Week 5

Steelers

Steelers 21 Seahawks 0
Steelers looked great yesterday while shutting out the Seahawks. A dominating defense held Shaun Alexander to 25 yards rushing and Matt Hasselbeck to a 44 quarterback rating. All this without Troy Polomalu or Casey Hampton. Offensively, the Steelers did good. Roethlisberger looked great. He was 18 of 22 with a touchdown and escaped from numerous sacks. Willie got his hundred yards, but was shut down by the Seahawks in the first half. Am I the only one who thinks they need to have Krieder back there with him a lot more? The offensive line isn't good enough to run out of single back formations against a good defensive front seven. Cary Davis may be the future at fullback, but he is not a good enough run blocker right now. Give me Krieder.
Overall, it was a great win going into the bye week. At 4-1, the Steelers are right where they need to be.

Bengals

Bye Week

Browns

Patriots 34 Browns 17
I would have loved to see the Browns beat the Patriots. Very early the Browns had the opportunity to make a statement that they would be in the game, but they blew it. After driving straight down the field on the opening possession of the game, the Patriots were stopped by the Browns in the red zone and had to settle for a fieldgoal. The Browns looked good on their first possession, making plays and getting down the field. They got all the way to a first and goal from the one. Then there plays went incompletion, stuffed on a run, interception in the endzone. An absolute killer. Then Clevelands defense steps up and forces the Patriots to punt. Still only 3-0 and Browns get the ball back. Derek Anderson threw another interception on the very next play and the game was over. So now we know that Derek Anderson isn't the solution at quarterback. HE IS WHAT WE THOUGHT HE WAS!!! In other words, he is a quarterback with a strong arm that makes very poor decisions.

Ravens

Ravens 9 San Fran 7
What a pitiful game. Sure, it was two good defenses, but even more than that it was two horrible offenses. Trent Dilfer just can't make plays anymore, and Frank Gore has been nonexistent this season. Willis McGahee turned in a solid performance, but McNair just looked bad. McNair didn't have a major mistake, but he was off on a lot of his throws. I don't know if it's injuries or just old age, but I don't think McNair is going to be able to take the Ravens anywhere this season. Might it actually be time to turn to Kyle Boller? For the 49ers, Mike Nolan should be embarrassed. With about three minutes left in the game and down by two, the 49ers had a third down and nine from the Ravens 37 yard line. The 49ers only had two time outs, so they needed points on that drive. Instead of going for the first down, or at least throwing the ball for seven or eight yards to get closer for a field goal, Nolan decided to run the ball. Basically, a give up play. They gained less than two yards, and Nedney missed a 52 yard field goal. You've got to be more aggressive on third down.

To anybody out there who may read this-Hello! This is my first attempt at a blog. I'm a big sports fan, so I thought I would write about that. Football is the greatest of all sports, so that is what I will concentrate on. Especially the Steelers and the AFC North. Why? I was born in Pittsburgh and am a Steelers fan for life. I grew up in Dayton, OH, about 45 minutes north of Cincinnati. Now I live in Kent, OH, a little outside Cleveland. So I've been heavily exposed to three of the four teams in the AFC North. Hopefully I can provide some insight into all of them.