Week 17: Steelers (11-4) @ Browns (4-11)

[BurghFan]

Steelers travel to the Dawg Pound for the latest installment of a rivalry that has really lost a lot of its luster. The Browns may not be playing for anything, but the Steelers will be hungry as they are still in the hunt for the #1 seed in the AFC. That being said, the Steelers are hoping to have Roethlisberger, Pouncey, and Woodley back for the game.

Playoff Scernarios for the Steelers.
#1 Seed: Steeler win + Ravens loss + Patriots loss
#2 Seed: Steelers win + Ravens loss + Patriots win
#5 Seed: Ravens win

So the Steeelrs will also be huge Bengals and Bills fans this week.

[areobee401]

Go Browns!

[Reed the Raven]

Browns can win this game. Look at how awful the Steelers played against them at Pittsburgh. This time they are at home with a chance of Ben, Maurkice and Woodley not playing. Peyton Hillis is running the ball well as of late and Seneca Wallace will hopefully be starting again to give them another dimension to that very bad offense.

[wwharton]

Rolling around in the mud all week to show how big of a Browns fan I am right now.

[OSUFan_88]

THANK ****ING GOD IT'S ALMOST OVER!

[SteelersFreak]

Quote: Originally Posted by Reed the Raven

Browns can win this game. Look at how awful the Steelers played against them at Pittsburgh. This time they are at home with a chance of Ben, Maurkice and Woodley not playing. Peyton Hillis is running the ball well as of late and Seneca Wallace will hopefully be starting again to give them another dimension to that very bad offense.

The only reason the game against the Browns was close was because the Steelers fumbled in the red zone twice. It should've been over by halftime.

That being said, this game makes me nervous. I would rather the Steelers rest at least Ben for another week and limit Woodley. No need for them to play a ton against a team like the Browns and get themselves injured. The Steelers need to establish the run game like they did last week, the Browns don't stop the run very well, stop the Browns' run game, and they should be just fine.

EDIT: Also, its a travesty that Ryan Clark is a 2nd team Pro Bowl alternate and Ike Taylor isn't. Also, LOL at Eric Weddle being better than Ryan Clark. The Pro Bowl is so silly. Even the NFL.com analysis is terrible. Lombardi's analysis said that Troy Polamalu doesn't have an interception even though he had one against the Browns.

[Reed the Raven]

Quote: Originally Posted by SteelersFreak

The only reason the game against the Browns was close was because the Steelers fumbled in the red zone twice. It should've been over by halftime. That being said, this game makes me nervous. I would rather the Steelers rest at least Ben for another week and limit Woodley. No need for them to play a ton against a team like the Browns and get themselves injured. The Steelers need to establish the run game like they did last week, the Browns don't stop the run very well, stop the Browns' run game, and they should be just fine. EDIT: Also, its a travesty that Ryan Clark is a 2nd team Pro Bowl alternate and Ike Taylor isn't. Also, LOL at Eric Weddle being better than Ryan Clark. The Pro Bowl is so silly. Even the NFL.com analysis is terrible. Lombardi's analysis said that Troy Polamalu doesn't have an interception even though he had one against the Browns.

Eric Weddle is better than Ryan Clark. If anything Ed Reed shouldn't be there at FS. Also, I agree Ike Taylor should have been one of the CBs for the AFC this season and I hate his ****ing guts. The Pro Bowl is extremely ****ing stupid though. What do you expect?

[SteelersFreak]

Quote: Originally Posted by Reed the Raven

Eric Weddle is better than Ryan Clark. If anything Ed Reed shouldn't be there at FS. Also, I agree Ike Taylor should have been one of the CBs for the AFC this season and I hate his ****ing guts. The Pro Bowl is extremely ****ing stupid though. What do you expect?

I didn't expect much but I was hoping for him to at least be an alternate. He actually has some interceptions this year!