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2010 NFL Season

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wow! the reason I am so infatuated with the game of football is because of defense! cold-weather, hard-hitting, blood-infused - defense! that's why I consider myself blessed to be a Steelers fan (a team that has throughout the years solidified their perpetual tagging of the hardest hitting team in the NFL)! and because of these aforementioned facts, this is the reason I get so into Pittsburgh's rivalry games against the Baltimore Ravens! even when the teams are playing one another in October, the games are brutal and have a playoff vibe attached to their broken bones and bloodied noses. needless to say, despite the game being low-scoring, I sported a half-boner for the entirety of the game

although Big Ben might not be as commercially accessible and as aesthetic as other top-tier QBs like Tom Lady, Peyton Manning, and Phillip Rivers - Roethlisberger is my favorite QB because he plays with the most grit and heart. he has the size and the strength of an Ohio country boy, and while he does hold on to the ball too long and then in turn takes many sacks - he pulls out the win when it counts most (4th quarter, playoffs, SuperBowl) a la John Elway

last night was no exception. not many other QBs I listed above would be playing as well as Big Ben did with a broken nose, lightly fractured foot, and with an O-line as absurdly bad and makeshift as his O-line

Baltimore did a phenomenal job at keying and watching what Troy Polamalu was doing, except for one play. and that's all the Steelers needed, was one amazingly athletic play, to turn the tide of the game. as much as I despise Baltimore, they most certainly command my respect. they are a great team, and I am happy that they represent all that is notorious about the AFC North - a conference that is year-in and year-out one of the best in all of the NFL

the Steelers, after losing to three great teams in Baltimore, New England, and New Orleans, needed a key victory to build confidence into the post-season. this Baltimore victory did as much, even to the point where my homie LOVELIFE is toasting Big Ben ;)
 
i am delighted to see the 3rd best defence in the league give up 31 points (so far) while the worst defence in the league holds the jets to 3 points...

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watch the Ravens win the Bowl or something different. here I sit, comfy on my final dose of oxycodone (at daily max of 240mg) as of 11pm EST and flipping channels while Brady walks over NY.
 
Ravens win the Super Bowl? I hate to break it to you, but the Jets and the Ravens will lose in the playoffs against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I respect New York and Baltimore immensely, as they play football how it is meant to be played - hard hitting, good RBs, immaculate defenses, and better-than-average QBs. however, that type of smash mouth football style is owned by the Steelers. while the Jets and the Ravens will beat any other AFC team, save for New England, they will lose to Pittsburgh

why, you ask? because you can't out-Pittsburgh Steelers the Pittsburgh Steelers. just look at how the Ravens failed (again) against Big Ben last night. he has beaten the Ravens an astonishing 6 times. in the Big Ben Era, the only time the Ravens have won was when Big Ben wasn't starting, or when he was seriously injured. and the Jets? please. the Patriots are proving that Darelle "Revis Island" Revis is the most overrated CB this year, and that Sanchez is going to unanimously fall into a sophomore slump. sure, Sanchize will ride the team to the 5th seed, but the team will go down via his arm sometime in the playoffs. you heard it here first

AFC Championship Game should be Steelers at Patriots. as much as I hate to foretell the Pats winning, their dink-and-dunk offense is specially designed to find the holes in the "zone defense" bubbles that the Steelers provide in their defense as vulnerable spots

and to think, the media was hyping this Jets/Pats game all week. even trying to prove a point that this annual two-game rivalry was on par with the immortal brutality of the rivalry provided by the annual two-game Ravens/Steelers

please, East Coast-based-and-biased media! the NY Jets have beat the Pats, what, one time out of the last nine?!

if you're a tried and true, hardened, and throwback fan of the NFL and gloriously hard hits, the Ravens/Steelers game is tenfold more exciting than some Jets team that is haphazardly led by some guy who looks like Adrian Grenier's stunt double
 
Pats looked damn good. I like Rex Ryan, but I'm not a fan of those "jokey" personalities. I don't want my surgeon, airplane pilot, or head football coach to be a jokester. Ryan is a funny guy, who makes fun of himself (for usually being fat), and the other team. a good football coach doesn't sit around and make jokes, a good football coach is dour, and cerebral. see: Bill Belicheck (as much as it pains me to say it)

I'm just airing my grievances. the fact that the NY Jets most coveted sophomore QB could only score what, 3 points, against one of the league's worst secondary units is bad and scary. those interceptions Sanchez threw were just mind-numbing

for the AFC, it is going to come down to the Steelers and the Pats. anything can happen (read: injuries) in the month of December. but I doubt it. Pittsburgh and New England are cold weather football teams who excel in the month of December. I really like the way these two teams are playing football right now, and I think that they are the obvious class of the AFC
 
the Steelers are tough enough to beat any team, but it will still be difficult for them to best the Pats in the AFC

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the Cheatriots are at it again

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) The NFL has suspended New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes four games without pay for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances.

Spikes, the team's second leading tackler, will miss the rest of the regular season, starting Sunday at the Chicago Bears. The rookie drafted in the second round from Florida will be eligible to rejoin the active roster after the finale at home against Miami, and would be eligible for the playoffs.


Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...10/Brandon.Spikes.ap/index.html#ixzz17n3P9dHR
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he looks roided out of his mind!
 
^The Cheatriots and the Gaytors, lol.


It is my opinion that athletes should be allowed to use steroids with doctor supervision. At the very least, they should be allowed to use them when coming off of a major injury. I'm probably way in the minority with that opinion.
 
hahaha! you totally called me out, mang!

but truth of the matter, I do love me some Collin Cowherd. he's witty, entertaining, and perhaps the anti-thesis of Skip Bayless (what's not to love about that?)

I did kind of paraphrase Cowherd's hour long rant on people in power who joke too much, but what he said is very true

but I also believe that one's coaching style - either as insidiously ingeniously evil as Bill Belicheck, or as light-hearted and player-oriented as Rex Ryan, works best and without scrutiny when the coaches are WINNING. everything is great about everything (mostly, unless you're a Steelers fan) when the group is winning. when losing, the media and us lowly arm-chair Quarter Backs, put everything in a magnifying glass :)
 
Some decent matchups today, Oakland at Jax is a big one for us, need a win , and for San Diego to beat a Cassell-less KC, and the division tightens up a fair bit.

New England should beat Chicago, but then again I thought Philly would have won at Soldier Field.

Love this time of year when the weather takes a turn, and the playoff race heats up. Chicago is supposed to be about 20 degrees at kickoff. :)

Stat of the day ...

"Chicago’s defense has been a sieve on passes of 10 yards or fewer in cold weather over the past three seasons, as it has allowed a 67.2 completion percentage, six touchdowns, and a first down every 3.3 attempts. Tom Brady is actually BETTER on passes of 10 yards or fewer in cold-weather games (129.2 passer rating and averaging a touchdown every 9.8 attempts) than he is when the temperature exceeds 30 degrees (106.0 passer rating, a touchdown every 23.3 attempts)."

Shame that there are not more saturday games this season, used to love it when the college season was over and NFL used to have 2 games on Saturdays.
 
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I think that the Bears have a big chance at the upset today

and overall, well-said TLM. I am starting to like the cut of your jib. it's nice to finally have a Left Coast perspective here in my forum. you're a very welcome addition
 
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Thanks Axl :)

Darren McFadden WOW, Just the start we needed. :)

Love what Cable has done with the o line in the last month or so, when you consider that we are starting a rookie LT who was playing division II last year , that says it all.

Imagine what this offense would be like with Oakland drafting another solid Oline guy in round 2 next years draft. It would be flat out scary.
Speed everywhere you look. apart from Bush, Miller and the FB , every skill position on Oaklands offense ran a 4.38 or faster at the combine.
 
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