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New York Jets/Pittsburgh Steelers
Posted on 01/15/2005 10:37:26 AM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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NYJ at PIT, Sat, 4:30 p.m. EST
STL at ATL, Sat, 8:00 p.m. EST
We all agree on that point.
Well as a Steeler fan I agree. This defense is not playing the way it normally does. I hope Ben heats up in the second half, he is missing some plays and forcing the ball.
I might give the Rams, or Philly IF Owens gets back, an outside chance of making it a good game. This year AFC > NFC something like 45-19.
Oh you can dismiss the NFC that easily. The NFC this year stinks. None of the NFC teams in the playoffs can hold their own for even three quarters against any of the AFC teams. The AFC championship will determine the world champion, and they'll win by at least 3 scores in the Superbowl.
What do you think is wrong with them?
Yup. The more the media picks Indy the better I feel. There could be some snow tomorrow as well. We're not sure how much yet.
I agree they suck this year, but anything's possible. The Eagles are known to break through at the most unexpected moments, and if they make it, things could get interesting.
I don't think the Rams or the Vikings would put up a fight though.
Jets ten points in the second quarter....I'm not real happy about that. C'mon Steelers, you gotta do better in the second half.
[i]What about the MLS?/major sarcasm[/i]
MLS has a strict salary cap as well, ensuring competitiveness. Anyone can win it any year. Well, maybe except the Revolution, although they did come close to going to the Cup this year.
They need to stay with the running game. Don't make Ben put the ball in the air if he doesn't have to.
What do I think is wrong? Ben's not focusing, and the coverage on special teams is terrible.
I don't know... the NE secondary is not what it used to be. Where do they get three good cornerbacks?
Seems a little too much lopsided...The Vikes were 3-1 versus the AFC this year.
Yeah they and Philly were the only NFC teams with winning records against the AFC.
The Jets are playing with a lot of confidence. The Steelers need to get the momentum back and get the crowd back into it.
No not anything is possible. The Eagles played for crap down the stretch and come into this week cold, out of practice and missing 50% of their offense. They'll be lucky to survive the Vikes tomorrow (which is NOT a compliment of the Vikes). The real problem whoever represents the NFC this year has is that they haven't gotten to play any good teams to get there, they simply won't be up to speed with the AFC representative.
Jets could go down 21 with a quarter to go and they would still be confident... it has been amazing to see this team in the forge of the playoffs.
If either the Vikings or Rams defense can show it can play playoff football like they did last week, they will become the team to beat in the NFC, home field or not.
The radio just reported a rumor, Ben Roethlisberger has an injured cuff, it sounded like. His stats weren't anything special for the first half. (4 for 44 or 45, I believe they said.) (You can tell I'm not much for regurgitating stats.)
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