The NFL should hammer Tomlin and the Steelers. There is no question that he timed his move based on watching the play unfold on the Jumbotron, which Tomlin has already said he was doing. Also, this angle makes it clear that Jacoby Jones reacted to his action and it allowed him to be caught from behind.
Tomlin should be suspended as well as fined and it should not be a short suspension. I've always liked Tomlin, but that was pure bush league! I wonder how mad the Steelers will be at hometown KDKA over this.
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/12/02/new-video-angle-shows-mike-tomlin-incident-league-considers-punishment/
That's not any kind of proof.
I think Tomlin did it intentionally, but all that video show is him standing slightly on the field, then jumping out of the way. It doesn't show him stepping to his right, as the article tries to suggest.
Again, I think Tomlin did try to influence Jones by being on the field, but that video doesn't "prove" anything of the sort.
Going to have to disagree with you, Bayhawks. If you watch the video all the way through and watch the slo-mo they show, he clearly violently jumped to his right just as Jones was reaching him while he was watching Jones run toward himself on the jumbotron. It seems conclusive to me that he either intentionally interfered/cheated or that he has Tourrette's Syndrome which he's done a great job of keeping under control until now.
I'm sorry, "violently jumped?" All that it shows is him moving from on the white paint (line?) slightly onto the field. The move covered no more than 6 inches, and he never had both feet off the ground at once. Therefore, it was never a jump, and the very subtle 6" move could hardly be called a "violent" movement.
Again, I think it was intentional, but your "proof" is nothing of the sort. It's the same video that has been seen many times before. Tomlin's story that he was watching the return on the jumbotron, then realized he was in the way, matches that story. Maybe he will say he saw on the replay that Jones was going to score & he stopped walking because he was dejected, than he realized he had "inadvertently" edged onto the field.
Again, I think he did it on purpose, but your video doesn't prove that.