- Quiet stadium to start things off, and the Browns scored boom, boom. It took an interception and a fumble recovery to pump the crowd, and the Steelers finally got on the board in the second quarter.
- Landry Jones and the offense struggled. Only two third down conversions in four quarters? Ugh. WTH? Knock out the three "B's" and we obviously have nothing, but a defense.
- The announcers kept telling me how the punting team was tired. "Uh, too damn bad" is what I yelled. What are they going to be in the playoffs?
- Penalties in overtime? Ugh. So frustrating. We just gave them the go ahead score with those.
- Mike Mitchell had a face mask penalty on third down in the red zone, and I about came unhinged since I had just typed the above sentence. Then he told the official, "He grabbed my face mask first. Oh, my god, please take a look at that. He grabbed mine first." He sounded so sincere I believed him, and sure enough on replay his mask was grabbed first. Mitchell was pulled down and around by his face mask, and he reached out not able to see what he was grabbing. Ah, December football.
- Defense did a heck of a job stopping the touchdown in overtime. No whining about being tired there. Been there, done that, of course.
- How bad do you think Ben wanted to be on the field when the Steelers got the ball next in overtime?
- I guess I should pat the Browns on the back for playing to win. I said yesterday that they were a lock for the first round draft pick, forgetting that the 49ers had only captured two wins the entire season. But then again, the Browns haven't had much luck with all the other 567,987 first round draft picks they've had previously so....
- I'm glad that the fans who paid the big bucks to see this game at Heinz Field got a show despite the big three not playing. The final drive, the Landry Jones pass, the catch in the end zone...wow, epic. Mike Tomlin, "We were able to finish with an exclamation point."
- That's seven in a row for the Steelers. Haven't had that since 2004.
Other:
- Baltimore's Steve Smith Sr. may have played his last game, and despite the loss to the Bengals everyone went on the field to shake his hand and wish him well. Respect. Always nice to see that in this game.
- Poor Tampa. They play a hell of a game, especially on defense in the last few seconds, and then the Cowboys lose dumping the Bucs' chances of a wildcard spot.
- Poor Oakland. Lost their quarterback prior to this week. Lost their back up quarterback during the game. Now they go into the playoffs with their third stringer who, until today, hadn't taken a snap in the NFL. Yikes. But this just shows everyone why teams rest their big name players when it doesn't matter.
- And let the firings begin. Names on the chopping block: Chip Kelly, Mike McCoy and John Fox. "Retirement talk" goes to Cincinnati's Marvin Lewis and Denver's Gary Kubiak who supposedly will step down for health reason.
- Some guys in Minnesota some how brought in a protest banner, climbed high in the rafters and hung it, and then spent time hanging out as they repeled up and down the banner, taking time out to talk to reporters as they hung. Only in America.
- Tony Romo got back in, threw a touchdown, laughed a lot on the sidelines. Who cares? He isn't the big cowboy in Dallas anymore, and we all know it.
- Oh, and that other quarterback in the east set a bunch of records before he took a seat on the bench to rest for the playoffs. If only he were likable.
- Patroits LeGarrette Blount and Miami's Ndamukong Suh got into a tussle scuffle with Blount yanking off Suh's helmet, after Suh did his token pushing off after a tackle. Blount then spoke out about Suh to the press after the game, "He's a dirty player." Yep, nothing we all don't know, but Blount ain't no saint himself.
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