Entries from The Fifth Quarter tagged with 'Steelers'
How many wins can Browns manage in '09?
I haven't really heard anyone talk about this, but what it a reasonable number of games we should expect the Browns to win next year? The Browns will have a first-year head coach (Eric Mangini), a first-year general manager (maybe...
Today's list: Best Steelers defenses
Troy Polamalu recently said he believes the Steelers' defense is better this season than it was when they won the Super Bowl in 2005, and the numbers back him up. This year's team has allowed fewer yards per game (239.1...
Giants-Steelers: First quarter update
Steelers 7, Giants 3 What happened: The Steelers won the toss and deferred to the Giants, who took the opening kick and went three-and-out. ... Taking over at their 40, the Steelers needed four plays to score on a 32-yard...
Giants-Steelers: Pre-game and inactives
No big news to report as the Giant and Steelers take the field for warm-ups. Bob Knight is in the press box, apparently passing through on the way to a speaking engagement at Penn State, where he should be greeted...
Week 6 recap: Upset about upsets? Get used to it
The room is spinning. Your lips feel funny. The Browns suddenly are starting to resemble a real NFL team. No, you're not hallucinating and you haven't been smoking. (You haven't, right?) You're just a little upset drunk. It's a common...
Week 5 picks recap: Defense is carrying the day -- er, season -- so far
Okay, so after five weeks it appears no team is poised to make a Patriots-like run at 16-0 this season. And, really, that's no surprise. Even the two remaining unbeaten teams -- the 5-0 Titans and the 4-0 Giants --...
View from Sunday's games: Bills can recover from Arizona meltdown
It might have been ugly – especially the four turnovers – but the Bills’ 41-17 loss to the Cardinals probably won’t be all that costly. Quarterback Trent Edwards has the bye week to recover from the concussion he sustained on...
Week 4 recap: It's good to be the king
It doesn't happen often, so I'm going to seize the opportunity to gloat a little after a weekend in which I went 11-2 straight up and against the spread. The crown jewel of a good pickin' day came when my...
Ravens at Steelers: Fourth quarter update
What happened: Jeff Reed's field goal extended the Steelers' lead to 20-13, but the Ravens tied it on Le'Ron McClain's two-yard run with 4:07 to play. ... The Steelers reached midfield on their last drive before punting. ... The Ravens...
Ravens at Steelers: Third quarter update
What happened: The Steelers took the lead with Ben Roethlisberger's 38-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes and a Lamarr Woodley fumble return for a score in a span of 13 seconds....
Ravens at Steelers: Halftime update
What happened: The Ravens drove 48 yards to a 20-yard Matt Stover field goal to take a 6-3 lead at 3:48. ... Baltimore stretched it to 13-3 when rookie quarterback Joe Flacco hit tight end Daniel Wilcox on a four-yard...
Ravens at Steelers: First quarter update
What happened: Jeff Reed's 49-yard field goal gave the Steelers a 3-0 lead. ... The Ravens punted on their first two possessions but Baltimore tied it on Matt Stover's 33-yard field goal with 18 seconds left....
Ravens at Steelers: Pre-game and inactives
Here is the first of regular updates tonight from Heinz Field, where the Steelers are hosting the Ravens on Monday Night Football. Inactives: Steelers: WR Limas Sweed, RB Willie Parker, OT Tony Hills, OT Trai Essex, LB Donovan Woods, DT...
Week 3 picks recap: Some things are a little clearer now
This much seems certain through three weeks of the NFL season: -- The NFC East appears to be the league's strongest division. Its teams have only lost to each other, and even the 2-1 Redskins appear to be playoff-caliber behind...
Weekend rewind: Good teams looked baffled on Sunday
It's amazing that two teams that were unbeatable over the first two weeks of the season were thoroughly confounded Sunday by a couple of old football tricks. The Steelers and their big, bad offensive line got abused by an Eagles...
Browns' 0-2 start has fans hunting for witches again
Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Terry Pluto is getting hammered by Browns fans for taking what they claim is a weak, apolgist stance toward the team in the wake of its 0-2 start (see comments section at the end of the...
Week 2 picks recap: Road 'dogs were a kind play this week
The NFL is supposed to have sports' greatest home field advantage, but in Week 2 five road underdogs won straight up and a sixth, the Eagles, kept the host Cowboys (-7) from covering. That I had four of the five...
NFC game-by-game projections for the season
Yesterday I listed my game-by-game projections for the AFC, which I use to do preseason division and playoff predictions. Here is the raw data for the NFC. Enjoy, scrutinize, poke fun, etc....
The Big, Giant list of AFC game-by-game predictions
I'm in the process of doing my division and playoff picks for our upcoming NFL preview section. I arrive at projected records the old-fashioned way, by going through every game on the schedule and picking a winner and a loser....
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