against_odds21 said:
I don't need to read any further than that first sentence. Dominated couldn't be further from the truth. Lucky for starts in Cincy Carson was injured on his first pass play. They didn't take the lead until later in the second half without our starting qb.
Okay, in the Cincinnati game, Jon Kitna played a nearly flawless game until midway in the third quarter when things started to collapse from Cincinnati. There isn't much that Kitna didn't complete that Palmer would have. At that point the Steelers had taken the lead and the momentum switch was underway. I DO think the score would have been a little closer with Palmer in the game, but I cannot think they would have certainly won the game for sure had Palmer been in. The game ended 31-17 and, of course, the Steelers could have unleashed more offense in the final minutes had they not been in "kill the clock" mode. It's possible it might have ended up a 31-24 or 31-27 game had Palmer stayed in. I suppose you think the injury to Palmer was intentional too. :s
Sorry your team lost, but that's how the game goes. You had a great year and will definitely be gunning for us next year.
Colts game, the bus fumbles and Colts should have returned it for a td, but got lucky Ben made the tackle. Yes it was lucky. He made it tripping. Then of all things the colts missed what would have tied the game.
Now, this is a total joke coming from someone that complains about the Super Bowl officiating. For starters, the League has been known to issue apologies when officials screw up and they stand by the officiating of the Super Bowl. The League announced that the Polamolu interception that was taken away was an officiating error and apologized to the Steelers. Bottom line:
The Steelers should have never even been in that predicament. The Colts got that drive that made it a 21-18 game from a horrible officiating error, otherwise the Steelers take over with around 5 minutes and excellent field position. The Polamolu call was far worse and had far more impact on the game than all the controversial calls made in the Super Bowl combined. It was only by the most fortunate luck that Indy even crept back into that game. The fact that they missed a 46 yard field goal (which isn't automatic for anyone, even a great kicker like Vanderjagt) only shows there is justice in this world.
Regardless of the four point lead at the super bowl half the Seahawks moved the ball far more easily than the Steelers in the first half. Far from domination.
How about the second half?
I admittedly the Steelers played a sloppy Super Bowl and my domination comment referred to their journey to the Super Bowl and the overall postseason.
Clock management at the end of the first half hurt the Seahawks a lot, but not as much as the calls. I don't know who had the poll, maybe it was ESPN or such, but a friend told me about a poll where the most memorable part of the game was horrid calls. I wouldn't be too proud of that as a Steelers fan.
The bad calls in this game have been greatly exaggerated. Most of them are judgment calls that went against the Seahawks, but not what one could really say are "bad calls". Holmgren was obviously pissed that he lost an opportunity for victory, which he did because Ben did not play well, and used it to fire up fans on Monday. However, players like Hasselback and Winstrom took it like men and said the officials did the best job they could and that
they themselves failed to capitalize.
I am proud to be a Steeler fan in the sense that the Steelers just managed enough to outplay the Seahawks in the game as a whole and bring home a victory. And the better team won. I am not proud of the way the Steelers played...they should have won by three touchdowns if they had their act together.
