posted by Ironman92
It worked. I loved almost everything he said AND how he said it. The incident with Eifert may be true but as a Steelers fan I think Mike Mitchell is their dirtiest player. Dude has had a lot of dumbass personal fouls in his Steelers time. Between his dirtiness and his inability to be very good....he might be my least favorite player on the team
He's from Ohio U, and therefore, above criticism!!!!
Seriously, he's so right that you know he'll be fined, suspended and personally shot in the head by GODdell. I agree that player safety should be SERIOUS BUSINESS, but you see it in college and pro ball. Bad passes cause receivers to extend in an unpredictable manner and the defender gets flagged or target-ejected (college) as a result. A running back drops his level quickly either on his own volition or because someone else tripped him up and the eventual hit from a defender who's already committed to his tackle turns into a flag. The league has no idea how to stop something that often is part of the game, regardless of how ugly the potential consequences are, so they wind up being inconsistent as hell.
I'm not saying this because of NE, because NE kicks Pittsburgh's ass whether he's healthy or unavailable, but Gronk should have been suspended for multiple games if you're suspending (whether they're lifted or not) players for 1 game for illegal hits that take place within the frame of the play, where the action can be too quick for players to decommit from potential head collisions. Hell, to give an example that doesn't work with my personal Steelers bias, look at that one play by Bell where he danced the sideline and Cincy let him get by because their guys seemed afraid to hit him because they thought he was out and probably didn't want flagged for a late hit.
tl;dr version: Safety is important, but both college and NFL are so clueless with their "if this happens, this HAS to happen" black-and-white judgements that they're ruining the sport as a viewing and playing experience.