everyone says cohwer sucks but no one realizes he doesn’t call the plays. the offensive play calling sucked. 2 runs and a pass on 3 downs everytime in most of the 1st half.
Ben is not as great as everyone made him seem but he will be someone that can help them as he matures.
New England is probably the best team ever assembled and they deserve it.
either way it isn’t anyones fault they lost they lost as a team and made mistakes as a team. Example would be randle el over running the pass and tipping it into the pick. the INT’s weren’t all the QB’s fault. their secondary sucked ass and they got smoked. pittsburgh should have done more play action longer passes and played tighter coverage on D.
I say the 4th and 1 call was very good early and so was the FG in the goalline set late. they needed to do something to change the momentum it just backfired
plax could play for the giants!!! think about who is there best wr…no one…he will go there and the spot light will be on him!!! that is if he leaves…who knows we might spned the money on him!!! id like to see him stay!!!
this statement is ridiculous. a reciever is suposed to maintain full speed/stride on cross routes like that. randel el already made his cut before the ball was thrown, so it was not a timing route. its the QBs job to deliver the ball to the wr in stride. that ball was way high and was poorly thrown. end of story. all 3 of those interceptions were blatently bens fault. poor desicion/ execution. like i said, hes not the only reason we lost, but he was a big part of it. am i turning my back on him, not at all. i cant wait until he matures and i think hes gonna only get better. im amazed at everything he did this year. but if u want to pin=point those picks…that was on him.
its pointless to even bring up teams where u THINK hes gonna go. there is this thing called the draft, and that has alot to do w/ what teams do w/ free agency. there r too many factors, so wait a few months and see what happens before even bringing this up
ok… we lost for a bunch of reasons and i really don’t think you can blame one guy
we got outcoached, and out played
our line didn’t shove them around, hence our running game was eh
ben misread a hines ward route on the 86yd int return (espn radio), but he played ok
they are just the better team
ps. plax is fucking garbage ghetto trash… later you pos. he said that the steelers didn’t utilize his big play ability… nice td drop superstar. he announced he’d leave 20 minutes after the game. fucking trash.
plax is my boy, but he did have a key drop. also tht was bullshit to even talk about his plans 20mins after losing a game of that magnitude. it sorta shows where his head was. i definatley dont like that shit.
there comes a point where you realize he’s a letdown. sure the packaging looks nice… tall, quick… but his value is what it is. less than a thousand yards, less than half a touchdown a game. if he ever does blossom, it won’t be in pittsburgh bc he’s already given up.
that was sad…i felt bad!!! i think bus might just might be back for one more year!!! id like to see this same team next year!!! all have played together and have ben in the off season getting better…next year they will be a force to rexin wiht!!!
really? who the fuck would take a stab a joe namath when the steelers played like they did yesterday. you’re a fucken ass. joe has a ring, cowher doesn’t.
plax, see ya later you fuckin overated ******. smokeyburnouts please remove that cancer from your sig asap.
bettis fumble didn’t hurt/matter, he didn’t get the first down and it was 4th anyway. Ben was obviously hurt, anytime you throw a pick like the one to harrison you are hurt. didn’t anyone see how little rotation was on that ball… you gotta fire that pass, ben couldn’t with a bum thumb. Cowher’s fault for not making a move to tommy gun. ur down 24-3 at the half, let the rookie sit it out on the bench. Obviously tommy couldn’t have done any worse. why have a guy like maddox if you won’t go to him… Back ups aren’t only for when guys are hurt. For those who think big ben led them down the field to start the 2nd half are kidding themselves. he threw a high percentage pass and randle el did the rest. lets just hope he don’t go in the tank like kordell did after the 3int loss to denver.
cowher reasoning for kickin= retarded. ok you kick, ur down 11 still and you need another FG a TD and a two point. Go for it and if you make it ur down one score instead of 3!!! how is 4th and 2 different than the one shot you get a two point conversion?? you got the other team backed up on the 2 or 1 if you don’t make it, thats no faith in ur own defense or even ur offense. How can you be satisfied with anything less than a superbowl win… all that “get em next year” and “we had a great season” is bull shit. 10 years and we still haven’t gotten back to a superbowl and 25 years since we won one. Thats fuckin pathetic. If cowher can’t beat bilicheck then its time for a change and no excuse is good enough to keep him… Even the afc championship cowher won was to a team the steelers should have destroyed but somehow it came down to a few inches. There comes a time when he, not the players, has to be responsible for some of these losses. his play-off record is not 8-9. Why does he keep gettin a pass from the rooneys. he must give great head. Anyother team in any sport would have fired him a long time ago. sure buffalo lost 4 SB’s in a row but the last two were to a far supperior dallas team, not exactly marv levy’s fault. You can find in atleast 3 of the AFC titles that cowher teams lost, examples of how he made bad decisions.
duece- is he a curse or a blessing, i think philly knows the answer to that.
Bus- he’s gonna have a mini bus soon, i think he retires. :crying:
idk…in the beging of the season i think duce was playing great…had 700 hundre or maybe even 800 yards…and had a better ypc % too!!! idk i this duce is good and will be good if bus retires…but all said and done…bettis was a very good ball player!!!
no it was a timing route and Bens reaction tells me that randle el made a move somewhere he shouldn’t have.
as for plax. he is dumb as nails but is a threat. he is tall and quick. he draws a lot of coverage too so I think if they can afford him they should keep him.
Ward should be a no brainer they have to keep him no matter what the cost.
Bus- I think he will stay just because he wants a ring.
Duce- a good back to mix with the bus and if the bus does retire duce is the man to fill the up the middle style.
the 2 other faster younger backs should get more game time though
Staley will be fine, if anyone knows how it sucks to really fuck up your hamstring, you know it takes a while to get back moving.
Why stick with Bill Cowher? Cause it’s a class move, in a industry that people are under tons of pressure. Until Bill starts losing his commitment and motivation for the players and starts losing back to back seasons… Then it might be time for a change.
I dunno what was up with that… I personally think it might have been a bit of the pressure, if you remember he had some problems early in the year, I think he’s trying a bit too hard… You could tell the pressure was getting to him this week. Even though I don’t agree with the glove, him taking it off shows that he’s giving into the pressure.
Play calling was def. terrible… 1st and goal from the 4… Bettis runs for 2 yds, making it 2nd and 2, then you pass?!? WtF?? Run the fucking ball like you have all season.
Ben was nervous, end of story. You could tell when he threw, that he was aiming the ball. Any highschool athlete knows when you aim (baseball pitcher, etc) the ball won’t go there. He just looked TOO worried to throw an INT. Too tight.
Hopefully Pittsburgh picks up some sort of defensive back in the draft… Even tho their pick number will be shit, they need to fill in that secondary.
plax is only a threat to the team he’s playing for. the guys is the most overated POS i ever saw. i’ve never seen more than a handful a plays he made that any other reciever couldn’t have made. He is lazy, misses blocks, drops way too many passes. The things the make good recievers great we don’t see most of the time. franco isn’t a top 10 rusher because he was that good, his line and stalworth and swan were fantastic blockers. Plax takes no pride in blocking. he’s a ZERO dementional player. he’s just a BDN.
Boston redsox fired their manager for leaving pedro martinez in game 7 alcs in 03. One decision!!! the next year they win the world series. was it the right move, doesn’t really matter when you buy all the players you can. the point is that you can’t always use the excuse that he got you there. Don’t be fooled by the rooneys, they are far more greedy than you know. we’re talking about a team that won’t take credit cards for season tickets cuase he don’t wanna pay the processor fees. He makes all those people put up 1000’s in cash cause he wants every penny he can get. I don’t wanna hear keeping cowher is a classy thing to do, its stupid. As long as he doesn’t win a SB its a dumb move. losing back to back seasons? how bout 98-00?
veron haynes needs the ball in his hands. i am the only one who notices the extreme difference from bus and duece when he runs. the guy has a jet pack in his asshole as does the even faster willie parker. when haynes hits a hole the dude is outty. the way the steelers line opens up holes they can afford to have a fast back in there. I don’t think haynes is a eric pegram either, he can take some abuse. It time for a philosophy change from the bruiser backs to someone like a marshall faulk who can run and have 50 catches a year out of the backfield.
cowher does one thing good thou, surrounds himself with great coaches…you bush haters will love this but he’s comparable to bush…he’s not good enough to do the job but surrounds himself by smart people.