JETS STEELERS GAME, "CAN'T WAIT!"

I've spent a lot of the last week shoveling ice and snow but mostly I've been watching the pundits on the NFL network have a collective circle jerk while discussing how awesome the Pittsburgh Steelers are. Now I understand the respect they get payed, Their rapist quarterback is one tough motherfucker who when he isn't sexually assaulting young women in bathrooms with the assistance of off duty cops, he's been winning Superbowls...two of them to be exact. The Pittsburgh Steelers are a tough team, their quarterback is tough, their linebackers are tough and their crazy haired, kick ass safety Troy Polamolu is wayyy tough.

Big Ben can get away from trouble and make big plays with his arm and his feet, their running back Rashard Mendenhall rushed for over 1200 yards while the defense only gave up an average of 60 yards on the ground all season. They are a good team and they are playing at home so therefore they will beat the Jets right? Well maybe but probably wrong. And I'll tell you why.

The last time the Jets and Steelers met Troy Polamulu didn't play and the Jets ran for 106 yards. Not great, but enough to keep the jets on the field and Big Ben off. It also set up play action passes and toward the fourth quarter the Jets were winning and starting to dominate on the line of scrimmage. I know Troy is one of the best players in the league but he hasn't practiced all week due to a bad Achilles tendon. Try tackling a big running back or a big tight end 20 to 30 times when your Achilles is fucked up, the guy might be a menace but in last weeks Steelers Ravens game Ray Rice juked him out of his curly locks for a touchdown. He doesn't look the same when he's not healthy. Troy is a badass but he's not perfect. Run over his way a few times and get his shit barking. Show him you're not afraid. Make him cover Dustin Keller see who wins those battles in the 3rd and 4th quarter. Even if you lose yards don't avoid the guy, crush him.

Another problem for the Steelers, their offensive line is banged up. The Jets defensive coaches seem to finally have figured out the right way to use this defense. They confused the shit out of Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. They made Brady have to look away from his 1st read and they took advantage with the extra time to sack him 5 times. Now Brady isn't as mobile as Roethlisberger but his offensive line is much better. If the Jets got Brady 5 times they can pressure Ben and his hurting O line much more. Also, I don't know how smart Ben is but he's no Manning. And they confused and bewildered probably the best reader of defenses in the game. Ben might take a hit better than Manning and he scrambles better and he's harder to take down but he also fumbles...a lot. He doesn't take care of the ball well and if the Jets can pressure him enough he will cough it up either by being careless and fumbling or just chucking it down field. With the Jets playing so many nickel and dime packages I see the chance for some picks.

The Steelers only beat one winning team all year, the Ravens. The Jets didn't crush winning teams either, they Beat the Steelers, the Patriots and the Colts but lost to the Ravens, the Packers and the Bears but all were close games. The Steelers always beat the Ravens and if you watched last weeks game, you might have noticed that the Ravens pretty much beat themselves. They don't take care of the ball, they pissed away a big lead and they dropped easy catches, one of them for a touchdown. All the same football pundits who love the Steelers and don't give the Jets much of a chance, also love the Ravens big Quarterback Joe Flacco. They seem to forget that he's not so great on the road and he isn't too clutch. He might have more physical skill and be a more prototypical quarterback, but Mark Sanchez has proved that he's pretty good in a big spot on the road.

This game will be a slugfest but a slugfest is sometimes won by the team with more on the line. After four decades of futility, the Jets are simply more hungry for the win. I also believe they are more loaded offensively than the Steelers are. I think the Jets will make enough big plays on offense, defense and special teams. If they hold onto the ball and don't have any huge mistakes they will do enough to shock all the so-called experts, pull out a huge road win and put themselves into the Superbowl for the 1st time in 42 years. I pray to God that I'm right. Jets 28-Steelers 24. On Monday I hope to be planning for a trip to Dallas. J-E-T-S JETS! JETS! JETS!

...And the Home of the...JETS! Prove me right boys.