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08-24-2006, 02:42 AM #1Pro Bowl Poster
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Prisco AFCN Preview - We're Rated 2nd
per Sportsline
Whatever. Have at it.
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08-24-2006, 08:13 AM #2
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Re: Prisco AFCN Preview - We're Rated 2nd
the guy has an obvious bias for the Steelers, saying that Big Ben is "a much better player" than the Ben that won the SB...
you get this from a survived motorcycle accident and a couple preseason games? PLEASE!.
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Call me a Special Teams coach again. I dare you! I double dare you, MFer!
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08-24-2006, 08:52 AM #3
Re: Prisco AFCN Preview - We're Rated 2nd
Little suprising....most opinions have us at #3. I don't care if he pimps the Steelers...we like the underdog role.
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08-24-2006, 09:03 AM #4Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: Prisco AFCN Preview - We're Rated 2nd
Prisco makes it sound as if McNair will be on the field with a walker. Sheesh, he's not 99 years old.
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08-24-2006, 09:04 AM #5Rookie Poster
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Re: Prisco AFCN Preview - We're Rated 2nd
Looking at the voting results of the survey it seems that most folks agree with the author.
I personally think the Steelers will be better than last year.
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08-24-2006, 09:10 AM #6
Re: Prisco AFCN Preview - We're Rated 2nd
Well until we beat them with Big Ben you might have to agree. Now that we have Steve McNair things might be different. However that is why they play the games. Although I don't believe the Steelers will be better then last year because the Bus is gone and he was a big part of their game. It's just going to make this season more interesting.
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08-24-2006, 10:07 AM #7
Re: Prisco AFCN Preview - We're Rated 2nd
He is so hung up on McNair's age and "what does he have left in the tank". Also, he talks about how we "need" big things from Jamal Lewis. I guess he hasn't been watching Musa or realize MA's abilities as a backup.
I'm not at all sure Willie Parker can handle the load as a feature back for the Steelers, and they live and die by the run - so I wouldn't crown them AFCN champs just yet.
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08-24-2006, 10:17 AM #8Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Prisco AFCN Preview - We're Rated 2nd
Originally Posted by RavenScallywagThe Steelers: Still looking for a legit Super Bowl victory.
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08-24-2006, 10:20 AM #9
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Re: Prisco AFCN Preview - We're Rated 2nd
Roethlisberger isn't showing any effects from the motorcycle mishap. What's more, he's a much better player than the one who led the Steelers to the Super Bowl victory last February..
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“When I think of a Baltimore Raven - we go in there, we take your lunch box, we take your sandwich, we take your juice box, we take your applesauce, and we take your spork and we break it. And we leave you with an empty lunch. That’s the Baltimore Raven way.” - Steve Smith Sr.
Call me a Special Teams coach again. I dare you! I double dare you, MFer!
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08-24-2006, 10:24 AM #10On The Practice Squad
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Re: Prisco AFCN Preview - We're Rated 2nd
That article was a waste of time to read, and not because he doesn't pick us to win the division. He does nothing but parrot the conventional wisdom - no interesting insights at all.
Will go to the playoffs if: McNair finds the magic of 2003. That's asking a lot. He isn't the same player.
Will not go to the playoffs if: McNair is not a step up from Kyle Boller.
(b) McNair doesn't have to be the same player as in 2003 with a 100+ QB rating. He just has to be efficient, like he's been in 2 preseason games so far.
(c) There's a wide gulf between Prisco's "will go" and "will not go" scenarios, and as I said, there's still a decent chance we can contend for the playoffs if McNair is a marked improvement over Boller even if he doesn't reach his 2003 level.
(d) Prisco missed the most important x-factor in whether we go to the playoffs: Whether McNair stays healthy, and if he doesn't, whether Boller can be the QB he was in last year's GB and MIN games for however many games he starts for us this year (which will hopefully be a number as close as possible to zero).
I can't believe these writers make a career out of such "analysis." Any one of us could write something more insightful.
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08-24-2006, 10:27 AM #11
Re: Prisco AFCN Preview - We're Rated 2nd
Originally Posted by Ravens'N'Hoos"I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused" - Elvis Costello
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08-24-2006, 10:55 AM #12Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Prisco AFCN Preview - We're Rated 2nd
Originally Posted by RavenScallywag
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