20 years ago today

One of the greatest games I can remember as a Steeler Fan. Ben came out on fire and of course the tackle! Hopefully we can celebrate again in a few years!!

 

the Troy bs call and Cowher preparing the team for the screwover call and that kept them from imploding. To me that was cowhers greatest coaching moment, he kept his team focused and didn't panic in the foxhole!!

 

I do believe it was after that game that I had to start taking blood pressure medication.

 

I forgot all about the game saving tackle Ben made at the end of that game. Then came the Vanderjack shank! I remember that game like it was yesterday. If I remember correctly we were up 21-3 at halftime, right? Nobody gave us a chance in that game. Celebrating again soon would be really nice. We haven't been a feared team in 10 years. I also remember that 2016 team. We had Ben, Brown, and Bell. That was the last Steelers team I can remember that teams did not want to play or feared.

 

This game was wild. I was somewhere around the Canary Islands and Spain during game and watched it on Armed Forces Network at our ship's mess deck. All the other sailors were rooting against us.

 

Don’t forget the blatant pass interference against the Colts that the refs conveniently ignored. Steelers would have stretched their lead.

 

I was worried about how we were going to stop Manning in OT then the kick was missed and we didn't have to worry about it.

 

Cincinnati didn't fear us in the playoffs. If not for a complete melt down by Pacman Jones and Burfict, an AJ McCaron led team would have beat us.

I think 2008 was the last time teams didn't want to play us.

 

Bettis's face on the sidelines after that fumble I'll never forget. He was hurting.

 

What are you talking about? That can't be.

Ben always came up small in big games. Ben can't be the reason they won games.

Bus is a hero that was perfect and never made mistakes.

Hines Ward is a paragon of character and a great leader that willed his team to victory....not the idiot quarterback that extended plays so an old and slow wide receiver that couldn't get open against man coverage could play a bunch more years and could eventually just be considered for the Hall of Fame.

Antonio Brown lit the world on fire and was an unstoppable force here. It's just a coincidence that AB only had his historically great numbers with the Steelers and Ben even though he played with other teams and quarterbacks that were better.

Even when Ben had 5 TD passes 1 INT 469 yards and the team scored 42 points, it was his fault the team lost in that playoff game to the Jaguars.

Ben playing behind what is widely considered to be the worst offensive line to ever win a Super Bowl is just a coincidence. It doesn't mean he was a great quarterback. The defense that gave up the lead late and underperformed was the reason they won....as usual.

I have it on great authority that Ben held the Steelers back and was often the reason they lost from many on this message board.

If it weren't for all those great defenses that always gave up more points and yards and underperformed in the playoffs than they did in the regular season, Ben would be nothing...

Winning a bunch of games with a busted arm playing behind an offensive line of Kendrick Green, Trai Turner, Keven Dotson, Dan Moore, and Chuks Okorafor must have been a breeze.

I know....I should be using green text.

 

And Ben was also such a lazy QB!

 

McFadden was my hero of the game when Manning tried to win it all instead of getting closer for the FG and he broke up the pass.

 

Some of that was the Cardinals D coordinator not making sense. How do you put a safety on Santonio?

 

Gee I don't know, how does the Steelers defense routinely get caught with linebackers covering All-Pro receivers?

So are you saying that Big Ben was just lucky on the game-winning Super Bowl drive? I have to know.

 

Not lucky, just took advantage of a bad D scheme

 

That's what offensive coordinators and quarterbacks do when they are calling plays with certain personnel groups. They try to create mismatches on the field. In fact, Ben was calling his own plays in that situation, so he is the one that got that matchup with play calling and carved up the defense.

Why don't you just come out and say what's on your mind about Big Ben. You're tapdancing around it. Just say it.

You obviously don't think he was very good. You don't understand how NFL offenses work or you wouldn't be making comments about a safety covering a wide receiver and insinuating that it wasn't very impressive. He probably conducted the most famous game-winning two-minute drive and the most difficult throw for the touchdown in Super Bowl history going 90 yards to win it.

No mention of him having the best pump fake in pro football that manipulated the coverage or playing behind a crap offensive line huh?

No mention of the iconic game-winning throw that he had to make twice because the first perfect pass when through Santonio Holmes' hands in the end zone....so he had to make a second perfect pass with the game on the line?

 

i simply commented on the Cards not have a great scheme on the last drive. No one is bashing Ben.

 

Right.

It takes a special kind of fan to throw cold water on an iconic game-winning drive in the Super Bowl by the quarterback of your favorite team. Especially when I didn't even specifically mention his game winning drive in my original post that you quoted and commented on. You just decided to comment on something like that to downplay his performance. That was an interesting choice of career moments to try to minimize his performance considering it led to a Super Bowl victory.

It sure sounds like bashing.