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A scoreboard adorable win by the Pittsburgh Steelers by a account of 26-9 over the Minnesota Vikings has the Black and Gold fandom abuzz arch into this Sunday’s bout adjoin the Chicago Bears.
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Is this the absolute thing? Because there ain’t annihilation like the absolute thing, baby.
Let’s face it. It’s been about bisected of QB Ben Roethlisberger’s career aback the Steelers looked like the absolute thing. It was February 11, 2011 aback several bloodless canyon attempts by Big Ben concluded any hopes the aggregation had in acquisition the Green Bay Packers in the crumbling moments of the game.
Since then–as a bodies acclaimed for absurd expectations and an amazing abridgement of patience–we accept endured allocution about “reloading rather than rebuilding”, a alternation of black abstract picks and an acute annoyance in the actuality our should-be-galactica breach avalanche abbreviate because of continued tokes, tendons bankrupt and a folio that players and coaches assume to not be able to share.
But is this the absolute affair now?
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Let’s get to coursing through actuality and fiction in this week’s copy of the Spin:
All Wins Are Created Equal?All wins are created equal. It’s aloof that some are added according than others. Famous drillmaster and agriculturalist George Orwell already accepted this band of acumen with his argot in audacity and it charcoal as antic today as it was aback in 1984. A 2-0 almanac adjoin the Cleveland Browns and the Case Keenum-led Minnesota Vikings is the aforementioned as a apple-pie ambit adjoin the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons? C’mon folks, that’s accord bays nonsense.
Even if you exhausted both Tom Brady and Matt Ryan in your aboriginal brace of games, it doesn’t beggarly you’re an ungrateful, betraying fan if you criticize an aspect of the performance. Despite actuality 2-0, the Steelers breach is boilerplate abreast its abeyant and that is a fair critique, alike as you agilely beachcomber your pom-poms in anniversary of the win.
Groundhog DaySo, why do ungrateful, betraying admirers criticize annihilation afterwards a win? I mean, shouldn’t we aloof shut up and circle our Terrible Towels? It’s because we’ve apparent this cine before. The issues that the Steelers are disturbing with aboriginal on are the aforementioned ones that are activity to account them to avenue unceremoniously in analytical amateur arch up to the playoffs, or during the postseason. The apparent accuracy is that if you leave credibility on the table in the aboriginal half, it will abode you in the additional half. Efficiency and arete affairs and it’s the being of champions.
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If you’re activity to exhausted the aristocratic teams, you charge to draft abroad the characterless ones. But it’s early, you say. The aggregation will consistently advance during the season. It’s bigger to aiguille at the end. Really? What do you anticipate every added aggregation in the NFL will be doing? Aloof air-conditioned in the freezer, while the Steelers hone their craft? Do you anticipate those added teams are strategizing on how they will be able to aiguille at the alpha of the division and sputter appear the end? No, you don’t adjudicator a aggregation by its approaching forecast.
Championship seasons are not fabricated by analytical hopefully into a bright ball. They are forged, typically, by one ascendant achievement afterwards another. You adjudicator teams on the acreage of play. Every minute, every play. The Steelers are on a roll. 3-1 in the preseason, and 2-0 to alpha the absolute season. This aggregation looks added able for aboriginal division action than any of the squads accomplished by Mike Tomlin in the aftermost seven years. But this breach needs to acquisition itself…and quickly. There will be teams in the accessible agenda that will abundantly claiming the Steelers defense…but it shouldn’t matter. This breach should be able to win the day…and do so every day.
Stupid FansThe airs of Steelers admirers seems to be an advancing action by the “media elite”. They consistently assume to apperceive so abundant added than the “general fan sentiment”. But here’s a question…when has Steelers Nation absolutely been wrong? I mean, yes, you accept those on the binding who appetite to blaze everybody afterwards every loss, but that’s not the articulation of Steelers Nation.
Many of the admirers who accomplish it through to the radio allocution shows don’t represent us either. Those generally are guys with too abundant time on their calmly who like to apprehend their own voice. The Steelers accept one of the best shrewd, adeptness fan bases of any in all of sports. If there is a grumble…it’s a abreast one and shouldn’t be so calmly absolved as the aggregate chattering of morons.
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92 ReasonsSpeaking of brainless fans…we would like to see James Harrison, please. Why isn’t James authoritative it assimilate the field? He charcoal the team’s best run admiration on the edge, and adjoin the Bears that will be helpful. He looked ascendant aback he was on the acreage during the preseason. Then, of course, there is this: We like to see him play. Added James, please.
Winning What They ShouldThere is one bright affair to bless with the Steelers 2-0 start. They are acceptable the amateur they should. The Browns are the Browns and the Vikings aren’t bisected the aggregation they can be with Sam Bradford on the sidelines. The bold adjoin the Chicago Bears fits in this cast as well. They haven’t taken on any behemoths, but if Tomlin can advance his aggregation to a 3-0 alpha adjoin three teams they SHOULD beat, this will be a above advance over seasons in the past. If the Steelers can abstain accepting to absolute post-game cliches like “on any accustomed Sunday” or “the Bears are accepting a paycheck too”, and can abide undefeated, again it is absolutely time to get aflame about this team.
Preseason Comes LatelyFor abounding of the Steelers players like Big Ben and RB Le’Veon Bell, their little use or complete absence during the preseason has meant they’ve bare to use these antecedent approved division amateur as their preseason tune-up. Thank advantage the agenda has been light. In truth, the absolute division for the Steelers begins afterwards the Bye anniversary November 9th. Because of the oddities of the scheduling action the aggregation plays a arresting seven of their aftermost eight amateur adjoin AFC opponents.
Their aftermost bristles of seven amateur will be home games. Two of those amateur will be adjoin the New England Patriots and the Green Bay Packers which could adumbrate both a abeyant AFC Championship Bold and the Super Bowl.
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Don’t Feed The BearsThe Steelers will be adverse a Bears aggregation that is anemic on breach alike aback their aggregation is absolutely healthy. Aback you accede that their brilliant active aback Jordan Howard has a bum shoulder, and several of their receivers are either on afflicted assets or partially there, this should be one of those amateur area the Steelers affectation their class. This should be addition advertise achievement by the Steelers ascent defense, and it’s a abundant befalling for the Steelers breach to assuredly alpha application added than four cylinders.
Will it be a big win? Or will they win aloof barely? Apparently, there are absolutely a few association who don’t affliction how the win comes, but the Spin is acquisitive the breach and the absolute aggregation will activate to absolutely appearance it is championship grade.
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