Steel Vanguard
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This game will define the NFL. What will the league become? Will it be led by a storied franchise with a distinguished history, or a band of cheaters and fraudsters with bandwagon media support?
The NFL hates the Steelers. You know why? For the same reason they hate the Ravens and the Raiders. We wear Black and hit people. What they want are the Cowboys, Pats, and Niners. Teams that wear loud colors, feature pretty boy QBs, and throw the ball on every down. In short, what they want is not athletic competition, but "sports entertainment" more akin to pro wrestling. The media and the NFL no longer appreciate the battle in the trenches or the pain sacrifice that players make every week. They just want more passes, more touchdowns and someone who looks good on a magazine cover to play QB.
In short, they want something fake. Pittsburgh is real. Everything about this franchise is real. From the basic color scheme, to the hard working people of Western PA who make up the bedrock of it's fan base. In two years, in Tomlin's 13th season, the Steelers will have had 3 head coaches in 50 years. There are franchises that have had TEN TIMES that many in the same span. The stability and work ethic that the Rooneys have brought to the NFL have been emulated by every successful franchise, including New England. The Pats are a franchise that have colluded with the NFL offices to rig the rules in favor of stumble footed pocket passers like Tom Brady. Specifically tailoring the passing guidelines to his specific skill set, while declaring open season on running QBs after the rise of the spread option in 2012. As a result, half the league either threw for 4000 yards or came within 100 yards of that mark. Defensive teams like the Steelers have had to put nearly super human athletes on the other side of the ball just to have moderate success against these terrible "safety" rules that never seem to apply to running backs, running QBs, or defensive players. And this is to say nothing of the relentless regime of cheating that has been well documented, and shockingly ignored, by the sports media.
But, GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK. We can right the ship and set history back on the right track. This contest will decide the soul of the game, not just the next Super Bowl game. This is the most important football game I've ever seen, from a historical standpoint, since the Giants stopped the "greatest" team ever in 2007. To me, it would be worth losing the Super Bowl to win this game.
Good luck, and Godspeed.
The NFL hates the Steelers. You know why? For the same reason they hate the Ravens and the Raiders. We wear Black and hit people. What they want are the Cowboys, Pats, and Niners. Teams that wear loud colors, feature pretty boy QBs, and throw the ball on every down. In short, what they want is not athletic competition, but "sports entertainment" more akin to pro wrestling. The media and the NFL no longer appreciate the battle in the trenches or the pain sacrifice that players make every week. They just want more passes, more touchdowns and someone who looks good on a magazine cover to play QB.
In short, they want something fake. Pittsburgh is real. Everything about this franchise is real. From the basic color scheme, to the hard working people of Western PA who make up the bedrock of it's fan base. In two years, in Tomlin's 13th season, the Steelers will have had 3 head coaches in 50 years. There are franchises that have had TEN TIMES that many in the same span. The stability and work ethic that the Rooneys have brought to the NFL have been emulated by every successful franchise, including New England. The Pats are a franchise that have colluded with the NFL offices to rig the rules in favor of stumble footed pocket passers like Tom Brady. Specifically tailoring the passing guidelines to his specific skill set, while declaring open season on running QBs after the rise of the spread option in 2012. As a result, half the league either threw for 4000 yards or came within 100 yards of that mark. Defensive teams like the Steelers have had to put nearly super human athletes on the other side of the ball just to have moderate success against these terrible "safety" rules that never seem to apply to running backs, running QBs, or defensive players. And this is to say nothing of the relentless regime of cheating that has been well documented, and shockingly ignored, by the sports media.
But, GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK. We can right the ship and set history back on the right track. This contest will decide the soul of the game, not just the next Super Bowl game. This is the most important football game I've ever seen, from a historical standpoint, since the Giants stopped the "greatest" team ever in 2007. To me, it would be worth losing the Super Bowl to win this game.
Good luck, and Godspeed.
