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  • Steel Life
    Pro Bowler
    • May 2008
    • 1535

    Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

    1. How the Lombardi Trophy is "going home"...last I checked that thing resides at our place more than anyone else's, if anything it's renting space in GB...it'll be back home soon.

    2. How the Pack overcame so many injuries...we've overcome a line that's mostly back-ups, injuries to our Pro-Bowl center & safety, our best DLman, our TE, our #2 CB, WRs, etc... not to mention the injuries Ben had. Injuries are part of the game, but the Steelers line juggling was one of the least acknowledged stories of the year...it was nothing less than spectacular what Kugler did.

    3. The GB players talking about how much character they have in the locker room & how the FO only brings in "quality" people. This is either blindness caused by euphoria or a dig at Ben. Last time I checked, character - like God - isn't the sole possession of any one team & I thought the Steelers showed some by not folding their tent & mailing it in. Here's hoping it gets recognized at some point.

    I'll add a fouth too, even though it hasn't happened yet...how Ben isn't "elite". I don't know when it became an over-riding things to be considered "elite" (re: stat driven), I'm perfectly happy with Ben being a top 5 or 6 QB - it's brought us a lot of success so far & will bring more in the future.
    It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust & sweat & blood...
  • Crash
    Legend
    • Apr 2009
    • 5008

    #2
    Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

    Again, if Ben isn't elite, than neither are Brady and Peyton.

    Brady won when they cheated, and Peyton and his 70.9 post season rating when they won the SB is not as good as Ben 2005 or 2008.

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    • skyhawk
      Hall of Famer
      • Dec 2008
      • 3732

      #3
      Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

      Ben isn't elite. His two picks sealed his legacy.

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      • Crash
        Legend
        • Apr 2009
        • 5008

        #4
        Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

        And again, neither are Brady and Peyton.

        If Ben is going to be held accountable because of a missed Kemo block on pick #1, and a non call on interference on pick #2? Then whoever decides that is fuc*ed.

        Even when Woodson broke his collarbone, he fronted Wallace the same exact way Ike gets called for constantly. Nothing.

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        • AngryAsian
          Hall of Famer
          • May 2008
          • 3010

          #5
          Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

          Last night Ben had a golden opportunity to silence his critics and he couldn't. He did not have a good game.

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          • DukieBoy
            Hall of Famer
            • May 2008
            • 3488

            #6
            Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

            Originally posted by AngryAsian
            Last night Ben had a golden opportunity to silence his critics and he couldn't. He did not have a good game.
            x2





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            • Steeler Shades
              Starter
              • May 2008
              • 724

              #7
              Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

              Originally posted by DukieBoy
              Originally posted by AngryAsian
              Last night Ben had a golden opportunity to silence his critics and he couldn't. He did not have a good game.
              x2
              x3
              Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity

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              • feltdizz
                Legend
                • May 2008
                • 27532

                #8
                Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

                Originally posted by Steeler Shades
                Originally posted by DukieBoy
                Originally posted by AngryAsian
                Last night Ben had a golden opportunity to silence his critics and he couldn't. He did not have a good game.
                x2
                x3
                x4
                Steelers 27
                Rats 16

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                • snarky
                  Pro Bowler
                  • Sep 2008
                  • 1198

                  #9
                  Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

                  Originally posted by feltdizz
                  Originally posted by Steeler Shades
                  Originally posted by DukieBoy
                  Originally posted by AngryAsian
                  Last night Ben had a golden opportunity to silence his critics and he couldn't. He did not have a good game.
                  x2
                  x3
                  x4
                  -3
                  In response to his pleas, an officer said: "You think we've never arrested somebody that's made national media? ... We deal with the Bengals all the time."

                  [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3880848"]http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3880848[/url]

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                  • MaxAMillion
                    Backup
                    • Dec 2008
                    • 439

                    #10
                    Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

                    Originally posted by AngryAsian
                    Last night Ben had a golden opportunity to silence his critics and he couldn't. He did not have a good game.
                    Agreed, and I am not sure how it can be argued. Ben is a very good QB but he didn't have a good game. He admitted as much after it was over. He missed open receivers repeatedly while Rodgers was hitting WR right in their hands. Ben was missing Wallace on simple out patterns (let along the long bomb).

                    Ben simply didn't have a good game and he got overshadowed by the other QB...it happens.
                    The Steelers’ went through seven consecutive drafts (2003-09) without taking an offensive lineman in the first two rounds, the longest such streak by any franchise this century.

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                    • RuthlessBurgher
                      Legend
                      • May 2008
                      • 33208

                      #11
                      Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

                      Originally posted by snarky
                      Originally posted by feltdizz
                      Originally posted by Steeler Shades
                      Originally posted by DukieBoy
                      Originally posted by AngryAsian
                      Last night Ben had a golden opportunity to silence his critics and he couldn't. He did not have a good game.
                      x2
                      x3
                      x4
                      -3
                      Subtracting 3 isn't going to do much when they just multiplied by 24.

                      You should be dividing instead if you want to make an impact.

                      Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.

                      Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.

                      We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.

                      We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.

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                      • snarky
                        Pro Bowler
                        • Sep 2008
                        • 1198

                        #12
                        Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

                        Originally posted by RuthlessBurgher

                        Subtracting 3 isn't going to do much when they just multiplied by 24.

                        You should be dividing instead if you want to make an impact.

                        Well I mostly agree with the original point but not a full x24.
                        In response to his pleas, an officer said: "You think we've never arrested somebody that's made national media? ... We deal with the Bengals all the time."

                        [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3880848"]http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3880848[/url]

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                        • Crash
                          Legend
                          • Apr 2009
                          • 5008

                          #13
                          Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

                          Originally posted by AngryAsian
                          Last night Ben had a golden opportunity to silence his critics and he couldn't. He did not have a good game.
                          If they go down the field and score he still wouldn't have gotten credit. You'd hear about if he didn't throw 2 picks maybe they don't need that last drive to win. SB XLIII was a drive for the ages. And yet people still think they won that game with a defense that had blown a 20-7 4th quarter lead.

                          Fantasy football has impacted Ben's career/reputation more than any defense ever could.

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                          • Chucktownsteeler
                            Legend
                            • May 2008
                            • 6849

                            #14
                            Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

                            Originally posted by feltdizz
                            Originally posted by Steeler Shades
                            Originally posted by DukieBoy
                            Originally posted by AngryAsian
                            Last night Ben had a golden opportunity to silence his critics and he couldn't. He did not have a good game.
                            x2
                            x3
                            x4

                            x5
                            Help me find my post proving I am a Yinzer!

                            I will tip my hat to Tomlin if he has a winning record and the team makes the play-offs in the upcoming season.

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                            • snarky
                              Pro Bowler
                              • Sep 2008
                              • 1198

                              #15
                              Re: Three things I'm sick of hearing already...

                              Originally posted by Chucktownsteeler
                              Originally posted by feltdizz
                              Originally posted by Steeler Shades
                              Originally posted by DukieBoy
                              Originally posted by AngryAsian
                              Last night Ben had a golden opportunity to silence his critics and he couldn't. He did not have a good game.
                              x2
                              x3
                              x4

                              x5
                              You can't just skip my minus three like that. For the record we are now at

                              x24 -3 x5 which gives x105.
                              In response to his pleas, an officer said: "You think we've never arrested somebody that's made national media? ... We deal with the Bengals all the time."

                              [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3880848"]http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3880848[/url]

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