this is one of those where I woke up. Sometimes I'll get up
at 6:00 Eastern and definitely have time to post a story or
maybe two before it's time to get into full show prep mode
and show up here, three minutes before
we start. If if that early
today was one of those well I have 6:15 6:20. Do I really
have enough time to post a story? But I saw a tweet from
Chris adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, which made me
decide. I have to get this written before it's time to go
up
to the show and That is this, the Steelers. Now,
three times since 2006 have started the year 6 and 2
and responded by going. Did I say six and two they started to
and six and responded by going six into. That's what I meant
to say,
started to in, 63 times, 06 Bilk hours last year,
2013, when they actually started Owen for
and then went to and six
and this year, 2 and 6 and got blown out by the bills Blown
out by the Eagles.
Had their bye week at 2:00 and 6:00 and
good luck. Mike Tomlin
avoiding your first ever losing season with a two and six
start. And here they are six and two and their two losses
were by one score. At home against division, Rivals has to
drive them crazy. They blew that game
3730 against the Bengals 16:14 against the Ravens,
but 6 and 2 over the most recent eight games. And now in
position
to finish above 500, where they get it or not, the I did it,
they can finish about 500. After way, they started is
amazing and they still can get in. If the Bills beat
the Patriots and the Jets beat the Dolphins, and the Steelers beat
your Browns.
The Steelers are in unbelievable. If it happens.
Yeah. Well, look, I mean that's that's why Mike Tomlin is so
highly regarded as a head coach because this is what he does,
right? This is what that team has done under him. I mean,
there's a reason why people speak the way
they do about Mike Tomlin, they just
don't really lose, they never.
We bottomed out. I mean, think about that season,
where Ben Roethlisberger injured the elbow. They're
starting to dudes named duck, Hodges out there and these
phenomenon losing season. I mean a quarterback named duck.
Are you out of your mind? So this is not really a shock to
me.
Yeah, I remember when they were two and six, I'm looking at
the schedule and then they start winning, I'm like you know it
it's not a given that they're going to finish with a losing
season or with a losing record. So I don't know what they're
going to do next week the Browns play better. Yes.
Yesterday, I don't necessarily know that. That means
that they're going to beat the Steelers in a situation where
the Steelers could possibly go to the postseason but it for
anybody that wants to say, bad stuff about Mike Tomlin, those
Steeler fans man like just look at the results
he gets it done.
Devlin duck Hodges, undrafted 2019. He was kind of a big deal
in Pittsburgh when they were winning games and he was making
it happen. I remember he came down here to West Virginia
during a day off to do some
hunting and that was a big deal. Locally who duck Hodges
in town of me, duck Hodges was duck. Hodges was becoming
a thing. You know what he did after 2019,
and this is not a knock on Duck Hodges. Just shows you how
fleeting? Well, no, not quite He was with your LA Rams
for part of the offseason and or on the practice squad in
2021
and then he signed on to play for the Ottawa, Redblacks of
the car Canadian Football League.
That was 20 21, 22, 22,
no duck, Hodges sighting in football anywhere, even with
the usfl
back
no doc Hodges and XFL Coming up, I don't see any note that
duck Hodges on any XFL roster. So duck Hodges
is no longer part of the football universe and yes, they
got to 88 and won that year with no, no, they didn't one
that was ate and ate 20 in 2019. There was still only
this whole 1617 game thing had me all I know I regardless this
year, they got a chance to get to 9 and 8 and have that
winning record, or tie the Browns, and get to eight eight
and one and have a non losing season yet again.
It's been since 2003, I believe it was 2003 was the last time
the Steelers actually had a losing record and and look,
hey, if they get in, they got any last year
and I got all
Juiced up on. The idea of the steel is going to Kansas City
and beating the Chiefs and they were up 7 nothing. There was
a TJ W. Fumble recovery for a touchdown and and then the the
then the Chiefs
completely and totally blew the doors off of the Steelers,
knock the wheels off of the axles busted The windows, there
was nothing left. It was a burned-out shell of a 1976
Chevy. By the time the chiefs were done with the
Steelers that night, but at least there was a little while,
it felt like maybe they would win.
So that's, that's the thing about the playoffs. We get so
caught up in
this Chase to be the last team, in the Indiana Jones, that
slides under the stone and reaches, back and grabs his hat
and just gets in more often than not.
Team is a distant memory by the time, we're talking about
the championship games. Yeah, the 27 matchups are not very good,
which is kind of why it's, like, why did we really need to
do that
mean last year, the
most of the Patriots, my God, the Bradys, the Buccaneers,
beat the brakes off the Eagles to.
So, you know, those 27 matchups were great last year. I don't
know that. They'll be very good this year, either
the big mamo. That's why we have two verses seven now and
only one team. Incubi in each conference.
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