ANDY HARDY REDUX - "ON A ROLL!"

I can only assume that the Steelers management and coaches got together this past weekend - put their pocket change in a pile - and started a beer fund that would keep the screenwriters for last Monday night's game from leaving the park prior to the second half - thus keeping us from sitting on the edge of our seats as we did the previous Monday night.

Look! You got to admit this is getting scary!

We got two consecutive games of good football from the 2014 Steelers. What comes next, the Pirates end up with the highest MLB payroll in 2015?

A little history here.

I finished a tongue in cheek blog early this past Sunday morning - asking for a little screenwriting help for the Steelers in their game against the Indianapolis Colts later that afternoon. And then starting at about 4:35 or so - all Hell breaks loose at Heinz Field for our victorious Steelers.

Here are just a few examples:

A tall rookie receiver - who apparently was not ready to play prior to last week - catches his 3rd TD pass in two games.

Roethlisberger, the QB to whom I referred as possibly lacking mobility this year  - breaks a passing record for QB's by having his second 500 yard game - and throws 6 touchdowns w/o an interception in the process.

Our Defensive front helped by several judicious blitz packages launches a "ferocious attack" against our opponent, the Indianapolis Colts - the likes of which we haven't seen since Mickey Rooney was a KID.

Our Offensive Line strategy lacked only "a moat" filled with Tiger sharks as a sure fire plausible method of protecting our QB - who had enough time during the game to autograph the footballs with the signature "BBR - 500(2)" before heaving them.

One veteran back - not named Polamolu, (GAY) - actually intercepted the opponents pass - and ran it back for a touchdown.

Another new defensive back gave a tutorial to Cortez Allen on how you can actually keep track of the opposing receiver and still track the ball sufficiently so as to intercept it.

True, there were some lingering memories from the Steelers first 7 games - as well as some necessary follow-up questions?

Will the Steelers always be assessed more penalty yards than the opposing team?
(Where are the old Oakland Raiders when you need them?)

Could someone please explain the hands-in- the- face penalty to me - and are you allowed to call it against both teams - or is that part of a pre-game referee strategy that presumably is accompanied by secret handshakes?

Those two former Steelers who we let go and then re-signed? What were the Steelers feeding them last Sunday and whom do we thank for their visionary prowess?

And a few less specific questions:

Can somebody please explain - in detail - what caused this team to do such an about-face against a team that had just won 5 straight?

Can we expect to see this type of play by the Steelers next Sunday against the Ravens?

If and when the screen writers who assisted the Steelers game plan last Monday, and again this Sunday, become "free agents"  will somebody in the Steeler's organization please promise to find a way to fit their salaries under the cap?

With the success these guys had last Sunday in writing a new and even better follow-up script for the 2014 Steelers, one can safely assume the Pittsburgh Police blocked all exits leading out of town immediately after the game..

 Perhaps those guys (and gals?) can be found holed up in the old William Penn Hotel - drinking a few free beers to the tinkling of a piano by the ghost of Oscar Levant as they write screenplays for sequels to "The Great Gatsby" "Citizen Kane" and "Casablanca".

After Sunday's Steeler performance they can erase the name Andy Hardy from their memories - as well as their "curriculum vitaes".

These guys are clearly "on a roll!"