PIT-STL Thu Night Game -- Spoilorz

[Clive]

Twenty minutes into the game and HOLY CRAP!  17-14, Roethlisberger with 175 yards and 2 TD passes.  Steelers defense seemingly unable to stop the STL attack.

So happy I can't get NFL Network. 

[Fuzzy]

You could have come over to my house. 

[stroh]

So happy I can't get NFL Network. 

Which leads to the question, how do you do the ritual dealie when you aren't able to watch the game?

Still dress up?  Terrible Towel, shoulder to shoulder via ESPN proxy?

Gotta stll have the beer coozie goin'

Come On Man!!!  The world wants to know.

[stroh]

FTR.....

You suck at GolfHos football PBP threads.

[Clive]

Steelers jersey and bottle koozie.  Towel ineffective if I don't know which side of the field the Steelers are pointing toward.

[Aske]

wow, unconvincing win against a garbage team and your best RB goes down.   what another productive week

steelers  = 1 and done in the playoffs.

fire tomlin, and draft some *goshdarn* good players

[Aske]

oh, and whatever you did to teach ike hands of stone taylor to catch the ball and complete the INT.... keep it up.

[Clive]

The thing that stands out about PIT this year is their inability to make effective adjustments from first half to second.  On defense, they don't seem to be able to anticipate the changes in tactics that the other team will shift to (despite copious competitive research, one would think).  On offense, they just seem to come out and keep trying the same thing, maybe biasing more toward the pass or the run.  But no major shift, such as quick passes, more play-action, etc.

Looks like they're in the playoffs barring something weird.  Doesn't look like they'll be in them for very long, though.

[Uisce Beatha]

Looks like they're in the playoffs barring something weird.  Doesn't look like they'll be in them for very long, though.

Not if they get JAX although payback games have their own dynamic. 

There's been a lot of talk re: division titles, Cleveland and Tennessee both on TV and in the papers.  Obviously that's the first order of business but I think nailing the third seed and hoping for Cleveland rather than the Jaguars in the first round is worth discussing too. 

[Aske]

Looks like they're in the playoffs barring something weird.  Doesn't look like they'll be in them for very long, though.

Not if they get JAX although payback games have their own dynamic. 

There's been a lot of talk re: division titles, Cleveland and Tennessee both on TV and in the papers.  Obviously that's the first order of business but I think nailing the third seed and hoping for Cleveland rather than the Jaguars in the first round is worth discussing too. 

of course PIT matches up better on paper with CLE than JAX,  but i can't remember the last time a team beat another team 3rd time in a year (maybe my memory is bad)  usually those games go the other way IIRC

[Aske]

The thing that stands out about PIT this year is their inability to make effective adjustments from first half to second.  On defense, they don't seem to be able to anticipate the changes in tactics that the other team will shift to (despite copious competitive research, one would think).  On offense, they just seem to come out and keep trying the same thing, maybe biasing more toward the pass or the run.  But no major shift, such as quick passes, more play-action, etc.

Looks like they're in the playoffs barring something weird.  Doesn't look like they'll be in them for very long, though.

they cant make very many adjustments because they routinely get blown up at the LOS on both sides of the ball.  when was the last time you saw the steelers (against a good team) get pressure on the cornerback out of their base rush?   anyways, also on defense as well, they are stuck even more in their  schemes because they are playing 2-3 guys right now that have no business on an nfl field.