Dammit... This could be a HUGE key....
'Cause Jerome is fine from the 1 yd. line, but he won't stack up well the entire game against their run defense....
But, at the same time, questionable means 50-50.... Maybe they're erring on the side of caution....
Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee Roth
Duce is inactive....
Bettis will start, with Haynes getting a bunch of carries....
Let's just hope that Haynes gets the majority....
Alright bring it on mofo's.
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Did they switch Dante Brown's number to 36? That can't be Jerome Bettis out there...
Huh?Originally posted by Lou
Alright bring it on mofo's.
What?
Man...I'm still wondering...are we gonna get the over on the 5 1/2?
Hmmmm....
Not even a game...
not even worth talking about...
any team that gives up 100 yards to Bettis...isn't even a contender...
"Van Halen was one of the most hallelujah, tailgate, backyard, BBQ, arrive four hours early to the gig just for the parking lot bands. And still to this day is. It's an attitude. I think it's a spirit more than anything else is."
And you have to love the harmony on the sidelines...TO giving McNabb the business...
and this is only 1 loss....
bwahahhahahahahaha...
Pittsburgh is for real...sorry Lou...
How IS that prediction doing Lou ???
** cricket **
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I am one bad MOFO....
7 catches, 53 yards, AND NO DANCING !!!!Originally posted by Va Beach VH Fan
I think T.O. is NOT going to be the key factor in the game, unless you're referring to a negative factor.... Sure, he'll get his 5-6 catches, maybe 60-70 yards, but he won't light them up like he did last year in Frisco...
STILLERS 27, PHILLY 3 !!!!!Originally posted by Va Beach VH Fan
I think Philly's pass defense is quite overrated, and when Philly puts 8 in the box just to stop Duce, Ben is going to pick them apart....
STILLERS 31, PHILLY 13 !!!!!!!
And could have been MUCH worse.....
They scored 3...hmmm...didn't know that...lmfao...
Did you see Ward mocking TO?
lmfao...
Well I didn't know that Maddox would be injured...boy are you SOOO lucky he did. I can't emphasize how lucky you are that Maddox got injured.
Anyway I would have rather lost to Dallas or the Giants than the Stillers but such is life. I will continue to root against you guys, don't worry.
Feel free...
Know that TO will be rooting against you guys as well...of course...unless he's getting the damn ball...
it's good to have the new guy hammering the hell out of the QB...real good...quality stuff...
luck has nothing to do with it...
Roeth would have been starting by now...I said as much...he's just that damn good...
LOL, I'd prefer to use the phrase "A blessing in disguise".....Originally posted by Lou
Well I didn't know that Maddox would be injured...boy are you SOOO lucky he did. I can't emphasize how lucky you are that Maddox got injured.
I'm not denying that Roeth looks like one hell of a player, I just think Cowher would have been hard-headed and insisted on Maddox being in there. Let's say your team was 4-4 under Maddox...I bet he'd still be the starter.
LMARTFO!!!!!Originally posted by POJO_Risin
They scored 3...hmmm...didn't know that...lmfao...
Did you see Ward mocking TO?
lmfao...
It's a beautiful thing!
He throws a punch.
He swings. I duck.
His fat ass falls...
Hey Sammy,you still SUCK!
You must not have seen Big Ben at Oxford. He was a machine. He is a machine. AND, he'll just keep getting better. Oh, and poise with brains.Originally posted by Lou
Well I didn't know that Maddox would be injured...boy are you SOOO lucky he did. I can't emphasize how lucky you are that Maddox got injured.
Anyway I would have rather lost to Dallas or the Giants than the Stillers but such is life. I will continue to root against you guys, don't worry.
They knew Maddox's days were numbered, and had every intention of playing Ben. Remember, this isn't the first time he has beaten philly this year.
Great game, great outcome..phuck TO & his big mouth.
Im glad they stopped his ass, he was indeed the only weapon
& i called it, never expected only 3 pts on philly..lol
EUAS
Wow....unbelievable. It just gets better with every week. First team ever to drop two 6-0 teams back to back and they did it in convincing fashion. I'm pleasantly shocked by this season so far.
"To keep up with me, you must be fast. To sing like me, you must be great. To beat me? You must be kidding!"
- DLR, 2004
The danger that they have to avoid now is reading their own press clippings, i.e., they're the best team in the NFL, etc.....
Not that I'm saying they're not, they're definitely among the top 3....
But the fact of the matter is that if they're not ready to play Sunday at Cleveland, they WILL lose to the Brownies....
And there is NOTHING that they would love more to do than to knock off Pittsburgh.....
No doubt. That is, to me, the thing for them to focus on. If they do that, I can't see anything stopping them at this point.
The RB injuries are a concern now as well...
Although honestly, I'm not TOO concerned....
Even if Duce is inactive again, the Bus is good to go....
The Browns do have a better run defense though....
Haynes has a turf toe, and he's doubtful.... That opens the door for Willie Parker, who I think can fill in without a hitch....
But like I said, this is Cleveland-Pittsburgh, the records go out the window....
I must say that I am very impressed by this Steeler team. Good defense, good O-line...Roth-Burger needs to get it done all year long before we crown him the next Tom Brady, though...
Maybe this is what a heroine addict feels like after getting a long awaited fix, shooting up in the corner of some abandoned building and just not giving a fuck about what the rest of the world thinks...TATTOO"
Tom Brady is a product of the system...
Roeth may be a product of fantastic receivers...we'll see...
I like Willie Parker a lot...he may end up the starter at some point...he has the props...
I'm more worried about the game this week...then the games the past two...to be honest...
Aaah, leave it up to the stupidity of the Brownies to fire up the Steelers this week...
Hey Gerard, way to make sure the Steelers won't have a letdown !!!!
http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/7880766
Browns' Warren risks suspension after threat of roughness
When Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Gerard Warren told reporters he'd risk a fine to land a blow on Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's head Sunday the league office not only listened; it fired back with a warning.
Warren risks more than fine, it said. He risks a suspension, too.
According to a league spokesman, Art Shell, the league's senior vice president for football operations and development, notified Warren and the Browns on Friday that if Warren commits a flagrant foul -- especially after having said he might aim at Roethlisberger's head -- "it may be a decisive factor" supporting his suspension, "depending on the entire set of circumstances."
Cleveland and Pittsburgh play Sunday in Cleveland.
Warren, who didn't play when the Browns and Steelers met last month, said Thursday that the best way to stop Pittsburgh was to stop its quarterback and that the best way to stop Roethlisberger was with a forearm to the side of the head. Then he demonstrated by smashing his left forearm into the palm of his right hand.
"Kill the head, and the body's dead," he said. "You have to get to him and rattle him."
Warren is something of an authority on the subject. In the third game of his rookie season in 2001 he knocked former Jacksonville quarterback Mark Brunell out of a game with a shoulder to the chin. The hit on the Jaguars' quarterback, made after Brunell threw an interception, did not draw a penalty, but it did provoke the league to respond with a $35,000 fine.
Told he could incur a penalty again, perhaps as high as $50,000, Warren seemed unconcerned.
"It would be well worth it going across a quarterback's head," he said. "They're already overprotected in this league."
Stay tuned. The league office is.
Nobody ever confused Warren with being smart...
let him go after Ben...
1. I think he can handle himself...
2. I wouldn't want to piss off the Steeler D for one...they actually have the guys to back up a statement like that...
3. I also wouldn't want to do anything around Roeth with freakin Faneca roaming around...he's a fucking monster...
Fucking idiot...
Now not only is P-Burgh not going to have a letdown, they're gonna punish those shittalkers....
Methinks Joey Porter is looking forward to this game....
So much for that prediction.... 99 percent of these pregame scrums are nothing but a bunch of shoving, but I guess in this series, all that goes out the window.... Supposedly Green tried to headbutt Porter and the spit was flying, so who the fuck knows....Originally posted by Va Beach VH Fan
Methinks Joey Porter is looking forward to this game....
As for the game itself, afterwards it kinda reminded me of a NJ Devils hockey game.... Boring as hell, stifling defense, doing just enough of what it takes to win the game.... Wait until they make a mistake, i.e. Garcia's fumble, and then take it home for the TD....
Yeah, it wasn't pretty, but I did like the fact that for the most part they didn't play down to the Browns....
So, it's 8-1 now and onto Cincy, where another potential "letdown game" will present itself.....
No...I think your prediction was dead on...really fucking dead on...lmfao...
Cincy is playing well...and they have a good history against us...
I say no way though...
but we'll see...I'm cautiously optimistic...
Good call, POJO. It looks like it may all come down to Dec 26th against the Ravens. God I hate those chumps.
Yo Yo Yo
And I will be there !!!!!Originally posted by aesop
Good call, POJO. It looks like it may all come down to Dec 26th against the Ravens. God I hate those chumps.
Gonna take my youngest boy to his 1st Stiller game while I'm up north for the holidays....
The tickets will be a pain in the ass, but I'm sure I'll be able to grab a couple for a decent price.....
Good, we need the Steeler Nation well represented at ALL away games. I'm sure you'll be suprised at how many peeps will be there in Black and Gold!
It's a home game bro, I'm headed to PA for XMAS....
But I know B'more has a big Steeler contingent as well....
Opps, my bad. At home, eh? All the better. I'll be watching the game in Sharon, PA at the world famous Quaker Steak and Lube :bottle:Originally posted by Va Beach VH Fan
It's a home game bro, I'm headed to PA for XMAS....
But I know B'more has a big Steeler contingent as well....
Yo Aesop...I went to Slippery Rock my brother...spend many a day at that very Quaker Steak and Lube...
and the new one that they built in Erie as well...
Staley is starting on Sunday...I'm curious to see how they shift both back to keep them fresh...
will they go back to the Staley for everything?
Or will Staley get two sets...Bettis one?
Or every other?
Should be interesting...I know Bettis is most effective when he gets the ball rolling...
I think Bettis will get a bit more than he was getting, pre-hammy injury....
Also depends on the game of course... If they're up a couple of TD's, I can see the Bus doing a lot more, to be on the safe side....
So the question would be...who would Cowher try and save?
Staley...Bettis or both?
Do you think Bettis would come in with a lead?...or do you think that Haynes would come in saving both...
My guess here is that Cowher is going to do everything possible to make sure that both are healthy...
Damn...Burress' stock is really rising...I was reading articles yesterday that Burress...right now...is higher than Harrison on many teams radars...including the Colts...
I think most definitely he would protect Staley's hammy.... Bettis' knee is just a nagging injury, not serious at all.... So yeah, if they get a decent lead, I'd look for Bettis/Haynes to share the load, and Staley to put on his baseball hat....
I can't see Burress being about Harrison.... Harrison is just too steady, too consistent.... He doesn't have those games like Burress does every so often, where he drops a couple of balls and spaces out....
No Va...but he has proven under the right circumstances...and more importantly...with the right QB...he can be a gamebreaker...
and Va...he has one thing that Harrison doesn't...youth...
If Pittsburgh doesn't sign him now...he's a goner...
and say what you want about him...but Plax's deep threat makes a lot of that offense more successful...
I think they should have dealt him in the offseason...but...they didn't...and you don't mess with success...
Randal El is a great slot guy...but he's not the presence that Burress OR Ward is...
Pittsburgh is in a world of hurt...
Burress, Ward, Bell (although that might be a non-issue) and Vincent all free agents...
that's a lot of cash right there...
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