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Who else saw the Steelers smash the Pats? NE did get screwed over by injuries, but Pittsburg just played harder, and MUCH more physically than NE did. Roethlisburger had another big game - he felt the pressure better and seemed more poised than Brady did. NE definately felt the loss of Ted Washington today, because their lack of size up front was definately a key to Pitt's win.
--For the impact that Ted Washington's loss is please ask the Raiders how he's working out for them. Brady wasn't poised because of the patchwork offensive line, they had only one or two players in their regular positions. Not to mention the two starting running backs (Patrick Pass, and Dillon) were hurt so without a running threat, the D could just play pass.
Thank God. It is about time. My sorry team is soon going to set the record for consecutive road losses, so it's nice to see the Patsies lucky streak end.
--21 straight wins in any sport isn't luck, especially in the age of NFL parity.
Great Victory by Pitt. Don't forget, they were missing a key player too, All Pro Nose Tackle, Casey Hampton.
--One player is nothing, call me when 25% of your starting team is injured.
What I loved the most was when cheap shot artist Rodney Harrison got planted by Bettis in the open field. That shit was great!
--He also made 18 solo tackles, so plenty of steelers got planted too.
Yeah... without Dillon they are nothing. You need a balanced game in the NFL, and they had no run. Brady couldnt do it all.
--Well they've won without Dillon before, but you can't have a guy as "probable" on Thurs and then try to game plan with him on IR on Sunday.
Painful game to watch. The Pats just got beat everywhere. For a 6-0 team I thought their play had been pretty weak all year long, and it finally cost them. I figure the Pats will get another shot at them in the playoffs, and if healthy I figure the results will be different. On Sunday though, the Steelers were the far better team.
--After all this, I couldn't agree more. They have played sort of uninspired for much of the season, and have not really played one game well from beginng to end. They would have had to make 0 or 1 turnover in the Pittsburgh game to stay in it with their depleted personnel on the road. Another major factor, probably the largest, actually was that Pitsburgh was coming off of a Bye so they had more opportunity to rest and prepare. Ben looks pretty good, but because of missing Law and Poole in the secondary, they had to rotate coverage to guys who wouldn't need help normally, so it exposed other areas. Anyway Pittsburgh played well and these teams might meet later in the season so we'll see.
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