tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post673295965505856508..comments2024-03-28T16:57:12.734-04:00Comments on Mondesi's House: 12 Thoughts on Steelers-Billsmondesishousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16196483886553780303noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-44091797944757969482010-11-30T11:19:31.503-05:002010-11-30T11:19:31.503-05:00As far as everyone predicting "doom" on ...As far as everyone predicting "doom" on Sunday goes, the Ravens/Steelers games NEVER reflect the current performance of either team. The Ravens could be 0-11 and the Steelers could be 11-0 and I would still call it a coin-flip.<br /><br />They are always good games.Borskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941327073575814893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-1454628002808147892010-11-30T00:05:01.731-05:002010-11-30T00:05:01.731-05:00Sunday felt like "Groundhog day" I was ...Sunday felt like "Groundhog day" I was reliving the Alabama - Auburn game. At least the Steeler game had a better outcome. sort of....BAMAQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04592206025525091582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-57750554617159426522010-11-29T18:41:41.029-05:002010-11-29T18:41:41.029-05:00I def noticed Wilcots saying Beeeeun Rutlissbugger...I def noticed Wilcots saying Beeeeun Rutlissbugger.<br /><br />I just went back and watched a few key things on the DVR. A couple points of contention:<br /><br />- Our o-line is awful, but there was a 3rd and 17 the Bills converted where the RT and RG for the Bills absolutely underhooked Farrior's arms or Fitzpatrick was toast. They also choked Woodley on the same drive on a big play. If our line did it, and they did, it would be called, and it was.<br /><br />- On our first drive of the 2nd half we had a 3rd and 4 where the Bills got away with blatant PI on Moore.<br /><br />- On the RTP on Harrison, his helmet went directly into Fitzpatrick's chest. Fitzpatrick's chin only was hit when he put his head forward. The ref had the flag out before they were even falling to the ground. <br /><br />There are a lot of plays in football games that are miss opportunities, bad calls, bad bounces, etc. No matter what happens, you are what your record says you are. Good teams overcome bad calls and missed calls and bad bounces and missed plays. <br /><br />We are 8-3 and need to improve, but yesterday's game would have never needed a Stevie Johnson drop had one of those aforementioned plays been called properly. <br /><br />Next week, we will have our hands full.BurressWithButterflywingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12466557816631165674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-53020653853000794122010-11-29T18:01:04.655-05:002010-11-29T18:01:04.655-05:00How did Johnson and Finnegan only get 25k each for...How did Johnson and Finnegan only get 25k each for literally fighting on the field? But Harrison gets fined gratuitous amounts for tackling people hard...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311958891391872456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-39284364377607544532010-11-29T17:40:57.768-05:002010-11-29T17:40:57.768-05:00Counterpoint to the defensive back thing: Bill Hil...Counterpoint to the defensive back thing: Bill Hilgrove also does this before every play when the Steelers are on defense.<br /><br />The way the TV cameras are positioned, you can't really tell what defensive package is on the field. I appreciate the description of the play rather than a ridiculous/obscure stat.Borskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941327073575814893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-79650235488875981242010-11-29T16:39:34.304-05:002010-11-29T16:39:34.304-05:00Regarding the telecast:
1. Did anyone else noti...Regarding the telecast: <br /><br />1. Did anyone else notice Solomon Wilcots continue to refer to Ben "Rottlisberger"? Maybe this is just me being particular, but it got annoying quick.<br /><br />2. I was also unaware of the McFadden injury, except for the fact that Kevin Harlan always announced how many DB's were on the field. I don't think Anthony Madison's name has been mentioned that often on a telecast ever. Every single time it was "Fitzpatrick up against 5 defensive backs" or "Pittsburgh lines up in the dime" or "Madison in as the nickel back". It became comical how he would announce that every time.<br /><br />Too bad HD sets have that delay which doesn't allow for turning down the sound and the radio up.potushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034379517645746785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-46125778152700830842010-11-29T15:16:01.356-05:002010-11-29T15:16:01.356-05:00i'm usually on the fire arians bandwagon, but ...i'm usually on the fire arians bandwagon, but not this game. <br /><br />i was expecting him to throw the ball all day against the league's worst pass defense - he mixed it up pretty well.<br /><br />And the plays he did call worked all day long - it was the penalties that kept taking them away and putting the team in a difficult to convert situation.<br /><br />Shouldn't the line coach, the head coach, or the refs themselves be the ones held accountable?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325780083717650209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-53683814860076278122010-11-29T13:19:42.545-05:002010-11-29T13:19:42.545-05:00I don't blame Andre Johnson for pounding Finne...I don't blame Andre Johnson for pounding Finnegan's head in. The dude started that and ripped his freaking helmet off. He has need a good butt whipping for a while.BurressWithButterflywingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12466557816631165674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-49437221324655842462010-11-29T13:17:45.706-05:002010-11-29T13:17:45.706-05:00Agree with Nick on Arians.Agree with Nick on Arians.Bababooeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469715458065514861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-15283921893220780712010-11-29T13:13:07.532-05:002010-11-29T13:13:07.532-05:00This is just another typical game in the Bruce Ari...This is just another typical game in the Bruce Arians era. Steelers let a lesser team hang in the game because the offense is unable to put it away early (ONLY 19 POINTS against the 29th defense in the NFL????). <br /><br />Then either Ben's late game heroics or the Steelers D bails out Arians' sorry ass in the end. This time it was old fashioned lady-luck that bailed them out, though.<br /><br />You can blame penalties, O-Line, dropped passes, etc....but at some point ARIANS has got to be held accountable. An offense with this much talent should not be struggling to score especially in an era where scoring is considerably higher than ever before!<br /><br />FIRE ARIANS BEFORE HE COSTS US ANOTHER SEASONUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639937524113520288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-55633257376794999232010-11-29T13:09:03.072-05:002010-11-29T13:09:03.072-05:00Seeing as Seymour didn't get suspended and he ...Seeing as Seymour didn't get suspended and he has priors, I don't know why Andre Johnson should get suspended.<br /><br />The NFL seems like they are starting to borrow the NHL's Wheel of Justice.Kozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03745252975054935259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-79055697052570683782010-11-29T13:07:20.367-05:002010-11-29T13:07:20.367-05:00Yeah... it there any possible way that BOTH player...Yeah... it there any possible way that BOTH players don't get suspended for at least one game? Oh wait, yes there is. The decision is SOLELY up to Goodell, and his logic is probably quite similar to South Park's portrayal of the government's method for determining whether or not to bail out the banks.HomeRunFromBehindTheMeatballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153804542539188315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-10010926163396543952010-11-29T12:59:39.955-05:002010-11-29T12:59:39.955-05:00I guess I was a little to quick to call the end of...I guess I was a little to quick to call the end of the game "lucky", you guys are right. It is what it is, and now time to move on. 8-3 is nice at this point in the season.<br /><br />I saw the Courtland beat down eventually coming. That guy gets into it every weekend with some one. He had Hines by the face mask earlier this year. Andre Johnson lost his cool, now both will be suspended. I want to see what the fines and suspensions will be, though.Bababooeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469715458065514861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-39108009086429623532010-11-29T12:51:36.562-05:002010-11-29T12:51:36.562-05:00Dropped passes like that are the reason the Bills ...Dropped passes like that are the reason the Bills are the Bills and sitting at 2-9 despite being a competitive force against good teams in the league. Good teams can overcome the questionable calls and the hiccups by their players. Bad teams lose a game and decide to blame everyone they can, including the big guy upstairs. Also: Andre Johnson vs. Courtland Finnegan, any thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-56181331459825751392010-11-29T12:34:04.482-05:002010-11-29T12:34:04.482-05:001. Yeah, i was willing to give Steve (drop the i) ...1. Yeah, i was willing to give Steve (drop the i) a pass on this one, but then i saw that tweet. Way to go from goat to goat chode! Still though, he's having a HELL of a season. Can't imagine how sick his numbers would be if he caught all those drops this year!!!<br /><br />6. The Bills have been extremely competitive this year in most of their losses. A couple breaks one way or the other and their record looks a whole lot different. Their record is the same as the bengals, but i don't think anyone would argue they are equally scary opponents.<br /><br />10. Baltimore was aided by an atrocious 'pass interference' call leading to their second TD. Both the defeneder the receiver went up for the ball, the defender broke it up -> pass interference? Am i just looking for excuses to yell at the TV on sundays? Or did anyone else see this?<br /><br />11. Miami is just lucky that Pennington hurt his knee almost immediately. Why the heck did they bench Henne for Pennington anyway? I don't get it.<br /><br />Amen BwBw, people put too much wieght on good/bad 'luck' plays that happen in the endzone and give ZERO weight to drive sustaining/stopping plays along the way. Both teams made plenty of plays that coulda/shoulda/woulda cost them the game. In the end, stillers came out on top, so people just revert back to the latest gaffe and jump on it as the sole cause for the outcome. (And that was Johnson's FIFTH drop of the game! If he catches one of those other drops, maybe the game doesn't even go to overtime? And if i didn't have this beerbelly, maybe i'd be a famous rockstar that is married to 12 supermodels and has cured cancer? ...it's all speculation.) What is fact: Stiller 8-3, Buff Bills 2-9.<br /><br />Hahaha, great point Eric! Does any team currently in a playoff spot have more shaky wins than the NY Jets? Though we can always add a few stillers wins into that conversation.HomeRunFromBehindTheMeatballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153804542539188315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-79405792721871542312010-11-29T12:24:09.429-05:002010-11-29T12:24:09.429-05:00The ball kind of was in Big Ben's hands a lot ...The ball kind of was in Big Ben's hands a lot of the 2nd half.<br /><br />It's just that everytime he made a big play it got called back due to holding on Kemo.<br /><br />Kemo has been pretty decent this year, so I hope it was just a bad day and/or him trying to do too much to make up for the suck that is Jon Scott at tackle.<br /><br />Also, I think we're done to playing a defensive tackle at defensive end right now with both Keisel and Eason being hurt.<br /><br />And I didn't even notice McFadden get hurt, when did that happen?Louis Lipps is my homeboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156545693381178335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-44678995134969764242010-11-29T12:02:42.532-05:002010-11-29T12:02:42.532-05:00Is it luck or is it how the game unfolds?
Maybe i...Is it luck or is it how the game unfolds?<br /><br />Maybe if we have good luck some of the drive killing holding penalties are not called, maybe Saunders and Wallace hold on to those "easy" catches and the game is out of reach!<br /><br />Who knows, I guess we won because we made one or two more plays than Buffalo, Baltimore is going to kill Ben unless the o-line holds every play, hopefully we get lucky !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-45367293532041195002010-11-29T10:57:48.521-05:002010-11-29T10:57:48.521-05:00I won't say we weren't lucky, but if you c...I won't say we weren't lucky, but if you call what the Steelers did on Sunday luck, I don't even know what you call the Jets of the past month or so.<br /><br />It is what it is. If the Steelers don't get called for holding on the Sanders catch, the game is over before halftime. I still find it hard to believe the Steelers get 6 or 7 holding calls and the opposition gets 1 or 0.Borskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941327073575814893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-59001529959915808102010-11-29T10:28:00.677-05:002010-11-29T10:28:00.677-05:00Definitely were lucky yesterday. That ball couldn...Definitely were lucky yesterday. That ball couldn't have been served any better. Ike got beat and Johnson had a gimme catch. You can't really talk about the other plays. Everyone knows the Johnson play had that game ended.Bababooeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469715458065514861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-18684747129304192312010-11-29T10:02:51.495-05:002010-11-29T10:02:51.495-05:00Everyone points to the Stevie Johnson drop as the ...Everyone points to the Stevie Johnson drop as the only reason we won this game and thus it's merely luck. Let's not forget the Bills fumbling that punt and it squirting through 20 different guys hands and the Bills coming out with it. How about the Steelers having the game clinched with the pass to Sanders and BOOM, penalty flag. Mendy's 40 plus yard run was a back breaker, BOOM, penalty flag. <br /><br />The Bills had their share of luck as well. You are what your record says you are.BurressWithButterflywingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12466557816631165674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-74098257850226987482010-11-29T10:00:57.995-05:002010-11-29T10:00:57.995-05:00How do we know Stevie Johnson was talking about Go...How do we know Stevie Johnson was talking about God? He may have been talking about his uncle Rodney who taught him to catch balls with his eyes closed at times like that so the camera flashes won't blind him. <br />All I can say is we should have scored more than 13 pts in the first half, if we did, we wouldn't have had to worry about anything. We need efficiency on offense. More TD's early, if we keep letting teams hang around, it will eventually burn us more.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15387033367920860456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-45826354103396494142010-11-29T09:54:15.919-05:002010-11-29T09:54:15.919-05:00That o-line is in shambles. They better pick it u...That o-line is in shambles. They better pick it up or Baltimore is going to have a field day, and Ben will be on his back all night. I think that's what the Steelers were looking at anyway. They overlooked the Bills after going up 13 and thought they would just pack it in. This game was LUCK. They should be thanking Steve Johnson for dropping that game winning TD.<br /><br />Bruce Arians better pick up his play calling. I understand running and exploiting a defense's weakness since Buffalo has a weak run-D. But Ben should have had the ball in his hands the majority of the second half. Put the ball in your playmaker's hands and seal the game. Again, the o-line didn't help this out either.<br /><br />Anyone notice this game looked a little familiar from a few weeks back? O-line can't hold their water when backed up inside their own 10 yard line.Bababooeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469715458065514861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-15164545726477593242010-11-29T09:23:00.404-05:002010-11-29T09:23:00.404-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.JWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18332484284552226579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-43622607328093733942010-11-29T09:22:51.258-05:002010-11-29T09:22:51.258-05:00Imagine how tough the Bills' D-line would'...Imagine how tough the Bills' D-line would've been if they weren't always so worried about where "Mike Williams" was on the field at all times. (According to Solomon...)JWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18332484284552226579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-31321637220846545312010-11-29T08:54:49.355-05:002010-11-29T08:54:49.355-05:00Johnson is one confused person, maybe the devil ma...Johnson is one confused person, maybe the devil made him do it!!!!<br /><br />LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com