Is it me or does ESPN hate on the Steelers.  I mean, everytime I watch ESPN, they never cover Steelers highlights and when they do, its very little coverage and its usually something that is negatively affecting the team (Roethlisbergers injury, Ben holding onto the ball too long, running game not working, etc.)  Also, they always make a big deal over the controversial calls happening in our games like that Holmes TD catch in the Ravens game...They can't quit talking about it,  ITS OVER, WE WON!! And even though Madden isn't on ESPN, he can't quit crying about the "Immaculate Reception"...John Madden, Just be thankful that you got to see that beuatiful event happen right before your eyes, it only comes once in a lifetime!

I often give credit to Mike Ditka and of course, Merril Hoge for respectively describing the Steelers strenghts and not being afraid to talk about how good of a team the Steelers are but Deon Sanders always has something negative to say, he's an idiot and I never see any of the Steelers in his stupid Primetime picks.  Chris Mortenson and Chris Berman are both flip-floppers, always going for the most publicized team to win...Whats it going to be this week guys..Titans or Ravens?   They all pick the Ravens now after saying the Titans were going all the way during the season.  Mariucci is cool, he usually tells it like it is but the rest of those guys suck.

I may be venting but I get sick of ESPN putting the Steelers on the backburner and never really spending time to cover a lot of aspects of our game.  We don't have a complete team but we have a good team with a great defense.  Show us somelove ESPN!!!

I wanted San Diego the whole time and even though it would be better to get the Dolphins, you have to look at the scenario. 

We can take out San Diego if Big Ben is good with his decision-making and utilizes the screen pass.  Our defense will shine and Sproles/Tomlinson will not have a big game like they did to the Colts because if you look at the Colts defense and then you look at ours, its night and day.  The Colts D was too simple, they let Sproles run all over them and gave Rivers too many passes under.  We play a lot like the Ravens D, very aggressive and as many of you saw, the Ravens defense gave the Dolphins a headache.

Now for the great news about Baltimore, they will face the Titans and will probably win in a hard fought battle.  My thoughts on this...let them scrap it out and by the time the winner advances to see us, they will be all banged up and there will possibly be a few injuries.  San Diego is already playing hurt, and we already had a week of rest so by the time we get to the AFC Championship, and if the Ravens win, we get home field advantage against a banged-up Ravens team.

As far as the matchup with San Diego, it will be our Special Teams against the Chargers Special Teams.  Their punter wil give us bad field position but it is up to Big Ben to get us out of it.  The defense will do their job but the offense needs to get a spark and score early.

Can't wait until the game....