By the skin of their teeth, the Steelers pulled out a win against the Browns. At half-time they were down 21-9. I couldn't believe it, well I kind of fell asleep watching the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie during the first half (I'm sick this week with a cold), and it wasn't until the third quarter when I turned the Eagles/Redskins game on to see the score. I thought I was going to die, it took forever for the box in the corner to scroll around so I could get score updates. The thing I'm happy about is that Pittsburgh is FINALLY getting recognition for being a good team (more on this below). Folks who watched that game said that it was Ben who put them on his back and carried them to victory in the second half. I'm so proud of him. I know one thing, the Steelers HAVE GOT to work on Special Teams. They are HORRIBLE. That's how Cleveland scored most of their points on Sunday, one 90 yard return to Pittsburgh's 4-yard line and another 100 yard return for a TD. Why can't anyone on our Special Teams tackle? Pitiful.

Like I said, Ben had a good game (what can you do for an encore when you throw 5 TDs in a half?), he threw 2 touchdowns and ran for another (30 yards! Ben was truckin'). His name is being thrown in the mix of being an "elite quarterback", and now I'm a little nervous about all the attention. What happens if he has a bad game? All those "expert" analysts will probably sprain their ankles hopping off of the Ben-wagon (I wish I was clever enough to have come up with that, alas, it was not I, but a well known Steelers blogger). Pittsburgh's next three games are @ the Jets (1-7), the Dolphins (0-8, and another MNF game), and hosting the Bungles (3-6, they beat the Ravens 21-7, by kicking SEVEN field goals; Carson Palmer great quarterback my ass, he couldn't get into the endzone at all against Baltimore, but Ben lit them up). These are very dangerous teams and they should not be overlooked. Both the Jets and the Phins are going to go all out to try to win and we must take them very seriously because desperate teams do crazy things, I mean we lost to Arizona and Denver, games we should have won and had to mount a miraculous comeback over Cleveland. The Steelers must take these games seriously. Then the Bungles are division foes, who have beaten the Steelers in Pittsburgh the past two seasons (just as the Steelers have done in Cincinnati, but with more devastating results, i.e. crushed playoff hopes). We HAVE GOT TO WIN those three games because after those is the next BIG ONE. We have to play that stupid undefeated team that the talking heads can't shut up about, away at that. Most are saying that Pittsburgh has the greatest chance of beating them (personally I'm hoping they overlook Buffalo this week and take some of the pressure off) since we do have the number one overall defense, at the moment, we've showed that our quarterback can throw his behind off (so that's where it went), and we have one of the top rushers in the league. It only feels safe to say we can hold our own. But we lose really stupid games that we should win. All the Steelers need to do is handle their business, take it one game at a time, and they will be fine.

Wow, I can't believe Thanksgiving (and practically Christmas) is just around the corner. This year we're supposed to go over one of my aunt's house, and we'll just see how this goes. I'm not really into company, I'm not comfortable in my own skin around people, so this is going to be tough. Plus, we have to be there at 2:00, hopefully that will be the Lions game because that's the reason I like having it here so I can watch football at my leisure. I don't have high hopes for this.

I know what I want for Christmas, it's the same thing I've wanted for the past three Christmases, I just know I won't get it. Even though it is soooooooooooooooooo gorgeous.

Oh, he is TOO sexy! Look at his big ass Super Bowl ring! It's beautiful!

Oh yeah, and I also found the screen caps I wanted from the Monday night game against the Ravens (THANK YOU ERIN!!!; Big Ben News):