Game Balls & Goats (Steelers vs. Titans)

GAME BALLS

Bell and A. Brown

GOATS

The secondary

There are a few more who are deserving of a Goat, but I'm going to be generous tonight since I'm happy they showed some heart, bounced back, and escaped with a win.

Game Balls:  The usual suspects which are AB and Bell.  Heath deserves one too.

Goats:  Secondary and O line in the first half.  Ben in the first half too.

And that's all I have to say about that!


Ohhhh wait... a special thank you to my team for the nubs on the tips of my fingers which were once nice nails, and the headache caused by the rise in my systolic and diastolic pressure.

I forgot Heath. He definitely deserves a Game Ball.

Antonio Brown, Le'Veon BELL & David DeCastro deserve a nod. D.D. was a MONSTER in the second half and did decent in the first half, too.

I wasn't going to post this, but somehow it just feels fitting:

The winning game ball goes to my mom, who passed away on Wednesday.

She was a HUGE Steeler fan, since the early 70's. She loved "her" Steelers (as she often referred to them, and even had us bring her terrible towel to the hospital during Super Bowl 40 (she had hip surgery).

So, Mom, here's the game ball for you. I know how proud and happy you would be of tonight's game.

Gingerchip wrote:

I wasn't going to post this, but somehow it just feels fitting:

The winning game ball goes to my mom, who passed away on Wednesday.

She was a HUGE Steeler fan, since the early 70's.  She loved "her" Steelers (as she often referred to them, and even had us bring her terrible towel to the hospital during Super Bowl 40 (she had hip surgery).

So, Mom, here's the game ball for you.  I know how proud and happy you would be of tonight's game.

Game ball to your mom, indeed. Bless you and yours, i'm sorry for your loss.

Gingerchip wrote:

I wasn't going to post this, but somehow it just feels fitting:

The winning game ball goes to my mom, who passed away on Wednesday.

She was a HUGE Steeler fan, since the early 70's.  She loved "her" Steelers (as she often referred to them, and even had us bring her terrible towel to the hospital during Super Bowl 40 (she had hip surgery).

So, Mom, here's the game ball for you.  I know how proud and happy you would be of tonight's game.

Ginger,

So sorry to hear about your Mom. Let's get her number 7 so she can keep it in heaven.

Game Ball: Brown, Bell and DeCastro.

Goats:Secondary. Ben did not play well. The D line applied no pressure but did a good job stopping the run for the most part so I'll give them a pass. Where was McCullers? I thought he was supposed to play.

Game ball: Leveon bell
Goats: the secondary and Blount. The secondary never showed up, and Blount left the field early for not getting enough touches. Changes are a coming for all of em.

Game Balls:

Bell - Not sure what I loved more, his yardage or seeing him lower the shoulder at contact. 196 yards up the gut!

A. Brown - He's the best WR in the NFL and it reminds me why I was so happy the Steelers signed him to a long term contract instead of the one-trick-pony.

Honorable Mention:

O-line and Munchak - Yeah they let up 5 sacks and as much as I think DeCastro is a stud, he did let a cross-fire blitzing LB get a direct hit when sacking Ben. But the second half showed what a bunch of studs they are. Honestly, I didn't see a different type of running in the second half, just a group of guys that were determined to impose their will on the defense. Somehow I think Munchak got in their ears at the half and it certainly worked.

Goats:

Secondary - It seems there's a lot of blame on Gay for the blown Washington TD, but I just wonder why Will Allen bit on the underneath route and wasn't covering deep (which is usually what a safety does with less than a minute left in the half and 80 yards to go). I just don't see good safety play this year which surprises me with Lake being their coach.

Special Mention:

Ginger's Mom   - Football players are just grown men playing a boys game, but an awesome Mom is a hero for eternity. Thoughts to you, Ginger, and your family and a sense of happiness that you were lucky to have such a great person in your life.

Gingerchip wrote:

I wasn't going to post this, but somehow it just feels fitting:

The winning game ball goes to my mom, who passed away on Wednesday.

She was a HUGE Steeler fan, since the early 70's.  She loved "her" Steelers (as she often referred to them, and even had us bring her terrible towel to the hospital during Super Bowl 40 (she had hip surgery).

So, Mom, here's the game ball for you.  I know how proud and happy you would be of tonight's game.

Wins are important and bring joy to fans, but at the end of the day, football is just a game. What's more important is the bond that forms between fans. The bonds that exist with other fans are what make the game special. And there's no stronger bond among fans than those shared between family members. You and your family are in my thoughts, Ginger.

Game ball to Ginger's mom.

Thank you my Steeler brothers for the special acknowledgements for my mom.

It's been difficult, and little things like this make me feel happy.

Game ball:
Ginger's mother

Goat:
Life, for being too short.

You're right on Yak. Life is too short.

Thanks for the game ball.

Gingerchip wrote:

You're right on Yak.  Life is too short.  

A woman telling me I'm right?! That's gotta be a first

SteelersYak wrote:

Gingerchip wrote:

You're right on Yak.  Life is too short.  

A woman telling me I'm right?!  That's gotta be a first

Realize it's over the interwebz! Let that sink in. In order for it to matter, it's got to be said in person and in front of witnesses that will attest to it in a court of law

On to the awards:

Game Ball:
AB
Bell

Goats:
Offensive line
Defensive front 7
Haley for a pathetic first 3 quarters
LeBeau for not allowing his defense to excel against the titans