SBI

[swissvale72]

Some of us will be watching intently this weekend, having some belief or hope that the Steelers will win their home playoff game against the Houston Texans.

With that in mind, what's SBI for the other two AFC wildcard games on Sunday more specifically should the bills win on Sunday, do we wait for the Chargers on Sunday night which would give the Steelers another home game for the divisional playoffs against the bills, or do we root for the Patriots And a trip to New England for divisional playoff weekend?

I guess I have to go with rooting for the Chargers and getting another home game… But not 100% on that

[Deebo]

Some of us will be watching intently this weekend, having some belief or hope that the Steelers will win their home playoff game against the Houston Texans.

With that in mind, what's SBI for the other two AFC wildcard games on Sunday more specifically should the bills win on Sunday, do we wait for the Chargers on Sunday night which would give the Steelers another home game for the divisional playoffs against the bills, or do we root for the Patriots And a trip to New England for divisional playoff weekend?

I guess I have to go with rooting for the Chargers and getting another home game… But not 100% on that

Home/away to me is less important than the opponent.

I think the Steelers would match up better vs the Chargers

[955876]

We can only play the Chargers if both make it to AFCCG.

Chargers are 7 seed. If they win they go to Denver and we play winner of Buff/Jags.

NE wins we go to NE.


So the choice this week is do you want Buff @ home or Jags/NE on the road.

None of those options are good IMO so I’d say with all things being equal go with the home game

[Deebo]

We can only play the Chargers if both make it to AFCCG.

Chargers are 7 seed. If they win they go to Denver and we play winner of Buff/Jags.

NE wins we go to NE.


So the choice this week is do you want Buff @ home or Jags/NE on the road.

None of those options are good IMO so I’d say with all things being equal go with the home game

Ahhh yea, I misread that.

Would agree that the Bills are the least desirable matchup then.

[955876]

You’d rather play NE on the road vs Buff at home?

Thats kind of a rough one I’d have to grind on.

We’ve not had good success vs Buff lately so I get that.

I also know we can’t count on NE turning it over 18 times like they did in our win this year.

It would be nice to send those fucks up in Massachusetts home with a loss for a change though

I guess if I had to roll the dice I’d choose the more inexperienced QB in Maye vs Josh Allen.

But then, if playing in the road you then ask Maye vs Lawrence?

[Texas Black & Gold]

First take care of business with the Texans

And if we are fantasizing why not this scenario,

Then go on the road to Mile High and beat Tebowless Broncos,

Then go to Jacksonville with a bunch of Steelers fans in the house,

And finally head west to take on the Green Bay Packers in a storybook rematch.

[CKSteeler]

Trevor Lawrence can and will give a game away and kill the Jags season. That's my prediction. So even if he's technically more experienced than Maye, and the game would be played in Jacksonville which has kind of not been kind to Pittsburgh over the years, I'd say that's the most favorable match-up they could draw assuming they win against Houston.

[955876]

First take care of business with the Texans

And if we are fantasizing why not this scenario,

Then go on the road to Mile High and beat Tebowless Broncos,

Then go to Jacksonville with a bunch of Steelers fans in the house,

And finally head west to take on the Green Bay Packers in a storybook rematch.

You clearly don’t understand how the playoff bracket works junior. We can’t go the Mike High before going to Jville.

[CKSteeler]

Honestly, the Steelers don't have great history at any of the road venues. Houston is legit the best draw they could've gotten.

[bradshaw2ben]

Honestly, the Steelers don't have great history at any of the road venues. Houston is legit the best draw they could've gotten.

I think Houston is the best AFC team, though. Playing them at home on Monday night is why I picked the Steelers... but as I also said, I think the game will end and we will all be wondering, "How the hell did they win that game!!!???"

[Jizz Mop]

Honestly, the Steelers don't have great history at any of the road venues. Houston is legit the best draw they could've gotten.

I think Houston is the best AFC team, though. Playing them at home on Monday night is why I picked the Steelers... but as I also said, I think the game will end and we will all be wondering, "How the hell did they win that game!!!???"

I feel that way with almost every win the last few years

[lifelongsteel]

First take care of business with the Texans

And if we are fantasizing why not this scenario,

Then go on the road to Mile High and beat Tebowless Broncos,

Then go to Jacksonville with a bunch of Steelers fans in the house,

And finally head west to take on the Green Bay Packers in a storybook rematch.

You clearly don’t understand how the playoff bracket works junior. We can’t go the Mike High before going to Jville.

If the home teams win this weekend the Steelers will be travelling to Mile High next week.

[lifelongsteel]

I think SBI is Chargers and Bills win this week. Setting up:

Chargers at Broncos
Bills at Steelers

I think a 2nd Bills game goes very differently. Steelers may not win. But I expect that they would shut down the run.

Chargers at home for AFCCG would be nice. At Denver would bring back great memories (2008) and terrible memories (Tebow).

[Deebo]

You’d rather play NE on the road vs Buff at home?

Thats kind of a rough one I’d have to grind on.

We’ve not had good success vs Buff lately so I get that.

I also know we can’t count on NE turning it over 18 times like they did in our win this year.

It would be nice to send those fucks up in Massachusetts home with a loss for a change though

I guess if I had to roll the dice I’d choose the more inexperienced QB in Maye vs Josh Allen.

But then, if playing in the road you then ask Maye vs Lawrence?

Yup- the Bills are a very bad matchup for the Steelers. They have no one to contain Josh Allen

[6Trophies]

If. If. If.

If my grandmother had wheels she'd be a trolley car.

If the Steelers escape with a win then we can talk like greedy bastages about who we want to play.

[franco32]

SBI long-term is a humiliating Monday night home defeat that leads to Tomlin stepping down and going to TV.

[swissvale72]

First take care of business with the Texans

And if we are fantasizing why not this scenario,

Then go on the road to Mile High and beat Tebowless Broncos,

Then go to Jacksonville with a bunch of Steelers fans in the house,

And finally head west to take on the Green Bay Packers in a storybook rematch.

You clearly don’t understand how the playoff bracket works junior. We can’t go the Mike High before going to Jville.

If the home teams win this weekend the Steelers will be travelling to Mile High next week.

Seems like it's the great thinker 95 who doesn't understand how the playoff brackets work. Lolol

[swissvale72]

SBI long-term is a humiliating Monday night home defeat that leads to Tomlin stepping down and going to TV.

Not gonna happen Franco, so can't you root for Steelers to win??

[swissvale72]

If. If. If.

If my grandmother had wheels she'd be a trolley car.

If the Steelers escape with a win then we can talk like greedy bastages about who we want to play.

Actually all the SBI convo about matchups will take place prior to the Steeler game.

[955876]

Every once in a while a blind squirrel finds a nut.

Every once in a while even 95 is wrong.

I missed that one…

My bad Texas B&G.

Too my credit I am doing 100 other things while here in the office and intermittently posting.

Unlike Swiss with nothing but time on his hands who is sitting outside licking his finger and sticking it in the air to gauge the current windchill.

[lifelongsteel]

If. If. If.

If my grandmother had wheels she'd be a trolley car.

If the Steelers escape with a win then we can talk like greedy bastages about who we want to play.

Good point. We should stay focused on the task at hand and not get caught looking ahead.

[franco32]

SBI long-term is a humiliating Monday night home defeat that leads to Tomlin stepping down and going to TV.

I can't bring myself to actively cheer against the Steelers. But, I'm not going to cry too much if we lose. If there is a 5% chance Tomlin is gone from a loss, I'll take it. Hope springs eternal.

[Jizz Mop]

SBI - take care of their own business

[swissvale72]

If. If. If.

If my grandmother had wheels she'd be a trolley car.

If the Steelers escape with a win then we can talk like greedy bastages about who we want to play.

Good point. We should stay focused on the task at hand and not get caught looking ahead.

As fans though, when we're watching games on Sunday....who do we root for, Bills or Jags?

And after knowing who won that game, who do we root for, Pats or Chargers?

Im going Bills....and then i THINK Chargers

[955876]

SBI long-term is a humiliating Monday night home defeat that leads to Tomlin stepping down and going to TV.

I can't bring myself to actively cheer against the Steelers. But, I'm not going to cry too much if we lose. If there is a 5% chance Tomlin is gone from a loss, I'll take it. Hope springs eternal.

There are 3 outcomes here IMO. Two of them are good and one sucks.

The two good:

1) we win and move on.
2) we get absolutely smoked. This game is like our last several playoff games that are over almost as soon as they start.

Sucks:

3) we lose a close one at the end where it looked like we were going to win.

That outcome IMO is the worst possible to me.

[Steelafan77]

Beat the Texans?

[jeemie]

First take care of business with the Texans

And if we are fantasizing why not this scenario,

Then go on the road to Mile High and beat Tebowless Broncos,

Then go to Jacksonville with a bunch of Steelers fans in the house,

And finally head west to take on the Green Bay Packers in a storybook rematch.

You clearly don’t understand how the playoff bracket works junior. We can’t go the Mike High before going to Jville.

Um yeah we can.

If we (#4), the Jags (#3), and the Patriots (#2) all win this weekend, the Jags go to New England and we play at Mile High against the #1 Broncos.

They re-seed the brackets after each round of he playoffs.

[955876]

Read through the thread Jeemie.

I already acknowledged I was wrong and didn’t factor if all home teams won.

Even apologized to Texas B&G.

[jeemie]

Read through the thread Jeemie.

I already acknowledged I was wrong and didn’t factor if all home teams won.

Even apologized to Texas B&G.

I see that now.

I occasionally get an odd synching error when i log onto this site with different devices.

When I added my response, the board had not updated with all the intervening messages on my one device.

I have to remember to refresh on that device before reading.

[955876]

And I should not fire off snarky replies so quickly before checking my math…