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Steelers v. Ravens

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Don’t have a good feeling about this one.

But go Steelers!

*** Update ***

So just so we are clear, Ngata can punch a qb in the face and break his nose while tackling him and no flag is thrown, and Harrison can look at someone funny and get flagged and fined. Awesome rules.

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  1. 1.

    Bret

    Hope Big Ben doesn’t get hurt any worse. If he’s playing on a broken foot, he’s taking a crazy gamble, both with his own health and the game.

  2. 2.

    sherifffruitfly

    Maybe it’s all psych-out gamesmanship, and Ben really isn’t hurt.

    Yah…. I wouldn’t bet on that either. lol

  4. 4.

    J.W. Hamner

    I thought they said was just an aggravation of an old injury, and not a broken foot?

    I feel like this is a must win game for the Ravens, but not really for the Steelers. The Ravens have to be able to beat Big Ben at home if they want to do anything in the playoffs.

  6. 6.

    Cromagnon

    Yeah go Steelers. The team that fires their best WR for smoking some weed, but keeps their serial rapist of a QB. At least they have their priorities straight

  9. 9.

    The Disgruntled Chemist

    I don’t really like the Steelers all that much, but I’ve lived in Baltimore for 3 years now and I am so goddamn tired of Ravens fans.

    I guess I’m rooting for a tornado or something.

  13. 13.

    MikeJ

    I don’t dislike (american)football that much, just mild disinterest[1], but since people feel it necessary to shit on every (real) football thread:

    “Wah! this is soooooooo boring! How could anybody watch this boring game?”

    [1] Normally disinterest. If the football squadron of my metropolitan area is participating it tends to screw up traffic nearby. So I do care a little.

  14. 14.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    As a Browns fan, picking a winner, well put it this way, as long as Art Modell is around, I’ll pick the Steelers. But then I have to De-Louse. But hey we beat the ‘Fins!

  23. 23.

    BruceFromOhio

    @Mr Stagger Lee:

    That was a good finish for Cleveland – stayed in control at the end, kicked it to close it up.

    Barring orbital or tornadic intervention, it would be helpful to see these two beat the living snot out of each other so the Browns have a chance for spoiling someone’s wild card run. Tough defenses, high stakes, I expect a lot of sacking and a low score. If there was a way for them to both lose, that would ice it.

    Come what may, there have been some excellent games this weekend – Auburn yesterday, Brownies, Dallas today, this one, and Pats-Jets tomorrow night. Let it snow, let it snow, etc.

  24. 24.

    auntie beak

    man, i wish they would stop focusing on ben and his nose. it’s an ugly nose to begin with. don’t need a camera focused on it the whole game.

  25. 25.

    Mike The Dealer

    Way to screw up the fake punt Ravens, man this looks like the first team to 17 will win.

  26. 26.

    Gravenstone

    @John Cole: What, you’re expecting Goodell to walk onto the field and level a fine 30 seconds after a hit? Wait until tomorrow or Tuesday for the official judgment before you throw a tantrum. And as Harrison goes, how many times must the league repeat that patterns of behavior lead them to closer scrutiny and larger fines for any future transgressions?

  29. 29.

    Bnut

    @freelancer: I’m the luckiest SOB ever, have broken my nose twice and it’s still only in the original shape: huge and Romanesque. That guy in the pic just has it rough.

  32. 32.

    Chup

    I kind of like the Stillers, but now I have to decide if Richard Seymour or Ngata is my favorite NFL player.

    Decisions, decisions …

    For the record, that looked less of a “punch to the face” of Rapistberger and more of a follow through. He’ll still get fined, though.

  39. 39.

    J.W. Hamner

    You know, I get using the whole between quarters change to review the tape and see if you want to challenge… but throwing the flag right when we come back from commercial pretty much sucks from a fan’s perspective.

    EDIT: Then you don’t even get it.

  42. 42.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    Roethlisberger is such a monster. Has there ever been a QB that big and powerful in the NFL? The defensive lineman look like children trying to take him down.

  44. 44.

    estamm

    Just so we are clear, it is ok for Ben to fumble the ball into the end zone and have film show a Dolphin player recover the ball, but still have the ball awarded to the Steelers. Nothing like a born and raised in Pittsburgh official award a game to the Steelers! God I hate the Steelers. And yes, Ben is a miserable excuse for a human being, whether he has actually been convicted or not.

  46. 46.

    The Dangerman

    @freelancer:

    Do you need a wheelbarrow to get around?

    Completely O/T, but this reminds me of a very early animation with an interesting history. Google “Everready Hardon”. If it isn’t obvious, it’s NSFW.

  47. 47.

    JohnR

    WOOHOO!
    Oh, and no complaining about the refs – everybody can see they’re flagrantly anti-Baltimore…

  48. 48.

    danimal

    Big Ben is in his year of NFL purgatory as punishment for his sexual assualt fetish. Opposing players get to punch him in the face at will.

    If I were Goodell, I’d make the punishment fit the crime. Just make him play without a protective cup.

  49. 49.

    Tim F.

    If I close my eyes and wish really hard, maybe the Steelers O-line will all get better and we won’t lose both this game and our quarterback.

    nnnnng.

  50. 50.

    JohnR

    Oh, phooey. Well, it’s going to be a pretty good bash-up. Between the bitter cold (well, for rearly December, anyway..) and the wind off the bay, t’s almost as bad as Chicago tonight. A lot of messy play and dropped passes, I’m guessing. And being because both teams don’t like each other much, a fair amount of hard play.

  55. 55.

    ChrisZ

    Obvious pick not called! This one non-call is all the evidence I need to determine that there is systematic referee bias in favor of the Steelers.

  58. 58.

    JohnR

    @ChrisZ:

    nah, it’s just that Ravens get penalized for the sins of the early part of the decade. It’s been like that for years. Helps the team play harder, though, so it’s a mixed blessing.

  59. 59.

    Mike The Dealer

    @danimal:

    Players don’t use cups in the NFL generally, lots of bad things happen in those piles when guys are fighting for a fumble.

  60. 60.

    Tom Levenson

    I don’t really have a dog in this hunt (my Pats already had their say on both the parties of the first part in this one ), so I’ll just kvell to the fact that my childhood team, the “just win baby” Raiders, managed to shut down that San Diego December talk pretty nicely.

    I miss Kenny Stabler (and Belitnikoff’s nicotine habit, and glue-laden paws) and I’ll note that neither the Ravens nor the Steelers can really match the old Silver-and-Black’s rap sheet to say that was a team.

    This new bunch if a fine group of young men and I wish them well, though long absence has made their fates less all-in-all.

  64. 64.

    gregw

    The steelers just used the Oregon Duck/Chip Kelley tactic of lining up so damn quick that the D is lost in getting to the line of scrimmage. We will see more of this in the NFL.

  68. 68.

    JohnR

    @mr. whipple:
    I don’t think it was dirty – more par for the course between these teams. They have to frisk the players for lead pipes and switchblades before they take the field.

    You got to give Ben crrdiit – playing on a buggered foot and leaping around like Nijinsky

  72. 72.

    JohnR

    @J.W. Hamner:

    I caught myself going with the “yeah, but look what [] did!!!” defense, so yeah, I’ll concede the point. Technically legal, I suspect (no helmet contact), but a rough hit. Anyway, I’m glad it came out OK. I wouldn’t even want that to happen to Ward. Mostly.
    @ChrisZ – they have nobody who can stop Suggs straight up, so they’re hoping that Ward can knee-cap him or otherwise stop him with his usual cheap shots.

  77. 77.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @JohnR:

    no helmet contact

    No, I am reliably informed that if you watch it in super slomo with yer eyes squinted from too much Wild Turkey, it’s clearly a helmet to helmet hit which means that James Harrison is innocent of every infraction into posterity.

  78. 78.

    JohnR

    @ChrisZ:

    Shoot, he’s actually proud that he’s a dirty player. Hard hits are fine; hits off the play or after the play, on unsuspecting players, are dirty play. No surprise that Ward was the far-and-away choice as dirtiest player in the NFL by NFL players.
    Oh, well; time to chug the antacid and shift over to Cole’s other “He hate me!” thread.

  88. 88.

    asiangrrlMN

    I snoozed for most of the game. I did see Ben’s broken nose get shown over and over and over again, and the Stillers TD (and, more importantly, Troy Polamalu’s strip), so I didn’t miss anything important.

  90. 90.

    honus

    Suggs just punched Roethlisberger in the head again, but it’s OK because Ben was accused of rape.
    I’ve never been a big Roethlisberger fan, but he’s played a great game, and he’s been abused by the refs and the ravens tonight.

  91. 91.

    J.W. Hamner

    Well there you go. Great win by the Steelers.

    Don’t think the Ravens have it this year… defense too old, and offense not quite good enough. Maybe they can figure it out still, but I’m not confident.

  93. 93.

    Mike The Dealer

    @JWL:

    The Ravens have a guy convicted of killing someone and another guy who was arrested in connection with two murders, Ben’s just an accused rapist.

  94. 94.

    JWL

    @Mike The Dealer:

    Mike The Dealer: Lest We Forget: Chuck Knoll was sued by George Atkinson (circa ’75) after Knoll referred to the Raiders as “a criminal element in the NFL”. The case actually went to trial during the season.

    Knoll was found guilty, placed on 5 years probation, and fined $25 million dollars.

    Or would have been, barring the jury’s verdict.

  95. 95.

    Jeff

    @Cromagnon: To educate you, there was NO evidence of rape, just selfish women trying to make a buck! Check your facts before you make an uneducated statement!

  96. 96.

    JWL

    @Jeff:

    Get real, Jeff.

    Two women, within a year’s time accused BB with essentially the same crime. He all but admitted his guilt. His father “finally has his son back”. One woman (at least) was paid off.

    It could be booze, it could be ego. It doesn’t matter. He proved himself to be an asshole’s asshole.

    That said, tonight he played tough against the Ravens.

    “Where have you gone, Warren Welles, the NFL turns its lonely eyes to you”.

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