Hindes204
09-27-2010, 12:41 PM
I thought this was a pretty good read...the comparisons to the 76 team keep coming. Im not sure if any defense will ever be as good as 76, but it sure is one hell of a compliment
By JUDY BATTISTA (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/judy_battista/index.html?inline=nyt-per)
Published: September 27, 2010
Pittsburgh Steelers (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/sports/profootball/nationalfootballleague/pittsburghsteelers/index.html?inline=nyt-org) Coach Mike Tomlin had just returned home Sunday night when he contemplated a not-entirely-facetious question: do the Steelers even need a quarterback to win?
Tomlin said he would not be disrespectful to the spin-the-wheel-of-fortune roster of quarterbacks who have filled in for the suspended Ben Roethlisberger (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/sports/football/22roethlisberger.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=ben%20roethlisberger%20suspended%20six%20games% 20battista&st=cse) in the first month of the season. But what might have been a crucible for the Steelers a month without a starting quarterback, plus injuries to the top two backups, would have torpedoed just about every other team in the N.F.L. (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/national_football_league/index.html?inline=nyt-org) has instead turned into a crowning moment.
The Steelers are 3-0 and will be favored to go 4-0 when they play the Baltimore Ravens (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/sports/profootball/nationalfootballleague/baltimoreravens/index.html?inline=nyt-org) next Sunday because in a quarterback-driven era (there have already been 5 400-plus yard passing games, the most through three weeks in N.F.L. history) they have managed to make the position almost beside the point.
Its gone how I expected it to go in terms of where we are, Tomlin said...........
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/sports/football/28fastforward.html
By JUDY BATTISTA (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/judy_battista/index.html?inline=nyt-per)
Published: September 27, 2010
Pittsburgh Steelers (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/sports/profootball/nationalfootballleague/pittsburghsteelers/index.html?inline=nyt-org) Coach Mike Tomlin had just returned home Sunday night when he contemplated a not-entirely-facetious question: do the Steelers even need a quarterback to win?
Tomlin said he would not be disrespectful to the spin-the-wheel-of-fortune roster of quarterbacks who have filled in for the suspended Ben Roethlisberger (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/sports/football/22roethlisberger.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=ben%20roethlisberger%20suspended%20six%20games% 20battista&st=cse) in the first month of the season. But what might have been a crucible for the Steelers a month without a starting quarterback, plus injuries to the top two backups, would have torpedoed just about every other team in the N.F.L. (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/national_football_league/index.html?inline=nyt-org) has instead turned into a crowning moment.
The Steelers are 3-0 and will be favored to go 4-0 when they play the Baltimore Ravens (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/sports/profootball/nationalfootballleague/baltimoreravens/index.html?inline=nyt-org) next Sunday because in a quarterback-driven era (there have already been 5 400-plus yard passing games, the most through three weeks in N.F.L. history) they have managed to make the position almost beside the point.
Its gone how I expected it to go in terms of where we are, Tomlin said...........
read more
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/sports/football/28fastforward.html