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League source told espn that he will not be suspended and a fine is under review. Turrible.

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I certainly would have put that in, but didn’t see it until this morning. Hopefully he gets a suspension for that. I agree 16 games seems appropriate. But I won’t be shocked if he is only fined. And good for Nix for not reacting.

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TSF, I think you may have hit on it. It is like the Vikes playing duck, duck goose. There is an element of whimsy without the showboating.

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With respect to JuJu’s celebration, I think the reason everybody likes it is that it really has no ego in it. Many (most?) TD celebrations tend to have a “look at me, I’m so great” quality to them, which makes them difficult to like, especially if you’re a fan of the opposing team. JuJu’s celebrations (so far, anyways) are light-hearted works of art that anybody can enjoy.

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Ya gotta wonder if there’s some kind of SOP among producers and game announcers not to refer to Renegade when coming out of commercial. We all saw the crowd going nuts before the series that ended 4th and 34, and we all pretty much knew what was going on, but not a word about it. Things that make ya go Hmmmm.

The JuJu celebration: I think it’s just you, Earthling. It seems like everybody loved it. It’s all over the place on the web and on TV today. It’s all everybody is talking about, because it was PURE FUN. The NFL has to love it because it made the National Anthem controversy go away, at least for one day. That’s a big deal for Goodell. And somebody has to create a black baseball cap for Juju with gold lettering saying, “Make Football Fun Again.” That’s what he does.

Homer loves Momma’s Stat of the Day. “In the second half Robert Golden passed for more yards than Andy Dalton. In fact, Golden’s 44-yard pass on a punt fake was more yards than the Bengals’ offense had, period.” Wow. Robert Golden, the Man with the Golden Arm. And yet he’s been hidden on the bench all these years, while the offense languishes and can’t score touchdowns. Fire Haley. Fire Tomlin. And, of course, Fire Colbert.

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It was also, to add yet another B, the return of Bearded Ben. In all ways. I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I was thrilled to see stubble on him last week, more thrilled to see beard this week and then attributed much success to it all through the game. What strange people we become as fans. There I was, pointing at my tv and yelling about the beard. The beard!! Yes, with those exclamation points. But really Beardy Ben is better. Beard and all, Ben practically ran occasionally in this game. Lumbered, perhaps is a better word but he was still moving. In the last couple of games, he’s more often just winced and huddled and waited for the hit when a sack seemed imminent.

Right now in the afterblur, I think it was all thrilling. (Minus a period of exasperation and fear in the 3rd Q as Dalton looked good and the Steelers sputtered.) Amidst a huge pile-up of favorite moments, I’m going to momentarily claim the most favorite of favorites was the Golden to HeyBey pass. I love those 2, feel guilty when I’m glad not to see them on the field all the time, and it was nice to see them claim some of the glory. Is it even possible for a human to look happier than Rob Golden after that?

Questions–Romo and Nantz thought the hide and go seek celebration was great. That completely surprised me. It wasn’t terrible or anything but…eh, it didn’t do much for me. At best kinda cute. Is it just me? Did everyone else love that?

Next Q Why do the announcers never mention the whole Renegade thing? Surely they know, right? I’ve never heard it mentioned on tv and then you see a game like today’s when a sack follows and it’s almost unbelievable that they say nothing. It makes me wonder if other teams have similar things that don’t get mentioned.

I agree with you on Berry. I stomped around and said a few choice words about him. How wonderful it is to quibble.

No injuries, no fights, a couple of hits on Ben after the whistle maybe, and after so much trepidation going into this game. I can almost bring myself to say, Poor Andy. Almost.

Earthling

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