I agree, to me and not to sound corny and cliche, it really has become the No Fun League, I just don't have the excitement or attention span for it right now and it is not because of "my" team being in the dumps, they are not, they are fighting and have had winning seasons since I can remember, I just have zero will to set aside the time to watch.
Tom:
Pittsburg IMO is just plain tired. He is a good coach, but also IMO, George Pickens is uncoachable. I only watched the 30 min summary and it looked awful. On a high note, the Steak was perfect, the Martinis were good and we had a nice 2.5 hr tour of food, can't beat it!
I'm going with Baltimore and Philly in the SB. This might be the year that "small game" Lamar Jackson makes a run in the playoffs. Henry is a beast. They are going to be tough to beat. KC doesn't look the same. Still winning but in close games.
can you imagine if the Steelers somehow rebound and beat Baltimore.............................hope springs eternal, but boy would that be something. Baltimore would lose it and I would love it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anything is possible. If the game was in Pittsburgh, then this is a 50-50 game, but I don't think even "small game" Lamar can blow this one at home. Close and ugly is about the best the Steelers can expect. The pressure is definitely on the Ravens in a close game.
I've never seen a "1-2-3" Cancun performance from a Tomlin coached Steelers, but this game might be the first. They got punched on the chin in the first half. Henry is a beast. The most physical running back that I can ever remember. Maybe Earl Campbell or Herschel Walker, but otherwise he is in a league by himself. It might be time for Tomlin to call it quits. The years take a toll in coaching and even though he is still a good one, it feels like he is out of gas.
I think IMO the Steelers are the reflection of being in it for so long with Ben (albeit the same time of the Pats run) and now look at the effect of ineffective QB's. A long string of them and ineffective offensive coordinators. They don't have Ben and it is evident IMO again that they do not know how to operate without an elite QB. Lamar Jackson, last night looked like an effective QB and a tremendous athlete. You can be effective, athletic without being elite. Pittsburgh needs to figure that part out, draft effective athletes, elite QB's come around every decade plus, there are just not a bunch out there. You can argue that Aaron Rogers at one time was elite, he is past prime now. I think Mahomes is elite and that is why they win. I think Philly has a very effective QB who is a tremendous athlete. The Steelers have...........................zilch, over the hill guy who showed his age a lot this season and a younger guy who is a tremendous athlete but not an effective QB. Almost like finding a needle in a haystack.
It is maddening sometimes how much a QB matters, but if you look at every SB, there was always a great QB or one having a generational season. I can think of 2 real exceptions and of course it is the Ravens - Dilfer and Flacco. Not to sound bitter, but I still have a hard time believing either of those teams won it all, just the right seasons and literally the right bounce of the ball.