stillers4me
11-29-2010, 01:30 PM
http://cdn3.sbnation.com/profile_images/346990/Newer_profile_tiny.jpg by momma rollett (http://www.sbnation.com/users/momma%20rollett) on Nov 29, 2010 1:09 PM EST (http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2010/11/29/1842459/parity-time-or-a-bit-of-perspective-on-the-bills-game)
Okay, I get it. It was an ugly win, we were lucky rather than particularly good, we didn't make necessary adjustments in the second half, people didn't make catches/tackles/stops they should have made, and even our kicker, who proved so clutch for us, fell a bit short in his kick offs. Fine. But we won. All of the hand-wringing about how the way we played is not good enough to beat the Ravens (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/baltimore-ravens), or the Jets (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/new-york-jets), or whoever, is completely beside the point, as far as I'm concerned. Because if we didn't know it before, we ought to realize now that consistency is not a hallmark of the 2010 edition of the Steelers (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/pittsburgh-steelers). Especially on the offensive side, there just isn't something you know you are going to see, game after game, that lets you settle back and feel that things are in good hands. We might wish it was, but it's not. And maybe that isn't such a bad thing.
So it was an ugly win. It was still a win. Although this isn't a consistent team (other than the D consistently stuffing the running game for a variety of teams, some of them with very good runners,) it is an exciting one, as long as your doctor tells you that your heart is healthy enough to watch them play. So here's some things to put it into perspective, after the jump.
http://cdn1.sbnation.com/images/blog/star-divide.v5e9d7f1.jpg
Let's start with Ben. We're still not quite sure whether Rusty Ben is going to make an appearance in any given game....................
http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2010/11/29/1842459/parity-time-or-a-bit-of-perspective-on-the-bills-game?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Okay, I get it. It was an ugly win, we were lucky rather than particularly good, we didn't make necessary adjustments in the second half, people didn't make catches/tackles/stops they should have made, and even our kicker, who proved so clutch for us, fell a bit short in his kick offs. Fine. But we won. All of the hand-wringing about how the way we played is not good enough to beat the Ravens (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/baltimore-ravens), or the Jets (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/new-york-jets), or whoever, is completely beside the point, as far as I'm concerned. Because if we didn't know it before, we ought to realize now that consistency is not a hallmark of the 2010 edition of the Steelers (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/pittsburgh-steelers). Especially on the offensive side, there just isn't something you know you are going to see, game after game, that lets you settle back and feel that things are in good hands. We might wish it was, but it's not. And maybe that isn't such a bad thing.
So it was an ugly win. It was still a win. Although this isn't a consistent team (other than the D consistently stuffing the running game for a variety of teams, some of them with very good runners,) it is an exciting one, as long as your doctor tells you that your heart is healthy enough to watch them play. So here's some things to put it into perspective, after the jump.
http://cdn1.sbnation.com/images/blog/star-divide.v5e9d7f1.jpg
Let's start with Ben. We're still not quite sure whether Rusty Ben is going to make an appearance in any given game....................
http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2010/11/29/1842459/parity-time-or-a-bit-of-perspective-on-the-bills-game?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter