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Mandalore76 on 07 December 2021
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hatmoza said:
Mandalore76 said:

*With T.J. Watt directly in his face forcing him to throw the awkward pass.

The thing I was cursing the most at the end of that game, was Boswell kicking the ball out of bounds after Pittsburgh's go ahead score to start the Ravens final possession at the 40 yard line.  If the Ravens don't get that first 40 yards for free on that drive, they probably don't even get into the endzone in a minute 30 with 1 timeout. 

As much as I agree that it takes balls to go for 2 rather than an extra point to go for Overtime, I also think Harbaugh's rationale was that the Steelers just scored 17 points in the 4th Quarter, and he didn't want to take the chance of Big Ben getting to lead another game winning drive against his defense.

The only other NFL personality I gush over is T.J. Watt, and I fucking hate the Steelers. I was so happy for him when he got his bag when he pseudo held out in the beginning of the season.

You guys have general kicker issues. Remember when you played the Browns and you had a fake FG and put the ball in the kickers hand, and he got tackled into the next life? WTF were the Steelers thinking? I've never seen a kicker situation so bad that a team played the remainder of the game going for it on 4th instead of the FG, and going for 2PT conversions after a TD. It was entertaining to say the least.

Yeah, agree on both.  T.J. Watt should have been named Defensive MVP last year.  He earned it.  Aaron Donald is a beast, but Watt statistically had the better season.  Donald really didn't need to be named MVP for the 3rd time in 4 years.  I think Watt got robbed.  I say that as a Steeler fan, but I think Watt's performance speaks for itself.

T.J. Watt 2020
15 Sacks, 41 QB Hits, 53 Tackles (43 Solo, 23 for Loss), 1 Interception, 7 Pass Deflections, 2 Forced Fumbles, 0 Fumbles Recovered

Aaron Donald 2020
13.5 Sacks, 28 QB Hits, 45 Tackles (27 Solo, 14 for Loss), 0 Interceptions, 1 Pass Deflections, 4 Forced Fumbles, 1 Fumbles Recovered

Boswell can be frustrating at times, but it's understandable why they keep him.  Heinz Field is not a kicker friendly stadium, but Bos is 7 for 7 on 50+ yard Field Goals this year (6 of them at Home).  He is 24 of 25 on Field Goals for the year (but has missed 2 PAT's).  Last year, he was 19 of 20 on Field Goals, but missed 4 PAT's.  All of the games that he missed an extra point in, the Steelers won anyway, so it's hard to hold against him overall.

I do remember Boswell getting injured against the Browns.  To be honest, he held onto the football way longer than he should have trying to make something happen, when clearly it wasn't going to work.  Which is why he got wrecked.  Most teams don't have an extra kicker holding a roster space.  So Punter Pressley Harvin handled kickoff duties for the rest of the game, but I guess they didn't trust him to attempt Field Goals or PAT's.