phunkdaddy said:

Oh oh! The ish is about to hit the fan in Pittsburgh. According to the Nfl network media reports say that Big Ben is growing incredibly frustrated with the direction of the Steelers and may explore trade options. Great now the franchise qb is unhappy. That's what happens when you hire Mickey Mouse assistants to run schemes that don't fit the talent of your players. Tomlin looks lost. Todd Haley and Big Ben mix like oil and water. The front office just basically bought Haley in without much input from Big Ben and dumped Bruce Arians whom Ben was close to after going 12-4 the previous season . Stay tuned. Things may really implode in Pittsburgh. Will the front office stand behind Ben or Tomlin's staff?

I think Haley is a good coach but he does not fit with the Steelers and needs to go to another team. Well we beat the Bills..........................................

You know what I've noticed? The Bears play a tad harder for the "back-up" quarterback than the do for Mr. Culter. Yes, hate to admit this but I think its true. Along with the fact, the Detriot Lions were the better team today. Da Bears were once tied for first place, well that ended today.

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[Edited 11/10/13 16:49pm]

phunkdaddy said:

Oh oh! The ish is about to hit the fan in Pittsburgh. According to the Nfl network media reports say that Big Ben is growing incredibly frustrated with the direction of the Steelers and may explore trade options. Great now the franchise qb is unhappy. That's what happens when you hire Mickey Mouse assistants to run schemes that don't fit the talent of your players. Tomlin looks lost. Todd Haley and Big Ben mix like oil and water. The front office just basically bought Haley in without much input from Big Ben and dumped Bruce Arians whom Ben was close to after going 12-4 the previous season . Stay tuned. Things may really implode in Pittsburgh. Will the front office stand behind Ben or Tomlin's staff?

Well Ben just said him wanting to be traded was B.S and wants to be a Steeler for life.

The Houston Texans have been outscored 100 - 19 in the second half of games this year.

Wait - they literally just scored a touchdown. So now it's 100 - 26.

kpowers said:

phunkdaddy said:

kpowers said:

Well Ben just said him wanting to be traded was B.S and wants to be a Steeler for life.

Yeah I see Big Ben's agent clarified things during the game. I still don't think he cares for Haley's offense. It's like the front office hired him without any input from Ben or Tomlin because his dad worked for the Steelers for years as a scout. Well we will find out next week what the Steelers are made of. Detroit has proven today that they can win outdoors beyond October.

I think it would be unfair to dump Mike Tomlin after he brought the Steelers to two Super Bowls and even won one for the franchise but I could see them canning all of the assistants after this season, firing Todd Haley and convincing Dick LeBeau to retire. Granted, the Steelers aren't out of the playoff chase yet, but they still have to get on a good streak and get past their division rivals including Cleveland. (Whoda thunk that?)

As for my Bears, all the talk tomorrow will be about why they rushed Jay Cutler back onto the field. He looked okay in the first half, but he looked totally out of it in the second, and the play calling suffered as a result. The Bears had so many opportunities to put Detroit away early and blew them. And with Aaron Rogers out for at least two more weeks, the Packers are in bad shape, so Detroit could run away with the division.

As for the others, Carolina is for real with their defense, and as of today they're likely to take one of the two wild card spots if they don't win the division while the other wild card will go either to the 49ers or Seahawks. And congrats to Jacksonville for getting off the schnide and winning their first game this season.

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phunkdaddy said:

kpowers said:

Well Ben just said him wanting to be traded was B.S and wants to be a Steeler for life.

Yeah I see Big Ben's agent clarified things during the game. I still don't think he cares for Haley's offense. It's like the front office hired him without any input from Ben or Tomlin because his dad worked for the Steelers for years as a scout. Well we will find out next week what the Steelers are made of. Detroit has proven today that they can win outdoors beyond October.

Yeah I know Ben doesn't really care for Haley offense, and it's time for Haley to go. Yeah Lions are tough.

728huey said:

phunkdaddy said:

kpowers said: Yeah I see Big Ben's agent clarified things during the game. I still don't think he cares for Haley's offense. It's like the front office hired him without any input from Ben or Tomlin because his dad worked for the Steelers for years as a scout. Well we will find out next week what the Steelers are made of. Detroit has proven today that they can win outdoors beyond October.

I think it would be unfair to dump Mike Tomlin after he brought the Steelers to two Super Bowls and even won one for the franchise but I could see them canning all of the assistants after this season, firing Todd Haley and convincing Dick LeBeau to retire. Granted, the Steelers aren't out of the playoff chase yet, but they still have to get on a good streak and get past their division rivals including Cleveland. (Whoda thunk that?)

As for my Bears, all the talk tomorrow will be about why they rushed Jay Cutler back onto the field. He looked okay in the first half, but he looked totally out of it in the second, and the play calling suffered as a result. The Bears had so many opportunities to put Detroit away early and blew them. And with Aaron Rogers out for at least two more weeks, the Packers are in bad shape, so Detroit could run away with the division.

As for the others, Carolina is for real with their defense, and as of today they're likely to take one of the two wild card spots if they don't win the division while the other wild card will go either to the 49ers or Seahawks. And congrats to Jacksonville for getting off the schnide and winning their first game this season.

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Well when Tomlin won the superbowl against Arizona that was his 2nd year and that was still pretty much Cowhers team.

phunkdaddy you should have had a "Samuel Adams". The Steelers organization will right the ship, unlike the teams in my city they don't get stuck at being at the bottom.

I didn't get a chance to finish my thoughts, my neighbor and I were doing some serious trash talkin'

Lions fan.

Mr. Cutler should not have been on field, he wasn't ready. Team first before putting the individual needs of a player in a contract year. I'll add also.... he hearing footsteps from the 2nd string quarterback. Do a compare contrast, you'll see Cutler shouldn't be handed a boat load of money, he's not a franchise quarterback. I know the Bears organization have been brain dead in their inability to pick talent at this position, but this isn't the guy either.

I still like the Saints from the NFC to go to the superbowl. AFC well it still looks like the Broncos, but hey we still got alot of football to be played.

phunkdaddy said:

Well after calming down after last week debacle I'm gonna see how the rest of the season plays out. I saw some improvement from Mike Adams on the right side but Beachum and Gilbert were awful most times. Like Huey stated if the front office decides to keep Tomlin they definitely have to get rid of Haley and LeBeau time to step down and I respect what he's done. It may be time for the Steelers FO to let Tomlin run his Tampa 2 cover scheme. There are too many teams running the 3-4 scheme now. Time for a change on the defensive side of the ball. [Edited 11/11/13 8:00am]

I still agree with a lot of points from the article I posted on the other thread, (the article was two months old, not two years old). You're not going anywhere with this team.

Ben has been violently opposed to Haley from day one....he should have been gone already.

Tomlin doesn't need to go anywhere unless he wants to...and to answer your question before of why I brought up Chuck Noll in the other thread, it was to remind you guys that Noll was not a Hall of Fame coach he day he walked into Pittsburgh.

TD3 said:

Denver better hope Peyton can hold-up the next couple of weeks of the regular season. Jerry Jones is fool, Dallas will never win anything as long as he believes he knows something about football. Josh McCown has been named the starter for the next game... Da Bears.

I'm damn sure pulling for the Bears sunday against the Ravens. What's up with

Brandon Marshall talking that ish about Detroit being the little brother who got fed

up and hit the big brother back. He also talked about Detroit playing dirty and hitting

Cutler after the whistle. If he's blaming Suh I can believe that. Suh has a track record.

This division will be interesting coming down the stretch.

Ed Reed cut by the Texans

phunkdaddy said:

TD3 said:

Denver better hope Peyton can hold-up the next couple of weeks of the regular season. Jerry Jones is fool, Dallas will never win anything as long as he believes he knows something about football. Josh McCown has been named the starter for the next game... Da Bears.

I'm damn sure pulling for the Bears sunday against the Ravens. What's up with

Brandon Marshall talking that ish about Detroit being the little brother who got fed

up and hit the big brother back. He also talked about Detroit playing dirty and hitting

Cutler after the whistle. If he's blaming Suh I can believe that. Suh has a track record.

This division will be interesting coming down the stretch.

You better root for the Bears over the Ravens

kpowers said:

Ed Reed cut by the Texans

Yeah it seems like Ed may have got cut for telling the truth about the Texans season

and game Sunday when he stated they got outplayed and outcoached and it seems

like interim coach Wade Phillips may have taken it to heart. As much as I dislike the

Ravens Ed Reed is one of those guys you respected. He is a true warrior and deserves

to retire as a Raven.

phunkdaddy said:

kpowers said:

Ed Reed cut by the Texans

Yeah it seems like Ed may have got cut for telling the truth about the Texans season

and game Sunday when he stated they got outplayed and outcoached and it seems

like interim coach Wade Phillips may have taken it to heart. As much as I dislike the

Ravens Ed Reed is one of those guys you respected. He is a true warrior and deserves

to retire as a Raven.

Ed Reed now with the Jets

It's amazing the Giants are still in the hunt for the division - shows you how woeful the NFC east is.

phunkdaddy said:

Let's go Steelers. They will be wearing the prison Unis today with the alarm clock numbers on the front.

OK if the Steelers go 10-6 (and thats if) that means they would be 5-1 in the AFC North which could give them an edge as a wild card team

What!!!!!!! MLB and NBA gets stickys but not NFL

uPtoWnNY said:

It's amazing the Giants are still in the hunt for the division - shows you how woeful the NFC east is.

The G-men win their fourth straight game. Granted, it was against the depleted Packers who are missing their star quarterback, star receivers, and star linebacker, but it's got to mean something, right? The Steelers also won today, getting into a three-way tie for second place in the AFC North thanks to my Bears beating the Ravens in overtime. Of course, some awful weather changed the course of the game, since the Ravens were up 10-0 before a line of hail storms moved in and caused a nearly two hour delay. After that, the field got really messed up, and the Bears got a second wind.

And don't overlook the Arizona Cardinals or Carolina Panthers either. They are creeping their way up the standings.

phunkdaddy must have put his "Lovie Root" in a tin can and buried in his yard because my Bears won.... after some hellish weather, still shivering.

DA Bears, da win!

I like Josh McCow, I've always have. The guy has presence and a clutch attitude under pressure. I've always admired athletes who even though are deemed the back-up, the bench player, or warmer... rises to the occasion when their number is called. Mr. McCow should have started last Sun but that water and a lose under the bridge. Yet, I can't let it go.

hmmm, the NFL (L)East is interesting. Wonder if they put Vick in or let Foles finish things out, it looks like they'll make the playoffs.

Damn Lions are SO inconsistent. Just when I almost trust them. Winnable game today in Pittsburgh. Can't take them AND the Wolverines being so hoe-matic! smh

kpowers said:

phunkdaddy said:

Let's go Steelers. They will be wearing the prison Unis today with the alarm clock numbers on the front.

OK if the Steelers go 10-6 (and thats if) that means they would be 5-1 in the AFC North which could give them an edge as a wild card team

Dude I'm team Steelers but nothing about that offensive line gives me hope that

that's going to happen. You won't beat many teams getting outscored 27-6 in

one quarter but let's give the Steelers and lady luck some credit because they

shut Calvin Johnson out(literally) and the Lions in the second half.

TD3 said:

phunkdaddy must have put his "Lovie Root" in a tin can and buried in his yard because my Bears won.... after some hellish weather, still shivering.

DA Bears, da win!

I like Josh McCow, I've always have. The guy has presence and a clutch attitude under pressure. I've always admired athletes who even though are deemed the back-up, the bench player, or warmer... rises to the occasion when their number is called. Mr. McCow should have started last Sun but that water and a lose under the bridge. Yet, I can't let it go.

Well you know I wasn't gonna put a root on Da Bears against the hated Ravens and I

sure as hell won't when they play the Browns who I despise 3 times as much. I'll keep it

in my back pocket for awhile but if you get too cute about Dem Bears you know I'll bring the root back from hell.

phunkdaddy said:

kpowers said:

OK if the Steelers go 10-6 (and thats if) that means they would be 5-1 in the AFC North which could give them an edge as a wild card team

Dude I'm team Steelers but nothing about that offensive line gives me hope that

that's going to happen. You won't beat many teams getting outscored 27-6 in

one quarter but let's give the Steelers and lady luck some credit because they

shut Calvin Johnson out(literally) and the Lions in the second half.

Thats why I said if. Didn't get to see the game except for highlights. Ben was sacked only once in the game so maybe theres hope.

phunkdaddy said:

TD3 said:

phunkdaddy must have put his "Lovie Root" in a tin can and buried in his yard because my Bears won.... after some hellish weather, still shivering.

DA Bears, da win!

I like Josh McCow, I've always have. The guy has presence and a clutch attitude under pressure. I've always admired athletes who even though they are deemed the back-up, the bench player, or warmer... rises to the occasion when their number is called. Mr. McCow should have started last Sun but that water and a lost under the bridge. Yet, I can't let it go.

Well you know I wasn't gonna put a root on Da Bears against the hated Ravens and I

sure as hell won't when they play the Browns who I despise 3 times as much. I'll keep it

in my back pocket for awhile but if you get too cute about Dem Bears you know I'll bring the root back from hell.

Well, I'm willing to put my Steelers play-doe back in its can provided you don't mess with me or my team. So, 'llI agree with this fragile truce.

So, you just don't like anythang coming from or connected to Cleveland, uh?

Get ready because Monday Night Football is going to be good, put our beer on ice, order the subs and pizza. Just don't choke on the cheese, be careful.