News and notes:- Arians wants to get Hines his 10 more catches

[coldrolled]

I was hoping he would retire for an early xmas present.

[Stairwayto7]

I was hoping he would retire for an early xmas present.

LOL Good one

[SnakeEyes43]

Run, run, bubble screen.
Run, run, bubble screen.
Bubble screen, run, long bomb.
Run, bubble screen, run
Run, run, short pass not enough for first.
Run, run, bubble screen.
PA pass, bubble screen, bubble screen.
Run, run, bubble screen.

Rinse and repeat!

[BlitzburghRockCity]

With Sanders out now, expect to see more of Hines than you probably would have had Manny not been out. I wouldn't be surprised to see Hines get force fed the ball early on like last week.

[LatrobePA]

I read that they expect Ben and co to come out airing it out building a lead then running the shit out of it...

[SnakeEyes43]

If we have a nice lead, then feed him the damn thing and get this over with!

He could also see the ball quite a bit vs. the Rams.

[jpele]

Interesting little "FYI"

With a win tonight the Steelers can clinch a playoff spot.

Ravens even with a win cannot clinch.

Pittsburgh will have a better conference record than Baltimore even though they are a half game up on us.

[BlitzburghRockCity]

Not so much for Hines Ward tonight. He was a non factor after Ben left the game. Even after Roethlisberger came back, Ward only finished the game with 1 catch, leaving him 9 short of his 1000 catch goal.

Still 3 games left in the year, and there's no guarantee the 49ers game is going to be a situation where he can shine either. I would venture a guess it's going to be REALLY close for Hines come January 1.

[Black@Gold Forever32]

Jets have to lose, Titans have to lose, Bengals have to lose....I think that is how the Steelers clinch a play-off spot.......