Halftime

I am probably too drunk/hungover to be responsibly posting anything in a public forum but the state of the Patriots AFC Championship re-match with the Pittsburgh Steelers is just begging for comment.

Rodney Harrison is done. His leg is either broken or his knee is dislocated or something is torn, forget it. Watching that play over and over again was agonizing, it hurt my knee.

If he's out for an extended period of time that's big trouble (dur...really?). His replacement is a second year man whose name I can't remember but that's not the biggest thing. His leadership and heart is what they'll miss most. Whoever they put out there won't be the veteran rallying point that Harrison has been.

Matt Light was also carted off the field. After he came out the Pittsburgh defense attacked the left side relentlessly and stopped the first half dozen running plays for no gain or a loss. With a rookie replacement on that side another crippling injury could come about, Tom Brady. That's his backside and if Light's replacement, a rookie whose name is something like Kazmir, can't hack it Brady could get killed by Jerry Porter in the second half.

Two red zone turnovers in the second quarter have tipped this game sharply in Pittsburgh's favor. That's a lot to ask the Patriots to overcome against a good team. Assuming they wouldn't score touchdowns on those possessions (not that they couldn't but you can't assume a TD) the score should still be 13-10 Pats.

On the positive, they're moving the ball and they put a hurt on Roethlisberger at the end of the half.

Second half's starting, I'm going to go back to pulling my hair out. More after the game.