William Gay - Picked another one for a score. What I loved about it was that the entire defense got behind Gay after he made the interception and helped him into the end zone. That's the teamwork I'm always talking about.
Running Game - Pretty much stopped. You knew sooner or later teams would force the Steelers into the air. Le'Veon Bell had only 20 yards rushing, but the Steelers spread the passing game between Bell and five other players to do what needed to be done.
Killer Bees - That's the new name now for Big Ben to Antonio Brown and Bell, and they lived up to that name this week. Brown had 123 yards receiving and Bell had 72 receiving. Add Martavis Bryant with 31 yards and a "B" in his name and we just might have something.
Others: Pretty uneventful all over the league yesterday. Nothing shocking. Nothing exciting.
Manziel - Johnny Football's first start in the NFL was not what the fans wanted. Johnny Manziel was 10-18 for 80 yards with 2 interceptions. He would have had a third pick, but there was a flag on the Bengals. My first thought on seeing highlights was that maybe now this guy will stop horsing around outside football and concentrate on football. Then the camera went to him on the bench laughing, and my second thought was
Jeff Tripplette - He is a head referee that has run many of the Steelers games this season. I don't particularly care for him when I see he is the main guy running the show. He is tough and very hard headed when it comes to changing his mind. So when I saw Washington's Santana Moss screaming in Tripplette's face I knew he had better shut up. Two seconds later Tripplette ejected Moss from the game (after several attempts to get his flag out of its holder which took away some of the persona).
Peyton flu - Apparently the Broncos quarterback spent Saturday in bed sick with the flu. What? The NFL's insurance doesn't pay for a flu shot? Yet Peyton playing sick was better than Johnny Manziel playing healthy and it was enough to clinch a playoff spot.
Eagles/Cowboys - A good game once Philadelphia woke up, but seriously how many pass interference did that game have? If it wasn't being called on the defense, it was being called on the receiving team. I was exhausted from throwing my own yellow flag.
Off quarterbacks - This was the week for super QB's to have an off day and boy did that ramp up the announcers and analysts. Green Bay's Aaron Rogers and Indianapolis' Andrew Luck weren't up to snuff this week and you would have thought the world of football was coming to an end. It doesn't matter that these guys have been on point more than half the season or that Luck, despite his crappy play of recent, has pulled out those games. Nope. All that the stations could talk about was "what now" and "what if". Please. We all have bad days.
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