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What a great ending. What a great game to have some money on.

Addressing this issue is my main theme for tonight, I guess.


1. We've only completed 5 games in a 16-game reg season schedule.
2. We're one game below .500 as we start the 2nd pd. of the season.
3. We're a tie-breaker above a division rival who has owned us for 10 years.
4. We've yet to play our other division rivals... and in divisional play, all bets are off.


Is it too much to ask that our fan base embrace the idea that "all is not lost" at this early point of the season?

We have a tough schedule ahead of us, but if you look at the standings in the AFC, a lot of teams are bunched up. All the afc unbeaten teams is good in a way for the rest of us wallowing in mediocrity. There are a lot of games left, why abandon hope already?

Just imagine if the defense starts playing like it did last season, especially with all those turnovers.

AND

The offense continues to play the way that it has been these past couple games.

Demarcus Ware got banged up.

Was listening to the Cowboys game on the radio yesterday evening on my way home. Cowboys trying to come back against the Patriots and Weeden's pass to Vince Mayle is intercepted. Boy, when you are left with guys who got cut by the Browns to fuel a comeback, you are in trouble.

LOL! Big trouble!

Geez...

Russell Wilson is on a 70-sack pace

big TROUBLE in big D.

Go Chargers!

Not much of a shocker, but the Steelers suck without Ben.

Levon Bell reminds me of Ladanian Tomlinson.

I hate saying it, but he's an awesome running back. Melvin Gordon on the other hand has yet to impress me. Still very young in his career though.

I kind of thought SD would have a million rush yards on that Steeler defense and a bunch of points...

Phillip Rivers is a genius pre-game. Too bad his talent doesn't match his IQ.

Figures - we pull and upset to move up in the Division and both Cin and Pitt come from behind at the end of the game & OT... ARGH...Looks like we will have to do it the hard way and beat them all!

Calls like that make you look like an idiot or a genious.

Rivers punched the crap out of some bird

https://twitter.com/Chargeee/status/653768565938593792

effin steelers. 4 out of 5 teams don't get that free timeout on the Miller catch.

That was his glove.

Similar to K'Waun Williams yesterday.

What exactly was the safety supposed to do?

Let him score?

Saved by the Bell....

Back Off for Goff Power Rankings:

1. Texans
2. Saints
3. 49ers
4. Chiefs
5. Bears
6. Browns

First of all, that was a helmet to helmet hit and the correct call.

Second, the league clearly hates the Steelers. That's why they let like forty seconds run off the clock after the touchback.

The Steelers have some INSANE playmakers

Friggin' Steelers.

(At least it was a good game to watch.)

I can't remember so many divisions being "over" this early in the year:

AFC East - New England will win it going away
AFC North - Cincinnati looks very good and has a nice cushion
AFC South - Indianapolis will win this easily by default
AFC West - Denver will win this easily by default

NFC East - The one division where NO ONE has a CLUE what will happen
NFC North - Green Bay will win it going away
NFC South - Atlanta appears primed. Carolina probably a WC in that poor division.
NFC West - Arizona appears primed. Can Seattle regroup for a WC?

so my WAY too early predictions

AFC - New England, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Denver, Pittsburgh (WC), Buffalo (WC)
NFC - NY Giants, Green Bay, Atlanta, Arizona, Carolina (WC), Seattle (WC)


AFC Championship - New England over Pittsburgh
NFC Championship - Green Bay over Arizona

Super Bowl 50 - New England vs Green Bay

Similar in the sense it was a subjective call late in the game that could have gone either way.

And I think bad calls go against all teams.

However, I think they are slanted in favor of certain teams, particularly those with franchise QBs who are the faces of the NFL.

Agree with everything except I think it's NE over Cincy.

Although I can even see Cincy winning the AFC.

I can see Bell torching our D for 400+ yards this season. Against our elite D, I would feed him the ball until we stop him. Which might not be for a couple of years.

All of us thought that. But Pitt drafts extremely well and well the Browns... I swear we could draft defensive line heavy for the next fifty years and still not be able to stop the run.

Leveon Bell is amazing

This isn't true and is a popular misconception.

A lot of Pitt players don't take off until their third or fourth years. Remember when Decastro was a bust?

Plus, their players have the added benefit of coming into a stable situation. Pitt is patient with their players and develops them. They also have a franchise QB which allows the organization to be successful even while these players develop. And also keeps the coaching staff and FO intact.

He really is. (Damn it!) The moves he makes are somethin' else. Pleasure to watch play. I just wish he wasn't playing for them.

I personally think Bell and Brown are the best RB and WR in the NFL

I'd also put Roeth at #2 of all QBs, after Rodgers. Incidentally Steelers are hoping Roethlisberger returns Week 8 vs Cinci. We get the Steelers at Pittsburgh two weeks later.

Actually, they were robbed of 18 seconds on that drive.

NFL clock operator messes up time late in Steelers-Chargers game

The Steelers didn't return the ball, a touchback was signaled ... and the clock never stopped.

The clock continued to run the entire time while Michael Vick and the Steelers' offense trotted out on the field.

The box score confirms the 18 seconds magically disappeared.

That can ruin any conspiracy theory.

So then, they robbed the Chargers of any time they could have had to try and score after the Steelers did?

Those so and so's!

Thanks. That makes me feel better.