October 8, 2007

[steelers] There is a Steeler train leaving the station...

Are you going to be on it?

Finally, the 4-1 Steelers are getting some press. For the first month of the season, I was afraid that Pittsburgh had sold the team to, you know, Ireland or something and I was just hallucinating. This is how little coverage my team got. Except, you know, in Ireland. Where they were all the rage. In my head.

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Steelers shut down Seattle
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Counting playoff contests, it was the 30th straight outing in which the Steelers did not allow an individual 100-yard performance. In the second half, the Steelers surrendered just one first down and 33 yards on 13 snaps. And the shutout was only the second against a Mike Holmgren-coached team in 245 regular-season games.

If the offense can develop a few more key components to go along with Ward and Holmes, tailback Willie Parker (28 carries for 102 yards) and Miller (four receptions, 44 yards) -- and if Roethlisberger manages games the way he did Sunday -- the Steelers could surprise some people.

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This was the 23rd time in his career Roethlisberger had a passer rating over 100. In those games, the Steelers are 23-0.

Big Ben's back.

He's giving the Steelers an opportunity to win each time he steps on the field, something this team hasn't had in a quarterback since Terry Bradshaw.

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That last quote is from my hometown paper...and it's a little jarring because we don't usually see the Terry Bradshaw comparison in print. Mostly it's because that is a name that is still whispered with great reverence in the Steel City, and after years of Neil O'Donnell and Cliff Stoudt and Bubby Bristor and "Mr. IN-surance", Tommy Maddox, well...we don't want to jinx it. But Mr F. Dale Lolley speaks the truth, as scary as that might be. Big Ben represents a kind of...hope that we haven't felt in a long time. Not just hope for *a* super bowl, 'cause obviously he already gave us our one for the thumb. But hope that we will build something special, something lasting, something that won't be overshadowed by ghosts and memories.

Posted by Lori at October 8, 2007 11:02 PM