Monday Evening Quarterback by Hardnosed

SevenQuest - Part Seventeen

 

Keep Ya Head Up

Ten random thoughts about the painful end to the Steelers' season, and about where the Steelers need to go from here:

SevenQuest - Part Sixteen

 

Mama Said Knock You Out

The Steelers didn't win the division, and they won't have a first round bye.

They won't be anywhere near healthy, and one of their healthy players won't be able to play because of a medical condition that prevents him from participating in high altitude games.

The Steelers are far from Super Bowl favorites, banged up, discombubulated and in a state closer to regression than peaking.

None of that matters right now. 

SevenQuest - Part Fifteen

 

Christmas in Hollis

SevenQuest - Part Fourteen

 

If I Ruled the World

If the Ravens had beaten the Chargers and the Steelers had beaten the 49ers, would you have given up hope?

SevenQuest - Part Thirteen

 

Cool Like That

It is a pleasure to watch Ben Roethlisberger play quarterback.

SevenQuest - Part Twelve

 

Portrait of a Masterpiece

Don't get too low after an ugly win, and don't get too high after a resounding win. That's what the Steelers must do as they attempt to run the table to close out the season, putting as much pressure as possible on a Baltimore team that is one loss away from ceding control of the division.

SevenQuest - Part Eleven

 

La Di Da Di

This is the part where I'm supposed to assuage fears, bring perspective and wrap up the week.  But there's no perspective necessary - the Steelers went into Arrowhead and came out of the House of Madness with a win, the madness more a reference to all the weird games the Steelers have played in Kansas City over the years than a reference to the crazed Kansas City fans. 

SevenQuest - Part Ten

 

It Was a Good Day

The morning before the big showdown with the Bengals, I sat down and perused the Pittsburgh papers as usual, looking for every bit of information I could find to tide myself over until kickoff.

SevenQuest - Part Nine

 

Break the Grip of Shame

It's hard to find positives when you drop a game to your biggest divisional rival at home in heartbreaking fashion.  There's the utter loss of any tiebreakers, which jeopardizes the team's chances of winning the division.  There's the race in the AFC overall, which the Steelers were on top of heading into the game.  But the cruelest part of was that I had already done the math in my head after Ben Roethlisberger threw the go-ahead touchdown with not much time left. 

SevenQuest - Part Eight

 

So What'cha Want?

The Steelers beat down the Patriots.

Now onto a bigger and better challenge, beating the Ratty Rats from Ratimore, with their incomplete defense, dearth of wide receivers, inexperienced tight end, cowardly robot of a quarterback and their smug-for-no-good-reason coach.

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