13-1
Monday:
- What a weird season.� We sit here at 13-1, a record unequaled
in Steeler history (even during the 4 Super Bowl
years), and we�ve yet to clinch a first-round bye.�
- What a weird season.� The New England Patriots could go 15-1,
and not have home field throughout the playoffs.� HAHAHAHAHA!!!
- I�m still worried that we will
not achieve the fist round bye.�
Losses these next two weeks, combined with the winner of this week�s
Indy/SD game this week, winning again in Week 17, and we�ll be in the 3
seed.
- Interestingly, if the Patriots
lose two of their remaining three, and Indy wins out, the Pats still get
the first round bye.
- Saturday�s game:
- What a smart play by Hines to
stay in bounds on his 3rd down reception with under 3 minutes
to go.� So often, players lose
their awareness, and allow themselves to be driven out of bounds in this
situation.
- What a dumb decision by Tom
Coughlin to go for 2 with his team up by 4 and 8 minutes left.� There was far better chance that the
Steelers would score a TD (as they did, thereby regaining a 3-point lead)
than there was of the Steelers kicking two field goals in the final 8
minutes.
- Dating myself�.the
last time the Jints ran an opening kickoff back
for a TD was in 1966�against the Pittsburgh Steelers.� I was at that game, the season opener
in Pitt Stadium, a 34-34 tie.
- I know this would never
happen, and I�m not necessarily advocating this (though I have in the
past), but kickoffs OOB could be the safer route to go this Sunday, if Cowher insists on yanking Harrison off of the kickoff
team, and If Kriiewaldt doesn�t play.� I really think that the only way we
lose to the RatBirds is via a return of some
sort for a TD.
- Maybe it�s just the camera
choosing to show it, but Plaxico seems a whole
lot more exuberant that is generally the case with injured players on the
sideline.� I take this as a good
thing, a good sign that he�ll be back next year.
- �Speaking of next year, I generally don�t
like looking into the future in the midst of this magical season, but I
was surprised with the release of next year�s opponents.� I don�t understand, nor do I like, why
the Steelers would have away games at the NFC North�s #1 & #2
teams.� Also, I thought that we
would play at home against two of the AFC�s 3 Division winners, as Balt. Played away games against two of the three this
year.� Guess it doesn�t necessarily
rotate in an orderly way.� I do like
drawing the Patriots at home again�..
- Peeking ahead to the next two
weeks (and thinking optimistically), should we win next week, and the Pats
lose one,� who
do we rest completely in the