The Ravens put a hurting on the Steelers today in a way they last, and maybe only did, in the 2006 season. Ironically, it was their first victory over a Steelers team starting Ben Roethlisberger since that '06 season.Depending on your knee-jerk reaction, the Ravens made all the right off-season moves, the Steelers are too old to compete, the Steelers were complacent, the Ravens got all plays they needed until Pittsburgh was too far gone. However you want to frame it, this was really, really ugly.The Steelers defense was slow and unable to apply pressure. The secondary was clueless, Bryant McFadden in particular. But even the greater lights of the unit deserve reproach. Troy Polamalu was beaten badly for a touchdown by a tight end. James Harrison looked like a guy running on fumes. Aaron Smith might as well have been replaced by Ziggy Hood.Ben Roethlisberger had as stellar a preseason as anyone could have had, yet he made about as many unthinkably stupid throws as he could have m...
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