The TO Show has arrived in Cincinnati on Tuesday as free agent wide receiver Terrell Owens signed a one year deal to play for the Bengals in 2010. Owens joins fellow reality TV teammate Chad Ochocinco and the two together look to strike fear into AFC North secondaries. Everywhere in the AFC North except for Pittsburgh, that is. The Steelers have handled both Owens and Ochocinco relatively well respectively over the recent years. Below I have listed Owens stats for his last 2 games versus the Steelers as well as the stats of Chad Ochocinco since 2004 versus Pittsburgh. I stopped at 2004 as it was the last time that at least one of the Steelers current defensive backs faced either of the two players.
In the 2 most recent games Owens has faced the Steelers, he has totaled 10 catches for 85 yards and 1 touchdown. Both games ended in loses for the teams Owens was on. The last time he faced the Steelers was in 2008 when he was with the Cowboys and Owens was shut out through 2 and a half quarters. His lone touchdown and first of only 3 catches on the day, came after a Tony Romo 9 second scramble from the Steelers 12 yard line. Owens was targeted 9 times in that game overall.
Ochocinco has a long history against the Steelers since coming into the league in 2001. In his last 11 games versus the Black and Gold, Chad has totaled 49 catches for 618 yards and just 2 touchdowns. That averages out to less than 4 and a half catches a game for a hair over 56 yards a game average. He also only has 2 career 100 yard games versus the Steelers with the last one coming in 2003. Not very Hall of Fame like numbers for sure.
To add a comparison player, former Bengals receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh fared much better against the Steelers. In just his last 9 games versus the Steelers, T.J. put up 55 catches for 555 yards and 5 touchdowns. Much more productive numbers than Owens and Ochocinco for sure. An even closer look at Ochocinco in games against a starting secondary that included Ike Taylor, Troy Polamalu and Ryan Clark, Chad has averaged just 4 catches for 36.5 yards and only scored 1 touchdown in those 4 games combined.
These two guys are also another year older as Owens is 36 and Ochocinco is 32. Recently, Owens did not have a ton of interested suitors in free agency and the Bengals even chose to sign Antonio Bryant over Owens earlier in the free agency period, after both players visited Cincinnati at the same time. Ochocinco is not as elusive as he once was as and his best seasons are clearly behind him. If the news about the bone on bone knee injury to Bryant is true, the Bengals have virtually no experienced receiver other than Andre Caldwell to turn to at the number 3 receiver spot to help loosen up the secondary. All 4 of these guys can be covered in zone even in nickel and dime packages.
The Steelers love to play zone coverages most of the time and with the return of a physical Bryant McFadden at left corner and a healthy Troy Polamalu back in the lineup at strong safety, the scariest thing about both Owens and Ochocinco is having to sit and watch their TV shows back to back on Sunday night. Talk about a scary. The two teamed up together on the Bengals? Not scary at all.
| Year | Player | Wk | Starting Steelers Secondary | Result | Targ | Rec | Yds | TD | Temp |
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| 2008 | Terrell Owens | 14 | Taylor/Gay/Polamalu/Clark | L, 13-20 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 22° F |
| 2004 | Terrell Owens | 9 | Townsend/Williams/Polamalu/Hope | L, 3-27 | 13 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 63° F |
| Year | Player | Wk | Starting Steelers Secondary | Result | Targ | Rec | Yds | TD | Temp |
| 2009 | Chad Ochocinco | 3 | Taylor/Gay/Carter/Clark | W, 23-20 | 11 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 65° |
| 2009 | Chad Ochocinco | 10 | Taylor/Gay/Polamalu/Clark | W, 18-12 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 64° |
| 2008 | Chad Ochocinco | 7 | Taylor/McFadden/Polamalu/Clark | L, 10-38 | 13 | 8 | 52 | 1 | 56° |
| 2007 | Chad Ochocinco | 8 | Taylor/Townsend/Polamalu/Smith | L, 13-24 | 9 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 55° |
| 2007 | Chad Ochocinco | 13 | Taylor/Townsend/Carter/Smith | L, 10-24 | 15 | 6 | 86 | 0 | 48° |
| 2006 | Chad Ochocinco | 3 | Taylor/Townsend/Polamalu/Clark | W, 28-20 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 69° |
| 2006 | Chad Ochocinco | 17 | Taylor/McFadden/Polamalu/Smith | L, 17-23 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 54° |
| 2005 | Chad Ochocinco | 7 | Taylor/Williams/Polamalu/Hope | L, 13-27 | 8 | 4 | 94 | 0 | 47° |
| 2005 | Chad Ochocinco | 13 | Taylor/Townsend/Polamalu/Hope | W, 38-31 | 11 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 30° |
| 2004 | Chad Ochocinco | 4 | Townsend/Scott/Polamalu/Hope | L, 17-28 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 54° |
| 2004 | Chad Ochocinco | 11 | Townsend/Williams/Polamalu/Hope | L, 14-19 | 10 | 5 | 80 | 1 | 50° |
| Year | Player | Wk | Starting Steelers Secondary | Result | Targ | Rec | Yds | TD | Temp |
| 2008 | T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 7 | Taylor/McFadden/Polamalu/Clark | L, 10-38 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 56° |
| 2008 | T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 12 | Taylor/Gay/Polamalu/Clark | L, 10-27 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 32° |
| 2007 | T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 8 | Taylor/Townsend/Polamalu/Smith | L, 13-24 | 10 | 7 | 81 | 1 | 55° |
| 2007 | T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 13 | Taylor/Townsend/Carter/Smith | L, 10-24 | 14 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 48° |
| 2006 | T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 3 | Taylor/Townsend/Polamalu/Clark | W, 28-20 | 10 | 9 | 94 | 2 | 69° |
| 2006 | T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 17 | Taylor/McFadden/Polamalu/Smith | L, 17-23 | 12 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 54° |
| 2005 | T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 7 | Taylor/Williams/Polamalu/Hope | L, 13-27 | 11 | 7 | 75 | 0 | 47° |
| 2005 | T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 13 | Taylor/Townsend/Polamalu/Hope | W, 38-31 | 8 | 5 | 88 | 2 | 30° |
| 2004 | T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 4 | Townsend/Scott/Polamalu/Hope | L, 17-28 | 11 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 54° |
| 2004 | T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 11 | Townsend/Williams/Polamalu/Hope | L, 14-19 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 50° |
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Steeler Nation lost a little angel on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, as Heather Sue Miller passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family. Heather visited one of the Steelers mini camps last year. Here is her obituary if you feel compelled to leave a message.
It seems like yesterday, but it was one year ago today that Steelers won their 6th Super Bowl in Super Bowl XLIII 43. The link will bring back a few memories.
truTV is revealing its first-ever Super Bowl ad today, giving viewers an early glimpse at how the network will bring NFL fans what they've always wanted – six more weeks of football. The Groundhog Day-themed spot features Troy Polamalu and the ad promotes the new truTV series NFL FULL CONTACT, which premieres the day after the Super Bowl.
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Speaking of Troy Polamalu, he was named to the NFL’s all-decade team for the 2000s. Polamalu is the only current Steelers player selected to the 53-man team.
Linebacker James Harrison intercepted a pass by Tony Romo in the Pro Bowl last night and it helped secure the win for the AFC. It is always nice to see a Steelers player own someone from the Cowboys. You can see the replay of the interception below in the video below at the 1:39 mark.
Harrison explained to Scott Brown that his sack total was down in 2009 because he was blitzing less and dropping into coverage more during the season.
Steeler Sam the Steeler fan. Sam talks about the beat down of the Dallas Cowboys, cold Tony Romo, karma for Pac Man Jones, prima donna Willie Parker, Bruce Arians prevent offense, Baltimore Ravens game, and Joe Flacco deer in head lights.
Here is the video of Steelers cornerback Deshea Townsend interception of Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo for the game winning score. It is not total payback for the Larry Brown interception of Neil O'Donnell, but remarkable similiar and very satisfying.
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The Steelers were the ones on the right side of a defensive battle on a cold Sunday evening in Pittsburgh, winning at home 20-13 against the Dallas Cowboys. Cornerback Deshea Townsend intercepted a Tony Romo pass with just under two minutes left in the game and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown to put the Steelers ahead to stay. The defensive score came on the second play after the Steelers tied up the game 13-13 on a 6 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to tight end Heath Miller. The Cowboy defense stymied the Steeler offense most of the afternoon, holding them to just 70 yards rushing and 274 total yards. The Cowboys also made a huge goal line stand on 4th and 1 from the one yard line, early in the fourth quarter which was almost a huge turning point in the game. The Steeler defense played well and only gave up a few big plays. The score was tied 3-3 at halftime, but the Cowboys were the ones to make the better adjustments at halftime, scoring 10 unanswered points before the Steelers could get their offense on track. The win moves the Steelers to 10-3 and a game and a half ahead of the Baltimore Ravens who play on Sunday night. The Steelers will travel to Baltimore next week. Starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was 17 for 33 passing for only 204 yards and took several ill advised sacks before getting on track late in the game. Santonio Holmes lead all Steeler receivers with 3 catches for 82 yards.
The Cowboys come into this game in the same situation as the Steelers did last week versus the Patriots. The Cowboys come off of a long week off after last playing on Thanksgiving day. The Cowboys will start rookie running back Tashard Choice versus the Steelers number one defense. The weather also favors the home team Steelers as temperatures will be in the 20's with the possibility of snow.
On offense the Steelers will once again look to run the ball with a mix of running backs Willie Parker and Mewelde Moore and use a ball controlled passing game to work underneath and the middle of the field. Starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger needs to let the Steeler defense do it's job and just manage a turnover free game. The Cowboy run defense ranks 10th in the NFL allowing just 96.8 yards per game.
On defense the Steelers must take advantage of a rookie running back starting and concentrate on holding wide receiver Terrell Owens and tight end Jason Witten in check by using one less defender in the box while still getting pressure on quarterback Tony Romo, who has only been sacked eight times in nine games. The Steelers look to get cornerback Bryant McFadden back this week and ease him back into the rotation of defensive backs. Getting a short field for the offense through turnovers will be key in this battle of two great defensive teams.
In summation, this is a game the Steelers have everything pointing their way. The turnover battle will play a huge part in this game as will the ability to run the ball and convert on third downs. Whoever flinches first will likely lose. The Steelers will once again pull out this game late.
Prediction: Steelers 17 Cowboys 16
