50-YARD LINE

The Steelers are now at 2-3 and still looking up at the Bungles and Baltimorons in the AFC North. At least we can always count on the Clowns to bring up the rear. This is the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from last night’s loss.

1)The Good-Not much to report here. I’ll say the good was that Ben passed HOFer Terry Bradshaw for most passing yards in Steelers history.  There’s been a lot of talk around the Burgh this week regarding who the better QB is. All I can say is the question won’t be answered until Ben finishes his career.

2)The Bad-Where do you start with a loss like this? I’ll say the running game. There was so much optimism after the Iggles game, what with Mendy back and all. True, Pouncey, Foster, and Gilbert all got hurt  in the game. However, the running game wasn’t really running on all cylinders before they went down. 56 yards on 22 carries? Chris Johnson did better than that all by himself!

3)The Ugly-Believe me, there was a lot of ugly to go around. This was the 3^rd road loss in 3 road games this season. The teams the Steelers have lost to on the road, Denver, Oakland, and Tennessee are a combined 2-10 against opponents not wearing black-n-gold. Both the players and coaches are responsible for this mess. Why weren’t they bringing the house against a 37-year old QB and putting some actual pressure on him? There seems to be no sense of urgency at all.  And oh how I long for the day when a man went down, and another one stepped up to take his place and we never missed a beat.

Luckily, the Steelers have 10 days to get this straightened out. Next Sunday night they have another road game, this time in Cincy. It will be a big game, even bigger now that we have 3 losses in the AFC. There’s still time. Sweep the division and you have a chance. It’s too darn early in the season that we shouldn’t have to depend on other teams to help us.

Suit up, re-group and kick some butt! Go Steelers!!!!!!