Steelers at Bengals - Wild Card Game

• BR1986FB

  SportsAndLady;1775011 wrote:James Harrison to start

  Hines Ward was a notorious cheapshot artist too
• Automatik

  

  Missing my point, which is there should be no surprise that Burfict got suspended. It's not like this is something new...see, Merriweather, Harrison, Suh. You get fined repeatedly, don't be shocked when Lord Goodell makes you sit.
  
  I do agree with some that 3 games without pay is harsh.
• Azubuike24

  

  The argument isn't necessarily with you Automatik. It's the loose definition of "repeat offender." Does that mean 2 prior personal fouls? 6? 8? 3 times fined in the past? 5? A previous suspension? It's all subjective. And in this case, the stage and the media attention made it almost a foregone conclusion he would be suspended. Which is fine, but the motive behind it has zero to do with trying to prevent it in the future, it's about making an example of a player giving a bad name to the league.
• superman

  Heretic;1775012 wrote:Keep the tears rolling Cincinnati, since you can't provide meaningful wins ever, you can at least provide amusement!

  I've seen far more shitburgh fans crying about "Tez shoul b banneded 4eva!" Than Bengals fans crying about anything. Most Bengals i know blame Lewis, Jones, and Burfict.
• Automatik

  

  Goodell has no intention of setting a standard which would result in consistency with his decisions regarding discipline.
• friendfromlowry

  Couldn't care less he was suspended. Sick of him playing like a dirtball. Bengals certainly won't hold him accountable.
• Azubuike24

  

  Exactly. It's like the NCAA. If they acknowledged that precedent mattered, they would be hypocritical in decision making pretty much every day. It would be way too transparent on decisions they love to keep subjective.
• SportsAndLady

  

  superman;1775021 wrote:I've seen far more shitburgh fans crying about "Tez shoul b banneded 4eva!" Than Bengals fans crying about anything. Most Bengals i know blame Lewis, Jones, and Burfict.

  Come on.
  
  I'm certainly never going to defend the POS steelers ever, but Bengals fans have been obnoxious the last few days. Hell there's a petition going around asking the NFL to investigate the game lol
• Ironman92

  

  superman;1775021 wrote:I've seen far more shitburgh fans crying about "Tez shoul b banneded 4eva!" Than Bengals fans crying about anything. Most Bengals i know blame Lewis, Jones, and Burfict.

  I've not seen a single solitary Steelers fan say that....not even on FB.
  
  The crying by Bengals fans is incredible. Fake injury, refs, should've been flags, ....mind you it's irritating people on FB/Twitter who really don't know much of anything about football...but it's rampant. Maybe if I go to one of the idiotic Steelers message boards there are asinine threads about Bengals players.
• Automatik

  

  My Cincy friends are still devastated. Makes the W even sweeter!
• BR1986FB

  superman;1775021 wrote:I've seen far more shitburgh fans crying about "Tez shoul b banneded 4eva!" Than Bengals fans crying about anything. Most Bengals i know blame Lewis, Jones, and Burfict.

  Blame should be on Jeremy Hill.
• Heretic

  

  Ironman92;1775032 wrote:I've not seen a single solitary Steelers fan say that....not even on FB.
  
  The crying by Bengals fans is incredible. Fake injury, refs, should've been flags, ....mind you it's irritating people on FB/Twitter who really don't know much of anything about football...but it's rampant. Maybe if I go to one of the idiotic Steelers message boards there are asinine threads about Bengals players.

  I have seen it a little bit; not phrased as moronically as in the example given, but I have seen it. About 5% of what I've seen from Bengal fans whining about the game, the flipping catch, how Burfict is an angel unjustly screwed by the refs, etc.
  
  Then again, it is kind of funny that the Bengals fan that's saying that most others he knows are blaming Lewis, Jones and Burfict is one that's argued that Burfict shouldn't have even been penalized for his hit and that it's bullshit he was disciplined, so yeah, grain of salt being taken there.
• superman

  Heretic;1775050 wrote:I have seen it a little bit; not phrased as moronically as in the example given, but I have seen it. About 5% of what I've seen from Bengal fans whining about the game, the flipping catch, how Burfict is an angel unjustly screwed by the refs, etc.
  
  Then again, it is kind of funny that the Bengals fan that's saying that most others he knows are blaming Lewis, Jones and Burfict is one that's argued that Burfict shouldn't have even been penalized for his hit and that it's bullshit he was disciplined, so yeah, grain of salt being taken there.

  I said a suspension was bullshit. But don't let facts stand in the way of your narrative.
• fish82

  

  Both fanbases are pretty equally asshurt, from what I've seen.
• Automatik

  

  I'm good. Pittsburgh is still in it. Not very confident though, apparently Roethlisberger stated earlier that he has "torn ligaments" along with the sprained AC joint.
  
  http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000621450/article/ben-roethlisberger-has-torn-ligaments-in-shoulder
• BR1986FB

  fish82;1775060 wrote:Both fanbases are pretty equally asshurt, from what I've seen.

  Same here. None of the posters on here that are Pittsburgh fans have been whining but I've seen quite a few on other social media outlets.
• Automatik

  

  You mean Cincy and Cleveland? I agree, and I LOVE IT.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Automatik;1775066 wrote:You mean Cincy and Cleveland? I agree, and I LOVE IT.

  No he meant cinci and Pittsburgh.
  
  The butthurt is strong in both fan bases.
• BR1986FB

  Automatik;1775061 wrote:I'm good. Pittsburgh is still in it. Not very confident though, apparently Roethlisberger stated earlier that he has "torn ligaments" along with the sprained AC joint.
  
  http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000621450/article/ben-roethlisberger-has-torn-ligaments-in-shoulder

  C'mon now, is there any doubt the "Knight in Shining Armor" will play this weekend? The Pittsburgh homer announcer during that game said "this is the stuff legends are made of" when he came back in. Luckily, I didn't start projectile vomiting when I heard that since I was driving. He'll play.
• Automatik

  

  Not sure what I would prefer. Jones or a noodle arm Roethlisberger.
• BR1986FB

  SportsAndLady;1775068 wrote:No he meant cinci and Pittsburgh.
  
  The butthurt is strong in both fan bases.

  That's exactly what I meant. The hypocrisy of a fan base with their "classy" ownership who cheers on a rapist, a wife beater and a dog killer is comical. "Ban Burfict from the league !!! yada, yada, yada"
  
  And most of the Bengals fans I've seen bitching have a bunch of excuses and are casting blame on the wrong guy (Marvin Lewis)
• BR1986FB

  Automatik;1775070 wrote:Not sure what I would prefer. Jones or a noodle arm Roethlisberger.

  Ha....as much as it pains me, TheRapist at 50% is better than 2/3rd's of the league.
• Heretic

  

  Automatik;1775070 wrote:Not sure what I would prefer. Jones or a noodle arm Roethlisberger.

  Noodle arm still >>>>>>>>>> Jones. Of course, if he is damaged, by playing he could be at risk of going full Romo and simply getting shattered, which is another element to consider. But on pure on-field merits, his arm could be hanging by a thread and he'd still do better at QB than Jones.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Ben is probably 100% healthy. Just looking for some sympathy before he goes out there. He's "gutsy" guys!
• Automatik

  

  Heretic;1775073 wrote:Noodle arm still >>>>>>>>>> Jones. Of course, if he is damaged, by playing he could be at risk of going full Romo and simply getting shattered, which is another element to consider. But on pure on-field merits, his arm could be hanging by a thread and he'd still do better at QB than Jones.

  Yeah, probably this. Jones looked very bad in the limited time he was in. It also irks me that he doesn't look for Brown more.