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With the immenant departure of Hines Ward and James Farrior, the Steelers seem to be facing a dearth of leadership in the locker room.  

With his shenanagins behind him (we hope), Ben should be ready to take the reigns.  He has certainly gained some respect by playing under some rough  injuries.  The question is whether he has recovered enough respect to truly lead.

Is Ben ready to really lead this team?

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We know the Steelers are headed to the playoffs. As we all know, we want the Patriots and Ravens and Browns to lose today. That sounds like a typical Sunday in any Steeler fans life. The only thing out of the ordinary is that we want the Bungles to win!

Thanks to PlayoffStatus.com, we can easily see the possible scenarios.

Spot #1 – First Round Bye
Steelers beat the Browns, and
Bills beat the Patriots, and
Bengals beat the Ravens

Spot #2 – First Round Bye
Steelers beat the Browns, and
Bengals beat the Ravens

Spot #3 – First Round Home Field Advantage
No clinching cases were found for this spot

Spot #4 – First Round Home Field Advantage
The Steelers cannot win this spot

Spot #5 – Wildcard
The Steelers have already won this spot

Spot #6 – Wildcard
The Steelers have already won this spot

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It looks like the Steelers are planning to let Ben rest Saturday against the Rams and probably the next week in Cleveland. This makes complete sense. His performance Monday proved he was not mobile enough to get the job done. After that loss we’re probably relegated to a wild card appearance. Let’s give Ben a chance to heal and get ready for the post season. We have done well in past with a low playoff seed. We certainly have a better chance with a healthy Ben at the helm.

That being said, the team seems to be Hell bent on putting Batch in there. I know he has the experience but really hope they start giving Dixon some time. Batch doesn’t have much left. I really hope Batch and Dixon split the duties in these final two games.

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