Ravens: No reason to be humble, but...
The Ravens said all the right things after they thoroughly spanked the Pittsburgh Steelers. They said that it's only one game and they've got 15 more. (True) They said the Steelers are a great team and they will be back.(True) They said they still have a lot of things they can improve on going into their first road game at Tennessee. (True).
Nobody wanted to say that they really, really enjoyed putting a complete beatdown on their chief rival and wiping away the memory of last year's second-half collapse in the playoffs.
It wouldn't have been the end of the world if they had lost the game and they didn't punch their ticket to the playoffs by winning it. But they did exorcise some demons and they did store up a big, giant acorn in heaven by getting the first one against the Steelers by a very lopsided score.
And the Steelers felt it big-time.
"We got whipped in every facet of the game,'' said Steelers safety Ryan Clark. "They were the more physical team...the more aggressive team. They were the team more technically sound. They were the better football team. They made tackles. They were much more physical than we were."
Pretty much sums it up.
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Comments
Well, Ryan Clark attempts to be 'humble' after being stiff armed several times in the shredding of PIT's secondary!
Posted by: Dan | September 11, 2011 5:47 PM
That was a thorough beat down by a superior team. the Ravens beat the crap of the Steelers and that's that.
Let the Steelers trolls digest that for a while before they post their typical nonsense.
Posted by: HenryO | September 11, 2011 8:13 PM
Peter, what a great day. Can't help but smile. Even watched (about ten times) the youtube of JJ planting Hines Ward during the first E. Reed interception play. Two great results for the price of one snap. What I really want to know, and have not seen it anywhere, is whey the Ravens deactivated both Doss and Kindle. I don't know that they were missed, but were they hurt, sick, I haven't seen.
Posted by: fislpyle | September 12, 2011 1:10 PM
Ahhhh. This was just what the doctor ordered. Don't it make the beer taste COLD? I was very quiet today, not "crowing" too loudly. I only commented when someone approached me to talk about the game. I could not contain my mile-wide smile. This does not erase the pain of the loss to Pittsburgh in the playoffs last year, but it's a step in the right direction. And now, I have to say it. The Ravens made Pittsburgh's Steel Curtain look like a shower curtain. Sweeeeet !
Posted by: Firesale | September 12, 2011 6:20 PM
Said HenryO: "That was a thorough beat down by a superior team. the Ravens beat the crap of the Steelers and that's that.
Let the Steelers trolls digest that for a while before they post their typical nonsense."
Says this Steelers 'troll': That was a thorough beatdown by a superior team. The Titans beat the crap out of the Ravens and that's that.
Welcome back to the NFL.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 19, 2011 6:55 AM