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yeah...I saw that...hydrate and get in plenty of couch surfing..
I still think what I thought right after that game...Pitt did the unexpected...completely against what they had done for many seasons previously....the Jets did that last playoff game...I see it as other head coaches coming up with a Patriots/BB specific wrinkle that they know cannot be dissected right away and compensations made...as evidence I point to the fact that the Jets confused the hell out of Brady in the playoff game with the "amoeba!!" defense and now this season, lost the first game in NE rather convincingly and then got blasted AT HOME the second game...so much for Wrecksie's amoebic dysentery defense...I imagine a matchup against Pitt in the playoffs will find the Pats better prepared for the aerial attack strategy.
I think that you bring up some good points, Joker.
I agree that Pittsburgh (finally....) decided to try something different, and had some immediate success against N.England in that aspect. When you think about the game, the Pats couldn't have played a much poorer game, and the Steelers couldn't have played a much better game; yet as mentioned, it was still a one-score game at the end, so that does bode well for future meetings.
I do agree with Deus too; that the game was far from what the score showed, but somehow N.England hung in there, which (again) bodes well for the overall aspect, especially when you consider it was one of the best Pittsburgh performances in a while--overall.
I do not think that the gameplanning will confuse the Pats a second time around, and I am glad that this game was played this way in the regular season and not the playoffs.
My overall point is that I believe Pittsburgh showed all of its cards...and that may cost them in another matchup this yr.