All day I was sitting on needles at my cubicle waiting till the whistle blows.
I dashed to my car and sped off to my house so I can get in front of my TV before 5:30pm. This type of behavior is often referred to as fanaticism and usually occurs in my neck of the woods around beginning of the NFL season. Tonight its Pittsburgh and Miami were showing off their old and their new stuff in a brand new season.
All questions that hunted the experts in regarding to the major trade that Vikings did with Dante or if the Steelers are slipping in the quality of their play.
The game started as a defensive battle where it partially assisted by nervous play of Batch and throwing grounders by Culpepper. Charlie was playing in front of his home crowd and many relatives in what seems to be his big chance to prove to everyone that he belongs in the NFL and can guide a Super Bowl team to victory. Well, no one scored in the first quarter, so I had time to make some food and get a drink.
After Batch shook off the butterflies, he took the Steelers on a 75-yard drive and capped it with a 27-yard pass to Washington. The Pitt receiver made an acrobatic catch in the corner of the end zone jumping over his defender while the ball was thrown perfectly where no one but Washington can get it.
Miami did not look impressive running the ball, even though some fantasy owners might be happy with 14-16 points from Ronnie Brown, its not even close to a premiere backs numbers 15 attempts for 30 yards. On the other side Parker and the Pitt front line wore down the smaller defensive front and utilized the strategy to run right at Jason Taylor which yield 115-yards on 29 carries.
QB comparison was not even close, Batch settled down, looked focused, and looked like the perfect QB. Front line did a great job blocking and going 15/25, 209 yards, and 3 TD’s prove that. Dante, who the commentator was complimenting on coming into the camp lighter, but he did not look any better then when he played for the Vike’s. Plus how is going from 265 LB’s to 255 LB’s make you look in better shape? I mean if I miss a few meals I loose 10 LB’s, but I don’t see the difference when I run or play ball just from loosing water weight. Under pressure of scoring he threw two key interceptions, including one to the NFL stud linebacker Porter, which went for a TD. A USC boy Troy Polamalu snatched the other one out of the air when he read Culpepper’s eyes and stepped right in front of the receiver. Vikings trade decision is starting to look pretty good right about now.
I feel that many experts were wrong about Miami’s high hopes, and I didn’t see Steelers performance slipping at all from last year. Please let me know if I am wrong about my review.
Your Humble Fan,
Posted by bargainshaq 
