Zach’s Stadium
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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,…
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Expect the Unexpected?
To say yesterday’s 34-32 triumph over the New York Jets by the Steelers was unexpected in its nature would be an understatement. If you had told me that the two offenses would combine for 66 points, especially after their dismal displays last year, I would have simply asked if you were high. One would have…
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Week 1 Preview
The Steelers will open the 2025-26 season on the road against the New York Jets on Sunday, September 7th. This will be the ninth time in the past ten years that they begin the season away from the North Shore. In those previous nine games, the Steelers have gone 6-2-1, including a 18-10 win last…
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Dethroned, Yet Hungry
For the first time since the beginning of the 2020-2021 Premier League season, Manchester City entered the weekend without the label of “reigning champions”. In fact, last year was their first without winning any silverware in eight years. By all accounts, it was City’s worst season in the Pep Guardiola era, which is impressive considering…