How is your favorite NFL team doing?

[jimnyc]

My Steelers are 6-3 and beat the Giants, so I WAS complete, but Ben Roethlisberger just got a sprained shoulder in the last game, and hurt his ribs, so is out for this Sunday nights game versus division rivals Baltimore Ravens. They are 7-2 and we need to keep pace with them. I hope he comes back quick too, as they play them Sunday night, and then again in 2 weeks!

[Thunderknuckles]

Steelers vs. Ravens this Sunday is gonna be ugly. The stat I read is that backup quarterback, Leftwich, hasn't started since 2009 and hasn't won a game as starting quarterback since 2006! He looked real rusty coming in against the Chiefs but that was to be expected. He has little time to get comfortable. The pressure is on the Steelers defense to hold the Ravens and hope Leftwich pulls off a few good plays. My hopes are not high for a win

[jimnyc]

Steelers vs. Ravens this Sunday is gonna be ugly. The stat I read is that backup quarterback, Leftwich, hasn't started since 2009 and hasn't won a game as starting quarterback since 2006! He looked real rusty coming in against the Chiefs but that was to be expected. He has little time to get comfortable. The pressure is on the Steelers defense to hold the Ravens and hope Leftwich pulls off a few good plays. My hopes are not high for a win

Leftwich was pretty darn good when he played for Jacksonville, I remember him doing fairly well against us a few times. And while he's been warming the bench for awhile, he does play with the 2nd string all week long. Hopefully our D will step up bigtime, and we can get the rushing game going to run the clock. Baltimore scored 55 in their last game! If Flacco and Ray Rice get going like that, no way Leftwich wins for us. But hey, my towel is ready nonetheless, gotta have faith!!

[fj1200]

I don't know, how are the Lions doing? The Falcons seem to be doing OK but to rate my enthusiasm further, the first time I was in the GA Dome was this past Tuesday was to watch two basketball games.

[Robert A Whit]

My friends son was the coach of Jacksonville. My friend and I played for the same high school. Currently Jack coaches the Denver defense.

My favorite team just kissed the other team and tied them.

I am trying to figure San Francisco out. One time they seem to be about to break out and then they do what they did vs the Rams. They lose to the Giants and then the Giants to on a losing streak.

I tend to think the Steelers are in deep trouble with the loss of their QB.

[jimnyc]

I don't know, how are the Lions doing? The Falcons seem to be doing OK but to rate my enthusiasm further, the first time I was in the GA Dome was this past Tuesday was to watch two basketball games.

The Lions are 4-5 with a great QB and one of the best WR's in the NFL. If they had a good D they would easily be a playoff team. The Falcons look awesome, even though I watched NO beat them this past weekend. I'm sure they're happy still with their 8-1 start!!

[jimnyc]

My friends son was the coach of Jacksonville. My friend and I played for the same high school. Currently Jack coaches the Denver defense.

My favorite team just kissed the other team and tied them.

I am trying to figure San Francisco out. One time they seem to be about to break out and then they do what they did vs the Rams. They lose to the Giants and then the Giants to on a losing streak.

I tend to think the Steelers are in deep trouble with the loss of their QB.

Hey now, don't bring me down, it might just be a one game site for Big Ben!

[Robert A Whit]

Hey now, don't bring me down, it might just be a one game site for Big Ben!

Given you live in NY why do ou back the Steelers?

That said, I was not aware of the injury to the QB for the steelers but if you are right and he hurt his shoulder, was it so slight he only misses one week? Was it his throwing shoulder? Ben can play with pain and he has proved that in the past.

Our QB was hurt by a concussion. I think had he not been hurt, the game would have been won by him.

The Falcons came to play NO and I expected them to win. They were beat but not real bad.

[Thunderknuckles]

Given you live in NY why do ou back the Steelers?

That said, I was not aware of the injury to the QB for the steelers but if you are right and he hurt his shoulder, was it so slight he only misses one week? Was it his throwing shoulder? Ben can play with pain and he has proved that in the past.

Hey, I'm from California and have been a Steeler's fan since I was a little boy in the late 70s. Besides, consider the alternatives:
Those pretty boy Rams were the ladies team so they were out and being a Raiders fan meant turning away from any sense of morality and ethics and engaging in a life of crime and general thuggery. San Francisco would have been a decent choice but it was Super Bowl XIV that put me firmly in the Steeler camp.

[Robert A Whit]

Hey, I'm from California and have been a Steeler's fan since I was a little boy in the late 70s. Besides, consider the alternatives:
Those pretty boy Rams were the ladies team so they were out and being a Raiders fan meant turning away from any sense of morality and ethics and engaging in a life of crime and general thuggery. San Francisco would have been a decent choice but it was Super Bowl XIV that put me firmly in the Steeler camp.

The 49ers won 4 super bowls and I believe are the only team to never lose the super bowl.
I spent lots of money on the Raiders as their fan but when they moved to LA, I kissed them off. When they came back, It was still ill feelings they left in the first place and lots of former fans like me refused to go back to them.

I can't be a supporter of teams clear across the country. I lost interest in the Raiders who remained in CA. When I fill their coffers with my cash, and they bail out, out of sight is out of mind.

[jimnyc]

Given you live in NY why do ou back the Steelers?

That said, I was not aware of the injury to the QB for the steelers but if you are right and he hurt his shoulder, was it so slight he only misses one week? Was it his throwing shoulder? Ben can play with pain and he has proved that in the past.

Our QB was hurt by a concussion. I think had he not been hurt, the game would have been won by him.

The Falcons came to play NO and I expected them to win. They were beat but not real bad.

A concussion can actually end up being worse than a sprained shoulder. But both are week to week decisions. Ben's a warrior and has played through lots worse than a sore shoulder, and so long as there really isn't "damage", I can't see it being longer than a week, but I'm no doctor.

I grew up going camping non-stop with my Dad and family, in Pennsylvania mostly. Back then it was the crappy little 17-20 inch TV with an antenna, and the only games televised were Steelers and Eagles games - luckily for me I fell for the Steelers. Been a HUGE fan since I was about 5-6yrs old, when I really didn't even understand the game but wanted the black and gold team to win anyway! My earliest memory is when they played in the SB in 1976, against the Cowboys, who was my Mom's favorite team. I remember her being a big Tom Landry and Roger Staubach fan, and Billy "white shoes" Johnson. I was so uptight about a game, at such a young age, that I gave myself a migraine headache and missed most of it. Mom woke me up at the end to let me know the Steelers won!

36 years later I have a Steelers tattoo, thousands of dollars in merchandise & a lot of awesome memories!! Even in the 80's to mid 90's, when they royally sucked, I was still bleeding black and gold!

[jimnyc]

The 49ers won 4 super bowls and I believe are the only team to never lose the super bowl.
I spent lots of money on the Raiders as their fan but when they moved to LA, I kissed them off. When they came back, It was still ill feelings they left in the first place and lots of former fans like me refused to go back to them.

I can't be a supporter of teams clear across the country. I lost interest in the Raiders who remained in CA. When I fill their coffers with my cash, and they bail out, out of sight is out of mind.

Niners are 5-0 in the big game actually. But I'll still take the Steelers 8 appearances and NFL leading 6 victories.

[Thunderknuckles]

A concussion can actually end up being worse than a sprained shoulder. But both are week to week decisions. Ben's a warrior and has played through lots worse than a sore shoulder, and so long as there really isn't "damage", I can't see it being longer than a week, but I'm no doctor.

The shoulder sprain is the least of his problems. The real bad news is the broken rib he has. According to his doctors, it could puncture his aorta. I'm no doctor either but I know that's not good

[jimnyc]

The shoulder sprain is the least of his problems. The real bad news is the broken rib he has. According to his doctors, it could puncture his aorta. I'm no doctor either but I know that's not good

Oh man, thanks for making me depressed, I'm reading an article about it now - http://sports.yahoo.com/news/leftwic...9817--nfl.html

As soon as you put "aorta" and "out indefinitely" in there, I see the season fading away.

[Robert A Whit]

Niners are 5-0 in the big game actually. But I'll still take the Steelers 8 appearances and NFL leading 6 victories.

The steelers won 75 percent of those games whereas the 9ers won 100 percent.

As it is proven each year, it is very hard to stay on top permanently. I believe the 9rs also won two in a row. How about the steelers?

More than what the teams did, I have a hard time with the Giants and Jets in your area why you back a team that is something like 370 miles away. I verified the distance since my guess was about 500 miles. I have not driven the direct route from one city to the other.

My hunch is you see them as winners and want to be on that wagon with them. I have not counted up championships but since the Giants are a long established team, would not surprise me if they won more national championships than even the 9rs. I plan to check that too.