Bengals - Steelers

[Sparkey]

I was there.

A really wild-ass game.

Lotta fights in the stands and strange play on the part of both teams.

The Steelers blew it, but the Stripers did win in the end.

How'a the new stadium KY? I couldn't stand watching baseball in the old one!

Like Baltimore's or Jacksonville. Most of the seats btwn the goal lines. The late 90's, early 2000's design I guess. It was a nice day and the emotion built as the Bengali's came back.

I was going nuts trying to figure out the Pack score after seeing the 1st half in "jerkovision" on the computer.

Did that Martin play safety or did they use Chillar as a big safety all game?

Martin played a bit, but they used "Big Okie" as Capers called it for much of the game as their base defense.

[MichiganPackerFan]

There is another explanation.

The Steelers are not playing so well.

They don't have Palamalu. They aren't the same team without him. Not close.

And yet, when Green Bay was playing them without their Pro-Bowl safety, it was irrelevant for some on here. Interesting....

No inference meant to you MiPackFan

None taken. I wouldn't claim that collins is in Palamalu's league either. That guy is one of the few special players in the league.

[Sparkey]

There is another explanation.

The Steelers are not playing so well.

They don't have Palamalu. They aren't the same team without him. Not close.

And yet, when Green Bay was playing them without their Pro-Bowl safety, it was irrelevant for some on here. Interesting....

No inference meant to you MiPackFan

None taken. I wouldn't claim that collins is in Palamalu's league either. That guy is one of the few special players in the league.

I would not make that claim either. Polamalu is one of those rare players that seems to lift everyone around him to play better.

Similar to Reggie White, in that regard.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Before this year, Polamalu had missed 8 games the last 4 years and the Steelers were 6-2 in those games. I wouldn't write them because of one injured player.

[falco]

Before this year, Polamalu had missed 8 games the last 4 years and the Steelers were 6-2 in those games. I wouldn't write them because of one injured player.

Harvey, why do you have to bring facts into the matter? Everyone here knows decisions are made better on emotions, or barring that, anecdotal evidence.

[MichiganPackerFan]

Before this year, Polamalu had missed 8 games the last 4 years and the Steelers were 6-2 in those games. I wouldn't write them because of one injured player.

I certainly won't write them off, but it will take a bit to recover. They are certainly reeling right now..

[Guiness]

Pitt is a good team. With or without Polamalu.

We lost to a team that has since gone on to beat the defending SB champs. Maybe we should've beat them, but it's hardly a 'sky is falling' problem.