The 2-1 Steelers meet the 2-0 Ravens on Monday night in rookie Joe Flacco's first trip to Pittsburgh, in the first of three classics between the two rivals on the season.
I miss these Steelers throwback uniforms so bad. The yellow helmet, silverish pants were so nice and crisp. The color rush uni's they use now use the same jersey, but obviously not the helmet or pants.
This is an era of football I miss greatly. I grew up on it. One thing I don’t miss however, and that’s the injuries! Some of those brutal hits, while fun to watch, make me sad to think about how life-changing they can be for such great athletes. Some things about the modern NFL might suck, but improved player safety is not one.
What an athlete, what a competitor, 100% on every play. The only thing that changed over the years was sometimes Heinz got up from plays with a blank and vacant look on his face and in his eyes. He took too many concussions over the years but he would never acknowledge them until he was forced by coaches to sit on the bench.
I will always remember why, when and where I became a True, Blue, Bleed Black And Gold/Yellow Steelers Blood in my veins. I've lived all my adult life here in Rochester NY, and always loyal Diehard Steelers Fan! I could go on, and on to proudly tell my STEELERS story! I'll finish 4 now to say Go Steelers!!! Keep striving for that 7th Championship Crown/Ring/ Trophy! Go Steelers!!!
It's absolutely amazing to me that this man, Joe flacco. Ever won a super bowl. He had one really weird year where he played like a god for an entire postseason. Weird career. Let's go lamar J tho lol.
I'm a steelers fan but ill say this Joe Flacco is/was a way better qb than you give him credit for honestly. Dude could throw deep with power. Unlike Lamar Jackson who can't throw the ball further than 5 yards with any consistent accuracy at this point in his career. The ravens have a running back at qb right now and he keeps doing what he's doing hes gunna get hurt. This why the ravens are 6-5 right now. You make Lamar pass the ball you win the game.
I think speak for steeler and ravens fan like myself,, it’s always a home game you wanna go see and be apart of, when they play. Never gets old watching these two teams go at it. Ray Lewis and Edd reed, 2 of the hardest hitting defensive players of their time.
@@LilyRose8959- Agreed--100%!... Santonio Holmes was electric, in my opinion--especially in the 2008-2009 NFL season. It just goes to show you the caliber of an athlete that he is & the work ethic that he has, respectively.
Zack McClintock- Agreed--on all counts. I liked seeing Santonio Holmes play--especially in the 2008-2009 NFL season. I've always had respect for Santonio Holmes & after rewatching this game, I still do & it isn't hard to see why. Santonio Holmes was electric, in my opinion & it just goes to show you the caliber of an athlete that he is & the work ethic that he has, respectively.
As it pertains to what Tony Kornheiser said at 41:15-41:58, I'm slightly confused on something. I had no idea about Brian Billick being involved in shouting matches with other players on radio shows/etc. of that nature, for example. Unless I'm forgetting something ' need a memory refresher, or, I'm completely missing something, that's why I'm confused. Can somebody please provide some clarification & additional info for me?... I thought Brian Billick/Ray Lewis/etc. were cool with each other & so-on & so-forth, as well...
I still remember the economic times at this time when the Market was on a free fall, many millions losing jobs and some businesses going under. It had some impact on the NFL and other pro-sports as well.
When life gets shitty, NFL becomes more important for many of us. I live in NYC, Fall of 2001, was only bearable with a lot of alcohol and NFL gathering to watch games in bars every sunday, every monday night. Than going on AOL and ranting about it.
2020 was a cakewalk year compared to NYC 2001-02. In 01-02 in this town, everyone stayed home for no reason; expecting a nuke terror attack or something. The Feds DID play up the fear a lot, stationing Military at all the big intersections and subway stations in NYC. We don't get over things as a healthy society; Japan and Germany had 9/11 times 1000 on all their cities, EVERY city got burned down almost a million burned alive each. They don't fume around "NEVER FORGET" the anniversaries would fill their entire calendar with horror. They just rebuild and move on. USA is a society that craves being sad and mad. Why is Pearl Harbor day known, commemorated by everyone but not V-E and V-J day? Victory isnt celebrated, May 1st should be Dead Bin Laden Day. Instead his biggest fans can gloat every 9/11 as we remind ourselves they scored on us; ONCE. Russia is unhealthy too; Its nationalism is basically A WW2 Death Cult.
@@WalterWhiteFootballSharing V-Day is definitely celebrated. I would wager a vast sum that 95% of people under 30 couldn't even tell you the date of Pearl Harbor and over half don't even know where it is. Kids are insanely dumb today thanks to our ridiculously bad education system and the absolute moronic, disgusting losers who they let teach. Russia is unhealthy because it was a communist hellhole that killed over 50 million of its own people in the 20th century. The U.S. is anything but nationalist. It's socialist to the core and only going to get worst. Rather than government that works for the people, our government works against them and hates them. You know the saying, "Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt?" You should heed that advice.
Lololol. No. 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Rex Ryan's Defenses were good at pissing games away. It's why he never won a Superbowl as a Defensive Coordinator or Head Coach. BTW, Ryan was the Linebackers Coach for the 2000 Ravens.
Call me crazy: I miss the 3-man 'ESPN Monday Night Football' commentary team the likes of Ron "Jaws" Jaworski, Tony Kornheiser & Mike Tirico, for example. Prove me wrong...
What, exactly did it say on the front of that guy's t-shirt around the 30:00 mark?... Something about not cheating & winning Super Bowl rings were about all I could tell.
There's not enough space on today's leotard/uniforms for anything but front and back numbers and the player's name along as his family name isn't SAMHOVALITCHSKI
Recessional- I think Mike Tirico meant to say "The Cincinnati Bengals are 0-4 & the Cleveland Browns are 1-3.", or, something like that & it was a Freudian slip. I remember watching this game as if it were literally yesterday & I remember laughing when I heard that part.
One of the great games where the Ravens-Steelers heat really started. But it was partly ruined by the stupid background they put behind all the graphics, why did they think it was a good idea to randomly cover half the screen
Pretty much Steelers won more games against the Ravens than the Ravens won against the Steelers the Steelers and Ravens games always remind me of the Steelers and Raiders games back in the 70s they were battles.
Steelers fan here. There was a backstory to this play. Mendenhall was supposedly texting Ray Rice talking shit. You can hear Lewis saying "He's finished." Doctors told Mendenhall that his broken shoulder was what you would normally see in a car accident, not from football.
34:55 Show 2 Deep, rotate safety Blitz, a really risky play call leaving Polamalu alone as single high. Who needs 2 deep safeties when you got Troy? Lol, the problem with 40 yard bombs is you gotta find some way of occupying the safety; esp an all pro safety.
The steelers really need to go back to using these throwbacks and the NFL really needs to rescind their bullshit "one helmet" rule so it can be possible 😒
Patrick Kendrick I agree I loved these uniforms I never knew why they stopped wearing them until now. I thought that yellow pants would have been better though. They also need to make their masks gold on the black helmets
losing OT to a rival is triple hard. This was a tough loss. But NOTHING compared to the Ravens losing to the pats in 2011 AFC champ game by Cundiff going wide left on a 3d-yard feild goal!! Sorry i still get flashbacks.... Good game though.
I rather prefer the one at 13:59 The ESPN crew selected it for the lead out to the commercial break at 17:12 Ed Pee'd looks as though he's showing off the length of his studs to the spectators sitting in the top row.
How is it offsetting penalties if only one team gets punished? I think offsetting penalties should mean the play counts and no penalty yards are enforced. and what if one penalty is 5 yards and the other is 15? That does not offset.
The penalties would be costing the same amount of yards, and one team could commit both. Like two players on the same team holding two opponents on the same play. The play can't count if someone commits a penalty.
@@LilyRose8959 Some plays count when there is a penalty. Personal foul for illegal hit on a receiver is 15 yards added to the end of the play. Roughing the passer on a play that ends in a reception for a gain, is 15 added to the end. The play counts.
@@Thomas-wx4ti If there are penalties on both teams on the same play, they should both be enforced. The net loss or gain will be determined by the degree of penalty for each. The down should be played over, so that neither team benefits unfairly. Example: Holding by offense (10 yards) + pass interference by the defense (spot of the foul) End result should be spot of the foul minus 10 yards.
I hate that guy... He's one of the reasons I stopped watching the NFL I don't know if he actually killed anybody, he probably did...does, but he definitely was caught purchasing REFILLS of PEDs and got away with it. It's as though, starting in the mid 1980's to get on the football team at UMiami you must have to pass a piece of sh*# exam
i feel bad for kornheiser. i thought he added quite a bit to the overall telecast. too bad tirico is such an insecure dullard who happens to have a booming voice. seems like Jaws could see the writing on the wall and decided to stick with tirico, to the detriment of tony. fun while it lasted.
I LOVE MY STEELERS!!!! I LOVE THIS UNIFORM. GREAT COLORS!!! GO STEELERS!!! GO WIN THAT SEVENTH HEAVEN SUPER BOWL TROPHY!!! NEVER STOP!!! NEVER GIVE UP!!!
Are you high homie?? 1.)Defensive Player of the year 3 times (2000, 2003, 2006) 2.)7 tackles, 4 pass deflection, Superbowl XXXV MVP 3.) Interception of McNair of 2000 Division Round to beat Titans Clutch Tackle on Sprole on 4&2 to beat Chargers Clutch 4.) 31 INT, 3 TD, 17Force Fumbles, 2x Superbowl Champs Umm dude was not Overrated he was the heart of that Ravens Defenses since Superbowl XLVII Ravens Defense disappear
Big dawg Ray Lewis wasn’t a leader to me. I don’t hate the Ravens or Ray Lewis. Terrell Suggs was the defensive leader to me. And I respect your response.
@@anthonymeans2910 I mean. As a Ravens fan who's followed then since 98 or so when I started watching football, Ray Lewis has been and always will be the best leader they had on the team. Regardless of his accolades playing, he was the first off the field and last off. He most definitely worked harder than anyone as far as film review. He could probably rewind most of the plays he's been apart of in his mind today. He commanded the defense. He wore the green sticker 99% of the time he was there. That means he's the one who received the plays from the sideline and he set up all the audibles and moved players where they needed to be. You either don't know anything about football or are just a troll if you think Ray Lewis wasn't the leader of the Baltimore Ravens. Let alone just the defense.
This game was right after Eagles destroyed the Steelers and KOing Big Ben to what like 9 sacks in that game. That was a sorry sorry game for the Steelers, Philly rules the Pennsylvania rivalry.
@@lopetta4077 Nope. Not until they proceed to get a couple more S.B. When the ultimate price is such getting wins in the Big Prize at the end of the year. In my opinion. Cheers!
If you are on the one up by 4 with nine minutes left in the game why the hell would you kick a field goal? That's Tomlin coaching at it's finest, playing not to lose.
@inconstantmoon I know but they were up by 4 if they don't get in they leave Baltimore on their own goaline. There was still 9 minutes left they could have basically ended the game with a TD
Steelers got a break in 08 didn't they? We all know who suffered a season ending injury in week one of 2008. Thank you very much and God bless you all!!!! Haha Woooooo!!!!
More like the NFL gave NE a break for all that cheating. In 2008 Steelers beat the piss out of NE..like 33-13. I don’t think Brady makes up 20 although the game is probably closer.
