when present. Romeo Crenell, we thank you for possibly being the stupidest coach Sunday. With his brain fart at the end of the 1st half and with his questionable use of all 3 time outs before the 2 minute warning in the fourth. Hell, even the possible field goal kick rather than going for the tie. It was obvious, the Browns needed 7 just to have a chance, and they never got that chance. The defense never really let them have a chance. Besides the long drive at the end of the 2nd quarter and the 90 consecutive 3rd down conversions in the 4th, the Browns had nothing to offer. Neither did the Steelers, every drive would have a string of first downs and then sputter near Cleveland territory, but they had 2 good enough ones to mak
e it a "W". There's not even enough game play to even do a full run down, except, Crenell is reatarded, Kellen Winslow likes tattoo's, Derek Anderson never led one receiver to a ball (that'll help out the YAC stat for the Steelers defense), Al Michaels jinxed Pittsburgh by calling them the premiere crop of the AFC, it's windy, Willie Parker can flat out run, what has the offense line done? They're unreal. Big Ben likes to beat around the bu
sh with Andrea Kraemer, Andrea Kraemer just got stood up, Ben has some sort of shoulder problem, and finally everyone on that team...still hates the Browns.
I can't get you much of a game recap or thoughts except, the old saying(s) goes in football.
My thoughts exactly.
would of been the "High Lifes". Vegas just issued their latest odd's on Prince Fielder's chances of starting a rumble by the 6th inning on Friday, 10 to 7. I don't question Prince's ability to hit or field, or even run (2 inside the park home runs in his career), but I do have other questions. (1) How does one become so fat when they are a declared vegetarian. (2) How bad did that tattoo hurt getting stamped on his neck. (3) Who the hell gets a tattoo on their neck? Answer: Price Fielder.
e of appearances and his first was in game 1 of the Reds series. Although, he had to go up against Edison Volquez, the Reds only bright spot this season. Karstens gave up 3 runs and the offense struggled, meanwhile Tyler Yates continues to blow up. Ian Snell, got another loss...surprised? 
All business going 4-4 completing passes to Ward, Holmes, and Spaeth.
3rd & 5 in Bills territory, Heath Miller does something stupid. 5 yards backwards.
No dice, incomplete. Punt it. And a good one too, to the 10 of the Bills.
James Harrison came through in the clutch with a huge sack at the 3 yard line.
That caps a 90 yard drive in 6:36. Bummer.
Big Ben would show himself for a 3rd drive and man did he show up.
Roethlisberger---->Hines Ward 24 yards.
Rashard Mendenhall got in on the game and poked around for a couple yards.
Pittsburgh was faced with a 3rd & 8....and then a penalty.
3rd & 13, again? Then, Roethlisberger----->Melwede Moore 14 yards.
That's a first down.
Next play, we're going downtown. Santonio Holmes, 40 yard TD reception.
14-7
Just like his days at the O-H I-O
The Bills would poke around on some runs and then JP Losman would drop back.
JP Losman, meet Aaron Smith. Sacked lunch.
The next drive for the Steelers would see Byron Leftwich for the first time.
(Disregaurd picture)
First play, Leftwich------>Nate Washington 24yards.
Leftwich would miss on a 3rd & 2 bringing up Jeff Reed.
Look at that hair!
Is it possible to hate someone so much, yet seems like he gets better every time you degrade him?
Oh yeah. Right.
pen and Charles Johnson. Hines Ward, Santonio Holmes, Nate Washington, and now Limas Sweed. It is only pre-season, but it's nice to see the Steelers start of solidly with all their question mark pieces work out. Then again, these games don't count and the first string plays about 38 seconds out of the game. 
by the way.) He's obviously not a flashy pitcher (4 strike outs), and could him being new, with no scouting report have to do with his success? No one's figured it out and let's hope they never do. The Buc's needed some serious pitching when all of their trades went down and they've found something in Karstens. Meanwhile, Craig Hansen (from Boston), has given up a run in each of his first two outings with the Pirates. He carried a 5+ ERA when he walked into PNC, and he continues to struggle in the NL. Word is that he needs some work on his mechanics and location, but on the other hand he has some nasty stuff. Lord knows we hope that's true.
5th spot of the starting rotation, since Gorzelany has forgotten what a strike is and Dumatrait still hurt. Davis has worked 7 innings, giving up 6 hits, 2 walks and striking out 3. It's one of those deals where you hope the best for the kid and hope everything works out. It can't get any worse, being 30th in pitching oughta tell you that. 
e's been hanging around with a few hits here and there, but nothing consistent. I like where things are headed, but like all things they need time. Everyone is surely not going to come right in and be the Tampa Bay Rays. 
e Flacco? Does anyone remember the last impact player to come out of Deleware? Me either. Then again, not a whole lot of NFL stock came out of Miami of Ohio and we all know how that's turned out, but at least we know who to spell Flacco. Since Baltimore has become a franchise, they have never owned a potent offense. Maybe it's the color purple, but mostly it's the front office. Jamal Lewis was the last thing they've had to a skilled offensive player and Steve McNair was riding out a career since being in Baltimore. I'm a big Ohio State Buckeye fan, but I don't think Troy Smith is the answer either. On the other hand, since Baltimore has been in existence, they've had stout defenses, led by one time felon, Ray Lewis. Lewis, finds himself in the last year of his contract and there's already speculation about him not returning. Whatev, he should be in prison for all I care. Even if Lewis were to be gone next year, the Ravens still won Terrell Suggs and some of the best secondary personnel in the game. Hines Ward's best friend, Chris McCalister, is still hanging around and so is Ed Reed. Samari Rolle was added last year and with his father dying this year, he's still one of the best in the game. They're not on the top of any one's list to make a threat for the playoffs or the AFC North, but they're not push over. 
has all the pieces and Chad Johnson is playing nice, since he's out from ankle surgery. They still have Carson Palmer, that other guy from Oregon, TJ - something, and question mark Rudi Johnson. All are solid skilled position players and with Chris Henry gone, that opens up a spot for a slot receiver role. The Bengals went 7-9 last year and it certainly due to lack of offense. Sure, Rudi Johnson was out for most of the season with some injury's and Chad Johnson's TD numbers didn't take effect till around week 12, then we got to see his goofy celebrations. The defense, at one time was solid, but went MIA for most of 2007 and it cost the Bengal's dearly. Odell Thurman missed some games at the beginning of the year for being a bad boy and everything else was just plain weird. Let it be known, the Bengals had a bad year, but like the Ravens...they are no push over. The Bengals are legit, adding more to the reason that the AFC North is one of the best in the NFL. Do not, I repeat, do not count these guys out. With that much firepower on offense, it can get scary. 
ey are definitely on the Steelers side. The Browns haven't beaten the Steelers since 2000! Only, Hines Ward, Deshea Townsend, and Aaron Smith were around for that. Even the NFL looked at Cleveland as a possible contender for the AFC North, and possible playoff spot by scheduling them in Pittsburgh for the final game of the season. Hold on to your hats if it should come down to that game. Besides Derek Anderson, there's always Brady Quinn hanging in the wing. Another question mark, you can't have any expectations for that guy, but you can't over look him either. Jamal Lewis, is another guy who came out of no where. Basically looking for work, he found himself in Cleveland and looked like the old Jamal of old poking out 100 yard games left and right. The Browns are loaded at WR with Braylon Edwards, (FA) Donte Stallworth, Joe Jurevicius, and Josh Cribbs. Don't count out Kellen Winslow, he had a breakout year and is more a receiving target rather than a blocking linesman. Your call on that guy. To me, he's the real deal and a force to be reckoned with. The defense on the other hand, was mediocre. Giving up over 100 yards a game and 280 yards total offense a game. Willie McGinest is at the end of his rope and working his way out of the NFL, that's about the only "name" on defense the Browns hold. Like the Bengals, don't count them out, but they're mostly all offense and we all know, defense wins championships. Besides having to play these 3 teams twice, the Steelers own one of the toughest schedules in all of football and it's sure to be a nail biting ride. 
id, the Pirates offense continues to shine (although we'll see what happens now that 2 of the top 3 HR knockers are gone) and Nate McClouth now has himself 22 home runs from the lead off spot. That's amazing. Shall I say almost Alfonso Soriano like? Minus the 34 foot bat though. You can't blame the Pirates in game three for putting up 4 runs and not winning. The offense got themselves 4 runs, all off of 14 game winner Aaron Cook. Zack Duke, however, looked like garbage and barely made it 5 innings. Just enough to get himself the loss and put more pressure on the offense and bull pen. The Pirates had to play from behind in every single game this season, with the Rockies scoring runs in the first frame in all three games. Thanks for the pressure pitching staff :). I guess with all these trades of high powered offensive bats, the pitching needs to step up. 
Cut your damn hair.
as Monday night in Houston, with the Pirates down a run in the ninth against 6-foot-4, 260-pound Astros hammer Jose Valverde. Interrupting perhaps a mental scroll of his save-celebrating macho gestures, Valverde sent Bay a fastball that flashed onto Minute Maid Park's heat-sensing technologies at a smoke-trailing 98 miles per hour.
ouse here and, you know, some guys are from St. Louis and they want to play in the Midwest, some guys are like, 'I want to play in New York.'
ce that No. 38, aside from being durable, professional and even marketable, catches all the balls that ought to be caught, takes all the bases that should be taken and crushes most of the pitches that deserved to be crushed.
Don't these pictures serve as a nice sight to us down trotted Pirate fans. Or even us die hard Penguin fans who catch ourselves counting the days. Then comes the bad news, Troy Polamalu is hurt...again. Other than that, read this. It should get you all caught up on all things Pittsburgh Steelers training camp. Sigh, almost there. I'll be sure to re post my thoughts on the Steelers' schedule. 
trades?
son. 
