I will be objective unlike you elitist Pat jerks, Steelers O-line is a mess, Brady is great, and Belicheat is a good coach, so I do think the Pats have a chance. Special teams will be key and the Pats need to pin the Steelers because the Pats D is not good enough to give the Steelers a short field. If its close in the 4th, I like the Pats chances because the Steelers since last year have given up a lot of passing yards in the 4th quarter.

I agree with both of you. The data steelers24019 posted doesn’t lie–neither do two Super Bowl rings. Roethlisberger has tremendous natural talent and is one of the five or six best QBs in the league. No comparison between him and Charlie Batch (though I love Charlie), and any mention of Dennis Dixon in the same breath is laughable. I’ve been a Steelers fan since I was a kid and went through those 26 years sans championship. No doubt in my mind that Ben provided the missing link. He has that indefinable something that’s given him magic when it was needed.

But …

Through the years I’ve wanted to ring his neck. He’s extremely undisciplined and has a terrible work ethic. He’s been known for being last to arrive, first to leave, doesn’t like to watch film. Plus he’s really stubborn about listening to coaches. Thinks if “by the skin of your teeth” works once, then the team should “go with it.” Huh? Dumb luck isn’t a strategy. Chance favors those who are prepared.

As he gets older, slower, and more beat up, those miracle moves won’t be there. That’s when great players fall back on what they have in their heads. My understanding is that he’s made significant behavioral changes since this summer. With the natural talent he has, if he starts really working at it, he could become a Hall of Fame QB. And with that defense, he definitely could win a couple more championships before he’s through. Let’s hope the stories of his turnaround are true.

Sure, Ben can do some impressive things, and I’m not saying he doesn’t possess a lot of talent. But you can have all the talent in the world and not be disciplined in how you perform. Again- Ben is very sloppy and he lacks consistency.

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Appropriate name for a total moron.

As stated above Roethlisberger is Top 10 in the HISTORY of the NFL, not just today in QB Rating, YA, Completion %, and win %.

Sure he played like a 23 year old kid in his first SB, but in order to get to that game he had to win 3 road playoff games where he posted a combined 120 QB rating with 7 TDs vs 1 INT. So, uhh yes, he is elite and has played that way. If you take his stats from his first 6 years in the NFL vs Tom Brady, Ben has more yards, TD’s, and a better YPA, completion %, and QB Rating.

So who sucks, an elite QB like Ben, or your dumb ass?

You gotta love Charlie Batch but if you think the Steelers would be a better team with Batch at QB, then it’s good you have a day job because your ability to assess football talent is lacking. SORRY!

GO STEELERS!

It’s hard to call a guy one of the best in the league when he hasn’t…you know, played like one of the best in the league.
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Roethlisberger stats:

8th all time best passer rating
5th all time yards per attempt
9th all time completion % (1,500 min. attempts)
4th all time best winning %

But keep saying how bad the Bears are, and keep picking against them, because it only makes their wins all the sweeter for their fans, while making you two suck-tards look all that much more buffoonish.

I love how sports journalists make all their pre-season predictions, which they’re SO sure about, and then, when they become (inevitably) wrong, how hard they scramble and how much they coninute to fight, finagle, manipulate, spin, and justify to minimze exactly HOW wrong they were to begin with.

Plus, you two Brokeback boys are ignoring history, plain & simple:

Minny hasn’t won away from home since beating Green Bay on Nov. 1, 2009. The Queens have also dropped eight of their last nine visits to Chicago (last win in 2007, 34-31 in OT).

AND, let’s not forget Peppers’ special history of making McKinnie sit down to pee like a girl. Repeatedly.

I’m not saying Chicago’s a lock, but I’m saying you two are dolts for acting like its going to be a lock the other way.

Ultimately, I’m torn–as cool as it would be to have the Bears be the team that finally drives the stake through Childo’s heart (along with being the team to rob the Queefs of their homefield in the playoffs last year), the other part of me doesn’t want Chilly to go.

For entertainment value and raw suckitude, he has no equal.

(Though you guys come close).

You HAVE to do something to differentiate the bolded prediction text from the bolded teams text. They are currently both bolded black and it’s giving me a headache to scroll down and tell which is which, and to find the teams/predictions that I want to see.

Please fix. Other than that…good job!

But I am NO Big Ben fan.

Aside from all the shenanigans he’s gotten himself into off the field, I don’t believe that he is a grounded, consistent quarterback. I think our team played more like the old-style Steel Curtain when Charlie Batch was in. No, we didn’t have all the fancy footwork of Ben, but what we did have was consistency and what Steeler football used to be.

Ben is a great tool to have when you’re in an 11th hour pinch or when an amazing trick play needs to happen, but he just doesn’t have the fundamental rudimentaries. Consistently, he’s sloppy at best. There needs to be a point in time where his answer after every game ISN’T, “Well, it wasn’t pretty, but we got it done.”

Go STEELERS!

You’re right. He’s done enough to get by…but doing enough to get by does not make a guy a top QB in the league. It just doesn’t. I’m not saying he’s a bad player. I’m not saying he doesn’t do some things well, and hasn’t had some great plays over the years….but he just isn’t a top guy no matter how much you want to believe that.

I will give you credit for not bringing “passer rating” into the equation. It shows you at least understand what a garbage stat that is. In his first 5 years as a starter, he threw for over 300 yards 7 times. He was 3-4 in those games. Most of his big games were games where he wasn’t asked to do much. Take a look at 2007. Vs Balt, he throws for 5 TDs and an 81.3% completion percentage. Amazing…until you realize he only threw the ball 16 times and was playing with a short field due to 4 Ravens turnovers. Or the same year, he threw for 4 TDs with no picks vs the Browns. Cleveland had 5 turnovers that game. He has a lot of opportunities because his defense gets him the ball back. That’s not his fault. Yes, he was able to capitalize on those turnovers and make them into points…but let’s not go out and say he’s a great QB. He also averages about 28 passes/game. Now, maybe if he was asked to do more, he could. I don’t know. I wouldn’t bank on it, but I don’t know. I’m just saying that based on his body of work, and the eyeball test, he’s not an upper-tier QB.

And your comments about Ben merely show you don’t like him. That’s fine, you can’t be honest about his overall skills and RESULTS WITH WINNING GAMES. Isn’t the bottom line winning? That was what my comment was about. The Steelers have benefited from great defenses of course, but Ben doesn’t have to apologize for that, or take any criticism for his play because of that. You also don’t mention any other facts like injuries, lack of big running game, etc. Overall, as I have watched Ben in EVERY GAME he has played in, he has done a great job overall. So I don’t agree with you.

And please don’t whine about the refs in the Super Bowl, that really makes you look stupid. And don’t you think Ben led a pretty good comeback against the Cardinals as time was running out and threw the awesome pass to Holmes that won the game? Nah, I guess you wouldn’t mention that FACT.

But, you are entitled to your opinion. We will see how the game this Sunday, and Ben’s and Hines’ overall careers go. I will bet on them any day.

GO STEELERS!!

It’s hard to call a guy one of the best in the league when he hasn’t…you know, played like one of the best in the league.

The announcers? You come back with “the announcers”? Seriously? You know who else the announcers love? Brett Freakin Favre. Guy had a REALLY good stretch in the mid-90s and has been riding that ever since. He hasn’t had back to back good (or even decent) seasons since ’04.

Hey everybodygotaids, please tell the rest of the readers why you calling Big Ben some stupid name doesn’t make him one of the best QBs in the game today? I believe his winning record is second best among all active QBs except for Brady, whose record speaks for itself.
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Have you ever watched him play? He’s a big moose who is hard to bring down. I’ll give him that. He’s creative. I’ll give him that. You know what they say about quarterbacks receiving too much of the blame and too much of the credit? That statement defines Roethlisberger when people bring up his winning %. Since he came into the league, you know what his defenses have ranked? 1, 3, 11, 2, 1, 12, 1. The years they were 11th in the league and 12th in the league? 9-7, no playoffs. 8-8, no playoffs.

And you making similar stupid comments about Hines doesn’t mean he still isn’t one of the best all-around WRs in the game today. I guess you didn’t hear what the announcers were saying about him last week.

Must have been because you had your head up your ass. Thanks for losing all your credibility with one post. No real analysis of any kind.

I expect a great close game, as most Steeler games are, that will likely go down to late in the fourth quarter. I think it will come down to how well the Steelers can run the ball, and be able to have a balanced offensive attack that takes the blitz pressure off of Ben. Arians has to call a good game. The Pats will likely have a tough time moving the ball and a tougher time scoring points, like most have had against the Steelers this year.

GO STEELERS!!

Prediction: Steelers 27, Patriots 17

What? What portion of their team is better? The defense? Sure, parts. The offense? Garbage. They still have Rapey McGee at QB, no O-Line and their best receiver is a 100-year old cheap shot artist, that the best anyone can say about him is that he “blocks downfield”.

“Best downfield blocking WR who is part Asian in NFL HISTORY!!!!!!!!1111oneoneone”

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So our D is 4th in the league compared to your 29th ranked D, and all you can say is, “sure, parts of the D are better.” That’s nice..

And let’s see, would you rather have Green-Ellis or Mendenhall? Heath Miller or one of your rookies?

I’ll take the Steelers RB and TE. I’ll also take Mike Wallace, who’s on pace for over 1000 yards and 10 TDs in only his 2nd season, over Tate. I’d say Ward and Welker are a wash…with an edge to Welker for age, but Ward is so invaluable in the running game and in mentoring the plethora of young WRs we have.

I’d rather have the Pats line (minus center) and would rather have Tom for the next year or two, but uhh yeah, I’d say THOSE portions of our team are better.

The rest are neck-and-neck down the board.

“Best downfield blocking WR who is part Asian in NFL HISTORY!!!!!!!!1111oneoneone”

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Someone in the Top 100 thread called Hines Ward “The best all-around WR in NFL history.”

Makes me wonder how anyone can expect to have their opinion taken seriously about anything.

What? What portion of their team is better? The defense? Sure, parts. The offense? Garbage. They still have Rapey McGee at QB, no O-Line and their best receiver is a 100-year old cheap shot artist, that the best anyone can say about him is that he “blocks downfield”.

“Best downfield blocking WR who is part Asian in NFL HISTORY!!!!!!!!1111oneoneone”