A Monday Cheerer-Upper: Father’s Day, Steelers Style
Yesterday while checking out Twitter, which I do relatively seldom, I came across a couple of great tweets from Steeler dads, and decided to make a compendium to start the week out right. Enjoy!
Let’s start with one of the guys I would most like to hang out with, family style. His “Dad Do” ads for Pantene were classics, and you should definitely check them out if you haven’t seen them. I loved yesterday’s tweet:
Perfect Father’s Day morning! pic.twitter.com/ARHdur44lM
— DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) June 19, 2016
This one, from a few days before, is also pretty wonderful:
Though there’s no such thing as a 60-yd line, I am VERY proud of my daughter’s drawing (especially the scoreboard)!😂 pic.twitter.com/oBE7w06FTa
— DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) June 17, 2016
Note that the scoreboard is marked “Steelers/Browns” and that the score is 1,000,000 for the Steelers and 0 for the Browns. If I were Hue Jackson I would be pretty worried, as in fact the Steelers play the Browns in Week 17 this year, and if that is actually the score (or the football equivalent—perhaps 52-3 or something similar) Jackson may find himself back on the market the next day, assuming the pattern holds true.
Arthur Moats is a guy whose heart seems almost too big for his DE body, and that’s saying something. Here is a tweet to melt the heart of any mom:
Truly blessed to be daddy to my three amazing children! Thanks to my lovely wife for making this dream come true. pic.twitter.com/qmTRDkxWHb
— Arthur Moats (@dabody52) June 19, 2016
Just a few minutes ago I discovered the tweet his wife put up in reply:
I don’t know who’s luckier..them or me. Happy Father’s Day @dabody52! We love you! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/79AjZC8YiZ
— shonda moats (@mrsmoats52) June 19, 2016
Check out his twitter account if you haven’t already—the picture of his kids which heads the page is fabulous.
Ben Roethlisberger spent his Father’s Day throwing something like 400 passes at his Pro Camp, but his webmaster found time to post this tweet:
Happy Father’s Day to our dad: https://t.co/4UmF4qlQ7f — Benjamin Jr., Baylee & Bodie #HappyFathersDayToYoupic.twitter.com/cbEAYGOtIp
— BigBen7.com (@_BigBen7) June 19, 2016
If you go to the Twitter page there are wonderful pictures of him and his family.
Where Ben is, AB can’t be far behind. And given his very public pride in his kids and his determination to be a great father, it’s no surprise that Brown’s twitter page was full of Father’s Day tweets. Here’s my two favorites:
S/O to the brave dads overseas not able to be with their family today. Thank you for protecting your family and mine. #happyfathersday
— Antonio Brown (@AntonioBrown84) June 19, 2016
And this:
#HappyFathersDaypic.twitter.com/4rKrmpMSZy
— Antonio Brown (@AntonioBrown84) June 19, 2016
Another great family man, Cameron Heyward honored his father:
Another day to acknowledge a great man and a great father #ironhead #fathersday https://t.co/v2LhtM4bFs
— Cam Heyward (@CamHeyward) June 19, 2016
To enjoy this one you have to follow the link to Instagram, where you can see our tireless Iron Man knocked flat by his seven-month old son, as well as a couple of pictures of him with his own father:
Happy Fathers Day to all past, present, and future dads! Impossible to celebrate without great… https://t.co/BecshubLee
— Cam Heyward (@CamHeyward) June 19, 2016
And if you want to see James Harrison with his father when he was just knee-high to a grasshopper, check out his tweet:
Happy Fathers Day #thebestiknowhttps://t.co/8q1Jms8iCl
— James Harrison (@jharrison9292) June 17, 2016
It’s pretty hard to top a photo of a youthful James Harrison, so I’ll just leave it here. I hope all of you had a wonderful and blessed Father’s Day as well—unless you’re not a father. Then I hope you blessed your own dad if possible. Thanks to the Steeler dads for being such great role models for their children and their community, and special thanks to Coach Tomlin, who I fear isn’t much of a tweeter, for his part in modeling fatherhood for his players and his work in organizations which support this.
On D Wills it’s at the Browns so who knows, they may toss in a 60 from time to time.
Funny thing about AB’s pick. It looks like he’s barely got his baby, though my guess is it’s in good hands.
Really nice post.
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Lol on AB. He’s known for his sure hands and low drop rate so I think the baby is okay.
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