Comments on: The Steelers Achieve a Hollow Victory https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/05/the-steelers-achieve-a-hollow-victory/ An Introspective Steelers Site Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: roxannafirehall https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/05/the-steelers-achieve-a-hollow-victory/#comment-6205 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:45:40 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22408#comment-6205 In reply to steelmn.

I forgot about good old Conrad. I’m sticking with Burfict though

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]]> By: steelmn https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/05/the-steelers-achieve-a-hollow-victory/#comment-6204 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:54:42 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22408#comment-6204 In reply to roxannafirehall.

I think Conrad Dobler is widely considered to be the dirtiest player in NFL history. Most of his dirty, cheap tactics were committed in the scrum at the line of scrimmage. The array of cameras back in the day was far less than now so his tactics were rarely seen.

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]]> By: roxannafirehall https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/05/the-steelers-achieve-a-hollow-victory/#comment-6200 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:30:25 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22408#comment-6200 In reply to mtsnot.

I don’t applaud JuJu lightly. I hate dirty play, though I don’t consider his hit dirty, even if illegal. That exact hit would have been within the rules just a few years ago. Hines Ward made many such hits in his career. I stand by my position on Burfict. I have to go way back in my memory to recall a player as dirty as him. In fact, he may be the dirtiest player I have ever seen, topping a list which includes Jack Tatum, Ben Davidson and Turkey Joe Jones.

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]]> By: mtsnot https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/05/the-steelers-achieve-a-hollow-victory/#comment-6197 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:52:43 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22408#comment-6197 Oh, and Iloka’s hit on Brown was the epitome of targeting. Does he have a history of hits like that? I have always been so focused on Burfict’s dirty play that I may have missed it.

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]]> By: mtsnot https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/05/the-steelers-achieve-a-hollow-victory/#comment-6196 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:47:42 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22408#comment-6196 In reply to roxannafirehall.

You have said a lot of what I am sure many are thinking but won’t say…..and I agree whole heartedly. If only JJSS would have hit just a bit lower and not hit his head, it would be a vicious, but legal block. Burfict is such a chump. Thankfully, now their playoff chances are terrible, so I guess next year we will see them? Here is to hoping that is the case.

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]]> By: roxannafirehall https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/05/the-steelers-achieve-a-hollow-victory/#comment-6195 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:36:58 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22408#comment-6195 Whether Burfict was really hurt or not matters not a bit to me. JuJu’s hit was illegal and borderline vicious. Had JuJu laid that hit on almost anyone else, I would be very critical of him. Burfict is, however, an outlaw. He has injured our players and has recklessly, if not intentionally, tried to inflict INJURY, as opposed to pain. To me, this was a beautiful hit. Hurt or not, JuJu laid him out and he had it coming. I could do without the taunt. It was not classy, but hey, it was a kid who did a nice piece of sherrifing (is that even a word?). Ryan will hopefully be okay.

Can’t imagine what the next Bengals encounter will be like.

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]]> By: Homer J. https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/05/the-steelers-achieve-a-hollow-victory/#comment-6193 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:36:59 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22408#comment-6193 Real doctors in the real world often need time to properly diagnose the extent of spinal cord injuries. That’s because they are often like concussions, in that you can’t determine the extent of the damage until the swelling begins to abate. The hope here is that it is a spinal concussion, and there’s reason to believe that may well be the case. Tommy Maddox had one of those, had to be carried off the field, and was back after a week’s rest (though he stunk up the joint on his return). It would be an oversimplification to call a spinal concussion a giant stinger on steroids, but that’s how it affects you, and how it abates.

It is still far too early to determine anything specific about Ryan Shazier’s prognosis, except there are many more reasons to be hopeful today than there were yesterday. And it says plenty that Art II and Kevin Colbert stayed behind to be with him. It’s all about family, and taking care of one another.

As far as Burfict is concerned, Karma can be a nasty mistress, and he has been tempting her for years. But let”s get this straight. He was knocked out, or something like it, had to be strapped to the gurney and carried off the field. And yet, when he got into the tunnel, Our Lady of Lourdes effected some miraculous recovery and he jumped off the gurney as soon as they unhooked the safety restraints.

Well, folks, maybe that explains how this helpless and unconscious victim of senseless violence was able to grab Juju’s leg and trip him up as DeCastro pushed him off Burfict’s defeated body. Certainly, he would never fake an injury or accuse anyone else of faking an injury, would he? Nor would he feel any shame getting the stuffings knocked out of him by a mere wide receiver? Would he?

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]]> By: mtsnot https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/05/the-steelers-achieve-a-hollow-victory/#comment-6192 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:18:27 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22408#comment-6192 In reply to steelmn.

That was going through my head when they replayed it, though i didn’t want to think it out loud since he was severely injured, at least as it seemed at the time. He does have a history of dropping his head. Hopefully, this will be a lesson to him to stop dropping his head when he hits.

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]]> By: steelmn https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/05/the-steelers-achieve-a-hollow-victory/#comment-6190 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:03:53 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22408#comment-6190 In reply to steelmn.

These recent come-from-behind victories are games the Steelers used to lose. That tells me this defense has evolved to the point they are ready to compete for another SB.

Shazier’s injury is another example of why players have to stop leading with their helmets. I hope he has a full recovery and hangs up his cleats.

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]]> By: steelmn https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/05/the-steelers-achieve-a-hollow-victory/#comment-6189 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:59:54 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22408#comment-6189 Coty Sensabaugh looked severely over matched last night. Why was he on Green so much instead of Artie? And why wasn’t Green flagged for offensive PI on his first touchdown when he blatantly threw Coty aside to get open in the end zone?

I love Ben and Bell but AB is the MVP of this team IMO.

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