The title “My Worthless 2 Cents” that I came up with isn’t one I feel I can take full credit for, but is a story in itself, so here it is. I was in the 8th grade at the time, and found myself tagging along with my older sister (a senior in high school), as she was a part of the high school theatre group who would work as ushers for local community theatre productions. Working as an usher at a production of “Harvey”, the dad for one of my baseball friends came up to me at intermission and handed me two pennies and asked me to go back to the dressing area and find the lead actor in the play. I was to give him the pennies and tell him “this is from the guy with the big nostrils, giving you his two cents worth”. I thought this was funny so I agreed to do it, especially since I knew the two were friends. I go to the dressing room and deliver the message and the “gift”. The response I was given was even better. The actor told me to return the pennies and I was to “tell the guy with the big nostrils to take his worthless 2 cents and shove them right up his big nostrils”. So that’s it. This is my 2 cents after sitting on the latest Steelers game for a bit. This is quite the opposite of my Knee Jerk Reaction article, so I get to bring everything full circle. You might tell me to take my worthless two cents and shove them up my nostrils, and that’s okay, because we are friends and I don’t look at it as personal.

I am going to break things down into three categories: One, something I feel stronger about. Two, something I have softened on a bit. Three, something that didn’t really change.

SOMETHING I FEEL STRONGER ABOUT

The so-called experts don’t have that much expertise. There were a lot of these so-called experts who picked the Steelers to finish last in the AFC North this season, and many said it would be Mike Tomlin’s first losing season. Boy were they wrong (again). This has been a typical narrative the past couple of years, and it’s been wrong every single year. With the win against the Browns, the Steelers guaranteed they would finish no worse than second in the AFC North, and have the inside track to win the division. I love seeing the talking heads get it so wrong when it comes to the Steelers.

SOMETHING I’VE SOFTENED ON

Broderick Jones. He’s been the offensive lineman most in the line of fire for many Steeler fans, including myself. I have to admit that over the past couple of weeks his play has been really good. He has cleaned up his play and is not missing as many assignments. He is playing more like a first round pick, and it has been a lot of fun to watch.

SOMETHING THAT HASN’T CHANGED

I hate Myles Garrett. Being in that stadium on Sunday made it even easier to hate him. The guy was invisible all day and then late in the game Russ gifts him a sack to keep the clock running. After the play, Garrett then starts giving the “Shhh” signal to the crowd, making me wonder why a guy who had done nothing all day would make such a gesture. I loved it when one play later the Browns fumbled the punt and Garrett then had to come back out on the field as fans at Acrisure were quick to make sure he knew how nice it was to see him right back out on the field.

There you have it. My worthless 2 cents. Maybe you liked it, maybe you didn’t. Maybe you want to tell me to shove my worthless two cents up my big nostrils. Maybe you have your own worthless 2 cents you would like to share. If so please feel free to share it in the comments below, I might look at it and tell you to shove it up your big nostrils…but that’s okay, because we are still friends.