Zach’s Stadium
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Making Adjustments: Not in the Playbook
Heading into yesterday’s game against the Bears, the Steelers had a particularly dismal record in the city of Chicago for the entire history of their franchise—one win and twelve losses. In sports, you often hear about “cursed” venues, where a team almost never seems to win. Think about the Penguins at the obsolete Spectrum in…
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That…Is One Magic Loogie
Whenever the Steelers and Bengals face each other, there is an expectation for…shall we say, extracurricular activities. These matchups take the intensity of AFC North football and add a sprinkle of thuggishness. Just ask Vontaze Burfict and Adam “Pac-Man” Jones about that playoff game in 2016, or even ask then-Steelers linebackers coach Joey Porter about…
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Losing Uglier
Me, talking to myself after watching the Steelers lose their fifth-straight primetime game knowing I have to be up early for work The weekend began well enough. Virginia and Louisville, two of the teams ahead of Pitt in the ACC standings, lost to unranked teams. Pitt was awarded the rights to host College GameDay next…
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Winning Ugly
Pictured: me at 12:59PM Eastern on Sunday in anticipation of the Steelers-Colts game As you probably gathered last week, I did not have the highest hopes that the Steelers would beat the Indianapolis Colts yesterday, a team that entered week 9 with a 7-1 record and a serious MVP candidate in running back Jonathan Taylor. …
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New Week, Same Shit
t was only eleven days ago that the Pittsburgh Steelers were 4-1, had a 2.5 game lead in the AFC North, and were heading to Cincinnati on a Thursday night to play the Bengals in a game where they were favored by a not insignificant margin. Fast forward to today, and they are 4-3, a…
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Predictability
As I said last week, I expected the Steelers to struggle against the Bengals on Thursday Night Football in Cincinnati. After all, Mike Tomlin had a horrendous record on the road with limited rest heading into the game. So, when Bengals’ kicker Evans McPherson banged home the winning field goal with seven seconds remaining—his fourth…
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Home Cooking
Entering yesterday, the Steelers had won 21-consecutive regular season games over the Cleveland Browns in the city of Pittsburgh. That is not a typo. 2003 was the last season that the Browns emerged victorious at Heinz Field/Acrisure Stadium, securing a 33-13 win on Sunday Night Football on October 5th, 2003. Cleveland went 5-11 that year,…
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Never a Dull Moment
Me, after watching almost any Steelers’ game in the past half-decade As you probably gleaned from last week’s entry, I had very low expectations heading into the Steelers’ week four contest against the Minnesota Vikings in Dublin, Ireland. In fact, I had mentally prepared myself for a 2-2 start heading into the week 5 bye,…
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A Win is a Win…I Guess
It is not often that one feels worse about a team after they win a game. However, yesterday’s 21-14 triumph over New England by the Steelers was such a pathetic performance—at least from an offensive perspective—that it left me devoid of almost any remaining confidence in this year’s team. The amazing thing is that the…
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Nevermind, Expect the Expected
The excitement about the Steelers’ offense was very short-lived. After hanging 34 points on the Jets just eight days ago, the offense was held to only 17 points yesterday in the home opener against Seattle. Aaron Rodgers threw two interceptions—including one in a goal-to-go situation that heavily swung momentum. The run game was still unproductive,…