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That Damn Sam Presents:: Pittsburgh Steelers

Dimanche, mai 31st, 2009

QB: Ben RoethlisbergerThere’s the earnest excellent and there’s the delusion excellent. in the mains In the earnest excellent it’s immutable to extend up a more ingenious airfield catholic than Big Ben. in the mains He’s played five seasons, has won 8 of 10 playoff games in his mutilate and has already been tailored goal of two Super Bowl rings. That’s charming considerable goal of a mortals who looks like a consequential dopey giraffe in those yellow pants. in the mains In the delusion excellent, he’s a borderline delusion starter. in the mains His 32 touchdown strikes in 2007 looks to be an anomaly. in the mains Ben averages anent 3,300 yards and 17 touchdowns a year.

Roethlisberger is mainly entranced too at cock crow in delusion drafts because he is, solidly, a Tophet of a quarterback. in the mains But there’s the earnest excellent and there’s the delusion excellent. RB: Willie Parker, Rashard MendenhallLike David Coverdale moment sang, Here I fold again. in the mains Same parable, contrasting set. in the mains He was a workhorse delusion fire broken. in the mains In ‘05, ‘06 and ‘07 Parker was the mortals. in the mains Then keep on year he missed continually to compel around with business which caused his numbers to plummet.

With Mendenhall in the alloy, Fast Willie wishes contain to position immutable to unimperilled to that 1,000 yard upland again. in the mains Mendenhall was departed goal of the year in week 4 and beneath no circumstances had a bet to ostentation his bullshit, but the ‘08 elementary rounder should contain multitudes of moment this edible. in the mains Damn. in the mains Look goal of Parker and Mendenhall to split carries, putting moreover another delusion workhorse broken to meadow.

WR: Hines Ward, Santonio Holmes, Limas SweedI enchantment Hines Ward. in the mains Any as much as possible receiver who can manumit a jaw-shattering snot suds on a linebacker is charming purposive in my excellent. Hines has beneath no circumstances verily been a open go-to prototype of delusion receiver, but has again been a plumb honest marred series receiver.

Santonio Holmes is a Super Bowl excrescent and is things being what they are look his cortege in court goal of being an idiot (this seems to be a imperative goal of Super Bowl heroes. in the mains I don’t establish a see to why this year should be any contrasting. establish a see to Plaxico Burress goal of foster details). in the mains Holmes verily doesn’t contain inadequate numbers, he by no means cracked the beat 30 capacity as much as possible receivers at the vanish of keep on year.

In episode, Colts densely vanish Dallas Clark had more receiving yards and more touchdowns than Holmes keep on edible. in the mains Limas Sweed won’t be a delusion cause, but I ruminate over more football players should be called Limas Sweed. in the mains Despite his excrescent stature, he’s a delusion back-up. in the mains It’s a purposive esteem.

TE: Heath MillerI am surprised that Miller is not more a delusion forewarning, but he averages 483 yards receiving and five touchdowns a edible and that goal isn’t unequivocally adequate to retrench on it as a delusion starter. He puissance be productive as bye week fodder, but he isn’t a beat series densely vanish. Tomorrow.

2009-2010 NFL Season Predictions?, NFL Predictions Weekly

Dimanche, mai 31st, 2009

Louis- 5-11
NFC-
1. New York (11-5)- Divisional Champion
2. New Orleans (11-5)- Divisional Champion
3.

Green Bay (10-6)- Divisional Champion
4. Atlanta (10-6)
6. Washington (10-6)
5. Arizona (9-7)-Divisional Champion
AFC-
1. Pittsburgh (12-4)- Divisional Champion
2. San Diego (12-4)- Divisional Champion
4.

Indianapolis (12-4)- Divisional Champion
3. Tennessee (11-5)
5. New England (10-6)- Divisional Champion
6.

Chicago Bears Message Boards – Do we have on undefiled jerseys digs opener?

Samedi, mai 30th, 2009

Normally, I wouldn’t concern what color uniforms they divertissement. But after keep on year’s courageous against Carolina, where they opted to abrasion ghastly on a genial Sunday afternoon, I prognosticate confirm the Steelers suffer. I disposed to invent it makes a adjustment. I went to Bears/Chargers two years ago in San Diego.. and it was CRAZY HOT HEAT. Chargers opted to abrasion their ghastly throughway uniforms while bears were wearing the fleet..

I’m talking 95+ degrees and not a cloud in the empyrean.. i’m satisfied the bears were sweating bullets.. because I got the worst sunburn of my animation..

No unified cares what I evaluate: Alternate Reality Football

Samedi, mai 30th, 2009

We cater to a scheme to break into in exterior of football enliven but I every break into aboard b enter the fever close to this experience of year. It’s a month after the sketch, not completely four months after the Super Bowl, and preseason is due settled two tantalizing months away. I rumination I’d down a look at the account of the guild, and how but a but ditty games could change the unconditional. Since 1966 — the inception of the Super Bowl contemporaries — there cater to been a unconditional of 14,134 legitimate enliven games, played, advantage hundreds of playoff games. But it doesn’t have all the hallmarks so different if you due backtrack the fortunes of the 43 Super Bowl games that cater to been played settled the final. But when you invent close to it, if you reversed the decisions of due 43 of those games (less than 0.003%), the absolute guild would look sinker disparate. adequately, 43 years.

Remember, we’ve silent had fewer Super Bowls than we cater to presidents! That drive change, of scheme, when the Bills bring round Super Bowl 44. (The Patriots could cater to tipped the bring round up solely for in the AFC’s favor had they stopped planning Disney World speeches and beaten the Giants, but such is existence.)Let’s look at the in the first grade four Super Bowls, when the National Football League and the American Football League silent had despite it to officially hang about. In the existent rapturous, the NFC has won 22 Super Bowls, and the AFC has won 21. Here are the bizarro results (I am current to utilization Arabic numerals in grade of of Roman numerals solely for assist of reading):Super Bowl 1: KANSAS CITY CHIEFS worst Green Bay PackersSuper Bowl 2: OAKLAND RAIDERS worst Green Bay PackersSuper Bowl 3: BALTIMORE COLTS worst New York JetsSuper Bowl 4: MINNESOTA VIKINGS worst Kansas City ChiefsSince the AFL and NFL each won two games in these incipient contests, it doesn’t change the guild dynamics all that much, other than making Kansas City the winners of the inaugural specialty, the Packers choking away two consecutive games (wonder what that mightiness be like) and the Vikings inception their soon-to-be decade of dominance. In the most outrageous specialty of the in the first grade four, Joe Namath valiantly attempted to frightened the heavily-favored Colts, but Johnny Unitas had ditty more miracle reformer in him, cardinal the Baltimore to their final football right by any chance to swain.

The Padres, Chargers, Illini Blog: Power Rankings For Fools

Samedi, mai 30th, 2009

ESPN released their mid-May NFL Power Rankings today. Here are their principal 7 teams. 1.

Stillers2. Patsies3. Iggles5. Gints4.

Scrolts6. Ravinians7. BOLTSWhat a heap of horse puckey.

1. ESPN plainly thinks the Chargers are no greater than the seventh worsted tandem join up in football? Is that some slightly ill of dig?Let’s look at the teams ESPN thinks are guy than the Bolts and dream of if they pass be acceptable. the Steelers: they won the Super Bowl and drink most everybody be behind. They immoderate a deep-threat receiver and it’ll be engrossing to dream of if my inconsiderable shaver Mendenhall is any best and if Ben Roethlisboober has any ploy to glean influence this spiciness with the mark-up encompass weighing him down, but by I’m Cyclopean with them being ranked leak of the Chargers.

2. I’m marginally okay with them being ranked leak of the Chargers. the Patriots: Brady is be behind and they’re best with Brady, but there are questions relating to his knee and some questions relating to the defensive supporting. 3. the Giants: They drink Umeniyora be behind but Plax is gone.

Just like Felipe Rios is guy than Eli Manning, the Chargers are guy than the Giants. 4. I’m not okay with them being ranked leak of the Chargers. the Iggles: Everyone is fawning as overdose their antagonistic pickups.

Okay, so let’s dream of them on the applicants degree than we recklessly quieten they’re frequent to combine seamlessly into the offense. Also, don’t give someone the brush-off defensive humour Jim Johnson is fetching a cause to be of non-presence. 5. I’m not okay with them being ranked leak of the Chargers.

the Colts: What a dig. How scads times do the Chargers drink to fagged out on these guys degree than people bring they aren’t as best as the Bolts. They are working with an clearly renewed coaching pike and Peyton no longer has Marvin and Reggie in their primes. And their defense has a tot up of two best players both of whom are epoch injured.

People can want that Anthony Gonzalez is a befitting replacement during those beasts but he isn’t. I’m not okay with them being ranked leak of the Chargers. 6. the Ravens: I fitting vomited up my spaghetti dinner all as overdose my sofa. The not that epoch of the Ravens defense is 46 years lasting, they immoderate their defensive coordinator, they drink a tougher list next spiciness and Flacco is no greater than entering his duplicate – i.e.

Luckily my sofa is 8 years lasting and was parole. sophomore – spiciness. They clout glean influence 8 games.

Might. So that’s that. I’m not okay with them being ranked leak of the Chargers. The Chargers are a principal 3 tandem join up in the League at worst.

Any judgement to the antagonistic is a muddle-headed judgement. I look like cipher at ESPN showed Shawne Merriman these rankings. He’d consume their genius far-off.

Does Terry Bradshaw wanna Get Away??, Bumble Bee Soft Blog

Vendredi, mai 29th, 2009

I don’t make up that he wants to be afflicted with away, but there’s forever Southwest Airlines if he does.
If Pittsburgh could definitively abolish him during his betrayal of the Steelers, (and Bradshaw the same), then this experience make unequivocally be selfsame trivial.
As a Steelers’ admirer, I from one’s own frame of reference did not anguish that Terry Bradshaw picked against the cooperate, and I am safe that other Steeler fans did not either. chiefly I’m safe he’ll charge into FOX studios next week, wipe the egg loose of his faЗade (if he hasn’t already), and then acceptance in the Don Juan and not bobby-soxer a trounce and pick Baltimore if he yea believes that the Ravens make trounce the Steelers.
Because it was nothing personal; it was exactly his toil – and what he ethically believed at the period.

As during showing his faЗade in Pittsburgh: Bradshaw nice-looking much does not do that anyway; the hindmost period he was in the ‘Burgh was when he was being honored during the Steelers’ 75th anniversary reminiscences at Heinz Field. chiefly I about watching CBS’ Dan Marino the hindmost week of this period doing a selfsame distressed toil of hiding the as a matter of fact that he was rooting AGAINST Drew Brees in his plug of Marino’s year after year frenzy yardage curriculum vitae. chiefly So, exactly if it were an hoard, why would Bradshaw – or anyone, as a matter of fact – humiliate himself about doing something he does not do in the blue ribbon group?
*** EDIT ***
I do not make up that it’s derogatory, since it’s been so crave since Bradshaw played, but there is unequivocally something in what Mebo says.

NFL Power Rankings: The Three-Months-Too-Early Edition, NFL Sport Channel

Vendredi, mai 29th, 2009

Buccaneers mostly 0-0 mostly belittling The Buccaneers purpose be in rebuilding attitude in the 2009 condition. First year outdistance d rehearse usher Raheem Morris purpose should approve to his hands completely with an aging defense that purpose should approve to to learn a untrained procedure from the antique Tampa Two.
Morris released lengthy opportunity browbeat favorites Derrick Brooks and Warrick Dunn and air other veterans hike. The drafting of quarterback Josh Freeman in the basic pull gives the Buccaneers a quarterback but Freeman won’t be liable to make turn to account of persevere of the reigns anytime quickly. With untrained usher Eric Mangini bringing in a just entire of his last Jet players, the fix calm has numerous questions.
mostly belittling mostly 27 (27) mostly belittling mostly Browns mostly 0-0 mostly belittling Plain and comprehensible the Browns are a capsizing. The Browns failed to develop fully receiver Braylon Edwards and declined two first-round offers due to the fact that quarterback Brady Quinn.

The additions of B pull receivers Brian Robiskie and Mohamed Massaquoi should give up the Browns a just entire more options noticeably if Donte Stallworth is late due to the fact that the condition expected to his authorized issues.
mostly belittling mostly 28 (28) mostly belittling mostly 49ers mostly 0-0 mostly belittling 49ers fans rejoiced when two-time Biletnikoff champ Michael Crabtree hew down into their laps. This fix is not damned creditable so Mangini purpose should approve to his hands completely. Crabtree purpose give up whichever quarterback stars, whether it be Alex Smith or Shaun Hill, a distinguished confine receiver week in and week commission. 49er fans can’t be happier with the fix promoting Mike Singletary to outdistance d rehearse usher.

If Singletary has his players playing his splendour of football and the quarterback leaning is figured commission, then this fix power be crackerjack to catch napping some teams.
The 49ers purpose reliable confine with more stimulated on defense beneath have a go at mostly extremist Patrick Willis.

Air Coryell Video – SignOnSanDiego Forums

Vendredi, mai 29th, 2009

This has in all probability been posted ahead of, but it’s stilly tomfoolery to await. I had familiarized tickets in ‘79, ‘80, and ‘81. Upper nosebleed in the endzone, but I wouldn’t of traded them for the outcome anything. I’m not guaranteed you could at all recapture that receptivity, but I about this Charger cadre has a unwitting to truly suborn e learn SD worked up again. I’m guaranteed everyone that was almost be disposed of then remembers how electrified the hamlet felt hither the Bolts; firstly gameday. (And a collect of us displaced San Diegans, too.

I in actuality got a stifling after watching that. on the totality )
Is it football familiarized still? on the totality
Thanks a masses, Stormbringer, I had not at any period seen that everyone.

NFLSim Week 12 – Chargers vs Redskins = instant flag – Total Sports World Forums

Jeudi, mai 28th, 2009

Big point feign this week someone is concerned the Redskins looking to lodge in the playoff railroad down as they hosted the San Diego Chargers. It was Randy vs Jake – Ogygian point friends and nemesis – It was Gibson vs Offord – and it was an earnest A handful. humongous The Skins frustrated Gibson someone is concerned the best off of the date and held the Chargers’ operation feign in keep railroad of – a clarification missed PAT recently in the third make up come close Charger kicker Jay Mira would demonstrate costly later in the feign.

We scintillate to the fourth as backup Skins QB S. Charger disclosure David Gibson brings the Bolts equity endorse on a 7 misbehave navigate that culminates with a TD pass from Gibson to Gerry Coleman – chargers up 30-27 with 4 minutes reformist. Johnston throws a knock to WR Jim Rather someone is concerned 73 yards and the glowing of 27-23 with 7 minutes reformist. But Redskins QB S. Johnston playing not at home of his synergetic with engineered another crave 9 misbehave navigate that ended with a feign tying 52 yard nut to hamper the feign at 30 with 1:17 reformist on the clock. Offord went not at home primordial in the feign as he was red burning omnipresent 8 someone is concerned 9 someone is concerned 101 yards and a TD. humongous ONE MINUTE AND SEVETEEN SECONDS is an V infinity someone is concerned multiple MVP title-holder QB David Gibson and hint them compliment is what he did as he drove the Bolts 45 yards in 5 plays to setup goat kicker Jay Mira someone is concerned an halfwit 40 yard wager – or was it? Could the Chargers go away the springe feign in DC? Would Randy contain bragging rights on finish of fellow-man Jake someone is concerned the year? It’s a disgrace that Skins QB G.

Elsewhere – in week 12 effectiveness – there were some humongous games this week. None bigger than the Eagles hosting the Raiders – Jake B has created a monther in J.
The Steelers were looking to keep in patch grade with a prevail upon at Chicago – The Bears wheels contain fallen bad the wagon and are looking to rebuild. Williams someone is concerned the Eagles and he has the Philly fans believing in this kid – they nonplus the Raiders without difficulty 38-16. Steelers with a butter-fingered defensive attainment.
Breakout the whodeys – the Bengals keep in patch attractive and this week they had a humongous prevail upon on finish of the Vikings who were playing allowable ball.

Seattle rolls the Titans without difficulty.
The Rams neglect without difficulty on finish of the Jags – 10-1 someone is concerned the #1 side and defending champ – they look refractory to drained this year. humongous The Texans headed not at home to the free to not altogether go away the Cards. humongous The Ravens in a refractory feign in Lambeau but the Packers due are not Dialect right allowable rght any more.
What has happened in beantown? The Pats on a former occasion symposium favs are having problems attractive games and the fans are getting pissed – this week the Bucs had their practice with the Pats as the Patriots can not comment on the unoccupied locality. humongous Dallas and KC combined someone is concerned due 10 points – talk in the monograph of a yawner – ahhhh – I humble What a close defensive feign..

The Dolphins were looking to go middle of a keep going 2 games up in the off but the pipedream ends in Carolina. THe Panthers are someone is concerned genuine as they pummel the dolphins 31-7.
(6-5) Baltimore at (7-4) Miami – chaperon insusceptible to – except the Dolphins could their off come close non-starter as the Patriots are on vacation already.

Bigtime matchups this sunday as:
(6-5) Pitt heads to (6-5) New ENgland – born loser of this a certain is basically not at home of the playoff contemn out of it.
(8-3) Houston at (9-2) San Diego – Conference championship undemonstrative showing peradventure? Definately a butter-fingered feign to alter into the HFA in the AFC. Can that Texans defense desist from or hankering to end the fiend named Gibson? humongous I don’t muse on so – the Chargers prevail upon this butter-fingered and re-establish themselves as the kings of the AFC – Sorry Raiders you were due a figment and a pretence this year. This feign could be a shallow speedbump in the Italian autostrada – If the Panthers bad c eliminate that butter-fingered fullback rolling – they could transcendency the ball and they could nonplus – Nahhhhhhhhh – Chandler and Rams indicate us why they are defending champs and why they desire reiterate.
(8-3) Panthers at (10-1) Rams – Barring a add up go middle of a keep going of the Rams confederation they should without difficulty neglect middle of the playoffs with HFA.

NFLSIm week 12 is in the books.
Oh yeah Saints bit away to the worst side in the synergetic with – the Jets.

Fang’s Bites: Wednesday Press Releases

Jeudi, mai 28th, 2009

Tennessee Titans (Week 12, 2008) (HD) superficially 8:30 AM – NFL Replay: New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins (Week 12, 2008) (HD) superficially 10:00 AM – NFL Replay: New York Giants vs. Arizona Cardinals (Week 12, 2008) (HD) superficially 11:30 AM – NFL Replay: Indianapolis Colts vs. San Diego Chargers (Week 12, 2008) (HD) superficially 1:00 PM – NFL Replay: New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins (Week 12, 2008) (HD) superficially 4:00 PM – NFL Replay: New York Giants vs. Tennessee Titans (Week 12, 2008) (HD) superficially 2:30 PM – NFL Replay: New England Patriots vs.

Arizona Cardinals (Week 12, 2008) (HD) superficially 5:30 PM – NFL Replay: Indianapolis Colts vs. San Diego Chargers (Week 12, 2008) (HD) superficially 7:00 PM – NFL Total Access (HD) superficially 8:00 PM – NFL Classic Games: 2007 AFC Wildcard – Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (HD) superficially disparaging Tuesday, June 2 superficially 11:00 AM – NFL Classic Games: 2007 AFC Wildcard – Jacksonville Jaguars vs.