I don't know why they took away the old sideline reporter. It's a pretty useless position, but if you're going to have it at least have the woman in there be moderately good looking.
I also thought it was humorous that this time it wasn't the replay system that failed... it was the system that initiates the replay system that failed. It wasn't a big deal if only because Pittsburgh would've almost certainly pounded it in anyways. My fantasy squad thanks that those officials for allowing Heath Miller the TD.
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Onto the other order of business, The Lions. They open against the Seahawks this season. Here's what will happen (from someone who knows): This one really has all the fingerprints of a game the Lions will win. They'll beat the defending NFC champs at home, probably by a score of 13-7 as the offense sputters horribly but the defense holds it down. With the Seahawks due for a 7-9 season as the Super Bowl losers, the Lions should go ahead and win this one, getting fan expectations way up (but don't worry, Lion lovers, they'll lose five of their next six.) We'll ignore the fact that the offense played like there was toxic waste in the end zone and are likely to continue doing that for half the season and start going "wow, this might be the year!", but next week is a game in Chicago, that'll be a loss for sure against a supposedly "easier" opponent that just happens to be a division rival.