NFL Week 3 running thread...

[outofplace]

If Pittsburgh handles San Fran as easily as they handled the Browns and the Bills, then I think Pittsburgh will be solidified as the #3 team in football.

Who would you rank ahead of Pittsburgh?

Luckily, it doesn't matter, because the NFL has something called "playoffs," which it uses to decide which team is the best.

That's what I keep telling the Patriots fans I know. They seem to think the rest of the season is a formality.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

If Pittsburgh handles San Fran as easily as they handled the Browns and the Bills, then I think Pittsburgh will be solidified as the #3 team in football.

Who would you rank ahead of Pittsburgh?

The Chargers. Yeah ... I know you want to throw that game last week in my face now.

The Steelers wouldn't have fared any better. New England was dying to prove that a few videotapes weren't why they're good.

I have no problem with Pittsburgh, either. Over-the-top fanboys on the other hand ...

 

[93Devil]

If Pittsburgh handles San Fran as easily as they handled the Browns and the Bills, then I think Pittsburgh will be solidified as the #3 team in football.

Who would you rank ahead of Pittsburgh?

The Chargers. Yeah ... I know you want to throw that game last week in my face now.

The Steelers wouldn't have fared any better. New England was dying to prove that a few videotapes weren't why they're good.

I have no problem with Pittsburgh, either. Over-the-top fanboys on the other hand ...

hahahahahaha

Point taken.

I did not start touting the Steelers until I saw how Tomlin had them prepared for the Browns. Pittsburgh is very good. 15-1 good? SB XL good? I don't think they are near that, but I do think they are 11-5 or 12-4 good.

I also know they do start the playoffs in September or play the SB in October.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Don't bother touting them ... or anyone else. The teams can decide it on the field without anyone's hype machine.

I dunno if Pittsburgh is THAT good. Two weeks is not much of a body of work ... nor are wins over Cleveland and Buffalo, as already posted.

 

[sportschick]

I kinda like the Steelers what with Big Ben being a MAC guy and all, but the ridiculousness about them being posted by 93Devil is beginning to make me hate them. Sort of like how I now hate the Seahawks because their fans won't STFU about the Super Bowl being stolen.

 

[outofplace]

I kinda like the Steelers what with Big Ben being a MAC guy and all, but the ridiculousness about them being posted by 93Devil is beginning to make me hate them. Sort of like how I now hate the Seahawks because their fans won't STFU about the Super Bowl being stolen.

Tell that last part to Angola and JLB.

I'm an admitted fanboy, but even I'm not going that far. The Steelers are definitely improved from last season, just because Roethlisberger is healthy this time around. He played way too much last year when he wasn't fully recovered from the accident and the appendectomy.

But I'm still not even sure that improved is going to get them out of that division.

 

[93Devil]

I kinda like the Steelers what with Big Ben being a MAC guy and all, but the ridiculousness about them being posted by 93Devil is beginning to make me hate them. Sort of like how I now hate the Seahawks because their fans won't STFU about the Super Bowl being stolen.

OK, they host San Fran, travel to AZ and host the Seahawks. If they are 5-0 headed into the bye week, then I will start touting them again. They follow the bye with two tough road games and then host the Ravens. That is the heart of the schedule. But if Cincy has imploded by then and Boller is taking snaps for the Ravens...

Then again if they are clobbered by the 49ers this weekend, all of this is moot.

 

[Oz]

I kinda like the Steelers what with Big Ben being a MAC guy and all, but the ridiculousness about them being posted by 93Devil is beginning to make me hate them. Sort of like how I now hate the Seahawks because their fans won't STFU about the Super Bowl being stolen.

Except that Super Bowl was not stolen. As poorly as the Steelers played, the Seahawks played that much worse and gave the game away.

Re: Steelers now, with 10 sacks and 10 points allowed in two weeks, they're off to a good start. And say what you will about the opponents, the Browns did hang 51 on the Bengals and the Bills nearly beat the Broncos. The Steelers must have done something.

 

[sportschick]

I kinda like the Steelers what with Big Ben being a MAC guy and all, but the ridiculousness about them being posted by 93Devil is beginning to make me hate them. Sort of like how I now hate the Seahawks because their fans won't STFU about the Super Bowl being stolen.

Except that Super Bowl was not stolen. As poorly as the Steelers played, the Seahawks played that much worse and simply gave the game away.

I know that, and that is why people claiming it happened makes me hate the Seahawks.

 

[93Devil]

I kinda like the Steelers what with Big Ben being a MAC guy and all, but the ridiculousness about them being posted by 93Devil is beginning to make me hate them. Sort of like how I now hate the Seahawks because their fans won't STFU about the Super Bowl being stolen.

Except that Super Bowl was not stolen. As poorly as the Steelers played, the Seahawks played that much worse and simply gave the game away.

You are right. I heave by Ben, a run by Parker and a trick play to Hines was the difference in that game. But big plays do win the big games, and Seattle just did not get the big scoring plays.

They played like an 8-8 team that day. Luckily, the Seahawks played like a 6-10 team.

 

[outofplace]

I kinda like the Steelers what with Big Ben being a MAC guy and all, but the ridiculousness about them being posted by 93Devil is beginning to make me hate them. Sort of like how I now hate the Seahawks because their fans won't STFU about the Super Bowl being stolen.

Except that Super Bowl was not stolen. As poorly as the Steelers played, the Seahawks played that much worse and gave the game away.

Re: Steelers now, with 10 sacks and 10 points allowed in two weeks, they're off to a good start. And say what you will about the opponents, the Browns did hang 51 on the Bengals and the Bills nearly beat the Broncos. The Steelers must have done something.

And the three they gave up to Buffalo were courtesy a gift to the Bills by the officials. (For those that didn't see, McGee for the Bills stepped out of bounds on a kickoff return, but the officials missed it and he got another 30 yards or so on the return).

They still have some things to prove, but so far the Steelers have done exactly what a good team should do. They beat the crap out of two inferior opponents.

 

[pseudo]

I kinda like the Steelers what with Big Ben being a MAC guy and all, but the ridiculousness about them being posted by 93Devil is beginning to make me hate them. Sort of like how I now hate the Seahawks because their fans won't STFU about the Super Bowl being stolen.

Except that Super Bowl was not stolen. As poorly as the Steelers played, the Seahawks played that much worse and gave the game away.

Re: Steelers now, with 10 sacks and 10 points allowed in two weeks, they're off to a good start. And say what you will about the opponents, the Browns did hang 51 on the Bengals and the Bills nearly beat the Broncos. The Steelers must have done something.

Broncos did NOT impress me in the opener, and needing overtime (and a shtoink on Janikowski's do-over) to sneak by the Raiders reinforced that impression. As for my beloved Bills, I fear what might happen against the Pats this Sunday if the starting defense includes Jabari Greer and Kiwaukee Thomas at the corners...

 

[hockeybeat]

The New York Giants' defense have found the enemy...and it's the media.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/2007/09/21/2007-09-21_antonio_pierce_michael_strahan_get_testy-1.html

Yeah, it's us, dip****s. We're the reason you can't tackle or cover or stop the run or defend the pass. Now, I hope you go 0-16.

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

Oh how I love seeing Big Blew and the Sheagles suffer so! :D

 

[hockeybeat]

Oh how I love seeing Big Blew and the Sheagles suffer so! :D

You must be at odds this week, Innovator of Violence. Big Blew at the Deadskins. Who or what do you root for?

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

Oh how I love seeing Big Blew and the Sheagles suffer so! :D

You must be at odds this week, Innovator of Violence. Big Blew at the Deadskins. Who or what do you root for?

I root for an implosion of the entire field :D

It's worse next week: Sheagles at Big Blow, 8:15 p.m.

 

[beefncheddar]

For those that may have missed it last week,

http://streamednfl.blogspot.com/

 

[lantaur]

I think Brian Dawkins is inactive today for the Eagles because he didn't want to have to wear that throwback jersey.

 

[Theoldbenchwarmer]

I think Brian Dawkins is inactive today for the Eagles because he didn't want to have to wear that throwback jersey.

Awesome :) I had the same thought. Those things are hideous

added: Coach Jimmy just echoed our sentiments.

 

[Key]

Jimmy Johnson just said the Eagles "may be embarrassed to even come on the field with those things."
As much as I like the San Diego Powder Blues, these Philly throwbacks are pretty freakin' ugly.