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

I hate Wednesday football. I’ve already made it known that I hate Thursday football, but I think I might hate Wednesday football even more. Football should be played on Sundays and Monday night with a few Saturdays sprinkled in towards the end of the season and playoffs. If the NFL thinks having the Steelers play on Wednesday is going to have me watching football on Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Monday then they are mistaken. I watched the Steelers on Wednesday and I’m now so angry there will be no more football for me this weekend. I have better things to do with my time.

SOMETHING I’VE SOFTENED ON

Softened on. Softened on? Are you kidding me. There’s no softening on anything right now. After three straight losses I think I will add another thing I’m pretty fired up about here. The high-paid Steelers defense is not playing anything like a high-paid defense. If anything they’re playing like one of the lowest paid defenses in the league right now. They are not tackling. Miscommunications all over the place. They are not covering. They can’t stop the run. They can’t stop the pass. They look totally uninspired. And the total defensive scheme looks like trash. What exactly are they doing out there on the field?

SOMETHING THAT HASN’T CHANGED

The Steelers crumbling down the stretch. There is nothing I can say to people right now who are screaming about the Steelers fading at the end of the season and being one and done in the playoffs. What exactly have the Steelers shown us to make me think it could be anything different? That doesn’t mean they couldn’t win in Week 18 against Cincinnati and then potentially win a playoff game, it’s just I wouldn’t be putting money on it. Good Steelers teams are known for bringing it together at the end looking like competent offensive and defensive units and storming into the playoffs. The Steelers haven’t done that in years. In the end I think the Steelers are a high-end, middle-of-the-road team good enough to beat the teams they should and rack up 10 or 11 wins in the season, but not beat anyone of consequence when it matters.

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.