Steely McGnome Predicts: Steelers vs Browns Round 2

Ugh. Last week was terrible. Just when you think the Steelers are on a hot streak, they bring you back down to earth.

It's one thing to lose to the Ravens, it's another to lose to the backups when the Steelers are mostly healthy. Just killer.

Steelers need help to get into the playoffs. Not sure if that's going to happen or even if they will do well enough against another backup who the Steelers will probably make look like an all-pro. I'd like to see them in the playoffs, but who knows. That offense is dangerous, but the defense is suspect.

On the plus side the Browns have moved Manziel into another position with the franchise. He's the new mascot.

Steelers 43
Browns 10

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Steely McGnome Predicts: Steelers vs Browns Round 1

Final score last week Steelers 38 Raiders 35, not too far off what I said it would be. Take that!

The Browns this week. Then a bye. At this point in the week, I have no idea who is starting quarterback for either team. Big Ben or Jones? Johnny Football or the other guy. The downfall of doing this post on a Thursday night.

Steelers 33
Browns 18

I made that image years during my MySpace days. It was a suggestion in some AFC North group I was a part of.

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Too Little, Too Late: Steelers vs Browns Round 2 Recap

 

Plaxico Burress caught a touchdown pass in a meaningless game. Way to be Burress, try not to shot yourself in the leg. 

Steelers 24

Browns 10

Well, someone picked the Browns to win...maybe hoping for a higher draft pick, and I was wrong. But really you know you were second guessing the game too! DON'T LIE!!!!!!!!!!!

The Steelers offense never really got going, I know Ben threw 3 TDs, but they never really got into a good rhythm at all. Took them like forever to get a first down, and even then the offense just seemed flat. 

The Defense for the most part kept the 3rd string quarterback for the Browns out of the endzone. The defensive passing interference call was plain bullshit. Did you let that first sentence settle in? THE BROWNS 3RD STRING QB, FROM DUKE! WAS MAKING PLAYS AND MOVING THE BALL AGAINST THE STEELERS #1 DEFENSE. The hell? I have to say the best part was that the announcers kept talking like this kid is going to be a starter in the NFL someday, I mean maybe if he stays with the Browns, but that's it. He's the Browns 3rd stringer, so he's terrible. I guess he put on a decent show for next season, good luck!

So here's to an extremely disappointing 2012 season from the Steelers. Tons of talent on the offense, which seemingly couldn't move the ball, and a defense that took a little too long to gel and lost some games early. Oh and injuries, I believe about an average of 3 per game. I know every team deals with injuries and it's not an excuse, but I'd love for the Steelers offensive line NOT to have a different set of starters each week. Please. I mean for years the Steelers had an awesome offensive line and a shit QB, now it's the other way around. 

Can't wait to see how the off-season plays out, who goes, who stays. It's always a good time.

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Steely McGnome Predicts: Steelers vs Browns Round 2

I have no idea who the quarterback for the Browns will be this week. Little bitch boy McCoy or the old rookie ginger guy, weedman or something like that.

Although I really don't care, as much as I want the Steelers to win, they can tank the game for a better draft pick. Why not, the Colts tanked all of last season to get the number 1 pick. So the Steelers can take yet another game off and lose, not like they're going to the playoffs.

Steelers 10

Browns 23

OMG! I just picked another team over the Steelers, and the Browns no less!!!!

Jergnome says:

Why play like champs now, just take it easy so no one gets hurt for next season.

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Bumbling and Fumbling: Steelers vs Browns 2012 Round 1

 

Yikes. The Browns smelled blood and went all out? Not really, the Steelers handed...er...fumbled the game to the Browns. It was bad, real bad. Just a terrible performance by the offense in my mind, except for the play of Heath Miller, Emmanuel Sanders, and Chris Rainey (even though he "fumbled"). Those guys seemed to be the go to guys making the plays on offense and should have been targeted more. 

Steelers 14

Browns 20

I'm not a fan of Charlie Batch still being on the Pittsburgh Steelers. See here: Charlie Batch is still on the team? I mean the guy is going to be 38, hasn't played that much, or even been the #2 guy the past few years. So the Steelers let Dennis Dixon go, bring Leftwich (The most fragile person ever to play QB), and old balls Batch. Really think letting Dixon go was a mistake, he was young, a playmaker in his own right, and wouldn't break a hip after tripping over his own two feet like fragile man. Or at least draft a QB out of college last season to learn the offense and maybe manage the game and have the arm strength to get the ball down field. 

With Ben being out, this is where questionable decision like that come back to hurt a franchise, sometimes you have to let go of what feels comfortable with the team to make things work down the line. Batch maybe the veteran guy who everyone else likes having around to guide them or whatever. BUT that doesn't translate to wins on the field. He had a great run as Steelers backup, but it's time for him to go. 

The fact that every running back lost fumbles in this game for the Steelers is just terrible. All of those guys need to be carrying a football around this week and not allowed to let it leave their hands, and everyone else in the organization needs to do their best to get the ball from them. 

As for the defense, they played great. Did the best they could given the situations the offense decided to put them in. I really gave it to the defense earlier in the year for not stepping up and playing well. Since then the Steelers D has really stepped it up, being almost lights out. I think it just took the young guys a while to get into a groove. If the offense would put up some points we wouldn't have any issues!

Mike Wallace continues to disappoint. Plaxico Burress showed more effort than you did today. And take a good hard look Mr. Wallace, Burress is your ghost of football future if you don't shape up. Seriously, at one time I would have been sad to see you go, but now I'm not. Your lack of effort is terrible, not really caring what you do for the Steelers the rest of the season at this point. Brown and Sanders > you.

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Steely McGnome Predicts: Steelers vs Browns Round 1

What's the deal with the Ohio teams drafting ginger QBs?? Not cool!!!

Steelers 23

Browns 9

 

Jergnome says:

If old balls Batch can move the offense up the field, the Steelers will do well. 

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Stumbling and Fumbling: Steelers vs Browns Round 2 Recap

Steelers 13 Browns 9

Last game of the 2011 season, as it turned out the game was unimportant to the Steelers playoff seeding seeing how the Ravens won their game against the Bengals. The injury to Mendenhall sucks, but knowing that Redman and Clay can run the ball as well will ease my pain. It's hard to blame Redman for those fumbles, the first one was a great hit at the right spot and the other was stripped out of his hands as he is about to hit the ground. Luckily they didn't hurt the Steelers, since the defense stepped up and shut the Browns down.

On to Denver to face Tebow.

Announcing

Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots. Harlan was definitely trying to use up all his anecdotes in this last game and Wilcots just thinks he knows everything about the game. If he was that great, he'd be a coach and not a commentator.


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Steely McGnome Predicts: Steelers vs Browns Round 2

Wow. Last game of the 2011 NFL Season, crazy. The Steelers need to win and need help if they want the number 1 or 2 seed. No help from other teams and they'll be stuck at the number 5 seed.

Steelers 30 Browns 13

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Steely McGnome Predicts: Steelers vs Browns Round 1

It's a 2 for 1 this week! Flying Woodley takes out the Madden coverboy and McCoy in one leap!!

Steelers 45

Browns 6

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Steely McGnome Predicts: Steelers vs Browns take 2

I didn't feel like searching for another picture of McCoy, so I'm re-using this one.

Big, big game for the Steelers, a win and they clinch the division and the #2 seed. A loss and that all goes away with a Ratbirds win. Of course the Ratbirds lose and the Steelers still get all of that.

Still, can't worry about another team. The Steelers need to get the job done, and I think they will.

Steelers 34

Browns 6

Steely McGnome Predicts - Steelers vs Browns

The Steelers take on the Browns this week, and at this point in time it looks like Colt McCoy will start. Flying Woodley has something in store for McCoy.

Steelers 38

Browns 6

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Browns 0

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Browns 6

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Steelers 27

Browns 3