FAN: They Ride

I hardly have an opinion on the game yesterday. I would rather watch paint dry then to rehash the game. There were many things I didn't particularly like. I wasn't even going to post - but it's still killing me. Why did they have to go for so much so soon when they started their last possession? Is it just me thinking that? I've seen Ben in this situation countless times before and he typically has to get in rhythm before throwing deepish. You live off WR screens all year where you can usually get out of bounds any time you want and you shy away from them here? I don't know, maybe in the big picture they did what Cincy wasn't expecting them to do in this situation, but I thought they should have started off shorter and getting Ben in rhythm.

I also thought throwing a challenge flag in the first series would have been a good idea. Typically I don't like using them early but I thought it was very apparent he didn't get two feet down. It would have forced them to punt and taken 3 points off the scoreboard.

Who knows. I'm just glad I'm not still 25 working in an office full of raging Eagles fans. A loss like this would have stayed with me through Wednesday easily. I think I let this one go emotionally at around 4:25 PM yesterday.

Note to Jeff "Skippy Skeeve" Reed: The next time one of your kicks is being returned and it's a no-brainer that the return man is going to be within 5 yards of you within the next three seconds.......do one of two things......either A. lay down and roll towards the ball carrier angling yourself to either pin him to the sideline or force him back to a trailing player or B. pick the spot on the field you think he will be in within the next three seconds and hit the dirt making like a snow angel. You can cover far more real estate while waving your arms and legs than you can standing up and spinning in a 360. M-kay? Why the Special Teams coach can't spend 10 minutes at every practice teaching these guys how to break down a ball carrier is beyond me. You don't have to tackle him! Break him down! Slow him down or force him out of bounds you flaming idiot. Remember when Norm Johnson killed that return man? Wow. Give me 25% of that effort you baffoon.

FAN: Skippy Blows It

On a day when my Volleyball Team lead out of the gate and never looked back for their second consecutive win, the Steelers lead out of the gate and then couldn't hold on. I don't have many comments for this one. I'll throw out what I chose to remember.

Rashard Mendenhall now has one good run in his pro career. Without that run, I would screaming to end the experiment. Even on his good run he kept looking at the defender instead of just running full tilt.

Ben threw a lot of balls low today. Was it the rain?

Mendenhall's run looked like a clip from 1974 with Franco running that same play.

Holmes had three catchable balls hit the turf today....one that could have changed the outcome late. If he snares that ball, Reed doesn't have to be the goat.

I say Reed blew it, and he did today...but even if he hits one of those two, it would have only tied and they still could have lost. Think about it though - when was the last time Reed missed multiples and we lost by 3? It doesn't happen very often.

It looks like we'll be content to throw a lot of balls to our receivers at the line of scrimmage instead of running 30 times a game.

Heath Miller has no moves. Catch the ball and run North my friend. One yard is better than your Randle El impersonation. Still, he is so money.

Farrior missed a sack by being a little out of control.

Carter is thugalicious.

FAN: Steelers Punked by Tomlin

This is just fantastic stuff. Fantastic.

Tomlin means business. Jeff "You Can't Ice A Psychopath" Reed was also in the mix. I love it. What a brilliant idea. He may supplant the arrogant Phil Jackson as the king of head games for coaches.

Maybe if they had gone to the movies Ben wouldn't have ended up on a cart, but he'll be fine. If it was serious do you really think the trainers would have allowed him to limp around later instead of using crutches. Ben has a little Emmitt Smith in him when it comes to bumps and bruises, I think we all know that.

On a completely different note, I now get to see Brett Favre play as I have Vikings tickets in October. I can't wait to see how our offense stacks up against their "D".

FAN: You Can't Ice A Psychopath

Jeff Reed 1 Sheetz Paper Towel Dispenser 0

Come on, you hate it too when you have to wipe your wet hands on your nice pants. This guy better retire a Steeler, that's all I know. I don't care if he's bat shit crazy. He's the most money guy we've had since Gary Anderson and he has a stronger leg. He also throws his head into some tackles. Personally, I want to hang out with him some night. Talk about having some stories to tell.........

Steelers DJ Rocks

Did anyone notice that after the one PAT Reed hustled around his line and verbally went after a Raven and a ref actually had to get between them? The DJ started playing "Wild Thing". It was perfect and I don't think that it was already dialed up.....It made me think of Charlie Sheen in Major League and yes, Jeff Reed may be more whacky than that character. The other gem was, and I know it was raining, but when the Ravens took the field before player introductions - the DJ played "It's Raining Men" - a classic gay song. Think of Kevin Kline in "In And Out". There are a million rain songs they could have played, there's only 1 gay song that mentions rain. I started laughing immediately. I love it when the DJ is in tune with what's going on.