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Steelers 26 Jaguars 21

The Steelers dominated this game more than the score would indicate. It started off with a pick-6 by Jaguars CB Rashean Mathis, who seems to have the Steelers number, having picked 4 against the Steelers in their past few meetings. There was some lack of discipline by the Steelers with 10 Penalties for 129 yards, including a Pass Interference by CB Ike Taylor and several taunting penalties. Great 48 yard catch from Nate Washington, but he was also flagged for taunting the Jaguars' bench. The Defense played great, allowing 213 yards total, with 2 sacks from Lamarr Woodley (photo below) and 1 from James Harrison.

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Steelers 23 Ravens 20 (OT)

The Steelers wore their throwback uniforms and extended their 14 game home winning streak on Monday night with a brutal game against the hated Ravens (aka - the Old Browns). The Steelers defense carried the day with 5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles and 1 fumble recovery for a TD by LB Lamar Woodley. LB James "Silverback" Harrison had another monster game with 2.5 sacks and a forced fumble.


Sadly, rookie RB Rashard Mendenhall was hurt on a brutal hit by Ravens superstar LB Ray Lewis and will be out for the season. Steelers G Kendall Simmons was also hurt and will be out for the season. It will be interesting to see how the Steelers react to these injuries.

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Steelers 6 Eagles 15

This was a tough game to watch. In summary, the Eagles defense dominated the Steelers offense, recording 9 sacks and beating the crap out of Ben Roethlisberger. It appeared that the blitzes were not picked up and the running game. The graphic from PD Steel below shows the record sack pace that the Steelers are on. Suffice to say, something needs to be done to protect Big Ben.



In this week's Monday Morning Quarterback by Peter King, he discusses Hines Ward and Bill Dudley in his 'The Way We Were' section. An excerpt:

From one Steeler to another, Ward and Dudley have much in common. Dudley is one of the most versatile players of all time. Ward is one of the most versatile players of his time.

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Steelers 10 Browns 6

This Sunday Night game wasn't very exciting, but the Steelers won their 10th straight game against the Browns. This is the longest such streak in the league. The gusty winds and rain from Hurricane Ike made for a low scoring game. (Ike also postponed the Houston/Baltimore game as Houston got slammed hard).


Here's a photo of Steeler's CB Ike Taylor addressing the famous Dawg Pound at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Check out the most-famous Dawg Pound season-ticket holder: John Big Dawg Thompson, the "Canine-in-Chief."

Hines Ward caught the lone TD in the game and Willie Parker had his career 23rd 100 yard game. The TV announcers reported that Ben Rothlisberger supposedly played with a separated shoulder.

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Week 1 - Steelers 38 Texans 17 

This was a dominate game by the Steelers in all phases (including halftime shows with country legend Charlie Daniels).

The Steelers got off to a very good start and with the injury to Tom Brady, the loss by the Colts and Chargers, it looks like the Steelers have an opportunity to seize control of the AFC conference.  I saw Peter King on NBC make some positive comments regarding the Steelers dominant defense.   Fast Willie Parker scored 3 TDs and ran for 138 yards. He only had 2 TDs all of last season. 2nd year linebacker from Michigan, Lamar Woodley had a sack and his first INT. James "Silverback" Harrison added 3 sacks and a forced fumble and an INT from Troy Polamalu.  Here's a funny photo of Troy and Hines Ward joking while Big Ben talks to the announcers:

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Friends and football fans

NMSteelerFan here for my first football post of 2008. I've moved my blog exclusively to PittsburghSteelersNews.com for 2008 and hope you all enjoy my thoughts on football.

Here in New Mexico, we don't have any pro football teams, nor do we have any powerhouse college teams. However, we do have a storied high school football history that I will be discussing thru the season. Our premier college team, the New Mexico Lobos, won their first bowl game in 2007. The appropriately titled "New Mexico Bowl". Here's my post for you folks who've never heard of the Lobos:

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New Mexico 23 Nevada 0 -
Congrats to the UNM Lobos for winning their first bowl game in 46 years.

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