@hoorta said:

A lot of those Steeler non injury related DNPs are most likely the same as what we saw with Joe Thomas at the end of his career. You give those guys an extra day of rest to heal up. 

Yup... Stef's been doing the same thing with Bito and Conklin this season.

Still it could be a clue to some of the folks he is going to sit Sunday. He simply can't risk injury to Watt and Heyward... although Heyward was "FP" today.

@sdbacker80 said:

Hmmm...non injury related not practicing.

if those are the guys- wow- I don’t know if I could hand pick them any better.

A lot of those Steeler non injury related DNPs are most likely the same as what we saw with Joe Thomas at the end of his career. You give those guys an extra day of rest to heal up. 

@sdbacker80 said:

Hmmm...non injury related not practicing.

if those are the guys- wow- I don’t know if I could hand pick them any better.

No excuses for the BROWNS.     And the lines went up from CLE -6 to -10  from M-T-W.

GO BROWNS, time to finish 11-5.......baby !

@vambo said:

Steelers vs Browns injury update: Several Steelers miss Wednesday practice

https://steelerswire.usatoday.com/2020/12/30/steelers-browns-practice-injury-report-nfl/

The Pittsburgh Steelers got back to work on Wednesday in preparation for their Sunday showdown with the Cleveland Browns and several key Steelers were unable to practice.

QB Ben Roethlisberger (Non-injury related) DNP

LB Marcus Allen (Stinger) FP

K Chris Boswell (Groin) FP

S Terrell Edmunds (Shoulder) DNP

C Maurkice Pouncey (Non-injury related) DNP

G David DeCastro (Non-injury related) DNP

LB T.J. Watt (Non-injury related) DNP

DE Stephon Tuitt (Back) DNP

LB Ola Adeniyi (Shoulder) FP

DE Tyson Alualu (Ankle) DNP

DT Cam Heyward (Non-injury related) DNP

The Steelers have already said Roethlisberger won’t play this weekend. Head coach Mike Tomlin also hinted depending on availability, there could be other starters who will rest this weekend. Pittsburgh has secured the AFC North and can do no worse than the No. 3 seed in the playoffs.

Hmmm...non injury related not practicing.

if those are the guys- wow- I don’t know if I could hand pick them any better.

https://steelerswire.usatoday.com/2020/12/30/steelers-browns-practice-injury-report-nfl/

The Pittsburgh Steelers got back to work on Wednesday in preparation for their Sunday showdown with the Cleveland Browns and several key Steelers were unable to practice.

QB Ben Roethlisberger (Non-injury related) DNP

LB Marcus Allen (Stinger) FP

K Chris Boswell (Groin) FP

S Terrell Edmunds (Shoulder) DNP

C Maurkice Pouncey (Non-injury related) DNP

G David DeCastro (Non-injury related) DNP

LB T.J. Watt (Non-injury related) DNP

DE Stephon Tuitt (Back) DNP

LB Ola Adeniyi (Shoulder) FP

DE Tyson Alualu (Ankle) DNP

DT Cam Heyward (Non-injury related) DNP

The Steelers have already said Roethlisberger won’t play this weekend. Head coach Mike Tomlin also hinted depending on availability, there could be other starters who will rest this weekend. Pittsburgh has secured the AFC North and can do no worse than the No. 3 seed in the playoffs.

@the-gipper said:

But you didn't respond to the matter at hand.    Yes, we will all go apeshit over that situation.

But...will you just crawl in a hole for the next several months?   Or will you be back on here talking draft/FA etc.   and mulling over what we need to do in the future. 

I'll probably go in a hole. For a while anyway. I'll snap out of it like I always do, but I'd be a disaster (sports wise) for a while and wouldn't be back discussing the draft or anything like that. 

@jiggins7919 said:

This is going to shock everyone...but I will lose my effing mind if we lose our last two games and miss the playoffs. Not just any two games, but lose to the Jets and the freaking Steelers, and all we had to do was win ONE. Oh, and losing against Mason Rudolph would just be the fucking Brownsiest shit I've ever heard of to miss out on the playoffs. We literally got to play a team with 1 win btw. 

If we win, it's going to be a VERY close game. I'd shit a golden rabbit if we won by more than 5 points. I just see Mason hitting some big shots down the field, our safeties grabbing for penalties, and our linebackers generally acting like ass clowns of the highest order. 

What I'm less clear about is our offense. I'm not sure at ALL how they're going to play. Baker sounded like a broken man to me after last game. If he shrugs it off and plays like we know he can, we might just win this game. Oh yeah, and we need Teller and Wills. We get them back, PLUS Harrison on defense...we might just have something. 

But you didn't respond to the matter at hand.    Yes, we will all go apeshit over that situation.

But...will you just crawl in a hole for the next several months?   Or will you be back on here talking draft/FA etc.   and mulling over what we need to do in the future. 

@dutch-oven said:

No, it is not fair to say. 

If you think if the Browns - who were 9-3 and 10-4 and cruising towards their first playoff game in almost 20 years - lose Sunday against Mason Fucking Rudolph that the board will act the same as if the Browns had made the playoffs and lost a well-played game against, say, Buffalo you have officially lost your mind. 

This is going to shock everyone...but I will lose my effing mind if we lose our last two games and miss the playoffs. Not just any two games, but lose to the Jets and the freaking Steelers, and all we had to do was win ONE. Oh, and losing against Mason Rudolph would just be the fucking Brownsiest shit I've ever heard of to miss out on the playoffs. We literally got to play a team with 1 win btw. 

If we win, it's going to be a VERY close game. I'd shit a golden rabbit if we won by more than 5 points. I just see Mason hitting some big shots down the field, our safeties grabbing for penalties, and our linebackers generally acting like ass clowns of the highest order. 

What I'm less clear about is our offense. I'm not sure at ALL how they're going to play. Baker sounded like a broken man to me after last game. If he shrugs it off and plays like we know he can, we might just win this game. Oh yeah, and we need Teller and Wills. We get them back, PLUS Harrison on defense...we might just have something. 

@nickers said:

We have to play the zebras , too!

So absolutely true.  

@dutch-oven said:

No, it is not fair to say. 

If you think if the Browns - who were 9-3 and 10-4 and cruising towards their first playoff game in almost 20 years - lose Sunday against Mason Fucking Rudolph that the board will act the same as if the Browns had made the playoffs and lost a well-played game against, say, Buffalo you have officially lost your mind. 

You are not listening.   I said it would be "ugly" for a while... A couple of days.......but then it WILL  go back to what we have been doing for 20 years.....talking draft etc.   If you don't think that is true, then I suggest that you refrain from commenting at all on  any of those threads of the sort that will begin fairly immediately for a several month period .   We WILL be talking about the fact that we need a couple of LBs,  and another  pass rusher; and some DBs,  and a kicker...and...etc. etc.  And we will jump in Andrew Berry's shit for not having gotten us some players in those areas that could have helped this year.    I guarantee that will happen....and I won't even be the one forcing it. 

@d-bone said:

^ What now could possibly go wrong? 

We have to play the zebras , too!

@the-gipper said:

I suspect that this board will be ugly for a while....but then it will turn to what we damned well have always done for like the last  20 years:    Talk Draft.   And Free Agency.

And that talk will be about:    Who will we be getting back heathy that will be ready for next year when we will really make a move?     Who and at what positions will we draft?   What holes must we fill?  What moves should we make in free agency.  How will the salary cap affect anything we do?   etc.  etc. etc. 

Face it.....we are going to do that anyway short of winning it all.

Fair to say? 

No, it is not fair to say. 

If you think if the Browns - who were 9-3 and 10-4 and cruising towards their first playoff game in almost 20 years - lose Sunday against Mason Fucking Rudolph that the board will act the same as if the Browns had made the playoffs and lost a well-played game against, say, Buffalo you have officially lost your mind. 

@dutch-oven said:

This board, along with the Tavern, will get ugly Sunday if the Browns lose. 

I suspect that this board will be ugly for a while....but then it will turn to what we damned well have always done for like the last  20 years:    Talk Draft.   And Free Agency.

And that talk will be about:    Who will we be getting back heathy that will be ready for next year when we will really make a move?     Who and at what positions will we draft?   What holes must we fill?  What moves should we make in free agency.  How will the salary cap affect anything we do?   etc.  etc. etc. 

Face it.....we are going to do that anyway short of winning it all.

Fair to say? 

@texasag1969 said:

If he is still in the tavern. You know how he ducks out when the game gets close. He may not even make it to the two minute mark. Two minutes in I mean., not two minute warning?

This board, along with the Tavern, will get ugly Sunday if the Browns lose. 

@tour2ma said:

I will remind you of that in The Tavern....

If he is still in the tavern. You know how he ducks out when the game gets close. He may not even make it to the two minute mark. Two minutes in I mean., not two minute warning?

”a guy or two” more will be out.  My guess Probably defensive guys.  They will give Mason the full complements of the offense but I expect the WRs Juju, Johnson, Claypool to be on a snap counts. Some of the line too.  Defense (aside from the couple ruled out the others will be shuttled in and out) maybe they keep a few backers in most of the game because they are already thin there. 

I think we benefit the most from Watt and Heyward being out - maybe these are the mysterious scratches 

My guess.

@icecube said:

Mason their starting QB? This is an automatic win. Mark it down. 

^ What now could possibly go wrong? 

@browns52 said:

heh heh heh....these are the browns....we still have to contend with their d......they stuff the run, we are in trouble....with fumbleiitis baker.....

As we saw playing the Jets- regarding the Browns. Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong- at the worst possible time. 

As to the Steelers D- depends how many of their starters they sit, or only play on a limited basis. Vag will do some righteous howling if any of Watt, Heyward, or Fitzpatrick would get hurt in an almost meaningless game for the Steelers. 

@sdbacker80 said:

They don’t care about the 2 seed as much as they care about resting guys that are dinged up. 

thank you....your comment is correct.....they basically did not have a bye week because of the reshuffling of the schedule....i think they are out of gas more or less....they came alive in the second half against indy but they have to be tired more than anything....and who is to say they cannot beat the clowns with backups....it is not out of the question...they can....

@the-gipper said:

He must have seen how the Bills manhandled New England last night and said:    "Fuck it, we ain't catching them for the #2 spot.   Let's just settle for #3 seed and rest our guys" 

Yes, I watched every minute of that game and enjoyed it immensely.  The Patriots have had their comeuppance due for years.  Bills beat the tar out of them. Fig Newton basically sucked, and Stidham didn't look much better. Bill looked dazed and confused in his post game presser- almost like his dog just died or something similar.  

@sdbacker80 said:

They don’t care about the 2 seed as much as they care about resting guys that are dinged up. 

Exactly...  

@nickers said:

If we lose... So what... Shittpuke isnt going anywhere...

Now that's crazy talk- after 18 years I don't want to wait another one to make it to the playoff promised land. 

@sdbacker80 said:

Not only Evident but predicted here yesterday.  Not a single member of the Steeler organization  would rather play In Buffalo two weeks.  So why would they not go for the #2 seed? 

As others said- the Bills are firing on all cylinders, and it isn't going to matter where they play them- if it even comes to that. Resting Ben, they're (almost) conceding the #2 seed to them.  Buffalo owns the tiebreaker over them. Gipper pointed out- as things stand- the Steelers would have to get by the Ravens first. 

@icecube said:

Mason their starting QB? This is an automatic win. Mark it down. 

heh heh heh....these are the browns....we still have to contend with their d......they stuff the run, we are in trouble....with fumbleiitis baker.....