HOME DOGS?....Since 1990, there have been just four home underdogs in conference title games prior to the Steelers this Sunday (Pittsburgh is plus-3 at home vs New England). As mentioned earlier, in 1997 Denver won at Pittsburgh 24-21 as a 2 1/2-point road favorite and Green Bay won at San Francisco 23-10, also as a 2 1/2-point favorite. In the 1992 AFC title game, Buffalo won at Miami 29-10 as a 2 1/2-point road favorite and in the 2000 NFC title game, the New York Giants won 41-0 over Minnesota as a 2 1/2-point home dog....
Corey Dillion is the answer.....lastime they had no Dillion, now they do...Goodnight Pitt see ya next year
Not with that sad line. He's going to have to do it by himself, cause that sorry ass line will not be able to open big holes against Pgh. He's going to have to run around end like everyone else had to if he wants to get any yds. I don't see him breaking 100, unless he gets the ball 45 times. You don't come into our house and think it's going to be a cakewalk. I guarantee they will get smacked in the mouth all day long.
Here's some interesting info I dug up:
New England defense has given up 3,7,28,3,6,7,20,10,24 points at home this year ( total 108 divided by nine games = 12 PPG/avg.)
New England defense has given up 7,29,15,19,22,34,17,12 points away this year (155 total divided by eight games = 19.4 PPG/ avg.)
New England gave up more to Cin-cin(28), Miami (29),St.Louis (22) and ...Pittsburgh (34).
Pittsburgh has given up on average only 13.4PPG at home this year...
Pittsburgh has given up 17,7,6,7,3,20,23,17,21 at home (121 divided by nine = 13.4 PPG/avg.)
Now, here's the money shot...with the exception of the Jets in the last playoff game,who scored 17 via punt return and interception, and were held to 225 offensive yards, Pittsburgh has held its last four opponents at home Baltimore 7,Jets6, Washington-7,Philadelphia-3, to 23 total points or 5.75 points per game. All good to great running teams!
I must also note that all four of those teams were playing above average at the time, and Pitts' defense was racked with some injuries.
For Pitt to win this game:
(1) Shut down the run.(Pitt is number 1 against the run.)
(2) Play solid pass defense.(Troy Palamaou,Chad Scott and Willy,my man, will give Brady fits.)
(3) Do not turnover the ball or give up special teams scores.
Pitt will run through New England with both the Bus and Duce healthy. And with Ward,Burress, and Randle El,not to mention Hayes in the pass catchers role, combined with .the only undefeated QB in the NFL, they should score enough on offense to not only cover, but win outright.
Pittsburgh-27/ New England 17. GLTA Billy
Martin was #1, did he get 100 in either game!!! What makes you think makes Dillion better than Martin.
Martin is good and serviceable and has accumulated good numbers over the years and will go to the Hall of Fame but I'd take Dillon over Martin anyday of the week and twice on Sunday...Dillon might be a jerk sometimes and not always a team guy when he was in Cincy but is much more explosive than Martin and if he played on the teams Martin has played on, he'd probably have better numbers.
Also heard from an interview off ESPN radio that in the 1st game, NE put their goal line defense in somewhere in the 2nd half because Pitt ran the ball on virtually every play. They had a large lead at that time. BTW NE couldn't stop this running attack even with their best running defense on the field that day.
If NE were to have a lead in this one, Ben and his finger would have to contribute more than with his skills at handing the ball off.
Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.
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