There are a lot of guys with ties to his time with the Packers, which I think is both good and bad, but the hiring of Patrick Graham has me very excited to see what happens to that side of the football. I look forward to diving deeper on that topic here soon.

Simply put, both of these coaches found a lot of success early on in their careers, and they both have a proven track record of raising the floor of their group(s), particularly in the regular season. Between the both of them, however, they have a combined one (1) postseason win since 2016.

Art Rooney II and the Pittsburgh Steelers have hit the ground running in their search to fill the head coach vacancy left by Mike Tomlin’s departure.

To Mike Tomlin: you’re Canton-bound, brother. Thanks for the memories.

If I told yinz at the beginning of the season that we would be in this position today, we all would’ve taken that, correct? I know I sure would’ve. This is the best tournament in the whole entire world, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are in the thick of it.

At 36 years old, I feel confident in saying that Cameron Heyward is the best interior defensive lineman in the National Football League right now; certainly against the run.

We can collectively scream until we’re blue in the face about the coaching decisions that often lead to the tight situations we find ourselves in, and there was a lot of that in this Ravens matchup, but the results speak for themselves - at least in the regular season.

The hate runs really deep for me, and If I have to experience back-to-back years of them bouncing us from contention, I may actually cry real tears.

This isn’t meant to be an end-of-season-type post; we’re not there yet. But, considering last week’s loss in Cleveland, and much of this season as a whole, we once again find ourselves at the mercy of unreliable quarterback play.

Welp, I just got done watching the Ravens/Packers Saturday Night Football game. I was hoping I’d get to celebrate an early division win, but alas, Derrick Henry had other plans…

The Pittsburgh Steelers stormed Motor City and secured a victory over a desperate Lions team, 29-24 further bolstering their lead in the AFC North.

They’re 7.5 point favorites right now, and honestly, that feels about right. I’m not in the business of straight up predicting Steelers losses, but I’ll be watching this one with a grain of salt.

Jaylen Warren’s first instinct is to get north/south, whereas Gainwell has a propensity to look for the cutback lane, to devastating effect might I add. Shahtaht to Adam Thielen (#16) for the underrated block on the play above.

It’s December, though, so everything’s a must-win at this point. OH, and they’re honoring Ben Roethlisberger, Maurkice Pouncey, and Joey Porter at half time, so if we drop the ball in front of them, I’ll be wildly upset. Handle business.

Like a lot of the Steelers wins this season, playing this brand of ball doesn’t feel super sustainable, hence why there’s already 6 notches in their loss column. With that being said, I despise the Ravens with every fiber of my being, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching the all-22 of this game, specifically the Steelers offense.

I knew I would do some version of this post at some point, I just thought it would be in the offseason. Who knows, maybe they’ll give me enough ammunition in the latter part of the season to spin the block on ‘em. But I was SO pissed off after that Bills game, that this couldn’t wait any longer. These are my least favorite personnel blunders so far this season. 

For what it’s worth, when I was watching the game, I thought it was a touchdown.

Even when the vibes are at their absolute lowest, Steelers-Ravens continues to be a matchup that delivers for the fans. Tonight, the Steelers will head back to Pittsburgh with a dub, having taken down the Ravens 27-22 in Baltimore.

When Derrick Harmon doesn’t play, the Steelers give up 182.7 yards per game. He has already been ruled out for this week’s game in Baltimore. Godspeed.

Next up, @ BAL (lol), but I’ll have a film room about some of the more head-scratching things from this Bills game later this week.