Seattle Seahawks – 0, Pittsburgh Steelers – 24
Rhett Davis: When your top player yards-wise has 159 yards, no TD’s, and is the the top rusher as well, it’s not shocking they were shut out. The Steelers needed this shut out after the embarrassment that was last week’s lose to Baltimore. Big Ben had a good outing with 298 yards and a TD. Although I expected the Steelers to have scored more than they did in the game.
Grey Scherl: Anyone who expected this game to go any differently is a Seattle fan. Pittsburgh may have gotten crushed by their arch rivals in Baltimore last week, but that just meant that they would have to take their frustrations out on the absymal week two team they had to face. The NFC West may be the worst division in the NFL, but Seattle went from luckiest playoff contender ever last year to the top of the “Suck for Luck” competition. Tarvaris Jackson is a joke of a quarterback that the Vikings had spent several years trying to replace (Brett Favre, Joe Webb, Christian Ponder), but who Pete Carroll keeps trying to defend. There’s nothing to defend, he’s a shit quarterback that will let the team lose out to get a top five one in next years draft. The Steelers shut them out, and they should have. The Steelers have dropped one to the Ravens, but they’re still an early playoff pick for just about anyone who knows them. Though they could have done better than 24-0, like, say, 31-0.
Daniels: Bullying the Ravens is not quite the same as bullying the Steelers. A defense that looked worn out 7 days ago looked ready to rock again this week.
Glazer: The Seahawks were supposed to be terrible and, guess what? They’re terrible. They were naturally going to lose to the Steelers here, who were pissed off from their poor performance last weekend against the rival Ravens. The Seahawks are clearly now among the five or so worst teams in football (with the Colts, Jaguars, Chiefs and another team that remains to be seen), but the Steelers only dropped 24 on them. That’s actually a lot less than expected. Might the offense be the problem this year?
