The Steelers TE can't seem to remember that THE Ohio State is a University and not the actual state of Oh-High-Ya....
Steelers / Bills game thread.........
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What a sorry half of football by the Steelers.....
Bills defense is playing very well against the run and are putting pressure on the Duck.....
Bills defense is playing very well against the run and are putting pressure on the Duck.....
It’s called Devin Bush, Minkah Fitzpatrick, TJ Watt and a vastly improved defense than what they have had in years. They have more linebackers and safeties that can cover in space.
Duck Devlin.......
Bills clinch playoffs!!
If just making the playoffs is the goal, barely beating an undrafted rookie QB is exciting. If winning titles is the goal, that game made clear the Bills aren’t going anywhere.
They play a team with a pulse and they lose. That wildcat play call in first half when defense gives it to you and your at the 7 yard line was a great play call by tomlin. For buffalo that is. Call came after a timeout. Did I say that Conner or snell was not involved in play?
So instead of critical points they came out of half with nothing for it.
When you have these backs back and the line can pound it and dink’s and dunks are there all night why use the wildcat and why throw the bombs after bombs.
Shuster coming back should help us get into the playoffs. Cruddy jets next week and the ravens may sit everyone we hope and saints beat colts and titans knocking them out!
So instead of critical points they came out of half with nothing for it.
When you have these backs back and the line can pound it and dink’s and dunks are there all night why use the wildcat and why throw the bombs after bombs.
Shuster coming back should help us get into the playoffs. Cruddy jets next week and the ravens may sit everyone we hope and saints beat colts and titans knocking them out!
I hope the Ravens sit folks, but I’ll be surprised if they do even if they nothing to play for as that would mean the starters sitting for 2 weeks.
Concern is if Steelers beat Jets but lose to Ravens, the Steelers will need Titans to lose to both Saints and Texans to get in the playoffs based on tiebreaks (meaning that if Titans lose to Saints but beat Texans, Steelers are out if they only go 1-1 over the last two).
None, but I didn’t act excited about a playoff berth after my team looked like garbage against an undrafted rookie QB.
Yep, Duck just throws way too many ducks for an NFL QB. The Steelers' improving defense could have led a competent offense deep into the playoffs, but this season is about what could be expected after losing Ben for the season.
I'm happy the team is at least playing competitive and that watching the games still has some entertainment value!
As far as preparing for the future, Duck is not it and Rudolph didn't seem much better. And I've seen enough ducks to last the season.
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I'm not sure. They scored fewer points than the Bills, but I didn't check time of possession.
But did the committee vote them into the playoffs because they passed the "eye" test?
Yep, Duck just throws way too many ducks for an NFL QB. The Steelers' improving defense could have led a competent offense deep into the playoffs, but this season is about what could be expected after losing Ben for the season.
I'm happy the team is at least playing competitive and that watching the games still has some entertainment value!
As far as preparing for the future, Duck is not it and Rudolph didn't seem much better. And I've seen enough ducks to last the season.
Yeah, good news is they used the first round pick well to get Minkah (and it didn’t end up being a high draft pick given up). Also good to have learned for certain that they still don’t have a post-Ben QB, so they can continue attempting to address that.
PITTSBURGH — All week, the Buffalo Bills prepared for a moment nobody saw Sunday night.
“Sunday Night Football” went to a commercial break with 10:03 left in a tie game. The Bills’ offense was huddled and waiting. Heinz Field’s video scoreboard went black, a signal to Pittsburgh Steelers fans their anthem was about to play.
The song begins as a dirge, a lone bass drum, the heartbeat beneath a mournful lyric about a fugitive facing execution. Steelers defensive highlights begin to roll. Then a scream detonates the song into a fierce guitar-driven rocker. Quarterbacks get pulverized. Backs are stuffed. Balls are dislodged.
Terrible Towels roil up a sea of gold during “Renegade,” a 1978 hit from Styx, a band named after the river that separates the living world from Hades. Pittsburgh smells blood.
But Buffalo’s sideline didn’t shrink. Quite the opposite.
Back from commercial, NBC broadcasters Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth noted that “Renegade” had been deployed and explained the Steelers’ rallying cry.
The cameras, however, didn’t show how the visitors responded.
The Bills, inundated with “Renegade” at practice too many times to venture an accurate number, erupted in euphoria.
Defensive linemen Jordan Phillips and Shaq Lawson wailed on air guitars. Backup quarterback Matt Barkley took off his parka and whipped it around overhead. Free safety Kurt Coleman charged through the offensive reserves on the sideline and screamed.
“We finally heard our song!” Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes said. “And when you get to hear it, with all the Terrible Towels waving and the fans going crazy, it had us fired up. We said, ‘If this is a playoff atmosphere, we’re ready for it.’ ”
The moment delivered a thunderbolt thrust in Buffalo’s 17-10, playoff-clinching victory.
Unlikely a coincidence, the first play after Pittsburgh’s anticipated hype video, Josh Allen fired a pass to John Brown up the left sideline. Brown outmaneuvered cornerback Steven Nelson despite interference and came down with a 40-yard gain to Pittsburgh’s 30.
Allen went to Brown in the end zone on the next play. That ball fell incomplete, but Buffalo clearly was the bloodthirsty team.
“Not a coincidence,” Phillips said. “We knew exactly what we were going to do when we heard that song.
“That’s their thing, and we said that once we heard it we were going to expose ’em.”
The drive took just six plays and barely two minutes. Allen spotted tight end Tyler Kroft 14 yards away in the end zone for what would be the winning touchdown.
Buffalo’s cocksure attitude has been present all season, but its audaciousness grows by the week.
The Bills have won 10 games for the first time since 1999 and six road games for only the fourth time in club history. They won at the Dallas Cowboys’ annual Thanksgiving showcase and departed Pittsburgh triumphant, in defiance of the Steelers’ gaudy primetime record at Heinz Field.
Since Heinz Field opened in 2001, the Steelers had gone 28-9 under the regular-season home lights.
“They have a lot of tradition,” Barkley said, “but this year we have a strong and resilient team.
“Whether it’s circumstance or environment, we have an identity. We know who we are. I think it showed tonight with the big plays we had, the defense coming up clutch. It doesn’t matter where we are.”
Bills coach Sean McDermott relentlessly played “Renegade” at practice all week.
Players sounded like hostages who were exposed to sound torture.
“They played it a hundred times at practice,” rookie defensive tackle Ed Oliver said. “I just grew to like it.”
Was the Steelers’ unofficial anthem really played 100 times at Bills practice?
“Maybe more,” Phillips said.
Or at least that’s what it felt like.
Coleman and Hughes each estimated 40 replays. Barkley guessed 30.
McDermott’s psyops apparently worked.
“We’ve been hearing it all week,” Coleman said, “and it got to the point during practice that we absolutely hated that song.
“But the vets knew when it was going to come on and how the whole stadium would erupt. For us, it actually energized us. You take what they do and make it your own.”
“Renegade” became a thing during the 2002 playoffs. The Cleveland Browns led the Steelers 24-7 in the third quarter when the song was played at the suggestion of a young marketing assistant. The Steelers clawed back. “Renegade” was played a second time, and the Steelers won 36-33.
“Renegade” is considered a strategic weapon. Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin, through his headset, has called for it to be played at specific moments.
“The young guys asked, and we have quite a few on the team,” Hughes said. “But we pointed out, ‘When you go into Pittsburgh, it’s a hostile territory. Fans are diehard. They’re going to be there for four quarters. It’s going to be an electric atmosphere. You’ve got to get your minds right.’ ”
Stats exist pertaining to the song. In the Steelers’ 2008 Super Bowl season, for instance, they forced a turnover or a punt nine times after it was played. Styx performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” before and parts of “Renegade” during a 35-24 playoff victory over the San Diego Chargers.
Styx played “Renegade” at a 2016 halftime celebration of Kevin Greene’s Pro Football Hall of Fame induction.
The Steelers have made special “Renegade” hype videos to honor legends such as Mean Joe Greene and Jerome Bettis. They sell official “Renegade” Terrible Towels printed with the opening lyrics and “Use in case of Steelers defensive emergency.” The team’s social-media accounts two weeks ago posted a video of Baby Yoda switching on “Renegade” highlights.
Double “Renegade” within the same game is considered an extraordinary gesture of Steeler badassery.
“When they play that song,” Phillips said, “that’s when they’re supposed to come on. It’s time to say, ‘Who’s the bigger dog?’ That’s all that was.”
Buffalo’s previous drive fizzled so badly, it threatened demoralization.
Tre’Davious White returned his second interception to Pittsburgh’s 18-yard line. Six plays later, the ball still was on the 18-yard line. Buffalo’s last three offensive snaps had Frank Gore rush for minus-2 yards, Gore run again for minus-5 yards and Devin Singletary rush for minus-3 yards. Stephen Hauschka kicked a field goal to tie the game at 10.
Pittsburgh went three and out, punting to Buffalo’s 30-yard line to set the stage for what the Steelers hoped would be some “Renegade” oomph.
“We took their juice and made it our juice,” Oliver said. “Point blank, period.”
The song might as well have been titled “Retrograde.”
Pittsburgh’s offense the rest of the game traveled 73 yards on 18 plays. The three drives ended by punt, interception, interception.
“Sean puts us through almost every gotta-have-it situation in practice to where we’ve seen it before and we’re ready,” Barkley said. “Even when they play ‘Renegade,’ and we’ve heard it a million times this week, you embrace it.”
Hughes supported the idea of the Bills taking “Renegade” back to New Era Field as a prize, similar to a college rivalry trophy like Paul Bunyan’s Axe, the Iron Skillet, the Little Brown Jug and the Keg of Nails.
“I feel we can take it and make it our own,” Hughes said. “The freakin’ Bills Mafia would always find a way. Let’s have some fun with it.”
“Sunday Night Football” went to a commercial break with 10:03 left in a tie game. The Bills’ offense was huddled and waiting. Heinz Field’s video scoreboard went black, a signal to Pittsburgh Steelers fans their anthem was about to play.
The song begins as a dirge, a lone bass drum, the heartbeat beneath a mournful lyric about a fugitive facing execution. Steelers defensive highlights begin to roll. Then a scream detonates the song into a fierce guitar-driven rocker. Quarterbacks get pulverized. Backs are stuffed. Balls are dislodged.
Terrible Towels roil up a sea of gold during “Renegade,” a 1978 hit from Styx, a band named after the river that separates the living world from Hades. Pittsburgh smells blood.
But Buffalo’s sideline didn’t shrink. Quite the opposite.
Back from commercial, NBC broadcasters Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth noted that “Renegade” had been deployed and explained the Steelers’ rallying cry.
The cameras, however, didn’t show how the visitors responded.
The Bills, inundated with “Renegade” at practice too many times to venture an accurate number, erupted in euphoria.
Defensive linemen Jordan Phillips and Shaq Lawson wailed on air guitars. Backup quarterback Matt Barkley took off his parka and whipped it around overhead. Free safety Kurt Coleman charged through the offensive reserves on the sideline and screamed.
“We finally heard our song!” Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes said. “And when you get to hear it, with all the Terrible Towels waving and the fans going crazy, it had us fired up. We said, ‘If this is a playoff atmosphere, we’re ready for it.’ ”
The moment delivered a thunderbolt thrust in Buffalo’s 17-10, playoff-clinching victory.
Unlikely a coincidence, the first play after Pittsburgh’s anticipated hype video, Josh Allen fired a pass to John Brown up the left sideline. Brown outmaneuvered cornerback Steven Nelson despite interference and came down with a 40-yard gain to Pittsburgh’s 30.
Allen went to Brown in the end zone on the next play. That ball fell incomplete, but Buffalo clearly was the bloodthirsty team.
“Not a coincidence,” Phillips said. “We knew exactly what we were going to do when we heard that song.
“That’s their thing, and we said that once we heard it we were going to expose ’em.”
The drive took just six plays and barely two minutes. Allen spotted tight end Tyler Kroft 14 yards away in the end zone for what would be the winning touchdown.
Buffalo’s cocksure attitude has been present all season, but its audaciousness grows by the week.
The Bills have won 10 games for the first time since 1999 and six road games for only the fourth time in club history. They won at the Dallas Cowboys’ annual Thanksgiving showcase and departed Pittsburgh triumphant, in defiance of the Steelers’ gaudy primetime record at Heinz Field.
Since Heinz Field opened in 2001, the Steelers had gone 28-9 under the regular-season home lights.
“They have a lot of tradition,” Barkley said, “but this year we have a strong and resilient team.
“Whether it’s circumstance or environment, we have an identity. We know who we are. I think it showed tonight with the big plays we had, the defense coming up clutch. It doesn’t matter where we are.”
Bills coach Sean McDermott relentlessly played “Renegade” at practice all week.
Players sounded like hostages who were exposed to sound torture.
“They played it a hundred times at practice,” rookie defensive tackle Ed Oliver said. “I just grew to like it.”
Was the Steelers’ unofficial anthem really played 100 times at Bills practice?
“Maybe more,” Phillips said.
Or at least that’s what it felt like.
Coleman and Hughes each estimated 40 replays. Barkley guessed 30.
McDermott’s psyops apparently worked.
“We’ve been hearing it all week,” Coleman said, “and it got to the point during practice that we absolutely hated that song.
“But the vets knew when it was going to come on and how the whole stadium would erupt. For us, it actually energized us. You take what they do and make it your own.”
“Renegade” became a thing during the 2002 playoffs. The Cleveland Browns led the Steelers 24-7 in the third quarter when the song was played at the suggestion of a young marketing assistant. The Steelers clawed back. “Renegade” was played a second time, and the Steelers won 36-33.
“Renegade” is considered a strategic weapon. Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin, through his headset, has called for it to be played at specific moments.
“The young guys asked, and we have quite a few on the team,” Hughes said. “But we pointed out, ‘When you go into Pittsburgh, it’s a hostile territory. Fans are diehard. They’re going to be there for four quarters. It’s going to be an electric atmosphere. You’ve got to get your minds right.’ ”
Stats exist pertaining to the song. In the Steelers’ 2008 Super Bowl season, for instance, they forced a turnover or a punt nine times after it was played. Styx performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” before and parts of “Renegade” during a 35-24 playoff victory over the San Diego Chargers.
Styx played “Renegade” at a 2016 halftime celebration of Kevin Greene’s Pro Football Hall of Fame induction.
The Steelers have made special “Renegade” hype videos to honor legends such as Mean Joe Greene and Jerome Bettis. They sell official “Renegade” Terrible Towels printed with the opening lyrics and “Use in case of Steelers defensive emergency.” The team’s social-media accounts two weeks ago posted a video of Baby Yoda switching on “Renegade” highlights.
Double “Renegade” within the same game is considered an extraordinary gesture of Steeler badassery.
“When they play that song,” Phillips said, “that’s when they’re supposed to come on. It’s time to say, ‘Who’s the bigger dog?’ That’s all that was.”
Buffalo’s previous drive fizzled so badly, it threatened demoralization.
Tre’Davious White returned his second interception to Pittsburgh’s 18-yard line. Six plays later, the ball still was on the 18-yard line. Buffalo’s last three offensive snaps had Frank Gore rush for minus-2 yards, Gore run again for minus-5 yards and Devin Singletary rush for minus-3 yards. Stephen Hauschka kicked a field goal to tie the game at 10.
Pittsburgh went three and out, punting to Buffalo’s 30-yard line to set the stage for what the Steelers hoped would be some “Renegade” oomph.
“We took their juice and made it our juice,” Oliver said. “Point blank, period.”
The song might as well have been titled “Retrograde.”
Pittsburgh’s offense the rest of the game traveled 73 yards on 18 plays. The three drives ended by punt, interception, interception.
“Sean puts us through almost every gotta-have-it situation in practice to where we’ve seen it before and we’re ready,” Barkley said. “Even when they play ‘Renegade,’ and we’ve heard it a million times this week, you embrace it.”
Hughes supported the idea of the Bills taking “Renegade” back to New Era Field as a prize, similar to a college rivalry trophy like Paul Bunyan’s Axe, the Iron Skillet, the Little Brown Jug and the Keg of Nails.
“I feel we can take it and make it our own,” Hughes said. “The freakin’ Bills Mafia would always find a way. Let’s have some fun with it.”
thanks for sharing, sometime I did not know.....Backup quarterback Matt Barkley SMH I guess hes still in the league.
