Beat about the head and neck with a Legursky!!

Look folks, let's no sugar coat this thing, the Steelers are for real. 

The defense is incredible as we all can see but has anyone noticed that the offensive line is playing upto SuperBowl form without the normal starters in the lineup?

Sure Charlie B. tossed a wonderful game and is rightfully getting his share of the glory as the QB of an undefeated team in the NFL.

Let's discuss the offensive line for a moment shall we?

Did anyone even notice the O-Line this week?  Only a person who was actually paying attention to the game with specific interest in the line would have.  There are only a couple of times during a game when a casual fan would think about the line. 

1. When there was a horrible blown blocking assignment
2. When there is a penality called on them

Neither of these things happend on Sunday.  As a matter of fact there wasn't a single offensive penality called against the Steelers the entire game.   INCREDIBLE!!!

Does anyone know who Doug Legursky or Tony Hills are?  If you are a Tampa Bay D-linemen or linebacker you will not be forgetting them any time soon.  They are the "backups" that filled in due to injury for the Steelers o-line and essentially "ATE THEIR LUNCHES"!! 

Behind that ragtag group of blockers who mostly haven't played together all seaon or likey even in camp, Mendenhall was able to put up some good numbers and got into the endzone again.  He is finally coming into the form that we all hoped he would when he was drafted #1 a couple of years back.

MUCH LOVE TO THE O-LINE THIS WEEK!!  BATCH AND MENDENHALL SHOULD BE BUYING YOU ALL DINNER!!!

While I would love for the Steelers to go out on Sunday and put a whoopin on the Ravens; a couple of things happen if that comes true.

1. The last time a Steelers team started 4-0 was in 1979.  They went on to win their fourth SuperBowl in six years.  SCARY!!

2. Power ranking issue.
Only a whack-a-do like me would even think of this but in the modern era the Steelers have been #1 in NFL power rankings several times but they have never been #1 for 3 consequtive weeks and won a Superbowl.  If they beat the Ravens and go into the bye week there is a good chance they would hit the 3 week barrier.

All to hell with it....KICK THE SHIT OUT OF THE RAVENS!!

GO STEELERS!!

Steelers Week 2 Wrap-up

In case you missed it, there was a superman sighting during the game list night!!



Troy played top notch but in my opinion was just a cog in a much bigger more distructive wheel that was the Steelers "Big Time" defense.  At this point in the season you could easily pickup 3 linebackers and a saftey and place them directly in the Pro Bowl! 

1. Harrsion - 20 Tackles, 3 Sacks, 2 Forced Fumbles, 1 Fumble Recovery
2. Woodley - 8 Tackles, 2 Sacks, 1 Forced Fumble, 1 INT
3. Timmons - 26 Tackles (3rd in the NFL), 1 Forced Fumble, 8 Huge Hits (my count not official)
4. Polamalu - 11 Tackles, 2 INTS (Not to mention superman plays in run support and 13 passes defensed)

I know it is early folks for Peter King is looking like a genius.  If you are not aware, the Steelers are his pick to win the Superbowl this year.

After the first 2 weeks of the season the team MVP without a doubt is Ben Roethlisberger.

This is not a joke for slight to Ben in any way.  His issues and suspension have caused the Steelers to rally around anyone who is attempting to play QB for them.  I could have taken the field yesterday and came away with my first NFL win as a QB.

The offense is in shambles, I couldn't even tell you who was playing where on the o-line yesterday.  Hell, I think Legersky was in there at some point.  The fact the Mendenhall got 69 yards is nearly a miracle!!  Holes....not one to be found.  Open receivers everywhere, our QB's couldn't find them but they were there.  It was like the hardest game of "Where's Waldo" I have every seen.  If the QB looked left, all of the open receivers were on the right.  They look right and they are on the left...it was CRAZY!!  I stopped yelling at them half way through the second quarter.  I just started feeling bad for them.  I just have to assume that they were afraid for their lives back there behind what we were selling as an offensive line.  Could you imagine how happy the Batch family is that he got out of there alive??

The defense is something to behold.  I was looking forward to our offense punting just so I could watch that machine work.  It is clear to me that everyone on the defense understands that if they don't win the games....games are not going to be won until Ben returns.  If this defensive trend continues when Big Ben gets back in the line-up, I will have no choice but to book my Superbowl tickets.

BTW...Best running back in the league???  I think not.  I love the line soo much.......

Chris Johnson - 16 carries - 34 yards........HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Barry Sanders is safe and Chris..just look to the Vikings if you really want to see the best back in the league.

Bring on the Bucs next week. 

2-0 AFC NORTH LEADER!!

As usual Doube D's come through in the end.

The double D that I am referring to is of course Dennis Dixon.  Not that other double D's havn't had a profound effect on my life but that is a different blog entry.


So his line wasn't overly impressive for week 1 ( 18 of 26 passes for 236 yards and one interception) but during the course of the game Dennis showed me that he indeed has what it takes to manage the Steelers offense in Ben's absence.  He didn't WOW us with his performance, instead he took the field and accomplished EXACTLY what was asked of him.....VICTORY!!  The amount of moxie on display at Heinz field was tangible as DD decided to lean on good old number 86 for the majority of the game.  Heinz Ward seemed to be everywhere which is exactly what the fans have come to expect of him in these types of situations. 

Kudos to DD and Heinz for teaming up for just enough output from the offense to steal one from the Falcons.

I am an avid listener of sports talk radio especially after a Steelers game.  Now I normally enjoy the playful banter between the callers and the hosts of the shows but this week was a bit silly.  There seems to be some DD haters among us who believe that DD's performance was so sub-par that Leftwich playing at 70% is a better option than DD. 

That is the most ludicrous thing I have ever heard.

Bryon, while a serviceable QB in the league, is not going to force the offense to rally behind him like they did for DD.  Everyone on the offense wants DD to be successful and understands for that to happen each and every one of them will need to setup their respective games.  If Byron was the starter, I think that feeling would be lost from the offense therefore the performance they gave would not have been as great as effort.

FYI...sports talk callers are generally stupid and deserve to be run over by a milk truck in most cases or at least covered in bacon and left on Hampton's doorstep before his morning feeding.

Personally the only issue that I saw with the offense was some of the play calling.  Look we understand that DD is a new starter but where the hell are the rest of the plays?  He has been on this team for 5 years now, one would think that he would know more than 10 plays. 

CUT THE MAN LOOSE FOR GODS SAKE!!!

Mendenhall's performance prior to OT was not too bad but when you put the game winning 50yard dash in the mix he was incredible!  The Steelers are going to need a repeat performance this week to have a chance to win this game.

In order to compete with the Titans this week we are going to need at least 3 TD's.  Settling for field goals is not an option that will lead to victory!

By the way....The defense last week was incredible!!  Timmons was running around the field like someone has talked about his mama before every play.  Harrison is back on track with getting to the QB and oh how sweet it is to see #43 roaming the secondary.  The difference that Troy makes to the defense is indescribable.

I am not much for predictions but since I hate Chris Johnson so much here goes.....

Steelers 24 Titans 21

The Steelers hold CJ to 76 yards rushing breaking his streak of 100 yard games.  This would make me very happy.

Steelers 1-0 AFC North leaders!

Are you ready...NFL 2010!!!

Alright folks it's time for football to officially begin.

Tonight is the night, 2010 NFL season begins with the Vikings getting the snot kicked out of them by the defending Superbowl Champs the Saints. Before we begin on this journey, we should take a look back at how the season ended last year.





HOLY SHIT!! I just cant get enough of that replay. It a football orgasm that will last for generations.

JS...Don't hate me because your boy blew it, hate me because I enjoyed it sooo much.

Moving on...

Week 1 is upon us Steeler Nation and what have the football gods given to us?

The Atlanta Falcons, whose 9-7 record from a year ago doesn't really reflect just how good they were (remember they lost twice to the Saints being in the same division.) and Dennis Dixon.

Now I have to be honest, I was really rooting for Dennis to win the starting job over Sandwich but when it actually happened a thought crept into my mind......

WE ARE GOING TO GO 0-4!!

There is no need to drop your PBR light in disgust or jump from the Smithfield street bridge, please bear with me as I need to explain.

Dennis was a well known commodity coming out of Oregon, he was a Heisman hopeful until he got himself injured. I was kind of excited when the Steelers picked him up. Over the last couple of seasons he seemed like he was really coming around and if Ben got injured (or tossed in prison for rape) Dennis could easily take the field after Batch breaks his leg in the shower after the first game. Boy that dude gets hurt A LOT!!

So fast forward an off-season.....

Ben gets in his "Ben-type" trouble and the Steelers pick up Byron Sandwich. Why would that be? We have invested all of this time and money into Dennis. Could it be that Dennis is not all that good? He obviously was not going to get the nod until Byron got himself injured. This makes me VERY NERVOUS.

We all are aware as Steeler fans that Byron is not that good of a QB. He likens himself to Brett Favre but with less arm strength and less mobility (maybe Byron has a tractor and a pair of Wranglers?).

Maybe we finally saw what all of the Steelers coaches saw in Dennis during his only time playing with the starters this pre-season....he really STUNK IT UP!!

Like I said, don't panic but be prepared. If the Steelers do not win games on defense and completely dominate the first 4 weeks, pitching in with some points on the board it may be painful.

HURRY BACK BEN!!! WE ARE REALLY GOING TO NEED YOU.

Two final points...

1. Start Batch, great game manager, knows the ENTIRE playbook, the players on the team love him, I know he can turn it back over at worst 2-2.

2. What the HELL was Dixon thinking changing his number to 10? Great, that is all I needed....to be reminded of Kordell.

GO STEELERS!!!!