Pittsburgh-versus-New England

[OHBOW76]

Okay I know most guys on here are probably Cinci fans or Browns fans, but who are guys pulling for in the game on Sunday? I am a Pittsburgh fan, hate the Pats (even more then the Browns), but I really think Pittsburgh has a shot at beating New England. Heck Baltimore and Philly pushed New England to their limit, and Pittsburgh handled Baltimore pretty easily. I really think they are setup well to beat New England.

["J"]

Anythings possible but from what I've seen of Pitts lately I doubt it. Sorry, NE goes undefeated and Miami goes winless, how fitting would that be lol. Good luck though.

[Cal923]

Baltiomore ran amashmouth at NE as did Philly....only difference is...Pittsburgh does it better. Pittsburgh has the #1 D....Brady will be on his back most of the game. And they won't throw yellow laundry in the stands either. Pittsburgh will put a stop to it just like the 21 straight win streak.

[CritterGitter]

Uuuuhhhh......yeah, ok........uuuummmm the big and bad tough guy talk out of steel town is cool and all that, but what happened when your team was playing the Jets? The Jets are terrible this year!

I don't think the Steelers will knock off the Patriots. The Patriots will be ready for that game and pumped up.

If the Pats lose it will be a lost focus game such as Miami or the Jets. Anyone recall how the WHOLE world told Pitt that they couldn't beat U of WV in Morgantown? What happened? Exactly!

Kyle

[Cal923]

Anyone recall how the WHOLE world told Pitt that they couldn't beat U of WV in Morgantown? What happened? Exactly!


I'm not sure how to respond to that...you do know Pittsburgh is the underdog and they are playing in Foxboro right? I'm confused you just said Pittsburgh won't win...then that statement....

[CritterGitter]

I guess I was trying to say that the Patriots took the Eagles and Ravens a little lightly and kind of played down to the level of competition and that is why they nearly got beat.

However, the Steelers come in as a really good team so New England will be on there A game. They will be pumped up and ready to rock.

I am guessing that a terrible team like the Jets or Dolphins would have a better chance to beat NE since NE likely won't be jacked up for those games so they could get caught flat footed, kinda like the Steelers did against the Jets.

Do you think that just maybe some of the players for WV were thinkin about the National Championship game? I know all about coach speeches and how they preach against that sort of thing, and the whole "one game at a time", but look at the results.

Kyle

[rjolenic]

Anything can happen in the NFL. It will be an interesting game.

I am a Steelers fan, however playing at New England is a tough gig.

The Steelers have the ability to win the game, it just depends on which Steelers team shows up.

Ray

[mikenbow]

Tomorrow will be the first Sunday in my 41 years that I will be rooting for the Steelers. Go Browns.

["J"]

And you call yourself a Browns fan :nono: No self respecting Browns fan could ever root for the Steelers:yikes: :whistle: :D

[outdrjoe]

i am a true blue steeler fan i think that the pats have had 2 many close losses if the steel curtain shows up and big ben is on its all over plus we play better on the road STEELERS RULE:)

[OHBOW76]

Pittsburgh was out played plain and simple, and talk abou the worst gameplan I ahev ever seen, wait did they have a game plan??? I dont understand why coaches make it more complicated then it needs to be. IF pittsburgh woul dhave just stuck with the run till it was stopped (and didnt play zone defense) they would have had a shot.......what were they thinking??

["J"]

NE 16-0 Miami 0-16 You saw it here first :whistle:

[OHBOW76]

Bellichick must have made a deal with the devil.......In case you didnt know New England lost THEIR 1st round draft pick because of spygate, however they have San Franciscos 1st round draft pick, and that will be in the top ten, how much luckier can they get???

["J"]

Can you say IRONY.

[swantucky]

I think the Pats will win going away in the third quarter.:whistle:

[shrivl]

I think the last time I read NE would be drafting either 2nd or 3rd in the 2008 draft....Talk about the rich getting richer....I could not believe Pitt allowed Randy Moss to score on him like that. I thought their secondary was better than that. Brady through with precission. This Patriot team looks like one of the best ones in history...

[OHBOW76]

Thats what happens when you play zone coverage against Tom Brady, some teams just never learn. Baltimore played man coverage most of the game, but what do they know they only almost beat them.

[Cal923]

I agree ... It was sick watching 5 yard - 10 yard passes being completed the entire second half. Why play zone and drop your corners 10 yards off? Its impossible to get a pass rush when its 5 yard dump offs pretty much every play. I thought Dick would have shut that down. And at least twice Smith got caught looking in the backfield. How that could happen is beyond me ... the patriots are not a run team so no excuse for getting caught looking in the backfield. just a horrible game plan. Hopefully we'll catch them in the playoffs if Pittsburgh quits stumbleing and letting cleveland catch up.