Big Ben takes blame for loss

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Sports Frog found this 1/6/2008 on www.post-gazette.com [flag]
In an era when NFL coaches and personnel executives continue to scour the football earth for quarterbacks who can merely manage the game -- whatever that means -- what Ben Roethlisberger did to the game last night simply defied any kind of management methodology. Alternative frantic mismanagement with sensational and even inspiring leadership, Big Ben wound up emotionally crushed when the ... [link]

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Pittsburgh/Jacksonville: The Local Looks
Published 1/6/2008 by Memphis Bengal at Sports Frog
... the Florida Times Union is happily focusing on the 4th and 2 scramble that won the game for the Jags: "Garrard's 32-yard run on fourth down out of the shotgun formation basically saved the season. "They kind of lost their gaps,'' Garrard said of the play. "They thought it was a pass.'' Designed qb draw? I couldn't tell, but if so, gutsy good call. And then some. From Pittsburgh, Gene Collier on what happened to put Pittsburgh in comeback mode, only to fall short: "In an era when NFL coaches and personnel ...

Starving Artist Sale and the flaw in the Hangover Game theory
Published 1/7/2008 by Under Review at Play is Under Review
... defeats Pittsburgh 31-29 Pittsburgh left the field at halftime, down 21-7, to a chorus of boos from the hometown crowd. The Steelers made a great run in the second half and actually took the lead 29-28, until David Garrad gave his best Tommy Frazier impression on a crucial 4th and 2 late in the fourth quarter. This game was by far the most entertaining of the weekend. What they are saying locally In Pittsburgh it was all "Big Ben's" fault. Not sure I agree totally, but he did have a pretty bad game. In Jacksonville, they're loving ...

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