Recent content by The Jerk

I can relate to your concerns. It's probably worth mentioning, however, that the guys Lake and Tomlin have been coaching up aren't as talented as these guys. And the reality is that nearly every DB ready to come in and start from day one is not sticking around to the 25th pick. Every team wants...

The official perceived Harrison's movement as a flinch, which is illegal according to rule 4.6.5.d: a defensive player aligned in a stationary position within one yard of the line of scrimmage makes quick and abrupt actions that are not a part of normal defensive player movement and are an...

If you consider the schedule and all the injuries the Steelers have endured this season, it's been a very good season. I'm still frustrated by both Ravens losses, but it only deepens my respect for what the Steelers have done to get to this point. Regardless of all the shenanigans, they were the...

Love Joey Porter's expression after being pushed. I certainly want to believe that was brilliant strategy by the Steelers. Either way, makes the win even sweeter.

Ditto here. I watch far less of the NFL than I used to and enjoy it far less. It's harder each year to stay interested with all the crap starting with the Commissioner all the way down to the refs and with all the nonsense on and especially off the field by players.

In 2015, you never know when a hit that's just "too hard" will get a flag. I think the play is a legal hit, but I'm not sure I fully understand the crown of the helmet rule. It's second to the catch rule in terms of complete frustration. In the end, all the other elements starting with Ben...

It's a gimmicky stat, but the Steelers extend their streak to 44 years without a five-year playoff win drought. No other team comes close. Unbelievable if you think of how difficult it is to be consistently competitive.

You've been here long enough to know that the Steelers always get the calls, at least according to a large faction of the SP. I'd have lived with a penalty on Shazier, but there's no comparing the hits. Not a fan at all of Shazier's antics on the sideline, but unfortunately, that's par for the...

I don't think the Steelers win next week, down three RBs, and with their two best offensive players limited at best, but the way the Bengals have acted may make this one of my top ever Steeler wins. That, and the random fact that the Steelers have not gone longer than five years without a...

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It's hard to know exactly when something peaks until years after the fact. I think the peak was in 2010, and coincides with the rules changes on helmet-to-helmet hits. Penalties on these hits bother me, and I don't like it compared to before 2010, but I understand it, and feel less guilty about...

It doesn't matter whether or not he caught the ball. Hits like that have been illegal for the last five years. I don't like it, but I understand why the NFL has made hits like those illegal. And in 2015, hits like that cost you 15 yards EVERY TIME.

A false start on the spike would be a 10 second runoff and end the game.

Cincinnati may have won if the refs had tossed him earlier.

For the Bengals, you reap what you sow. They've acquired certain players by being willing to ignore the red flags 31 other teams saw. But while it may help in the short term, in the long term, they aren't champions. No discipline or self control. The Steelers aren't choirboys. They've had their...