EDITORIAL - We here at Mockingburgh love the Steelers. They're tough, and they've won six Super Bowls. But they have fallen into the very bad habit of making their games too close for comfort.
The 2010 season is just two games old, but they've already had to win in overtime after scoring only three field goals in regulation against Atlanta, and then they had to hold off a furious late rally by the Titans in the second game. That came about because they couldn't convert seven turnovers into a whole bunch of points.
We'd like to remind the Steelers that Allegheny County has the second-oldest population in the country. Your elderly fans can't take the continued stress of these close games, a trend that started last year. While you could make the argument that at least we're winning, what good is that if all your fans had heart attacks in the process?
Please do us a favor and score a couple of touchdowns next week, so we can sit back in the second half and relax a little. Those of us with elderly parents, plus the local EMT's and emergency room doctors, would appreciate it.
And please don't ask us to wait for the game against Cleveland - we all know how that turned out last year.
