Steelers MMQB: NFL Week 14 Wrap Up

What We Learned in Week 14 in the NFL:

Rams coach Jeff Fisher trolls Washington
Raiders beat 49ers for the first time in 14 years; give Sporano a Gatorade bath
Ravens keep themselves in Wild Card race with win over Miami
Even in a dominating win Eli throws a horrible interception
Andrew Luck leads 4^th quarter comeback against Browns
Bieber curse fails against New England
Steelers offense explodes in 4^th quarter and handles Bengals

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I’m still very drunk on Steelers football and I don’t want this feeling to go away at all. The NFL had another week of exciting finishes and upsets and the log jam in the AFC North may be on its way to being settled.

The Redskins are a mess

St. Louis Rams head coach Jeff Fisher decided to pay official thanks to the Washington Redskins for all of the players they’ve been able to acquire thanks to the draft trade that gave Washington RGIII and the Rams a billion picks in return. Fisher started the game by sending six active players, all who were acquired thanks to the deal, to the coin toss to serve as captains for the day. The Rams then proceeded to shut out Washington 24-0. RGIII was benched a few weeks ago in favor of Colt McCoy, who threw two interceptions and was sacked six times against St. Louis. RGIII got to enter the game after McCoy left with a sprained neck. The Washington offense was booed from the dozens of fans that decided to show up to the game.

That’s so Raiders

So the rumors this week swirled around San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh possibly being traded at the end of the season. One of the possible destinations talked about has been the Oakland Raiders. However, the Raiders might want to give a second thought to trading for a coach that would lose to a team as horrible as the Raiders. David Carr went 22-28 for 254 yards and three passing touchdowns while Colin Kaepernick threw 2 interceptions and the 49ers offense is just awful looking. Naturally, after winning the second game of the season in Week 14, the Raiders rewarded interim head coach Tony Sporano with a Gatorade bath once the victory was clinched. Because, of course they did.

Ravens not going away

Why can’t they just lose when we need them to, huh? The Miami Dolphins jumped out to a 10-0 lead over the Ravens on Sunday afternoon but were stifled after that point and only mustered up 249 yards of total offense against the Ravens in a 28-13 loss. Baltimore keeps them in the playoff hunt with the win, and has the most favorable schedule in the division down the stretch. Flacco did manage to throw another red zone interception; he’s tied with Eli for the most over the past three seasons.

Good Eli and bad Eli

The New York Giants were finally able to finish a game and not blow a huge lead with a 36-7 thumping over the Tennessee Titans. Speaking of Eli and interceptions, even with having almost 200 more yards of offense over Tennessee and not getting sacked the entire game, Eli managed to still throw one of those interceptions only Eli Manning can throw. Tennessee is on a seven game losing streak.

Back to the basement Cleveland

The Browns have returned to the natural order of things by being in last place in the AFC North with their 25-24 loss to Indianapolis on Sunday. The Browns had a 24-19 lead going into the final two minutes of the game but Andrew Luck turned it up just at the right time to lead the game-winning touchdown drive with a 1-yard pass to T.Y. Hilton with 32 seconds left on the clock. Last week, the NFL crapped themselves with the arrival of Johnny Manziel in the game but Browns head coach Mike Pettine put an end to that right away and kept Johnny Football as Johnny Clipboard while Brian Hoyer went out and threw two interceptions and the Cleveland defense scored two touchdowns. I’m sure there won’t be any talk at all this week on whether or not Manziel should start over Hoyer against Cincinnati.

The Bieber Curse Fail

Last week, the New England Patriots traveled to California early in advance of their Sunday night matchup against the San Diego Chargers. They were seen taking pictures with Justin Bieber, who Steelers fans will remember for crashing the Steelers’ bible study the Saturday night before they went out and crapped the bed against the New York Jets. Unfortunately, the Biebs’ cursing powers did not work against the Patriots, who beat the chargers 23-14. Perhaps the curse infected the Chargers offense, who only scored 7 points themselves. The San Diego Chargers loss does marginally benefit the Steelers in the playoff hunt, though. The AFC West appears to be the division other than the AFC North capable of sending multiple teams into the playoffs so any loss by an AFC West team will be good for the Steelers down the stretch.

You can ring Le’Veon Bell

The Steelers had a slow offensive start against Cincinnati, and the Bengals had a slow start for themselves. It wasn’t until the fourth quarter until the Steelers offense exploded all over Cincinnati, leaving black and gold bruises all over the Bengals. Le’Veon Bell had a monster and historical game as he joined NFL HOFer Walter Payton as the only players in NFL history to have three straight games with at least 200 yards from scrimmage. Bell finished the game with 185 rushing yards and 50 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The Steelers piled up 543 yards of total offense, 229 of them coming in the fourth quarter where they scored 25 points and put the game out of reach. Still drunk off of this Steelers offense and I don’t want it to stop. What about you, Steeler Nation?

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