***AFC Championship Game Thread*** (1 Viewer)

[Steelfan7]

Congratulations to the Steeler organization. Tomlin is a class act and that play call on that last 3rd down was all killer instinct. That's the type of call BB makes to put teams away. Obviously kudos to Ben for executing it too. I think Ben is a despicable human, but you can't deny that he is the perfect QB for that team and a clutch performer. He was not very good throwing the ball last night, yet anyone who watched it would be hard pressed to say he wasn't a key part of them winning. He extended 3rd down plays with his feet and ability to brush off the pass rush time and again. Mendenhall was a beast, and the lack of tackling by the Jets defense in the first half will continue to make me sick for months. I did not see that coming The Pittsburgh D did exactly what it needed to do in the first half, get the Jets off the field and allow the offense to wear down and demoralize the Jet D. They can be thrown on though, and the Jets showed that in the second half. It will be interesting to see how they fare against Rodgers.

I give the Jets credit for fighting back and making a game of it, but you can't come out that flat in Pittsburgh for basically an entire half and expect to come away with a Super Bowl berth and the Lamar Hunt Trophy. I thought Sanchez played very well considering the circumstances, he's coming of age and I have a lot more faith in his long term development now than I did at the end of last year. This loss is going to sting for a while though. With so much up in the air personnel wise for the Jets it's hard for me to shake the feeling that this could have been their golden opportunity. The Pats will only get stronger with their loaded draft and it will be tough to keep this cast of characters together. The Steelers aren't going anywhere obviously, and the Ravens and Colts' windows haven't closed yet either. The fact that this team has been to consecutive AFC title games is impressive to me, but i'm hardly delusional enough to expect coming back again will be easy.

2nd half the Steelers D were playing prevent defense and keeping everything in front to make Jets eat up a lot of clock.

Is that why they let Holmes get behind them on the first drive of the 2nd half? The Steelers won and they outclassed the Jets, but let's not get crazy. The Jets were able to move the ball in the second half right from the start when the Steelers were clearly not in prevent. That's all i'm saying.

Maybe you missed it or didn't watch the game, but Taylor slipped and fell and that allowed Holmes to get wide open. And yes Pitt was in prevent mode in 2nd half.

 

[Crash Davis]

Congratulations to the Steeler organization. Tomlin is a class act and that play call on that last 3rd down was all killer instinct. That's the type of call BB makes to put teams away. Obviously kudos to Ben for executing it too. I think Ben is a despicable human, but you can't deny that he is the perfect QB for that team and a clutch performer. He was not very good throwing the ball last night, yet anyone who watched it would be hard pressed to say he wasn't a key part of them winning. He extended 3rd down plays with his feet and ability to brush off the pass rush time and again. Mendenhall was a beast, and the lack of tackling by the Jets defense in the first half will continue to make me sick for months. I did not see that coming The Pittsburgh D did exactly what it needed to do in the first half, get the Jets off the field and allow the offense to wear down and demoralize the Jet D. They can be thrown on though, and the Jets showed that in the second half. It will be interesting to see how they fare against Rodgers.

I give the Jets credit for fighting back and making a game of it, but you can't come out that flat in Pittsburgh for basically an entire half and expect to come away with a Super Bowl berth and the Lamar Hunt Trophy. I thought Sanchez played very well considering the circumstances, he's coming of age and I have a lot more faith in his long term development now than I did at the end of last year. This loss is going to sting for a while though. With so much up in the air personnel wise for the Jets it's hard for me to shake the feeling that this could have been their golden opportunity. The Pats will only get stronger with their loaded draft and it will be tough to keep this cast of characters together. The Steelers aren't going anywhere obviously, and the Ravens and Colts' windows haven't closed yet either. The fact that this team has been to consecutive AFC title games is impressive to me, but i'm hardly delusional enough to expect coming back again will be easy.

2nd half the Steelers D were playing prevent defense and keeping everything in front to make Jets eat up a lot of clock.

Is that why they let Holmes get behind them on the first drive of the 2nd half? The Steelers won and they outclassed the Jets, but let's not get crazy. The Jets were able to move the ball in the second half right from the start when the Steelers were clearly not in prevent. That's all i'm saying.

Maybe you missed it or didn't watch the game, but Taylor slipped and fell and that allowed Holmes to get wide open. And yes Pitt was in prevent mode in 2nd half.

If you want to contend that the Steelers played the entire second half in a prevent defense, then I don't know what to tell you except enjoy the Super Bowl I guess.

 

[Godsbrother]

Maybe you missed it or didn't watch the game, but Taylor slipped and fell and that allowed Holmes to get wide open. And yes Pitt was in prevent mode in 2nd half.

If you want to contend that the Steelers played the entire second half in a prevent defense, then I don't know what to tell you except enjoy the Super Bowl I guess.

Ike Taylor did fall on the Santonio Holmes TD pass but the Steelers most certainly were not in a prevent defense.

 

[fred_1_15301]

Maybe you missed it or didn't watch the game, but Taylor slipped and fell and that allowed Holmes to get wide open. And yes Pitt was in prevent mode in 2nd half.

If you want to contend that the Steelers played the entire second half in a prevent defense, then I don't know what to tell you except enjoy the Super Bowl I guess.

Ike Taylor did fall on the Santonio Holmes TD pass but the Steelers most certainly were not in a prevent defense.

LOL @ anyone thinking a team would play prevent defense for an entire half.

 

[Reaper]

Pffffffffffft.... And with that The Jets last Game thread of the year is dropped.....Sad :(

Overall, Rex's style has fueled the fire for the normal Jet Haters to take it to another level.

But, IMO, the Haters were pretty respectful this week and in the aftermath. I think most football fans recognize that 2 Championship games in the 1st 2 years of a new HC and a new QB isn't Too bad.

I love to see that. I was originally drawn to FBG for less hate schtick and more unbiased FOOTBALL TALK

Thank You.

And Good luck Steelers and their fans... I'll be having a pretty good Super Bowl party anyway