Saturday evening thoughts through the Rolling Rock impaired Black and Gold glasses:
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We can debate the merits of whether The Bus will get in the
HOF. I, personally, think that he is a first ballot HOF�er. He will end up
either #5 or #6 all-time rusher in the NFL. The NFL puts 4-6 people in the HOF
every year. It doesn�t matter if Emmitt Smith retires the same year as The Bus,
The Bus will get in. (and Still Mill will owe me a beer.) But, the fact remains
that Jerome Bettis is one of the main reasons the Stillers are now 13-1. Jerome
was once again awesome today. In a game of tremendous awesome offensive efforts
(Hines, ARE, Big Ben), Bettis was the leader.
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That being said, my nominee for Hard Hat Award goes to Hines
Ward. It was a pleasure to watch him knock people over, whether it was after a
catch or blocking, and then smiling when he got up. In the last few weeks I had
been one of those calling for the signing of Plax over extending Hines�
contract. Being greedy, I want them both, but if we can only do one, I now want
Hines� contract extended.
- This was the worst defensive effort of the year. We made Eli look like Peyton. It was only����� a matter of time before Eli showed why he will become a good NFL quarterback. But, I sure didn�t expect it to happen today. I expected Eli to be sacked around 10 times today, throw about 4 INT�s, and lose big. Hoke had a few nice plays, as did Troy. But, the CB�s didn�t play well at all. As bad as Scott has played recently, we need him back in some capacity in the secondary.
- I thought the offense played exceptional today. The TD pass from ARE to Haynes was a thing of beauty. On the first of Big Ben�s INT�s it looked like Mays stopped, and I don�t totally recall on the second INT, but I don�t think it was entirely Ben�s fault. Granted, we could have had a TD on the one incompletion to ARE that Ben should have lofted in there. And I thought the third down play where we ran The Bus instead of some sort of play action was a little too conservative. A TD there would have been real nice. But, overall, this was a nice offensive display.
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Who wins a tiebreaker if Indy and San Diego win out? Seems
to me, the best scenario for us is to play San Diego and let Indy and New
England slug it out. So, I am routing for Indy to beat Baltimore tomorrow, then
have San Diego lose one, so Indy takes the #3 seed. Plus, I despise Baltimore
and hope they lose tomorrow and Denver wins, then we beat them next week and
knock them out of the playoffs. How dare Kordell talk smack? Oh, I hope we knock
Boller out of the game next week and Korsmell has to play.
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Even though today�s game was close, I think teams we will
meet in the future need to be afraid, be very afraid. Big Ben showed that he
can throw for over 300 yards, he proved that he can take over a game, and this
was without Plax. Another thing teams need to be afraid of is that Bettis and
Duce should be healthy and rested for the playoffs.
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The Black and Gold glasses have just noticed that the glass
is empty and a refill of Rolling Rock is in order. It is Baltimore week! The
Ravens are going down � Stillers 20 Ravens 7.