CHAMPIONSHIP​CHASE

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How Ya Like Me Now?

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The Steelers are a surprising 4-and-1 after beating the Cleveland Browns 23-9. Here are some of the interesting post-game fan comments :

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"You know what, the Steelers might actually win a playoff game for once."

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"It don't matter how old Rodgers is, his awareness and arm is still great, they lucky he not young."

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"Not impressed, the offense needs another weapon to compete for a Chip."

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"About #80 Darnell Washington. If I didn't know better, I'd wonder when they started allowing Sasquatch to play in the NFL. My gosh that's a prodigious human being!"

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"4-1 doesn't mean much for the Steelers. Baltimore could very plausibly get Lamar back, go 9-2 the rest of the way, and win the North with a 10-7 record. And if you didn't dsee it, Cincinnati carved up the Packers in the second half today at Lambeau-immobile as Joe Flacco is, give him a minute to learn Cincy's playbook and that team will be a tough out as long as Jamar Chase is on the field. Steelers need to heal up for Cincy on Thursday and keep their foot on the gas."

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We'll see!​

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​2024 AFC NORTH

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Steelers, Bengals, Ravens, Browns

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STEELERS 4-1 (STEELERS 17  BROWNS 9)

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There were a lot of good takeaways from this game and the biggest one might be the fact that Aaron Rodgers looks like he is a bit more mobile than he was in the first month of the season. It's either that or the Cleveland Browns defensive line is incredibly slow. There was one play where he was being chased by Myles Garrett and company and they just couldn't catch him. It looked like they were running in mud or some kind of brown stuff. Anyway, a better than gimpy Rodgers will add more fuel to the Steelers offense.

 

You can see it happening because Rodgers has definitely developed a chemistry with the tight ends, especially Darnell Washington. He had to have watched tape from last season and noticed how little he was used by Arthur Smith. Number 8 appears to have a lot of influence when it comes to play calling and use of personnel.

 

The defense proved that they eat rookies for lunch. Dillon Gabriel was running for his life the entire game and if not for the butter on their fingers, Steeler defensive backs would have had at least three interceptions. So over it was an A-game by the home tea.

 

The only troubling thing about the game was; it was the Browns.

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RAVENS  1-5  (RAVENS 3 RAMS 17)

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No Lamar means no wins.

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Baltimore is not as bad as their record indicates. But, without Action Jackson their offense is not nearly as threatening. But, in two weeks Lamar is  scheduled to return to the lineup and that will make all the difference.

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BROWNS 1-5 (BROWNS 9 STEELERS 23 )

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Dillon Gabriel took a beating physically and verbally against the Steelers.  During the game he was sacked and harassed by the Steelers defense and afterward social media had a field day mocking him. And here are some of the wittier comments:

 

"Dillon is too short and not fast enough. You can line up at least three college quarterbacks who are better."

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"Was Dillon or Dilbert quarterbacking the Browns."

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"Dillon was throwing ten-yard bombs! He's gonna get his whole wide receiver depth chart fatally injured."

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"Did Jalen Ramsey sack Gabriel and then point at Shadeur Sanders?"

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Well, the way we see it, Shadeur Sanders may not be the answer, but he pretty soon the Browns may have no choice other than to see what he could do. Or they could fire their coach.​

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BENGALS 2-4  (BENGALS 18 PACKERS 27 )

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It was kind of baffling when the Bengals made a trade with Cleveland for Joe Flacco. Certainly he's not the answer to replacing the injured Joe Burrow, but against Green Bay he did prove to be better than Jake Browning. Don't be shocked if ole Joe wins a few games for the Cats including this week against the Steelers.

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For more on the Steelers on this site go to our Steel Talkin' page with Ty Miller 2.0, and Matthew Jedd.

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Championship Chase airs Saturdays of WPNT AND WPKD. (see top of page)