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[Steel G]

So the Steelers mailed it in?

Second half they did after they got winded from the short week. The other games have all been turnover fest blowouts.

 

[Vader]

Second half they did after they got winded from the short week. The other games have all been turnover fest blowouts.

Why didn't the rats get winded? Why didn't the Giants get winded?

 

[Steel G]

Why didn't the rats get winded? Why didn't the Giants get winded?

Rats didn't get winded because the Steelers O managed a whopping 3 drives that lasted about 3 minutes or longer while the other 6 resulted in punts or turnovers. The Rats O meanwhile had 6 drives that lasted about 3 minutes or longer, 4 of which came in the second half. Giants didn't get winded because the Skins turned the ball over 6 times.

I thought the home team won all the Thursday night games.

Nope, but the home team is something like 42-25.

 

[Vader]

Rats didn't get winded because the Steelers O managed a whopping 3 drives that lasted about 3 minutes or longer while the other 6 resulted in punts or turnovers. The Rats O meanwhile had 6 drives that lasted about 3 minutes or longer, 4 of which came in the second half. Giants didn't get winded because the Skins turned the ball over 6 times.

Still doesn't explain anything. The rats should have been winded as well since the Steelers opened with one 8+ minute drive. The Steelers had 4 first half drives for 14:49 minutes. The rats only had the ball for 15:11. So I'm at a loss for why the Steelers wore down. Also the rats scored 10 points on their first 2 drives. This happened long before the Steelers could have possibly got winded. Also how does that explain the offense? Was the Steelers offense winded? Did they suck because they were tired?

 

[Wingman]

Thursday night football sucks. So does fantasy football. I really hate the rule changes just to generate meaningless offensive stats. They are making the sport much less than it was. All these guys that are watching fantasy football could just pretend they are watching. I stopped watching basketball. I stopped watching nascar. I stopped watching baseball. I may actually stop watching football if it gets much worse. I don' want to wander into a subject that is covered elsewhere on this site I just have to strongly agree with the poster that said FF is ruining the game.

 

[Steel G]

Still doesn't explain anything. The rats should have been winded as well since the Steelers opened with one 8+ minute drive. The Steelers had 4 first half drives for 14:49 minutes. The rats only had the ball for 15:11. So I'm at a loss for why the Steelers wore down. Also the rats scored 10 points on their first 2 drives. This happened long before the Steelers could have possibly got winded. Also how does that explain the offense? Was the Steelers offense winded? Did they suck because they were tired?

Tired, unprepared, out coached and out played. Players were puking on the field, so we know they were tired. It being so early in the season may have had something to do with it along with the short week. Players not in football condition yet, or maybe Tomlin doing too much or maybe not enough in practice. In any event, they were spent. As to why the Ravens weren't, they were at home and also played the first week at home. It does make a difference. Rats opened with 3 out of 4 games at home, their lone away game saw them traveling oh so far away to Cleveland last week.

The Steelers overall record on these Thursday games is now 5-3. At home, they are 4-0...the victories coming against the '06 Browns (4-12), the '08 Bengals (4-11-1), the '10 Panthers (2-14), and the '11 Browns (4-12). Away, they are 1-3, the lone victory coming against the '07 Rams (3-13). And, aside from this year's Rats game, the other two losses were the embarrassing '09 Browns (5-11) Unleash Hell game and the '12 Titans (6-10). Cowher coached one game and is 1-0, Tomlin is 4-3. None of these Steelers seasons were losing ones though 2 were .500, jury is still out on this year. If you ask me, their performance for these games against questionable competition has been lack luster, to be kind.

And just for fun, if you want to add Thanksgiving games, the Steelers are 2-5, the most recent loss coming last year to the Rats in Baltimore. The last time the Steelers won on Thanksgiving was 1950, to the Chicago Cardinals. Since the merger, they're 0-4.

 

[Vader]

I'm just trying to point out the fiction that the road team can't win on Thursday night. The fact is that the rats and Steelers held the ball the same amount of time in the first half. Then the rats score right after half time. Surely the defense wasn't tired right after half time. Also it doesn't count for why the offense sucked. I've never heard of an offense being tired.

Yes the rats have 3 of 4 at home to start the season. However the bungles beat them opening day.

 

[Polamallelujah]

Well, I banged Ariana Grande in fantasy which is just as relevant!

Ooooh, nice!

 

[Drink IRON City]

I forgot to notice if Simms used the word "Redskins." He said he wasn't...

Reports say he only slipped once.........



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