With the Pittsburgh Steelers qualifying for the playoffs last week after such a roller coaster season, I was concerned everybody was going to be in such a good mood that I may not have enough content for “U mad, bro?”
Pfft! No, I wasn’t.
C’mon. You didn’t buy that did you?
So long as George Pickens has Instagram, Travis Kelce has a microphone and Steelers fans have access to email, I’m always going to have plenty of content every week.
After Mike Vrabel, Terrell Edmunds and the rest of the Tennessee Titans ended up getting the Steelers into the playoffs Sunday, I sent this post.
Sean, if that process is to:
• Endure a three-game losing streak against substandard competition at some point during every year
• Never have more than eight or nine wins heading into the last week of the season
• Grind your way to a season finale win over a team that has nothing to play for
• Rely on a bad AFC South team simultaneously upsetting another choking dog team from that same division
• Find yourself as the seventh seed playing on the road as a 10-point underdog
… then I guess I’m sold.
If he has a loaf of bread under one arm and a ham under the other, does he also have a brick of Swiss cheese and jar of mustard in his pocket?
I gotta be honest, Robert, if I had all the makings of a ham sandwich but no mustard or cheese, I might cry too.
We were not really arguing about predictions. We were arguing about how Mark Madden and I were discussing the Steelers. Your stance was that the local media is just too cynical. You said I “should move to New York” because I didn’t give you as much rah-rah propaganda as you were seeking. That’s why you “canceled your newspaper subscription” and “turned off the news after the first 15 minutes,” remember?
You also said 10-11 wins this year for the Steelers. Yup, you’re right. They barely got to 10, playing for their lives against Baltimore’s backups, and got into the playoffs with someone else’s help (again).
Hey! Guess who else predicted the Steelers would finish with 10 wins, third in their own division, and barely make the playoffs? Me! So how are we really all that different in our predictions?
By the way, Nostradamus, you also said: Picket(t), his offensive weapons, and retooled O-line will average in the high twenties.
