Is the irony lost on anyone? The Steelers’ glaring hole is incapable of opening one. A hole, that is. The patchwork offensive line was somehow good enough to help win a Super Bowl. It didn’t hurt to have the league’s best defense and a gutsy quarterback who’d sooner take a beating than give up on a play down field. Where a passerby may assume that the champ’s offensive line contributed greatly to success, a studious…
The Big Target is back. Oh, we wanted to believe it wasn’t so. We crossed our fingers and closed our eyes. We stuffed fingers in our ears and yelled, “No! No! No! No! No! No! No!” whenever somebody said that allowing zero sacks against the Bengals was meaningless. It didn’t take long for the Giants to bust our bubble and harass Big Ben. They got maximum effort from their front four and made it a…
It was looming ahead of them: a road matchup with the 0-6 Bengals. The trap was set but the cats from Ohio placed it in plain sight. Coming off a bye week amid speculations of rust and worries of falling for a trap, the Steelers roll over the Bengals 38-10 and head home to regroup for a tough four game stretch. This game had a little something for every Steeler fan: crushing blows, outstanding defense,…
