Packers @ Steelers (3:15 CT, Fox)

[MadCityBucky]

@

Heinz Field



I think we'll see some of this



Injury Report:

Polamalu, Keomeotau, Sweed out. Ward still playing with a bad hamstring.
Pickett will play.

TV: Fox (Joe Buck, Troy Aikmen, Pam Oliver)
All time series: Packers lead 18-13

[MickeyDavis]

I have a bad feeling about this game.

[Captain Erv]

I have a bad feeling about this game.

Me too, I'm going in with low expectations for this one. A loss would hurt a little, but would not be crippling.

[LUKE23]

Be nice to win this one, but not a must. Seattle is the must win game, and then Arizona if applicable.

[Mags FTW]

I think it will be a lot like the Bears game. If we don't make the most of our opportunities we'll be in a dog fight.

[notoriousTJ11]

I actually really like our chances here. The Steelers D just isn't the same without Polamalu and I think our passing game could really expose their secondary. This all those depends on our O-Line providing A-Rod with enough time.

[trwi7]

Packers inactives: WR Patrick Williams, FB John Kuhn, CB Brandon Underwood, S Matt Giordano, T Breno Giacomini, G Allen Barbre, DE Michael Montgomery and LB Jeremy Thompson.

Pickett is obviously active but Raji will start.

Steelers inactives: WR Limas Sweed, CB Keenan Lewis, S Troy Polamalu, G Kraig Urbik, G Chris Kemoeatu, DE Sunny Harris, DE Nick Eason and QB Charlie Batch.

[crkone]

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/packers.html

On the Beat: 4 downs about the SteelersThanks to the esteemed Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette for taking time out before the game to give us his insight into the Steelers.
How much fight do these Steelers have left in them?
None. Pretty short answer, huh? I've seen none. I've seen very little. Something happened to this team and they don't seem to have it anymore. It happened sometime in the Oakland game and going to Cleveland, there was nothing left. I'd be surprised if they show any today.
Has Ben Roethlisberger taken any heat for holding the ball too long?
Heat is a strong word because he's made so many plays in the past doing it, including one in the Super Bowl, where he was scrambling all the way to the right and then he gets away and completes a pass to his tight end. This year, we haven't seen as much, especially in Cleveland in that's fresh in everybody's mind. He held onto it too long, he didn't scramble, didn't get away from the pressure and went down very easily.
The Packers should be worried about the Steelers'....
(At least 30 seconds of thinking) Their pass rush, especially with how many times Rodgers has gone down. I mean, this team can still rush the passer. Woodley is up to nine sacks and I think seven have come in his last five or six games. Harrison is still playing hard.
The Steelers win today if......
they can get some turnovers, which they haven't been doing. That's how they beat Minnesota. They were going to lose that game and then bang, lightning struck and they ran two all the way back. If they can somehow come up with some turnovers, again they haven't been doing it this year, but they've had that ability in the past. I think that's the way the Steelers can win today.
Is it too late to change my pick?

[MickeyDavis]

Bedard is reporting that Crosby seems to have solved his right hash mark problems but is missing everything from the left side.

[A Diddy2231]

Nelson runs like the hot dog from the Brewers game

[crkone]

3 high passes.

[Mags FTW]

Ahhhh, the 10 yard out.

[MadCityBucky]

Jarret Bush fail

[trwi7]

LOL at Bush.

[A Diddy2231]

Got to love Bush

[Ill-yasova]

Jarret Bush.

[crkone]

Thank you Jarrett Bush.

[ACGB]

We aren't an elite team with Bush playing an important role.

[trwi7]

Why did Bush stop running? Idiot.

[Mags FTW]

This team's weakest link on O and D.