Loose Slag from The Still Mill - Myth and Reality following the Battles against the Bottom Feeders
In light of the successive sloppy, shoddy efforts against
the bottom feeders of the NFL, mythical babble has erupted all over the
country, providing bullshit quibble and rationalization about how great the
Stillers played and how truly inspiring and awesome their performance was
versus Balt and GB.� As always, we here
at Stillers.com love nothing more than dispelling mythical babble, so here's
another segment of MYTH and REALITY.�
Myth: "The Stillers faced a hungry,
quality Green Bay team that was fighting for a playoff spot and at the least
was looking to be a spoiler."��
Reality: The Stillers played a pitiful,
downtrodden, sack o� dung 1-6 team; a team ravaged by injury so badly that
their top 2 WRs and top FOUR running backs were out with injury; and the best
the Stillers could do was paw and grope with the Jackers.� Lest we forget, the Jackers also turned the
ball over on a fumble when NOBODY hit the RB; turned it over again for a
Stiller TD when nobody blocked not 1, but 2 blitzing DBs; and The Jack also
committed 8 penalties en route to their gratuitous giveaway.�
Myth:� "The Steelers beat a desperate team on the road by 10
points."�
Reality:�
The Stillers barely beat a pitiful, bag o' barf team that was ready to
roll over and play dead.� It�s not like
the Stillers roared out to a 24-3 lead, and then inserted scrubs and backups
and coasted to a 27-17 win.� They had to
scratch and claw to beat a bottom feeder, not once, but 2 weeks in a row, first
against 2-6 Baltimore, and then against 1-7 Green Gay.�
Myth: ��Holding
Reality: Back in 1998, it would have been a
stupendous feat.� Not now.� The Jacker offense is a complete joke --
just barely better than
Myth:�
"The Stillers really clamped down on the GB running game in the 2H."
Reality:�
GB, the team that ranks 30th in the NFL in rushing, was down to
their FIFTH string FB, Sammy Gaydo, a man who hasn�t carried the ball 20+ times
in a game since his junior varsity days in high school.� The only thing this defense "clamped
down on" was their own peckers, which they did quite firmly and adroitly
the entire game.�
Myth:�
"The Stillers <sob> won with their <sob> 4th string RB
handling the load."�
Reality: Duce Staley was, and is, THE #1
RB on this Stiller team.� He was last
season, and he was and is this season as well.�
Counting the attributes of experience, being "in his prime", ability
to run up the gut, ability to run wide, ability to bust a run for big chunks of
yardage, ability to catch the ball and then get RAC yardage, and blocking,
Staley is, by far, the best all-around back on the roster.� Duce's lack of PT is only because his coach
-- a mule stubborn, imbecilic moron -- has chosen to scratch him despite being
fully healthy.� Calling Staley "the
4th string RB" is no less asinine than calling Hines Ward, upon reporting
to training camp after his holdout, "a 2nd string WR".�
Myth:� "The
'max protect' by opposing offenses is shutting
down our pass rush."
Reality:� Despite
this daily babble by the
And, added
to that, there is no need to max protect when the Stillers don't employ even a single
down-lineman that possesses anything remotely close to the pedigree and ability
to be an every-down force in the pass rush.�
�� This isn't the first time the Pittsburgh
media has tried to pass along half-baked, bullshit babble to the general
public.� Back in 2002, the
Myth: �"We held the Packers to 10 points."�
Reality:� No, the Pitiful Packers held themselves to 10 points
while the Stillers stood around and played grabass.� Their reliable placekicker was barely wide right on a chippie FG
attempt.� Not once, but twice on 3rd
& goal, a seasoned veteran -- first Klemm, then Franks -- false started,
just prior to the Pola fumble recovery and TD return.� And Lee, who started the game at RB, fumbled away the ball without
anything but air touching him.�
Myth:� The Stillers had to play with Charlie Batch <sob>
as the starting QB <sob>, who was inactive the past 3 seasons.�
Reality:� Charlie Batch was on the roster of this very
Stillers team the past 3 seasons.� Never
hospitalized or suspended, he attended every practice, every film session,
every mini camp, every training camp, every game, and every drill.� As such, he was fully eligible to play on any
number of occasions during that span.��
�� Whose fault is it that Charlie
Batch has been relegated to the farthest reaches of the bench?�
����������� a.�
Art Rooney Sr.�
����������� b.�
Paul Tagliabue
����������� c.�
Al Davis
����������� d. �Dick Cheney
����������� e.�
Bilbo Cowher
Myth: "The Stillers are waiting to peak."
Reality:�
Playing grope-a-dope with a bottom feeder 2 weeks in succession ain't
the path to the peak.�
The
Stillers are slumbering and blundering, and are sleepwalking into a hornet's
nest at the RCA Dome on Nov. 28th.� Once
that whipping is administered, the playoffs go through the artificial track at the
RCA and all slow-footed playoff pretenders, such as Pittsburgh, will need
Solarcaine in large doses to reduce the burning and chaffing.�
Myth:�
"Bill Cowher coached a great game."
Reality:�
Billy Cowhard puckered his ass and gagged and choked, just as he has
done time and time and time again in the playoffs.� Looks like he's merely trying to polish up his playoff routine a couple
months early.�
(Still Mill and
Stillers.com -- the only nationally read coverage on the Pittsburgh
Stillers that has accurately predicted the how's and the why's of the past 4
Stiller playoff losses�.)