Comments on: Week 10 Recap: Enough Is Enough

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:34:35 +0000

Yes, and the Cowboys decided Brad Johnson was a great backup. I guess nobody in the NFL ever makes mistakes when it comes to evaluating who should be on their roster, huh?

Honestly, I was going to respond to your latest bit of nonsense but since you don’t bother to make anything in the way of logical points, I’m not going to bother responding. Except to say the argument “If you’re so smart, you be a [insert name of occupation blogger just criticized]” is the online equivalent of a 3rd grader saying “I know you are but what am I?”

Perhaps you don’t understand what a blog is or what purpose it serves. I state OPINIONS. You can either agree or disagree. I don’t care as long as your OPINIONS are stated in a respectful manner. You have not shown any maturity with your little insults so let this serve as your final warning: grow up or the above comment will be your last.

By: rich

rich — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:39:03 +0000

Start Byron? He couldn’t beat out three stiffs in Atlanta last year. He was by-passed by the entire league until Charlie Batch got hurt. If Batch doesn’t get injured he’s not even on team. One half against Washington doesn’t warrant a guy immediately being placed into the starting lineup. If Tomlin believes Ben is capable of playing then he’s the guy. Did you conveniently forget about all the success he’s had? What about that opening drive against the Colts last week?

I don’t care about the Pats and Chiefs. The Steelers and that beat up offensive line is killing their passing and running games. (Interior line by the way refers to the tackles, guards and center.)

I’ll tell you what genius, since you seem have the cure for the problems, why don’t you talk to the Rooneys and get on staff? There you go. Problem solved.

Consider this; Don’t you think Mike Tomlin, who watches the team practice all week and has been around the game all his life, knows a little more about the team than the fans who watch the game on Sunday? I include myself in that group too. Yea I think so. Let them do their job. If they don’t win enough eventually they’ll pay for it with their job loss. Oh, how about this instead; quit basing the ups and downs in your life over the success or failure of a football team. It’s just a game and in the big picture means very little.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:03:36 +0000

First off, if you actually WATCH the games instead of repeating nonsense the media feeds you, you’d know the line hasn’t played that badly. It’s not great by any means but this great “interior” line from last year you’re babbling about gave up the EXACT SAME number as sacks by this point last year. So learn something before you open your mouth.

Willie is hurt. So what? The Patriots are down to their 4th string RB and they still have a running game. The Chiefs haven’t had Larry Johnson almost all season and still average more yards/game than we do. Again, learn before you talk.

Finally, if Ben is injured to the point he’s playing like shit, DON’T START HIM. Making excuses for him is ridiculous. If he plays, he should play well. If not, then he deserves criticism, whether it makes you cry into your #7 jersey or not.

Thanks for reading. Please direct your attention to other, less intelligent blogs, so you might be happier reading stuff more on your level.

By: rich

rich — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:16:47 +0000

Do you have any clue or do you just ramble on so you can look at what you wrote and think, “man I’m smart.” Seriously. This is arguably the dumbest post about the Steelers current struggles that I’ve read. First, the offensive line is a mess. Faneca left for New York, Kendall Simmons is out for the year; and Marvel Smith is dealing with back spasms; that’s three fifths of the starting interior line from a year ago either gone or unable to play. Second, this just in; Ben’s hurt and when he’s hurting he doesn’t play well. Gee, who does? Remember the year he had the motorcycle accident and the emergency surgery? He played poorly that year too. Well if and when he gets healthy chances are he’ll play better, at least history-last year, rookie season, Super Bowl winning season-dictates he’s one of the best QBs in the league. Third, Willie Parker’s been out for much of the year. There’s a reason Merwelde Moore was a situational back before he came to Pittsburgh. He’s not good enough to be an every down starter in the NFL. Parker is, when healthy, better and one of the best in the league. But he can’t stay healthy. He missed the final few games of the season last year when he broke his leg and now after a fine start to 2008 it’s been a mess for Fast Willie. Get him healthy, Ben healthy and improved line play and the offense will come around. All teams have to deal with injuries and the Steelers have had a ton this but they’ve stayed above water so far. Hopefully some key players can get healthy or close to 100 percent and they can make a run at the post season.

Everyone’s entitled to their opinion but instead of throwing out blame at Arians and Ben, remember the facts and you can’t ignore the physical troubles with this team.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:21:37 +0000

Um, Whisenhunt is the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. He wasn’t staying here unless we gave him our head coaching job. I’m relatively happy with Tomlin so I don’t see any way we could’ve kept him here.

Arians is definitely terrible but keep in mind he was here last year and we didn’t have these problems. You can’t ignore the fact our O-line is a lot worse this year and Ben is just not playing well, either.