so because they give up one drive, and because someone ran down field on them for a score there SOFT? Wow, Pittsburgh's best D in the league gotbeat by Arizona, Denver, and the Jets, and isnt Denver "really" the worst rush defense... Yeah you can "RUN" on the pats but can you"BEAT" the Pats is the question...
BTW why hasn't this game been flexed for Sunday Night?
who has the sunday night game anyways?
I think people are overestimating how "BAD" the New England defense is. Isnt this the same defense that stopped Manning in the 4th when needed? Stopped Romo in the second half when Needed? Did Just enough to beat Philly and Ravens, but there defense kept them in those games. Pittsburgh will be a challenge but Pats win. Because winning is what they DO best. 27-17 Pats.
New England's defense looked so good up until recently because they were always protecting huge leads.. it's much easier to sit back knowing teams HAVEto pass.
When they've been in tight games where they had to worry about the run and pass, they have looked pedestrian.
Moral of the story? Their defense, when forced to be good, isn't all that. Give them a huge lead and they're solid, but then again - who isn't atthat point?
Here's the bonehead statement of the year though... thanks for this Anthony, you won't look stupid if you're wrong or anything..
Steelers' safety Smith guarantees Sunday win versus Patriots
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Safety Anthony Smith not only thinks the Steelers have a chance to beat the undefeated New England Patriots Sunday, he guarantees it.
"We're going to win," Smith said today after practice. "Yeah, I can guarantee a win."
Smith, a hard-hitting free safety who replaced injured Ryan Clark as the starter midway through the season, said he's not worried about any motivation he might be giving the 12-0 Patriots with his words.
"Now we have our swagger back on defense and we're playing great ball and they're playing great on the offensive side, too," he said of the Steelers. "I think we have a real good chance to win the game and we will win the game."
Not only that, he said while New England's receiving corps of Randy Moss, Wes Welker and Donte Stallworth is good, it isn't as good as the one the Steelers played Sunday against the Bengals, featuring T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Chad Johnson and Chris Henry.
"I think we were facing great receivers last week too and we shut them down," Smith said. "Those three guys, I don't think it gets much better than Cincinnati's corps of receivers. We've already seen the best."
Smith added a little more lumber to the fire when he said New England's receivers haven't been hit the way they will be hit on Sunday.
"They said Baltimore was their most physical game but I think we hit harder than Baltimore, so they haven't seen nothing like us yet.
"They should be worried about us. We never worry about receivers. We're the ones doing the hitting. They have to run routes. We're attacking them, they're not really attacking us."
where u been rock?
^ wow smith, so you guarantee a win, and then go on to say playing a perfect game only gives you a good chance to win....hmmmmmm
