Sunday Night Football tomorrow will be a good one, as the Patriots go down to Pittsburgh to face the 6-2 Steelers, one of the better (if not the best) team in the NFL. The Patriots were on a high horse at this time last week: they were 6-1 and boasted the best record in football. Thanks to a humiliating loss at the hands of the Browns and a sensational game by their tank of a running back Peyton Hillis, they are 6-2 and odds against them going into this Sunday night showdown.
Behind quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and running back Rashard Mendenhall, the Steelers are a powerhouse team that is tough as nails. They've been making headlines a lot recently because of linebacker James Harrison, who has been fined multiple times (totaling $100,000) for illegal hits as the league tries to clean up the game. Despite the controversy, they have managed to remain the solid football team that they always have been for the last 5 or so years.
On the other side, this game is huge for the Patriots. Not only do they play the Steelers tomorrow, but they also play the Colts (6-2) next week and the Jets (6-2, and a division rival) in three weeks. If the Patriots win all of those games, they would be a definite leader in the AFC. At the same time, if they were to lose all three, they would become a very middle-of-the-road, not-as-good-as-they-used-to-be team.
I'm not sure if you've yet made your switch to focusing on an I-search topic. This post is fun to read, as your writing always is, but you don't seem to have picked a specific topic yet. Pick a topic!
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