[TidesHoss32]

lol..Pittsburgh will be juuuuuuust fine this year. The only question mark I have with the team is the coaching. I know we'll be ok on defense, because LeBeau will always have them in the top 10 or somewhere around there..They signed Sean Mahan to take over for retired Jeff Hartings, and that was a good sign. I believe they will be good on offense, with nobody getting nearly killed in the offseason, lol, or even hurt for that matter, so they'll be fine as long as they can keep Roethlisberger from throwing 40 times a game to win...I wouldnt pick them lower than second, and they WILL make the playoffs this year. I guess the verdict's still out on Tomlin. Yeah yeah he's saying all the right things, but he'd better produce quick, or he'll be very unpopular in the Steel City. Most of Steelernation (including myself) wanted Whisenhunt. Whisenhunt will do great things in Arizona, and got the best gift of anybody in the offseason, taking Russ Grimm with him to coach their very young o-line. Grimm is a mastermind at technique, and give them (the Cardinals) two years, they'll be contending in the playoffs too...but anyways, c'mon Fritz, gotta give my boys more love than that!!

Watch it, man. You'll feel the wrath of TidesHoss!

In all seriousness, I really do think the Steelers will be good this year (and not just because I'm afraid of what TH might do to me). I think they drafted really well getting those two young LB's, and I don't think they'll miss a step losing Porter. Plus, Polamalu is just a beast.

Roethslisberger is overrated, though, and their offense can be stopped fairly easily if you stop their running game and control Heath Miller. That will be the key to beating them. I think they will battle the Bengals all season long, but I see Cincy coming out on top by 1-2 games (with Baltimore probably 2-3 games back of Pittsburgh).