Am I the only one not impressed by the Steelers?

[Deceptive]

so all these pitt backers forget that pitt played cinn. and cleveland twice, that sure helps your defensive stats for the year also pitt. beat a overrated san diego team and a baltimore team with a rookie q.b. who was not even the best rookie q.b. this year, however arizona beat three solid teams in the playoffs atlanta with a solid run game and the rookie of the year, a veteran q.b. and one of the best wr's in the game in carolina, and then a solid coached team that dismanteled the giants to lose to a better prepared rizona team. let the euphoria of pitt carry on but big ben and his wild scramble throws are going to catch up to him. boldin game winning t.d. catch down the middle

[fishsteel]

I am so tired of you out their saying pitt is overated and not that impressive. They had the TOUGHEST schedule in all of football period. They will kill Arizona and it won't be close. They will make Arizona 1 dimensional and get a 10 point lead. They will run the clock out and that will be that. Sorry they are not flashy for ya. All they do is WINNNN. If you don't like that go watch the cowboys or tune into Days of our Lives. The best part will be win there up and Warner throws the ball over the middle and we send someone to the hospital.

GAME OVER

[fishsteel]

Pittsburgh is the most overrated, one dimensional team in recent memory. Their offensive line makes a high school team look good, if they give up 4 sacks in a game people are impressed because of how pedestrian they usually are.

Their defense is great, but not invincible, and no defense is good enough to shutdown Larry Fitzgerald. They may limit his catches, but he will score in this game and the double-teaming they run by him will free up what figures to be a much healthier Anquan Boldin. They won't be able to run much, if any, but if Warner gets enough protection the Steelers simply cannot match Arizona tit for tat offensively.

The only way the Steelers win is if Warner throws 2 interceptions, and under 3 TD's.

You are completely clueless. JUST STOP

[Panic]

fishsteel. Stop sweating. They have to make the game look good. They cant come out and say Pitt wins by 35... dont even bother watching the game. And you have to expect people to believe the hype for Arizona...just the nature of the beast. Pitt wins this game handily. Dont worry.

[Chi_archie]

so all these pitt backers forget that pitt played cinn. and cleveland twice, that sure helps your defensive stats for the year also pitt. beat a overrated san diego team and a baltimore team with a rookie q.b. who was not even the best rookie q.b. this year, however arizona beat three solid teams in the playoffs atlanta with a solid run game and the rookie of the year, a veteran q.b. and one of the best wr's in the game in carolina, and then a solid coached team that dismanteled the giants to lose to a better prepared rizona team. let the euphoria of pitt carry on but big ben and his wild scramble throws are going to catch up to him. boldin game winning t.d. catch down the middle

wow, you are kidding with this right? do you think Arizona's sched was tougher then Pittsburgh's? Cinn/Cleve may be easy, but so is st. louis, San Fran, Seattle which accounted for 6 of the 9 Zona wins. Go look up how many winning teams that Zona beat in the reg season. They are on a great run, but there is a good chance they regress back to "who we thought they were"

oh yeah Balt's rookie qb? well only 3 other teams were able to beat them in 19 games this year. who were they? NY Giants, Indy Colts, and Tenn not too shabby

[Chi_archie]

Chi, u must not know much about football. There are different styles of defense. Pressure defenses, bend but don't break, etc. They don't show fukkin yards allowed on the goddamn scoreboard.

Steelers don't bend that much and don't break that much...

twenty-three plays this season over 20 yards... so about 1.5 a game

and 2 plays over 40 yards...so once every 8 games.

[The Seer]

Pit was favored by 5.5 over AZ last year and AZ won 21-14. AZ has improved much more from last year. Plus, I'll take Whisenhunt over Epps with 2 weeks preparation. I don't see much difference in the score here.

[Tsoprano]

Cardinals for me.

[BigAL]

they are irrelevant now so it won't matter

wait... the 16 games that were just played in THIS season are irrelevant...... but now how convenient for you SEER, that last year's football game IS NOW relevant....

you can back the Cards and I respect your opinion. Cards have a decent shot today, its the superbowl anything can happen.


But let's be consistent on why we like or don't like a team

[masr]

Az cardinals +7.5

[fishsteel]

crazy lou, I hope your around later cause theres gonna be alot of smack talk. I just hope not more than 1 cardinal ends up in the hospital. I would feel real bad

[The Seer]

wait... the 16 games that were just played in THIS season are irrelevant...... but now how convenient for you SEER, that last year's football game IS NOW relevant....

you can back the Cards and I respect your opinion. Cards have a decent shot today, its the superbowl anything can happen.


But let's be consistent on why we like or don't like a team

did u see last yeas super bowl? How relevant was that 16-0.?
How relevant was the east coast slide against the panthers?
How relevant was the blitzing Philly D and their near top ranked pass defense?
Due to parity, nowadays the SB is pretty much a toss up and I'll take the free touchdown.

[tiojeta]

Steelers +7.5
Good luck

[pimike]

They seem like a very average team to make the superbowl. Are they good? yes. But I just dont see them as superbowl material. Arizona on the other hand.....wow. Very impressive

IWIN you had better stick with BASKETS, your way off here.

[Chi_archie]

Pit was favored by 5.5 over AZ last year and AZ won 21-14. AZ has improved much more from last year. Plus, I'll take Whisenhunt over Epps with 2 weeks preparation. I don't see much difference in the score here.

why are you talking about last year if, this season isn't relevant?
this arizona team has given up 40+ points at least twice this year, and maybe 3 times. but that of course is irrelevant. but hey last year the Squeelers were beat by the cardinals. That means somthing though?

[pavyracer]

Archie,

Since Zona switched to 4-3 defense they are superb. Those losses you are referring were with the 3-4 defense. Do I need to explain to you with my college football background the differences between the two defenses?

[element1286]

Archie,

Since Zona switched to 4-3 defense they are superb. Those losses you are referring were with the 3-4 defense. Do I need to explain to you with my college football background the differences between the two defenses?

How long have they been using the 4-3?

[pavyracer]

Not know exactly but it was after the earlier season blow outs. The front 4 of Zona will manhandle the Steelers offensive line. Then the Steeler running game is stopped and Roth will be eating mud in his face or throwing picks.

[Chi_archie]

Archie,

Since Zona switched to 4-3 defense they are superb. Those losses you are referring were with the 3-4 defense. Do I need to explain to you with my college football background the differences between the two defenses?

lol great inside "chat" joke pavy...

just let me know

what the "will" and the "sam"'s reads and assignments are on a 3rd and 8 with a great receiving TE and 3rd down RB both in the game on a non-non blitz for a 3-4 defensive scheme

[frostno98]

Steelers -10.5 +160 anyone?

[element1286]

Not know exactly but it was after the earlier season blow outs. The front 4 of Zona will manhandle the Steelers offensive line. Then the Steeler running game is stopped and Roth will be eating mud in his face or throwing picks.

I find it hard to believe that they will manhandle them. The Cards defensive line is pretty mediocre.

[frostno98]

Not Impressed by the Steelers

[pimike]

Not Impressed by the Steelers

Neither was I with Broncos, STEELERS JUST WIN BABY, nothing FANCY JUST WINS

[The Seer]

Not Impressed by the Steelers

take away the fluke TD and this is an easy Zona win so I'm not impressed at all

[pavyracer]

I find it hard to believe that they will manhandle them. The Cards defensive line is pretty mediocre.

I capped this game to perfection!

[WileOut]

They won the SB and I'm still not impressed. It really was pure luck and biased officiating. The line was way off.

[demize21]

still not impressed

[Dark Horse]

Cards get the cover again. Bittersweet because they dominated and would have been worthy champs, but sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. And the Steelers were more lucky than good.

[awhitejackson]

Luck doesn't go into the record books........The Pittsburgh Steelers do.....

[Dark Horse]

Luck doesn't go into the record books........The Pittsburgh Steelers do.....

It was mostly about the cover, and I'm better off hitting a 'PIT wins by 1-6 pts' prop, and the over. I knew that I needed the final PIT drive, and was very conflicted because I was cheering for the Cards. Was hoping for OT.

Cards paid every week in the playoffs. Superdogs almost won the Super Bowl. It took one perfect throw by Big Ben, and one horrible Cards play at the end of the 1H. I feel sorry for Fitz, because he was outstanding again.

And the last play was not a fumble, but should have been reviewed. Amazing that it wasn't. That would have given the Cards one last shot at a Hail Mary, and Fitzgerald has caught one of those from Warner before.

Great game. Horrible zebra crew.

[frostno98]

Luck doesn't go into the record books........The Pittsburgh Steelers do.....

Seems like luck helped the last two superbowl winners. The last two NFL champs were Lucky Champs then

[The Seer]

No it isnt. This may be the most lop sided game since the Bucs/Raiders Super Bowl. Let me ask, how many posters thought the Ravens would cover 6? I would say 98% of the posters here took that bet. And here we are again. Steeler cover. if they can beat the Raven by 9...they can beat the Cards by 7.

sorry they didn't, AZ covered easily for all of the reasons i stated in this thread

[Panic]

sorry they didn't, AZ covered easily for all of the reasons i stated in this thread

Who won, Seer?

[Dark Horse]

Yeah, luck is big, but luck is part of the game.

I'm taking a break from this place. Back for football, or maybe some March Madness.

Arizona did, Panic. ATS.

[The Seer]

Who won, Seer?

don't care. who covered easily with no problem? I bet to make money.