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You are here: Home / Sports / Way to Be, Jeff

Way to Be, Jeff

by John Cole|  October 19, 200912:28 pm| 35 Comments

This post is in: Sports, Assholes, General Stupidity

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Idiot:

According to the Associated Press, Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Jeff Reed was cited by Pittsburgh police for public intoxication and disorderly conduct outside a bar Sunday night.

The episode occurred around 9 p.m., the AP reported, outside a bar a few blocks from Heinz Field, where Reed kicked two field goals as the Steelers beat the Cleveland Browns earlier Sunday.

Can’t we just put James Harrison in charge of driving Reed home from games?

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  1. 1.

    jeffreyw

    October 19, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    Phew, read the hed and thought I was in trouble for posting food pics.

  2. 2.

    asiangrrlMN

    October 19, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    @jeffreyw: Never, if I have anything to say about it. Which, of course, I don’t.

    Cole, sorry about your kicker, but I am glad this was merely sports-related. I can’t take any more political asshattery today (and it’s not even noon yet) or heartbreaking animal cruelty, either.

  3. 3.

    Jack

    October 19, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    Yes, idiotic. But not remotely as bad as this:

    http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/comments/and_now_the_worst_thing_that_has_ever_happened_in_sound/

    Brain hurts. Hurts bad.

  4. 4.

    Leelee for Obama

    October 19, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    Sorry, Cole. I’m not a football person, but it does cause no end of annoyance for anyone when a talented person acts like an idjit.

  5. 5.

    Napoloen

    October 19, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    Count your blessings. He could have gone “Ernie Holmes” on you and shot at a helicopter.

  6. 6.

    Kiril

    October 19, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    OT: Washington Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli is having an online chat. Originally, the chat was to be for any and all questions about The Post, but was changed to be solely about the WaPo redesign. I’m sure that has nothing to do with Brauchli’s involvement in the pay-to-play salon scheme exposed by the NYT over the weekend.

  7. 7.

    Keith

    October 19, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    Public intoxication is a pretty crap charge, IMO, given that there are literally thousands of places in public where one can get intoxicated while simultaneously paying the state a tax for the privilege of doing so.

  8. 8.

    Punchy

    October 19, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    You do realize, John, that Reed has a LOOOOOOONG history of partying out of control. Here’s a freaking classic.

  9. 9.

    The Moar You Know

    October 19, 2009 at 12:55 pm

    @Jack: You’re a dick. I’m now off to tie firecrackers to my ears to insure I’ll never be able to hear anything that awful again.

  10. 10.

    Napoloen

    October 19, 2009 at 12:57 pm

    @Punchy:

    Jesus, he looks like the Heatmiser.

  11. 11.

    Jack

    October 19, 2009 at 12:57 pm

    @The Moar You Know:

    Hah!

    I just wanted to put Reed’s conduct into some perspective. Acting like an ass whilst intoxicated is bad mojo, sure. But, someone had to envision, plan, hire talent, produce and distribute that vile, brain corroding swill…

    Which is the greater offense to public taste, really?

  12. 12.

    Punchy

    October 19, 2009 at 12:58 pm

    Here’s more. Hell, just google “Jeff Reed drunk pictures” and look at all the hits….from all the different dates and episodes.

  13. 13.

    Punchy

    October 19, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    @Napoloen: He looks like a young Dice Clay in those photos, IMO

  14. 14.

    Morbo

    October 19, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    “”This is how I feel — if you want to see James Harrison, invite me when you aren’t drunk off your ass. As far as I’m concerned, he [Reed] would’ve gotten drunk with Cleveland if they had won,” said Harrison.”

    OK, so it’s slightly altered…

  15. 15.

    Rob in Denver

    October 19, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    Reed makes frequent appearances at Hot Chicks With Douchebags.

    Behold: http://bit.ly/1ZR4Iu

  16. 16.

    4jkb4ia

    October 19, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    Somewhat on-topic: Crack NYT research team assures us precisely that Sanchez never played a college game where the temperature was below 55 degrees.

  17. 17.

    Dracula

    October 19, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    @Rob in Denver: From your link, I see this:

    Don’t forget that Pittsburgh is also plagued with a ‘bag mayor that is 27 years old. Luke Ravenstahl aka Luke Ravensbag.

    Is this true? A mayor of a major metro thats 27 years old?

  18. 18.

    The Saff

    October 19, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I can’t take any more political asshattery today (and it’s not even noon yet) or heartbreaking animal cruelty, either.

    Me, too, asiangrrlMN. It’s past noon for me and I still can’t take the world’s dipshittedness.

  19. 19.

    Grisha

    October 19, 2009 at 1:12 pm

    Reed: A poor man’s Janikowski.

  20. 20.

    Napoloen

    October 19, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    @Dracula:

    He is really really young, and he has already been mayor several years.

  21. 21.

    KevinD

    October 19, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    @Rob in Denver: He is due for another appearance.

  22. 22.

    geg6

    October 19, 2009 at 1:57 pm

    @Dracula:

    Yes, I believe Luke Ravenstahl is all of 29 years old. He definitely can be a douche. But he got into office when Bob O’Connor died, totally a victim of circumstance. And he’ll stay when the election is done in a few weeks. Mainly because Pittsburgh is a Dem town, no Republicans even had the cojones to run against him, and the guys who ARE running against him aren’t anywhere near as experienced as he is. Which tells you something. When Luke Ravenstahl is the most experienced and tested candidate, the slate for that race is pretty pitiful.

  23. 23.

    tamied

    October 19, 2009 at 2:38 pm

    I’m really surprised he’s still on the team. The Steelers don’t usually put up with that kind of behavior very long. He’d better not miss too many fgs.

  24. 24.

    geg6

    October 19, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    @tamied:

    You’re right in that Steeler ownership is not pleased with this type of behavior. Rumor has been that Reed has been on the Rooney shit list for a while. Kickers were quietly tried out to replace him in the last few years.

    But Heinz Field is a notoriously difficult place for kickers. And Jeff Reid is almost perfect at Heinz Field. So he stays for now.

  25. 25.

    JenJen

    October 19, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    @Jack: Why, Jack? Why did you do that to me?

  26. 26.

    Ed in NJ

    October 19, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    He not only cost my fantasy team, but the Steelers a win recently when he missed two field goals (38, 43 yds) against the Bears. Add in the DUI and the douche factor and it’s time to send this guy packing, preferably to rehab before he hurts someone.

    Oh, and the worst Reed pic, at least for the guys, is here:

    http://deadspin.com/sports/nfl/yep-thats-a-kickers-dong-224068.php

  27. 27.

    Kevin K.

    October 19, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Not clear what the problem is here. Your team won and you’ve got an ass-kicking kicker. I wish the Jets had those kinda problems. Wanna swap? I’d gladly like to see, say, Sanchez drunkenly threaten a cop outside of a NJ bar if it meant he wouldn’t throw five goddamn interceptions.

  28. 28.

    Morbo

    October 19, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    @Kevin K.: Tell that to a Tigers fan after it was revealed that Cabrera spent nights drinking during the critical stretch at the end of the season where they failed miserably to close out the Twins. One doesn’t have to be a moralizing prohibitionist to be annoyed at professionals acting unprofessionally.

  29. 29.

    WyldPiratd

    October 19, 2009 at 4:06 pm

    What a surprise. A Univ. of North Carolina at Crapel Hill graduate shows his ass.

    I

  30. 30.

    Common Sense

    October 19, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    Didn’t Kucinich run Cleveland in his late 20’s/early 30’s?

  31. 31.

    geg6

    October 19, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    @Common Sense:

    Yes, I believe he did. Not very well, as I remember. But that may have been the media who said that, so take that with a grain of salt.

  32. 32.

    Jack

    October 19, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    @JenJen:

    Blame John. He linked Pandagon on this very blog. I usually follow his links to my morning reading material.

    It’s all the fault of Balloon Juice.

  33. 33.

    Joel

    October 19, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    Listen up, kids: Roids and alcohol do not mix.

  34. 34.

    Tom

    October 19, 2009 at 11:12 pm

    The simple solution to Reed’s partying problems is to have Santonio Holmes drive him home after the game.

  35. 35.

    Steeplejack

    October 19, 2009 at 11:13 pm

    &#060Testing, testing, testing.&#062

    Nothing to see here; move along.

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