I'm writing this now (after quite a hiatus - I know, I know . . .) because it doesn't matter who wins (for the purposes of these comments). Baltimore should be ashamed that they've had to work this hard - and should have been two weeks ago, and Cleveland should have been last week - to play a team seriously hurt by injuries, especially Big Ben's.
Now I've never bought the idea that Big Ben is the Second Coming - certainly not of Jesus, not even of Terry Bradshaw. But he's a good quarterback, and the Steelers have come to completely rely on him - so they're pretty lost without him.
As for Byron Leftwich, maybe if he had admitted to the injury against the Ravens two weeks ago, Charlie Batch could have finished that game and warmed up a little for Cleveland and for this week. I like Charlie Batch for a lot of reasons, but he's not as young as he used to be, and until last week, he hadn't played in about a gazillion years . . .
I hope he pulls this out, because of course, it matters very much that the Ravens lose (always). But in spite of all the oopses, the Steelers are not looking any worse than their relatively healthy rivals.
Go Stillers!
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