This is being written just after Cleveland losing to that team in Maryland on December 30. I had originally planned on writing about something totally different, but that is not possible. My mind is going faster than my fingers can type. Ugh!!!! The season is now over…probably. Tennessee and Indy need to tie but that never happens, right? So, when you read this we are either complaining about the ten thousand different reasons why we didn’t make the playoffs or celebrating the unbelievable miracle that even Franco Harris wouldn’t believe. This team stresses me out. All week long on my Twitter account, @VintageSteelers, EVERYONE was giving their opinions and reasons why we would make the playoffs and why we would not. Here’s my reason why we didn’t, or would not, make the playoffs…JUST BEAT OAKLAND!!!!! Are you kidding me. We can’t beat the freakin’ Raiders. That is totally inexcusable. Many will blame Coach Tomlin. Many will blame Chris Boswell (psst…Roy Gerela missed more FGs). Many will blame the referees. There sure was a ton of drama surrounding this team this year.
I can’t remember the last team that won the Super Bowl with this much, or any, drama surrounding the team. Some things need to change. If I knew what needed changed then I would be a general manager somewhere. By the way, I’m available for any special consulting that the Steelers would need or like to hear about. I have a great resume with a ton of experience. I’m available for an interview at any time and on any day of the week. If anyone knows anyone within the Steelers organization please forward my availability. My lovely wife and I attend training camp every year, so I would be willing to stand by the coaches and give my two cents…that’s probably about what it’s worth.
But, for every moment like this…you know, that kick in the gut feeling, the Pittsburgh Steelers have given us, there are ten or twenty moments of total glee and joy. Watching them is a pretty stressful part of our day. They make us curse, drink too much, embarrass ourselves and drive us crazy with every loss whether it’s a close game or not. With every win this team makes us curse, drink too much, embarrass ourselves and drive us crazy. Name another team in any other sport that you can say does this. It’s insane. And this year, just like that, it’s over. The season, all seventeen weeks, is over. Where did it go? Now, we have to wait for the end of April and the NFL draft. That’s like getting a taste of the finest drink or the most delicious food then having it taken from you. We then have to wait until the end of July to see the beginning of training camp. It’s just not fair.
I have my favorite college basketball team to root for. Then my favorite baseball team plays all summer long. But, cheese and rice, it’s not the same as rooting for the Steelers. I probably won’t watch the NFL playoffs which start next week. I’m definitely rooting against that team from Maryland. Hate them!!! I’m suppose to, right? So who do we root for? I know one thing. The Cheatriots CANNOT WIN THE SUPER BOWL!!!! God cannot allow it. I’d rather that team from Maryland win…mmmmmmmaybe. Ugh! See what the Steelers do to us?! Now that my blood pressure has come down to the point that my wife is no longer threatening to take me to the hospital I can see the future.
Tomorrow will come. We will wake up. We will celebrate the new year. That’s a different thing altogether. My sixteen year old daughter just got her driver’s permit. Sixteen?!?!?! When the he** did that happen? So, starting tomorrow we begin our “this is why the Steelers will win the Super Bowl next year” conversations. We can do it. With a couple of good draft picks and some tweaking here and there the Steelers WILL WIN THE SUPER BOWL NEXT YEAR. And can someone tell Dan Rooney to give me a call?