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1. Of course I had a bad feeling about this game. There was every reason to argue that the Steelers would win accompanied by what is becoming an all-too-familiar feeling of dread. And to make matters worse there wasn’t that steady, reassuring presence of Jeff Reed to calm my nerves.
2. My aggravation level was heightened by the Steelers first two offensive “possessions” (if you call 3 and outs “possessions”). My favorite part was the idiot gadget play followed immediately by the predictable running play. I could write an Excel VBA macro that would generate a game plan by those standards.
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3. My lack of patience with the Steelers’ offense was well-founded based on what the Raiders did to the them last year. However the Steelers offense drastically improved after those first two series. The 3rd Steelers possession is looking much better. Maybe Arians has a contractural obligation mandating that he has to run at least two ridiculously bad drives every quarter … speaking of which … 2nd quarter …
4. That new Burger King commercial is sort of creepy – all ¼ pound of it.
5. Thank goodness the Raiders were stupid enough to keep trying to run against the Steelers. Mid way through the 2nd McFadden was 6 yards on 6 rushes. I don’t know why some teams can’t figure out that every attempted run against the Steelers defense should be viewed as a missed opportunity to complete a pass.
6. Props to Brown! Big first down and refuses to let the ball go as the Raiders wrestle him for it.
7. Props to Ben on that running TD – Hell of a play!
8. When Taylor forced that fumble the Raiders were looking completely overmatched. It would have been a boring game but for the wildcard that the officials had become.
One more time: in football ... we hit people!
9. On Sanders TD I was hoping for the use of the term “inch-worming” to describe how he crossed the goal line but alas it was not to be. Fouts … you disappoint me.
10. Actually I’ve always liked Dan Fouts as a commentator. I thought the combination of Fouts and Dennis Miller on MNF was entertaining. But I realize I was in the minority on that opinion.
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12. One can’t help but be curious as to what Ben said to Richard Seymour to get him to respond like that. I’ll bet Ben pointed out that Seymour was an Oakland Raider.
We suck so bad it makes me want to punch my wife in the face!
13. The Raiders had about 50 yards at the half. Ahhh … the Raiders are the perfect antidote to losing.
14. Ian Eagle: “One of the uglier sequences you are going to see.”
15. You forget how fast Wallace is until you see him break a play like that long catch and run in the second half. Impressive speed. In direct contrast to …
16. Roethlisberger. That 32 yard scramble took about 20 minutes.
17. Cool thing #1 about this game: There was no comeback. There was no “almost comeback”. The Steelers beat them for 60 minutes.
18. Perspective: Football used to be simper when I was a kid: Win=happy. Loss=angry. Yeah it was great to win but despite the aberration of the last couple of weeks I maintain the preponderance of the evidence indicates that the Raiders suck. The Steelers have Jason Campbell’s number much in the same way that Brady has Manning’s:
It just makes good sense to not get too impressed with beating a team like the Raiders. The importance of a game like this lies in the fact that the Steelers are keeping pace with the Ravens. Weekly the Steelers tread water with the hopes of being in a position to take first place in the division when it matters most. Until then the Steelers will face the fury of Roger Godell on Sundays (via his referees) and Wednesdays (via his fines) and the fury of the other team on game day. Which are you more scared of?
2. My aggravation level was heightened by the Steelers first two offensive “possessions” (if you call 3 and outs “possessions”). My favorite part was the idiot gadget play followed immediately by the predictable running play. I could write an Excel VBA macro that would generate a game plan by those standards.
GIS for “idiot gadget play”
3. My lack of patience with the Steelers’ offense was well-founded based on what the Raiders did to the them last year. However the Steelers offense drastically improved after those first two series. The 3rd Steelers possession is looking much better. Maybe Arians has a contractural obligation mandating that he has to run at least two ridiculously bad drives every quarter … speaking of which … 2nd quarter …
4. That new Burger King commercial is sort of creepy – all ¼ pound of it.
5. Thank goodness the Raiders were stupid enough to keep trying to run against the Steelers. Mid way through the 2nd McFadden was 6 yards on 6 rushes. I don’t know why some teams can’t figure out that every attempted run against the Steelers defense should be viewed as a missed opportunity to complete a pass.
6. Props to Brown! Big first down and refuses to let the ball go as the Raiders wrestle him for it.
7. Props to Ben on that running TD – Hell of a play!
8. When Taylor forced that fumble the Raiders were looking completely overmatched. It would have been a boring game but for the wildcard that the officials had become.
One more time: in football ... we hit people!
9. On Sanders TD I was hoping for the use of the term “inch-worming” to describe how he crossed the goal line but alas it was not to be. Fouts … you disappoint me.
10. Actually I’ve always liked Dan Fouts as a commentator. I thought the combination of Fouts and Dennis Miller on MNF was entertaining. But I realize I was in the minority on that opinion.
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12. One can’t help but be curious as to what Ben said to Richard Seymour to get him to respond like that. I’ll bet Ben pointed out that Seymour was an Oakland Raider.
We suck so bad it makes me want to punch my wife in the face!
13. The Raiders had about 50 yards at the half. Ahhh … the Raiders are the perfect antidote to losing.
14. Ian Eagle: “One of the uglier sequences you are going to see.”
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16. Roethlisberger. That 32 yard scramble took about 20 minutes.
17. Cool thing #1 about this game: There was no comeback. There was no “almost comeback”. The Steelers beat them for 60 minutes.
18. Perspective: Football used to be simper when I was a kid: Win=happy. Loss=angry. Yeah it was great to win but despite the aberration of the last couple of weeks I maintain the preponderance of the evidence indicates that the Raiders suck. The Steelers have Jason Campbell’s number much in the same way that Brady has Manning’s:
It just makes good sense to not get too impressed with beating a team like the Raiders. The importance of a game like this lies in the fact that the Steelers are keeping pace with the Ravens. Weekly the Steelers tread water with the hopes of being in a position to take first place in the division when it matters most. Until then the Steelers will face the fury of Roger Godell on Sundays (via his referees) and Wednesdays (via his fines) and the fury of the other team on game day. Which are you more scared of?
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