Week 7: Patriots @ Steelers.

[Edman]

The widely-despised and dreaded New England Patriots and Marsha Brady return to Heinz Field. Patriots are touchdown favorites.

No Ben Roethlisberger in the lineup for the Steelers, who are stuck with ol' Landry Jones. Landry Jones versus Tom Brady. Landry says don't panic you guys!

Can Lunchpail Landry and the Steelers pull off the improbable upset over their silver helmeted nemesis or will it be just another repeat of prior matchups or worse, unwatchable?

[vasteeler]

I am cautiously optimistic. Hoping we do well but will not be surprised if we are blown out

[faninyork]

I am cautiously optimistic. Hoping we do well but will not be surprised if we are blown out

That's pretty much how I feel every week...

[Born2Steel]

3 of 4 analysts this morning took the Pats over the Steelers as their lock for the week. Reason? No Ben.

This tells me it's not the Patriots are such a better 'team', it's the Steelers are weakened by Ben's absence to the state that we cannot win. I disagree with this logic. We have already won games without Ben in the past. Our offense will be without Ben, DWill, Gilbert, and Wheaton. Playing, and making plays, will be AB, Bell, James, Coates, and Rogers. (Unless these guys are out too and nobody thought to tell us.)

All I'm saying is the fire power Ben utilizes is still available. We can beat these Massholes. Go Steelers!!!!!!!

[steelcityboyz]

Landry Jones has to be spot on in order for us to win today. Unfortunately that ain't gonna happen. Personaly i'd rather see Mettenberger start instead.

[steelerdude15]

No matter what the outcome will be, I'll still be watching the game and cheering for our boys! Let's go Steelers!

[SteelMayhem72]

Ravens just loss...moon ball joe tried to throw a prayer up hoping for pass interference like he always does

[Bluecoat96]

Someone had mentioned in another thread that 9-7 may just win the AFCN. I'm beginning to think that they're right.

[Edman]

Game on.

Let's see how long it lasts.

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First run...Bell fumbles. Luckily recovered.

Omen #1.

[Bluecoat96]

Jones!!!

[steelerdude15]

I think that is a fumble. The ball is starting to come out before his shin touches the ground.

[SteelMayhem72]

jones makes a play

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theres one pick!!!

[steelerdude15]

Piss poor throw by Landry.

[SteelMayhem72]

he will have 5 picks today...another missed opportunity

[Edman]

Landry Jones folks.

Gonna be a long day.

[dislocatedday]

That was just a poor throw by Jones. If he had released it early when AB had his man beat perhaps it would have been a TD.

[st33lersguy]

Great, there's the bad play, now watch everything completely fall apart.
Get that moron out of there

[86WARD]

That's the kind of shit the loses games against these good teams.

[86WARD]

Blount may wind up having 150 and 2 TDs.

[ALLD]

You can't throw a pick in the EZ and expect to win games. We need to see Mettenberger.

[steelerdude15]

Nice play by Lawrence.

[86WARD]

Nice play by Timmons.

[steelerdude15]

Why would Vince just allow him to catch this ball? Unreal.

[86WARD]

Jeez...

[steelerdude15]

Another nice play by Jarvis.

[86WARD]

Ladies and Gentlemen....All Pro OLB Jarvis Jones.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Why would Vince just allow him to catch this ball? Unreal.
He just stood there. It's like these guys don't know what to do.

[SteelMayhem72]

jones came to play...jarvis that is

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wtf...get slow brady...Goddamn

[SteelerFanInStl]

Pathetic

[SteelMayhem72]

nice tackle timmons

[turkdlit]

They're forcing third downs at least. That's about the only good thing

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[86WARD]

Too easy...

[SteelMayhem72]

of course td

[SteelerFanInStl]

Flagrant hold on Solder. He had him in a bear hug.

[st33lersguy]

God, it's gonna be a long fucking day. Of course why doesn't Haley run the screen with Bell since Landry Jones sucks ass?

[SteelMayhem72]

rule of thumb...you get a turnover you have to get points off of it

[Edman]

Can't make those mistakes against New England and can't expect them to not make you pay.

7-0 New England.

Here comes the shit.

[steelerdude15]

Pretty decent return.

[86WARD]

Can't make those mistakes against New England and can't expect them to not make you pay.

7-0 New England.

Here comes the shit.

This. Had a nice turnover and momentum and give it right back.

[st33lersguy]

When is the defensive coaching staff going to figure out you can't sit back against Brady? Amazing how almost everytime, they play to Brady's strengths

[steelerdude15]

This. Had a nice turnover and momentum and give it right back.

Yup. Who knows how much that could have changed things for the better if we scored a touchdown.

[SteelMayhem72]

quit running bell up the middle

[steelerdude15]

Really Hey Bey? Another piss poor throw by landry.

[86WARD]

Nice. Lol.

[SteelMayhem72]

that should have been picked

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wtf?????

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how is that on us????

[Edman]

Pass Interference...On Heyward-Bey.

Badly underthrown ball by Landry.

[fansince'76]

Now the shitty officiating starts. Fuck this shit, I'm out.

[86WARD]

DHB is an idiot...

[st33lersguy]

How much did Goodell pay these refs?

[SteelerFanInStl]

Fuck these officials! The defender had DHBs arm all the way down the field.

[86WARD]

Belichick taking the yardage and pinning the Steelers back further is why he's successful. He just makes smart decisions.

[steelcityboyz]

landry can you look for someone who is beyond the first down marker???????

[steelerdude15]

Pretty decent punt.

[st33lersguy]

That OPI call was about as bad as the Polamalu INT overturn against Indianapolis, one of the worst calls I have ever seen

[SteelMayhem72]

hope we cut this moron after this season....landry jones

[86WARD]

Now the shitty officiating starts. Fuck this shit, I'm out.

That was far from shitty call. DHB had a handful,of jersey.

[steelerdude15]

Jesus... I've never even heard of this penalty.

[SteelMayhem72]

of course we are gonna be more penalized

[SteelerFanInStl]

quit running bell up the middle
I say that every damn time. We constantly run the same damn play.

[SteelMayhem72]

that a boy berry!!!!

[steelerdude15]

What a punt. I hope we found ourselves a good punter for years to come.

[DesertSteel]

Ok, I had slim hopes, but that's gone. Is it wrong hope LJ gets injured so ZM can play? Otherwise, Tomlin will never pull the trigger. Jones is atrocious.

[Edman]

This is why the Steelers have absolutely no fucking chance to win this game.

Landry simply inspires nothing. No confidence. No drive. Just nothing. He sucks the life out of the team. When he's not awful, he's just neutral. That's not going to do it in the NFL.

Don't panic? Yeah, real inspiring. That's just how the bum is. Milquetoast.

[turkdlit]

Even the look on Landry's face makes me angry.

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[SteelMayhem72]

i just wish we could hit brady a bunch and watch the pussy call for a flag every time

[Steeldude]

I have said it before, the Steelers offense is only successful when low percentage plays are working. They are not a well oiled offense.

[DesertSteel]

What a punt.

I think you'll be saying that a lot today :(

[dislocatedday]

That OPI call was about as bad as the Polamalu INT overturn against Indianapolis, one of the worst calls I have ever seen

DHB was grabbing the defender's jersey and pulling him in, likely due to Landry's weak underthrow. It was the correct call.

[SteelMayhem72]

hmmmm....i said brady and bunch in the same sentence...

[fansince'76]

That was far from shitty call. DHB had a handful,of jersey.

I'm sure the bear hug by Solder on Harrison during the TD play was just good blocking too...

[SteelMayhem72]

why wasnt the pats flagged with a group celebration on the field after their td?????

[st33lersguy]

I'm sure the bear hug by Solder on Harrison during the TD play was just good blocking too...

Yeah, it looks like the refs will salt away what little chance Pittsburgh has of winning

[SteelMayhem72]

I saw that before the commercial break

[ALLD]

Jones cannot throw more than 20 yards with accuracy and speed. OC needs to quit dreaming and think he has a shotgun arm.

[fansince'76]

i just wish we could hit brady a bunch and watch the pussy call for a flag every time

Someone needs to fucking level him the next time he tries to play RB and runs with it.

[st33lersguy]

This run D will let that fucking asshole Blount continue to run all over them

[SteelMayhem72]

our LB's can cover those guys

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goddamnit...

[SteelerFanInStl]

Stupid

[dislocatedday]

Seriously......Why is Timmons covering Edelman seemingly on every play? That is futile.

[SteelMayhem72]

wtf...its fucking football!!!

[steelerdude15]

If a Steelers receiver is tackled like that, there wouldn't be a flag.

[st33lersguy]

surprised that false start wasn't called offsides on pittsburgh

[SteelerFanInStl]

No catch!

[steelerdude15]

Yeah, that's a catch.

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Why challenge it? It clearly is a catch.

[st33lersguy]

Yeah, that's a catch.

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Why challenge it? It clearly is a catch.

Cause Tomlin's an idiot

[Mach1]

Come on Tomlin

[SteelMayhem72]

thats a catch

[steelcityboyz]

why the challenge it was a catch

[SteelerFanInStl]

Yeah, that's a catch.

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Why challenge it? It clearly is a catch.
I agree after seeing the relay. Waste of a timeout.

[Born2Steel]

Enough with the crying already. Game on, LET'S GO!!!!

[fansince'76]

surprised that false start wasn't called offsides on pittsburgh

I know, right?

[dislocatedday]

Why is Tomlin challenging? Just a waste of a TO and a desperation play. That was a catch and down by contact before ball ever came out.

[Steeldude]

Tomlin is an idiot. I will now call him Dumblin for now on.

[SteelMayhem72]

im sick of this shit

[Mach1]

The rout is on

[DesertSteel]

Defense is so soft

[SteelMayhem72]

our D is already tired

[lipps83]

Put in Mettenberger. Let's see what he has. Everyone already knows Landry has nothing.

[Born2Steel]

Who told him to throw the challenge flag? That's who deserves the blame. It's never a matter of what's the right call, it's can the call be overturned. At best it's ever a 25% shot. When they're close, almost 0%.

[faninyork]

And I was concerned that it would be a blowout....silly me.

[steelerdude15]

This game was over before it even began. I can only hope that we can get out of the game injury free. Sammie left earlier, but he's already injured.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Defense is so soft
Yep. The front 7 gets pushed backwards on almost every play.

[SteelMayhem72]

we better start mounting a drive just to give our D a rest if not our body count is gonna pile up with injuries

[Born2Steel]

Cry babies....

[JayC]

would like to give mettenberger a try. odds are he's just a bad, but i want to see it

[SteelerFanInStl]

Haley needs to get the damn ball to Bell on something other than a run up the middle.

[Drazo85]

I don't know why we have two game threads??

[steelerdude15]

Another decent return by Fitz.

[st33lersguy]

would like to give mettenberger a try. odds are he's just a bad, but i want to see it

Dumblin will ride Landry as long as he can til Ben gets back because Tolmin doesn't like demoting awful players

[Born2Steel]

If Zach comes in it will be in the 2nd half. Unless Jones gets hurt.

[SteelMayhem72]

Cry babies....

Who???

[Born2Steel]

Scoring drive! Here we go!

[SteelMayhem72]

Scoring drive! Here we go!

We have to just to give our D a break

[Steeldude]

Sorry, but it is rather obvious the Steelers need to find football players. Dumblin isn't capable of finding them.

[steelerdude15]

Now that was a nice pass to Antonio.

[dislocatedday]

AB........he is still great.

[SteelMayhem72]

any bets if landry turns it over here???

[steelerdude15]

Nice catch by Hey-Bey!

[SteelMayhem72]

atta baby!!!!

[SteelerFanInStl]

Nice job on that drive.

[DesertSteel]

TD. Time for a stop.

[Born2Steel]

That's how we do it!!!!!

[tube517]

That DHB is worthless 😜

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[Bluecoat96]

I was expecting some sort of dumb ass end around play.

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[Bluecoat96]

I must slow down rate of beer drinking. Lol

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[Born2Steel]

AB has 88 already.

[86WARD]

Jones looked good the last drive. It's nice to see that Brown isn't becoming obsolete this year...

[SteelMayhem72]

damn boswell and berry both have legs

[GRAYGHOST668]

at least it's not going to be a shut out,,they have a chance,,but the D has to be in Brady's face all day long

[SteelMayhem72]

I must slow down rate of beer drinking. Lol

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LMAO...yep or we wont be able to read your posts

[86WARD]

I must slow down rate of beer drinking. Lol

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You may miss the win!!

[SteelMayhem72]

got lucky there

[SteelerFanInStl]

Getting some lucky breaks here. Let's take advantage of them.

[86WARD]

These guys need to start taking advantage!!

[steelerdude15]

We finally stopped them on 3rd down, but only because of the Patriot not catching the ball. We also get good field position. Take advantage of it offense.

[Born2Steel]

Another Steeler TD on the way baby!!!!

[86WARD]

I must admit...to this point, they have played much better than I thought they would.

[DesertSteel]

We can dream... for a moment

[steelcityboyz]

Another Steeler TD on the way baby!!!!:crossed:

[86WARD]

Patriots are focusing on Bell. Get the ball to Brown!

[Born2Steel]

I must slow down rate of beer drinking. Lol

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I may need to stop with the coffee already.

[Edman]

Personal Foul on the Pats.

[steelerdude15]

Gotta be smarter than that Hightower.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Nice run!

[steelerdude15]

Very nice run by Le'Veon.

[Born2Steel]

Go BELLLLLL!!!!

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Have to keep them focused on Bell.

[Edman]

Helluva run by Bell!

[steelerdude15]

That's coming back.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Hubbard held

[86WARD]

That was pretty...thanks for nullifying it Hubbard. Damn...

[Edman]

Hubbard nailed for holding.

[Steeldude]

Harrison is held like that on every play

[86WARD]

Harrison is held like that on every play

Thought the exact same thing.

[Born2Steel]

OK, score it again then.

[steelerdude15]

Lets hope that this didn't kill the drive. We need all the momentum we can get.

[st33lersguy]

Of course a tie ruined by a holding penalty

[SteelerFanInStl]

Harrison is held like that on every play
Yea, makes me sick that they won't call it.

[Edman]

Then Boswell misses.

All that. For nothing.

[steelerdude15]

All that for nothing.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Fuck me! Dammit Boswell!

[Mach1]

so much for that

[86WARD]

Typical...damn Boz...

Letting this game fade away...

[DesertSteel]

Wow!

[dislocatedday]

Sigh........Boswell is usually automatic from inside 45 yards. Needed points there.

[SteelerFanInStl]

F you Hubbard and Boz. We can't afford to do that to ourselves.

[SteelMayhem72]

FUCKIN PATHETIC!!!!!dont even get any points...that holding call is the same thing they do to harrison every fuckin play!

[Edman]

The fucking Patriots sure are good. They're very good at making teams self-destruct in front of them.

[DesertSteel]

Should be 17-14 Steelers

[ALLD]

We are letting the Pats hang around. A few more mistakes and they will pull away.
:sarcasm:

[SteelerFanInStl]

Hargrave held by 60 that time

[SteelMayhem72]

damn hit that damn pussy!!

[Born2Steel]

Not for nothing. The Pats didn't score did they? Get that ball back!

[steelerdude15]

None of our defensive linemen can shed their blocks.

[86WARD]

Yet somehow they are still making plays...

[Edman]

Hargrave held by 60 that time

Only Steelers hold. Not New England.

[SteelMayhem72]

it fucking baffles me when our backs are against the wall we start playing well but all of a sudden beat our damn selves!!!

[Born2Steel]

2 mins. Get that f'ing ball back! Lat's kick their asses boys!

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so...3rd and 3, what will they try?

[SteelerFanInStl]

Another lucky break

[Edman]

Finally nailed Pats for holding!

[steelerdude15]

Another mistake by the Patriots on third down. We'll take it.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Lol, Now they call holding.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Another bs call

[Born2Steel]

Our ball bitches!!!

[steelcityboyz]

good thing we have all our time outs.... oh wait.

[SteelerFanInStl]

That's a touchback.

[SteelMayhem72]

bellicheat on the sidelines telling the refs "hey this game is closer than i thought and i have a lot of money riding on this game"....

[steelerdude15]

That definitely helps.

[Steeldude]

The Steelers will take their time

[steelerdude15]

Another good run by Le'Veon.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Lol, and we come out running.

[SteelMayhem72]

these fucking refs wait too damn long to blow the damn whistle

[Born2Steel]

Have to keep them focused on stopping Bell. Man coverage on Brown.

[steelerdude15]

How is that not PI?

[SteelMayhem72]

pass interference there

[Mach1]

no interference there :doh:

[SteelerFanInStl]

So, they're allowed to grab his arm?

[86WARD]

That was PI...WTF. Nice throw by Landry. All in all he's playing well.

[Steeldude]

Get out of bounds

[steelerdude15]

Why would you not run out of bounds?

[ALLD]

Whoops refs missed an obvious PI. No harm.

[Born2Steel]

Gotta score now.

[Mach1]

tic toc

[86WARD]

Nice play by Bell. Get points here!!

[steelerdude15]

Good catch and run by Le'Veon.

[Born2Steel]

Come on Steelers!!

[SteelerFanInStl]

That was a first down

[Born2Steel]

Except for the INT, Jones is beating Brady stats wise.

[86WARD]

Nice throw Jones.

[86WARD]

Bad throw Jones.

[ALLD]

Jones floats the ball too much.

[SteelMayhem72]

kick the fg

[steelerdude15]

Should have been a touchdown. Under thrown again.

[SteelerFanInStl]

TD would've been nice but I'll take it.

[tube517]

Ill take the FG

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[steelcityboyz]

got to give landry credit he's played ok so far

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If Ben was playing we win this game easily

[Born2Steel]

EZ INT, missed FG, missed TD opportunity twice(Holding and bad throw). We should be kicking their ass right now. 2nd half adjustments after halftime ass chewing by coach.

[Edman]

Halftime.

Not as bad as I thought it was going to be, but I do not like the wasted chances by the Steelers. Those will come back to haunt them. Do not let the Patriots have life under any circumstance.

This upcoming first drive by New England will be huge for the Defense.

[Steeldude]

So Dumblin admits the Steelers can't score many points. Haha

[lipps83]

Not the blowout I was expecting. Jones actually hasn't been too bad.

Defense still blows and has been aided by Patriot butter fingers in the 2nd quarter.

[86WARD]

Should be winning this game...should be winning...

[ALLD]

Belichek is calling a vanilla game. Not giving anything away. All the Pats need to do is not make any mistakes and they will win.

[lipps83]

Should be winning this game...should be winning...

Not sure how you see that they should be winning. At best, should be tied. One touchdown changes all calls and all plays, nothing would have turned out exactly the same had they not had a penalty on that TD.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Funny how these analysts only talked about the mistakes by NE and didn't mention the lost 10 points by the Steelers.

[SteelMayhem72]

this opening drive is VERY IMPORTANT!!

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Funny how these analysts only talked about the mistakes by NE and didn't mention the lost 10 points by the Steelers.

Everything is slanted the pats way...just like the damn media slants everything toward Killary!!

[Born2Steel]

All drives are important. This is for the #1 seed in the AFC. Too early for playoff talk, I understand. But this game is big for the playoff picture. Not huge today, but still big. If we just keep them out of the end zone, we can win this one. Keep it going.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Finally called Solder

[86WARD]

The Jones Brothers are playing really well today.

[SteelMayhem72]

hey pats called for holding

[steelerdude15]

Should be another holding penalty.

[DesertSteel]

Jarvis just can't seem to close the deal. Warning track power.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Solder again, lol

[steelerdude15]

Wow, great job defense.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Good job D!

[86WARD]

Not sure how you see that they should be winning. At best, should be tied. One touchdown changes all calls and all plays, nothing would have turned out exactly the same had they not had a penalty on that TD.

The offense and defense are dominating this game. If not for a couple mistakes caused by the Steelers on themselves the total game flow for the first half would have been totally different and most likely in favor of Pittsburgh. You can't just say add a couple points on and they'd still be losing...lol.

[DesertSteel]

Jarvis just can't seem to close the deal. Warning track power.
Happy to eat my words

[lipps83]

Nice series by the defense.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Let's go offense!

[86WARD]

Good D.

[steelerdude15]

Another scoring drive would be nice here.

[DesertSteel]

Pressure. Changes everything.

[bayz101]

Hey fellas. Defense came out on fire!

[steelerdude15]

Keep it up #26.

[86WARD]

Sneaky runs by Bell...

[Method28]

Let's go! Landry has surprised me. Lets keep this goin

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[bayz101]

Hell yeah Antonio!

[Mach1]

Pound it down their throats and wear them out

[SteelMayhem72]

damn...be smart dont waste time outs

[Born2Steel]

They can't stop 26!! RUN FORREST!!!

[SteelMayhem72]

hell get it to Bell every play...hes highly conditioned

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They can't stop 26!! RUN FORREST!!!

nope they cant

[fansince'76]

Not sure how you see that they should be winning.

Maybe because of the 10-14 points the offense left on the field in the first half...