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Steelers win in OT

September 11th, 2009 · No Comments

nfl_u_reed12_200The Steelers kicked off the NFL season last night with a 13-10 overtime win over the Tennessee Titans. It was a typical AFC North slugfest between two old foes. There were plenty of fireworks before the game as the Steelers celebrated their sixth Super Bowl championship but the offenses fizzled until the fourth quarter.

It was the kind of game you expect from these clubs. Two extremely well coached defenses who prefer to play conservative offensively stymied each other’s attempts to get anything going. The Titans, as so many teams did last year, zeroed in on the Pittsburgh ground game and rendered it ineffective. Once again the Steelers, known more for their grind it out physical style of play, put their trust in Ben’s arm. And Big Ben Roethlisberger delivered going 33-of-43 for 363 yards.

The Titans and the Steelers blew chances to win the game in regulation. Normally reliable Jeff Bironas missed a 37 yard FG and had another 31 yarder blocked. Himes Ward fumbled while trying to muscle his way to the goal line with less than two minutes left in regulation.

It looks like the Steelers will continue to win ugly games this year as teams gear up to stop the run. A telling sign of Pittsburgh’s ineffective rushing attack occurred late in the fourth on a 3rd and 1 inside Titans territory when the Steelers lined up in the shotgun. Yes, it’s a ‘take what they give you’ league and Big Ben completed a quick slant to Santanio Holmes for a 10 yard gain. Somewhere down the line teams like Tennessee might beat the Steelers if they can’t rely on pushing defenses around for one or two yards on third down. But on this night Ben’s arm and scrambility (new word) followed the same familiar script that led them to the Super Bowl last year.

One last note, and possibly the biggest of the game, All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu sprained his medial collateral ligament in his left knee late in the second quarter. A sprained MCL usually sidelines a player from 3 to 6 weeks.

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Football kicks off, Vince Young looks bad again….

August 10th, 2009 · No Comments

The NFL pre-season kicked off last night with the annual Hall of Fame (HOF) game in Canton, OH. The game brought an end to this weekend’s HOF festivities which included the induction of Ralph Wilson, Jr., Randall McDaniel, Bob Hayes, Rod Woodson, Derrick Thomas, and Bruce Smith. I guess you can be a HOF’er without winning the big prize.

The game was marked by the 50th anniversary of the founding of the AFL and thus the teams wore throw back uniforms. Personally, I like when teams do this but it’s getting over played. Earlier this month Vince Young proclaimed that he would be in the HOF one day. Uh, I don’t think so Vince. First of all, you need to learn English so you can put together a coherent sentence. That might be a more worthwhile pursuit for you cause you really need to start planning for life after football.

The Titans won the game 21-18 and Vince was 5-10 for 39 yds with 1 INT and 1 TD on blown coverage. Seriously, Vince if it wasn’t for Chris Mortenson’s son coming in to finish out the game you would’ve been the worst QB of all 8 that played. You gotta lot of work to do buddy. Maybe you should take you shirt off and dance with a bunch of guys again?

Circuit Vince

Circuit Vince

However, the Titans after just missing the Super Bowl last year look solid in the backfield as third year RB Chris Johnson looks ready to bust loose. Expect another solid season from the Titans. TO had a couple of catches early on from Trent Edwards who I must say is one of the most under-rated hotties in the NFL. I guess you don’t get too many looks when you’re in Buffalo.

Trent Edwards

Trent Edwards

It was a decent pre-season game and now I look forward to the pre-season rematch of last year’s Super Bowl on Thursday night.

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