Steelers vs. Chiefs Review

One, two, three...

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

I needed that win. Weidman needed that win. Cowher needed it. The coaching staff needed it. The players needed it. Most importantly, Steeler Nation needed it.

Too bad we have to play the rest of the games on the schedule. That would've made a nice end to the season.

This game reminded me an awful lot of the shitkicking we handed the Browns on Christmas Eve Day last season. And we all remember how that turned out, right?

I'm not saying that the Steelers are a lock to repeat, but I will say that if they're able to score 45 points a game and run the ball like they did on Sunday the rest of the season, the odds are very, very good.

We stopped LJ on defense and Dick LeBeau again proved why he's one of the best in the business. If a moron like me knew that the Chiefs couldn't depend on Kyle Turley's back-up to protect Damon Huard's blindspot, then you had to figure the Chiefs themselves knew it. That's why, for the most part, LeBeau blitzed 4 or 5 and dropped 6 or 7 into coverage, knowing that Kansas City was going to max protect and that if everyone was double covered since KC only put 3 people out into the pattern, Huard would eventually make a mistake. And he did. And we did a damn good job of getting off the field on third down against a damn good offense.

Speaking of offense, I won't go as far as saying that now everything's perfect and we're going to do this every week. However, if the offensive line is able to open GIGANTIC HOLES for Parker, Davenport, and possibly even Staley like that the rest of the season, we're going to be in very, very good shape.

The Steelers offense has always keyed off the run. Either they pass the ball early to set it up (see last year's playoff run), or they run the ball early to set up the pass. As we've seen time and time again, they are MUCH more effective when they're able to run well early and use that to create big plays off of playaction. Granted, there were some severe lapses in concentration in the KC secondary, but Ben was 16-19 and got his first two TD passes of the season. And that feels very, very good I'm sure.

Nothing negative to say, but as Winston Wolfe would say in this situation, let's not start sucking each other's dicks just yet.