Anyone know what the Bye Week schedule is for the team?

Do they get the whole week off and report back Monday? Are they practicing all week? Im sure every team does it differently just didn't know what our team was dong this week?

Perhaps I missed it?

Well - I sure hope we get all the way this year as I'm betting HJ gets picked up at the end of the year as a head coach again based on the way he is baffling all the defenses to date.  Thanks Hue!

Our next game is against our biggest nemesis' of all time, and I don't know about the rest of you but losing to the Steelers is the worst kind of loss against another team. We are playing great and unfortunately so are the Steelers these past few games without their QB.

When we see them in 2 weeks, Ben will be back behind the helm and they will want nothing more than t give us our first loss. It would be something else if we went into Pittsburgh and attacked them and beat them the way they seem to beat us most years.

My biggest concern will be the defense. It will be a real test for them to stop the run and passing attack. (Before Ben was hurt they were the number one offense in the league). I also think our offense is far superior to their defense and we will win the battle in that category.

What do you think our biggest strengths and weaknesses are going into Heinz field in 2 weeks?

It felt like the Buffalo game was a different sort of win for this year's team, which is kind of encouraging to see. Three major things stood out.

1) A slower start. First game this season they didn't score first, I believe. I liked seeing them overcome some early adversity. They've overcome adversity this season, but never early, and to me, it's psychologically a different thing. With late game issues, you can remind yourself how you played well early to help get your mind back on track. Early game issues you only have your general sense of confidence to fall back on against the feeling that the other team might just have your number today.

2. Dalton proved his "just okay" game this year is still pretty freaking good. Andy didn't have the dead-eye, perfect game he's had in some games this year. He floated some throws, hung Sanu out to dry on one screen, this is a game that in years past was easily looking to turn into a Bad Andy game. It never sppiralled, though. He pulled himself together, made solid throws and good decisions despite not having his best stuff in terms of pure accuracy.

3. AJ Green - The Bill's focused on him, and he didn't get much in the way of yardage and catches. Like a star, though, he found other days to impact the game, taking pressure off of Eifert and MLJ, and throwing a great block on Jones' TD catch and run.

If these 2 teams played each other in a game, which one would win?

Anyone watch the pats colts game last night? I watched it until half time but they certainly look beatable. Gronk didn't have any catches in the first half. I think they're the only threat in the AFC, especially since the Broncos look like garbage with Peyton throwing ducks. Let's hope the Steelers don't continue to get lucky.

WHO DEY

Hill will be fine, and the problem isnt our Line. They arent run blocking the greatest but i think there is more to it. Besides the Chargers look at the D lines we had to go up against. Hill is going to do much better vs the steelers. If we can bust a few loose that passing game is only going to get even better.

Enjoy. Thanks for all the feedback!

Having him in there late in the game puts so much pressure on a defense if the game is close. He's a ticking time bomb, you know sooner or later he's going to pop one and break their backs.

For this reason alone I'm okay with Hill splitting time with him. It keeps Gio fresh for the second half when we're trying to put games away. However, I sure would like to see Hill run with a little more spring in his step. He just looks slow to me, or maybe it's Gio's fault for looking so quick.

In any event, it's great to see Gio getting involved again. He's so much fun to watch, especially when he detonates a guy twice his size.