns were never able to make a game out of it. The final score showed a blow out. > more <

RIP Einstein 1992-2007

I just had to put one of the best dogs I have ever had to sleep. He was nearly 15 years old and had lived a good life. He had been battling arthritis for several years and it finally got to the point where he seemed to be in constant pain. Seeing his quality of life next to nothing, as well as the thought of finding him dead somewhere, prompted us to finally let go.

Einstein was the type of dog that made every one else want to have a dog. I am really a dog person and I absolutely love all dogs, but there are some dogs that are just different — a notch above the rest. In my extremely biased opinion, Einstein was one of these types of dogs. If we ever went places, we never had any trouble having someone watch him. They generally would take him to their place because he was such an easy going and friendly dog.

He was a Labrador mix and we got him in our first year of marriage. We did not have any kids and would not have kids for about 9 more years. He essentially became our child. He was a great puppy. His house training was nearly instantaneous. He always seemed happy and loved to wrestle. He soon learned all about Christmas, as we would always leave something under the tree for him. He soon learned how to open his own presents and you could see how excited he was for that.

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Last Weeks Result

• Pittsburgh 38, Baltimore 7
• Record: 6-2
• Standings: Sole possession of 1st in AFC North

Last Weeks Game Recap

Wow. This game could not hardly have gone any better from a Steelers fan perspective. The one glitch in the nearly perfect night was the 33-yard run for a touchdown that the Steelers gave up near half time. I always try to keep things in perspective, especially when it comes to football. However, this weeks perspective needs to be looked at from two sides. This first thing to realize is that both starting cornerbacks for the Ravens were out. Ben definitely took advantage of this and a lot of his passes abused these two inexperienced defensive backs. The Ravens defense shut down the running game nearly all night long and applied consistent pressure on Ben. On top of that it was an extremely wet and sloppy night that was conducive to turnovers.

Let’s look at things from the other side of the coin however. Both the Ravens and most of the media want to discount this game and diminish what the Steelers did in this game as well. I have little doubt that not a single Steelers player nor a single Steelers coach care a lick what anyone thinks as long as the W still counts. Generally, I could care less as well. But instead of going into detail about the game this week I thought I would take a different tact. The game itself was an absolute blow out. Bottom line: one team showed up to play, the other didn’t. The loosing attitude for the Ravens did not stop on the field however. I came across an article today that I am going to quote in here, that proves how big of losers these Ravens really are. I have never cared much for this organization, but just when I thought they couldn’t possibly be any dumber…

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