Mike Tomlin has massive balls. Huge. The air was sucked out of the rooms of hundreds of Steelers fans a few hours ago when Tomlin decided to air it out on fourth and one. “Deangelo Williams is a great short yardage back” the announcers said. Mike Tomlin doesn’t care. Mike Tomlin has massive balls.

On another note, the Pittsburgh Steelers unequivocally have the best wide receiver in the league. That was true before the game, but now it’s even more evident. Is it fair to say he could be one of the best receivers ever to play the game? He’s certainly the best I’ve seen in my lifetime. Antonio Brown is gonna keep doing Antonio Brown, and there’s very little opposing teams can do to stop it. He seemed to mouth off a little bit to Josh Norman in the third quarter, and then caught a ridiculous touchdown pass over Norman just plays later. If the NFL is a kingdom, Antonio Brown is the sultan. There’s just no one on his level right now.

And of course, Brown wouldn’t be Brown without our QB doing what he does best behind center. Ben looked locked in, was stepping up in the pocket, and throwing dimes all day long. There weren’t too many deep passes called by the Steelers, but Ben was looking perfect out there. Enough said.

And oh my Deangelo Williams. How quickly in that game did I forget that we have one of the best running backs in the league, and said running back is out for three games? DeMANgelo was shaking guys out of their shoes all day long, and sealed the deal with two beautiful scores. We’re getting one of the best backs in the league back on our roster Week 4, but for now? Oh this will do just fine.

It’s time to get serious. And talk about Eli Rogers. ELI MOTHERFUCKING ROGERS. Tempering expectations somewhere in-between “its only week one” and “where the fuck can I buy my Eli Rogers jersey”. I mean MAN this guy was playing with some swagger out there. After bobbling the first catch of the game, and then causing Ben’s only pick of the game, Eli was locked in. Sure he could have run harder. Sure he was wide open on a lot of the catches. But holy heck this could mean something. In Eli Rogers, we might have found our slot guy. Just imagine if we still had Martavis *sigh*.

So forget that this team couldn’t seem to tackle in the open field all game long. And remember that Ryan Shazier is a fucking beast. And our overlord James Harrison had a ridiculous pick. And Jarvis Jones didn’t play horribly. And Willy Gay is still really solid.

Remember that a year ago our kicker was Josh Scobee, and we lost to the Patriots because of it. And now, the Wizard of Boz is taking us to the promise land. Remember that Leveon Bell will be back soon. And so will Markus Wheaton. And remember that we still have Antonio Brown. ANTONIO FREAKING BROWN. And remember to temper your expectations and over reactions. But don’t temper them too much. Because tonight was fucking awesome.

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