Kiss the Patriots Plague Good Night

I think it's safe to say that the majority of the people who follow professional football are somewhat "stunned" to say the least.  Yesterday, Tom Brady lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers for the first time in nearly seven years.  Not only did he lose, but he was almost obsolete.   Brady was held to under 200 yards passing for the first time this season; while the Patriots possessed the ball for just a little over 20 minutes.  Needless to say, the Steelers won the game 25-17.  Beating the Patriots was HUGE for this football team.  Especially for the players who have been around since 2004, (Ben, Hines, Polamalu, Farrior, Harrison, Starks, Ike, and even Larry Foote).

Defensively, there was a 180 degree turnaround from last year.  The best part of the game was watching Brady go down.  Woodley harassed him for the first three quarters until he left the game with a hamstring injury.  The coverage for the most part was pretty good.  The Pats drew a couple of cheap pass-interference penalties, but honestly, you have to go man to man on those guys.  There is nothing wrong with playing physical in the defensive backfield.

Offensively this was the best game the Steelers have played all year.  Disregarding Ben's interception inside the Steelers own red zone, they hardly made any mistakes, and amassed 427 total net yards.  Ben made the Patriots pass defense look even worse than it already did.  He completed 36 of 50 passes for 365 yards, and 2 touchdowns.

A big win for this franchise.  At 6-2, the Steelers can't let up.  They host the Ravens on Sunday night this week.  If they lose, this win means nothing.

But still, this made my week.



Written by Alex Muchnok


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