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YoungJRNYfan wrote:Amen to that! Good luck to you also, may the better team win

AR wrote:I wish you and your team well next week in Baltimore. Here is to a hard fought game with no injuries. I really wish the games were played for the mere sport of the contest. Winning and losing is irrelevant as I always feel bad for the team that scores less. My wife and I are teaching our child that winning and losing doesn't matter as long as you give it your all.

YoungJRNYfan wrote:


It's Time

NealIsGod wrote:

YoungJRNYfan wrote:Amen to that! Good luck to you also, may the better team win

Doesn't always happen with Ravens-Steelers, but hopefully it will this Sunday.

NealIsGod wrote:

NealIsGod wrote:

YoungJRNYfan wrote:Amen to that! Good luck to you also, may the better team win

Doesn't always happen with Ravens-Steelers, but hopefully it will this Sunday.

And it did.

Escape79 wrote:Don'tcha just love it when the Steelers get shut out...especially by your team???

Moon Diggity wrote:I LOVE Baltimore but I must say
you guys are very rubbing this a
bit thick.

Ease up on the losers, they need love now.

Moon Diggity wrote:I LOVE Baltimore but I must say
you guys are very rubbing this a
bit thick.

Ease up on the losers, they need love now.

YoungJRNYfan wrote:EMBARASSING. What the fuck was that shit? Whole season is on the line and they come out like that? Did they even bother to make up any kind of gameplan? Cowher stands on the sideline like a fuckin moron. Got his Superbowl so you lay down? That's not Steeler football. Fuck that shit. We get another chance at that fluke of a game. Hopefully we end the Superbowl party and realize it's 2006 not 2005. Fuckin idiots.

Demoralized. Destroyed. Debacle. Pummeled. Demolished. Decimated. Pulverized. Humiliated. Devastated. These are many adjectives that can be used to define what type of day it was for the defending World Champion Steelers, but the best word is SACKED, because that’s one word that will describe Ben Roethlisberger’s day as he took nine of them in the demoralizing loss to the first place Baltimore Ravens by the score of 27-0.

If you want to truly get technical we can move down to the idiom part of the thesaurus for the word destroy. Blow to bits. Bring to an end. Dispose of. Tear to shreds. These phrases can also work if you want to breakdown the total team effort displayed today on the part of the Steelers. No adjusting to what was shown to them, no elevating of players efforts, no way to swallow this one easily cause it was plainly and simply UGLY from start to finish.

The Steelers played with no heart, no emotion in what could be up there with the ugliest losses in franchise history. The offensive line couldn’t block anyone as the Ravens sent blitzers on virtually every play and after four quarters of seeing it the lineman’s heads are probably still spinning. Marvell Smith had one of the worst showings for an offensive lineman as he was out worked, out muscled and even out witted play after play. The same goes for the rest of that line, as they couldn’t give Roethlisberger any semblance of anything close to having time in the pocket. There was no pocket all day for Roethlisberger to throw and they were out schemed and out played all afternoon. No quarterback Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Johnny Unitas or Terry Bradshaw would be able to sustain the type of pressure that was thrown at Roethlisberger on this day.

Steve McNair and the Ravens had a great showing as they out performed the Steelers lackluster defense. Their play in this game and for a good part of this season has been inconsistent in many aspects. The cornerback position was horrible once again today as they continue to let receivers have five and ten yard cushions to catch the ball. They commit dumb penalties in bad situations and cannot figure out when to go up to help with run support or when to stick with your coverage.

The Ravens now move to the forefront as being one of the AFC’s finest teams with a record of 9-2, while these lowly Steelers sink to 4-7 and now have to play for pride for the remainder of the 2006 campaign.

The Super Bowl party is certainly over and now with seven losses there is no way the Steelers can even think of belonging in the playoffs. They will join the list with the 2001 Patriots, 2003 Buccaneers, and 1998 Broncos as the only teams to win Super Bowls and not even make the playoffs the following season.