| 22 February 2009
I actually felt bad for Browns fans yesterday. Having your early euphoria slowly crushed to death must leave a pretty big dent on the soul. Even Phil Simms, master of the obvious, knew what was in store by the beginning of the second half and predicted the outcome--the Steelers defense would stand up, the offense would start clicking and slowly but surely, the Cleveland lead would disappear like those precious dreams of post-season play that have sprung up in the Browns blogosphere in the past week.
Sorry guys. Really, at this point it's no longer even personal.
This was an important win for the Steelers. It showed that the team is able to overcome mistakes and win even when the play is, um, lackluster. It also gives us a strong lead in the north--and Indy's inexplicable meltdown versus the Chargers reminds us that the AFC isn't just Patriots, Colts and everybody else.
Ben: After watching that hilarious thirty yard run a few times (and laughing so much i nearly had iron city come out my nose), I started wondering where the heck the defense was...and then I realized that if you saw huge man doing this simultanously doofy and rumbling sprint--a gate that shouldn't exist in nature--towards you, you'd probably just stop and watch too. So don't worry Brownies, your reaction was totally understandable. Ben looked flat in the first half--though the interception has more the result of an excellent play on 3 out of 5 (the first half inability to get a touchdown keeps this from a 4 helmet day).
Willie and the Dump: I know that footing was terrible out there, but I expected a little more from the running game last night.
O-Line: There were way too many sacks for a defense that is not very good at rushing the kicker. Every week, J.J. Cooper at the awesome Steelers FanHouse reviews the offensive line in crazy depth, so all I'll say is any time a Browns player gets close to the quarterback, there's something wrong.
Big D: Looked strong against an offense that had hit its stride in the past few games. The early leade was deceptive insofar as Cleveland had a short field in two of the series and a kick return for the third touchdown. Still, if the black and gold want to be in the
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