Anyone bet on sports also?

Penguinfan · #1 11-01-04, 04:09 PM

Line opened at 1.5, would not bet against Pittsburgh right now, Roethlisberger is dangerous and doesn't know he should be overwhelmed right now. Having said that, I posted earlier in this thread that Philly is the kind of team to blow out Pittsburgh, so I guess I just have to watch this one (who am I kidding).

junYUN · #2 11-01-04, 07:41 PM

roethlisberger is definatly playing out of his mind right now, IMO he has potential to be another payton.

eddo31 · #3 11-01-04, 10:16 PM

i dont see him as a peyton at all. i think he has much better mobility, and while i dont think that he will be a similar quarterback as peyotn, he defintely has the potential to be a comparable one. he has looked absolutely unbelieveable all year. i cant believe that two qb's went before him in the draft. the giants and chargers cant be feeling too good about themselves right now.

Penguinfan · #4 11-02-04, 01:36 PM

I guess we'll find out of they ever let Eli play.

eddo31 · #5 11-02-04, 02:25 PM

i just think that the fact that eli and rivers are on the bench behind two guys who were all bu tdead last year should tell us something. yeah, brees and warner are playing pretty well, but i am not sure what happened to them betwen last year and this year. maybe it was motivation knowing that their jobs were on the line, but im still not sure.

i thought that it was ridiculous when people said eli was better than peyton, and it looks even worse right now.

Penguinfan · #6 11-02-04, 03:35 PM

I'll have to track down the exact details of the draft day this year, but apparently Jacksonville played a giant part in our getting Big Ben. Again the details aren't fresh in my mind but apparently Buffalo wanted Roethlisberger more than their next breath and wanted despartly to trade up ahead of Pittsburgh, who they knew were also interested, with Jacksonville. Jacksonville was apparently scared to death that their pick Reggie Williams would not be available at the 12 spot, which was rediculous since Buffalo told them of their intentions, Houston wanted Robinson and said as much, Pittsburgh had NO NEED for a reciever, especially one who was projected to go later in the first round, or even slip to the second round, and the Jets (I think drafted 11th) wanted a defensive specalist as well, so there was no reason for Jacksonville to worry about Williams being taken and were offered a kings ransom to trade with Buffalo, but refused because they wanted to lock up Williams. Again these details may be a bit skewed, but thats the jist of the story on how Ben ended up in Black and Gold. If I recall the last time we got a star QB it was in a coin flip with Chicago and we got Terry Bradshaw.