The Silver Lining in The Tarnished Black and Gold
Last toke: 61 days
Last smoke: 54 days

Another loss to the hated Patriots in our house! Disgusting! Despicable! Unforgiveable!

Not so bad, on reflection.

While the Steelers coaching is still the ugly step-sister to the Bellichick brilliance, let's not forget what our young quarterback did in that last drive. Despite the fact that everyone in the stadium knew that 1:22 was more than enough time to give our dynastic foes a chance to embarass the vaunted Steeler 'D' once again, the coolness and poise of our young Ben to find receiver after receiver on the way to his second TD pass of the day was comforting. Granted, youthful mistakes are still being made, but they are noticeably diminishing -- even within a single game.

For the first time in a long time, the Steelers 'O' seems poised to keep them in games when our opponents possess any kind of legitimate passing game -- the inability of which to defend has become the all-too-evident Achilles heel that Cowher and LeBeau can't seem to correct. What that means is that the rest of the league has long ago figured out how to neutralize the 'Blitzburgh' overcompensation for the fact that we haven't been able to draft or develop defensive backs who can cover people.

At least it was nice to see Chad Scott's ineptitude hurt someone else for a change.
- posted by The Drake @ 8:52 AM