Sunday, August 27, 2006

The Hitters Are Back

Did everyone see Anthony Smith level JR Reid the other night? Was that classic? He was going to make the team anyway - but that hit sealed the deal. Sweet. Look at the hitters the Steelers have who don't even start....Smith, Carter, Harrison. I was impressed and not worried at all about their record. Their record is really a reflection of just how bad Boyd and Jacobs are. Pee-yew, they STANK. I'm fine with 2 QBs and Ced as the emergency QB. Also, I was glad to see Kuhn doing well. I seriously think Staley will be cut and Kuhn will be the new "big man". I just hope Cowher isn't a lame duck and allows Duce to hang around too long - it will remind me of Kordell. I still can't believe Korky almost took us the entire way in '97 and then forgot how to play after that. Well, it was a combination of things...too many Offensive Coordinators, defenses that adjusted to him, injuries to the line....but in the end, Cowher gave him too many chances out of being stubborn because he selected Korky and Donahoe wanted Jim Miller. In reality, neither was a bonafide NFL QB. Man, we had some laughers inbetween Bradshaw and Roethlisberger didn't we? Could we name them all? Let's try. Without using the internet - these are the bad apples I remember: Mike Kruzek, Cliff Stoudt, Mark Malone, David Woodley, Todd Blackledge, Bubby Brister, Neil O'Donnel, Korky, Jim Miller, Kent Graham, Tommy Maddox. Did I miss anyone who started more than a handful of games? Aha, Mike Tomczak. Glad they cut him....my wife thought he was cute.

2 comments:

stilladog said...

Yeah. Now if some of these big hitters can learn how to catch the ball when it hits them in the hands we'll be alright.

Hear me Ike????

stilladog said...

Also, Mike Kruczek was nowhere near a bad apple. He came in and played well for Bradshaw during the '76 season and quarterbacked the best Steeler team EVER. Without a doubt the NFL's best defensive team ever. Screw the '85 Bears and the '00 Ravens. The '76 Steelers were the best defense of all-time.

The most fun team to watch and the most disappointing when they lost in the playoffs due to having only 1 RB able to play.

My favorite '76 win was beating Cincinnati in the snow 7-0.