Best Steeler Moment?

[SidSmythe]

Plenty to choose from, but these two always stick out for me for the ones that I was there to see in person:

Sept. 8, 1996 - first game against the Ratbirds. I graduated college that spring and was happy to start living in Pittsburgh full time, and this game was a great start. Testaverde's first pass - Woodson picks off and runs back for a TD. The place went nuts!

AFC Championship game against the Colts - my Dad and I were in the end of the stadium where Aaron Bailey dropped the pass from Harbaugh. For about ten seconds, you could've heard a pin drop in TRS. And then, well, you know what happened next. Too bad it's be ten more years to actually WIN ring #5, but it was worth the wait.

I know what you mean by 10 seconds....I was at the other end of the stadium and I had time to think "oh no!! 2 yrs in a row!!!!!"

[rpmpit]

THIS!!! Was there too. Awesome.

When Troy picks off that pass in the 2008 AFCC Game... I was there and the place went ape. It will stay with me forever.

[Jigawatts]

James Harrison in the Super Bowl has got to be one of the best plays of all time. That entire sequence was chock full of emotion.


Arizona is about to take the lead into the half
But wait, Harrison drops back and takes sure points away!

He's got blockers!

There's a flag.

He's still going.

Doe's he have enough gas.

Touchdown!!!

Will it count

Touchdown!!!

[Flasteel]

Thanks dude I'm sorry I was getting a little "snarky" on the other thread.

Bomb to Stallworth 79-80 season was SWEET. I still remember the SI cover with the pass just missing Rod Perrys outstretched arm.

I have that cover, along with all the other 70's SI covers on my living room wall. One of my all-time favorite moments as well.


Too many to choose just one of them. Another was beating the Colts in the AFCCG, as Harbaugh's Hail Mary failed on the last play. That was the first Super Bowl moment of my adult life. Speaking of Colts and Steeler playoff games, that ending in 2005 was the biggest rollercoaster of emotions I may have ever had.

[thor75]

Cool pics, Flasteel!!

[flippy]

How bout some James Harrison tackling Ed Reed on a punt return and the ball popping 20 feet in the air? How bout some Hines ear holing DBs every other week? How bout some Troy timing snaps or going thru blocks like a ghost or making a backward tackle in Denver? How bout some Houdini Roethlisberger in the pocket?

There's literally a play or 2 every week that makes my jaw drop.

[DukieBoy]

How about Donnie Shell's perfectly legal mano-a-mano hit on the great Earl Campbell, and taking him out at the ribs. Probably one of the very best hits ever.

[flippy]

How about Donnie Shell's perfectly legal mano-a-mano hit on the great Earl Campbell, and taking him out at the ribs. Probably one of the very best hits ever.

Why isn't Donnie in the HOF again?

[Shoe]

AFC Championship game against the Colts - my Dad and I were in the end of the stadium where Aaron Bailey dropped the pass from Harbaugh. For about ten seconds, you could've heard a pin drop in TRS. And then, well, you know what happened next. Too bad it's be ten more years to actually WIN ring #5, but it was worth the wait.

Piggybacking on that game: Ernie Mills catch down to about the 5-yard line in that game. I was in a Vegas hotel room watching (on my knees on that Harbaugh pass)... that Mills catch was exhilarating.

[7 UP]

Heres one nobody would think of. Not my favorite but high on my list.

Jerome Bettis' screen pass from Kordell Stewart in OT against Jaxonville in 97. It was Kordells first 300 yard game. That was the loudest I have ever heard a Three Rivers Stadium crowd. And I have been to a lot of games. Special moment for a good 97 team. As we all know the Steelers fell off the map for awhile after 97. Which made the 97 team memorable to me.

[Discipline of Steel]

How bout some James Harrison tackling Ed Reed on a punt return and the ball popping 20 feet in the air?

James Harrison was just AMAZING for this entire game. I remember watching this game and feeling so great for an entire week afterwards. I think that's the kind of feeling we are all looking for right about now.

[flippy]

James Harrison was just AMAZING for this entire game. I remember watching this game and feeling so great for an entire week afterwards. I think that's the kind of feeling we are all looking for right about now.

That game was one of the most dominant all around performances for the entire team. O, D, and ST. Guess we need some stretches like we have right now to really appreciate those kinds of performances. Getting every phase going again would really be sweet. So if we can hurry up and get on track, let's go ahead and do that immediately

[snarky]

Interesting that nobody has (I think) mentioned the Immaculate Reception.

I think Harrison's pick6 is the clear winner. Such a huge play for all the reasons that Jiga mentioned above -- although I would add that JH 'freelanced' intot that coverage.

My dark-horse pick would be when the Oilers kept fumbling at the end of the first half int he 1978 AFCCG. 17 poins in the last 48 seconds of the first half.

[flippy]

How bout Ben's shoestring tackle after Bettis fumbled at the goal line in Indy?

Or Troy's fingertip INT vs San Diego which I still am not sure was possible even after watching the replay.

Or Troy leaping the LOS to tackle Kerry Collins where he seemed to be tackling Collins before he even received the snap.

Here's a video of some good ones:

[DukieBoy]

A whole lot of great moments listed above. All are truly great. And there are more. We Steeler fans are a very fortunate bunch. Let's hope we add one to this list in tonight's game. Will see a bunch of you guys on chat, and I expect the Steelers to show up big tonight.