Pittsburgh's dominating defense beat the Baltimore Ravens 23-14 in the AFC championship.

the past two games in this offseason ive noticed a totally different and very stout pittsburgh team keep up the good work tomlin great playing this season. especially the defense!

Hard Hitting Defense and a smart Offense has been our trademark this year.

LET GO GET NUMBER 6!!!!!!!!!!

i think troy polalmalu brought the steelers back into life. 40 yard int. return for TD. that is amazing! the steelers will whoop the cardinals but in the super bowl. i will have to put a new poster up on my door saying:Steelers, 2009 NFL Champions. agree? who is better,troy polalmalu or ike taylor

hines ward is great but even if he isn't on the field the steelers still got great offense, 1. santonio holmes, 2. ben roethlesburger and 3. willie parker are great playmakers

If the D can shutout the Cards in the SB, they should all be SB MVP's. They carried this team throughout the season and playoffs and a shutout would be the ultimate exclamation point. They just need a nickname.

good yes dominating i really don't think so

tanner wrote:

i think troy polalmalu brought the steelers back into life. 40 yard int. return for TD. that is amazing! the steelers will whoop the cardinals but in the super bowl. i will have to put a new poster up on my door saying:Steelers, 2009 NFL Champions. agree? who is better,troy polalmalu or ike taylor

stick to statisics ED REED is waaaaaaaaay better than polamalu just because the majority of the time when old ED get int's he usually takes them back to the house

NFL wrote:

<quoted text>stick to statisics ED REED is waaaaaaaaay better than polamalu just because the majority of the time when old ED get int's he usually takes them back to the house

This year. In latter years his consistancy has been suspect. Troy is a threat every year.

steelrs one it come on what do you think

NFL wrote:

<quoted text>stick to statisics ED REED is waaaaaaaaay better than polamalu just because the majority of the time when old ED get int's he usually takes them back to the house

are you on crack? please tell that to ed reed while hes at home watching troy polamalu play in the SB for the second time.... who cares about statistics... Anderson got better stats than Eli manning this year does that makes him better... no sir... keep in mind that polamalu makes play all over the field...and hes a big part why his team is going to the SB and thats why hes the best... if you think the best safety in the NFL hides behind his linebackers and go home to watch the SB.... than youre a dummy and you can have ed reed.

Black Rhino wrote:

Hard Hitting Defense and a smart Offense has been our trademark this year.
LET GO GET NUMBER 6!!!!!!!!!!

just like the 2000-01 Ravens

troy polmalu is the best safety in the NFL... end of story

Steve Tellers wrote:

THE STEELERS AND RAVENS will have a heckuva battle for the 2009 AFC North Title.

I also think the bungles will add some drama too. their D is pretty damn good believe it or not and with palmer back they should start clicking on offense.

Bob Roberts wrote:

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I also think the bungles will add some drama too. their D is pretty damn good believe it or not and with palmer back they should start clicking on offense.

They had one hell of a draft, too. Rey Maualaga (sp?) may well end up being the steal of the draft. I say they challenge the Ravens for second place in the AFC North. Even the Browns will be better, just not better enough to avoid the basement.

JawJackr wrote:

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They had one hell of a draft, too. Rey Maualaga (sp?) may well end up being the steal of the draft. I say they challenge the Ravens for second place in the AFC North. Even the Browns will be better, just not better enough to avoid the basement.

it will be interesting to see how the new DC works out for the ravens. he was the LB coach so he knows the system...still they don't have rex ryan calling the D.

Bob Roberts wrote:

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it will be interesting to see how the new DC works out for the ravens. he was the LB coach so he knows the system...still they don't have rex ryan calling the D.

I think they'll be a drop off for the Ravens D, but not that much. I still see them as a top 5, probably top 3 defense. They lost Scott, but they had a LB in waiting to replace him. Rex Ryan is probably the only reason we might see a drop off in stats, but with the easy schedule the AFCN has this year, I can't see how.

LZ-Steel wrote:

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I think they'll be a drop off for the Ravens D, but not that much. I still see them as a top 5, probably top 3 defense. They lost Scott, but they had a LB in waiting to replace him. Rex Ryan is probably the only reason we might see a drop off in stats, but with the easy schedule the AFCN has this year, I can't see how.

it will still be tough to run on them with that moose ngata clogging thing up in the middle thats for sure.

JawJackr wrote:

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They had one hell of a draft, too. Rey Maualaga (sp?) may well end up being the steal of the draft. I say they challenge the Ravens for second place in the AFC North. Even the Browns will be better, just not better enough to avoid the basement.

Google.

M Kopelman wrote:

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Google.

Snoodle. It's your favorite hobby, after all.

NFL wrote:

<quoted text>stick to statisics ED REED is waaaaaaaaay better than polamalu just because the majority of the time when old ED get int's he usually takes them back to the house

Reed had a couple more interceptions than Polamalu (literally), and if that's all you care about, then you'll take Reed. If you care about all-around excellence, then you'll take Polamalu in heartbeat. I'd like to see Reed rush the passer the way Polamalu does. Or leap over the line of scrimmage to stop a QB on fourth and inches. OCs have to game plan for Polamalu like no other defensive player, Reed included. No disrespect to Reed, though. He's unquestionably awesome.