Anthony Smith . . . Just Shut the Hell Up

"Now we have our swagger back on defense and we're playing great ball, and they're playing great on the offensive side, too," he said of the Steelers. "I think we have a real good chance to win the game and we will win the game."

So says Anthony Smith in an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Mr. Smith goes on to compare the Cincinnati receivers -- who were "shut down" by the Steelers' defense, according to the young safety -- to Randy Moss, Wes Welker, and Donte Stallworth, saying "I don't think it gets much better than Cincinnati's corps of receivers. We've already seen the best."

Lovely, just what New England needed -- some motivation.