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Pittsburgh at Baltimore (1 Viewer)

No skin in the game, not a Steeler fan in the least, more of a Steeler hater, but I like Bell a lot and that was one of the scariest hits I've seen in a long time. I thought he was done for life.

Very happy to see him walk off... I hope he's OK. Kids a gamer and a good rb

 
9 of last 10 games in this series decided by 3 or fewer. Feel like Ravens' best football is still ahead of them. Will be a tough out in the playoffs if they hold on to get there

 
I was wondering if homer-vision was clouding my view in thinking that rule with all momentum stopped and the play dead when the helmet comes off is stupid.

Doesn't matter with outcome to the game as cupcake Sanders drops ANOTHER ball and the Steelers lose either way. Just a terrible rule. I understand the need for the rule where you don't want people running around without helmets but with momentum and already on the way down? Just give him the ####### touchdown.

 
Sanders was in single coverage vs. Baltimore's #4 CB since Jimmy Smith was injured on the Bell play. He was open and Ben put it in his hands. He made the right play

 
Are they allowed to review when the helmet came off?

Those last few minutes were awful. Almost unwatchable. The commercials, the replay reviews, it gets harder to enjoy these games even when my team is winning.

 
belljr said:
there are 97 commercials it takes like 45 minutes to play 5 final minutes
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Most people won't care, but if you watch a Skysports broadcast instead of NFLN, then you get a studio instead of a commercial about 1/3 of the time. It's nicer to see replays/analysis of the previous series' most compelling plays than crap commercials. Plus British commercials are cooler.

 
bleachercreacher said:
Ghost Rider said:
Regarding the Tomlin/Jacoby Jones play:

http://i.imgur.com/zbVKoVx.jpg

With the official right there, and Tomlin on the field, how is that NOT a penalty??
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If I'm jones I lower my head and absolutely obliterate him. I'd bury the crown of my helmet in the back of his head.

First, make him pay for cheating. Second, if you hit him, your going to force the officials hand.
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Betting there are many teams having this same conversation this morning. A coach gets close to you on a KR crush him and let the refs sort it out.

The league really needs to do something big enough here to deter this kind of thing in the future, but I'm not holding my breath.

 
wdcrob said:
bleachercreacher said:
Ghost Rider said:
Regarding the Tomlin/Jacoby Jones play:

http://i.imgur.com/zbVKoVx.jpg

With the official right there, and Tomlin on the field, how is that NOT a penalty??
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If I'm jones I lower my head and absolutely obliterate him. I'd bury the crown of my helmet in the back of his head.

First, make him pay for cheating. Second, if you hit him, your going to force the officials hand.
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Betting there are many teams having this same conversation this morning. A coach gets close to you on a KR crush him and let the refs sort it out.

The league really needs to do something big enough here to deter this kind of thing in the future, but I'm not holding my breath.
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I agree. He'll probably get a $50K fine or something, but he should get a one game suspension. I'd be ok with a fine if it wasn't intentional, but it's clear that he was trying to interfere. You're right though, it almost effected the outcome of the game, so why wouldn't someone else attempt the same. If Jones buries the top of his helmet in the back of his head and knocks him out, if not worse, coaches might think twice about getting in the way.

 
I thought what Tomlin did was smart; illegal, but smart. Tomlin: "I usually watch returns on the jumbotron, that's why my back was to the play". He really needs to run for office, as he sold that at least as well as "define 'is".

Jones was on NFL Net this a.m. and said his teammates were saying "man, you should've run him over".

 
Tomlin should get the same penalty as the Jet coach for pulling a bush league stunt like that. I expect that out a strength coach, don`t expect it out of the HC.

 
Bush league move by Tomlin. I'm sure he will get fined but I doubt he will get suspended. Props to J.Jones and J.Harbaugh for their comments after the game.... I thought they handled it well. Although, the fact that they won anyway made it easier for them to take the high road.

 
amnesiac said:
i don't think fines are much of a deterrent for coaches.

but a suspension would get everyone's attention.
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Couldn't agree more.

I'm a lifelong Steelers fan and a huge supporter of Coach Tomlin, but he should have been tossed last night, and should still be fined and suspended multiple games even if it was accidental.

Time to start enforcing that yellow line behind the out of bounds. The NFL has been letting the head coaches get away with coming out on the field in between plays for so long now that they're often standing right on the edge of the field at all times. Tomlin even said something to that effect in his presser, "I was just standing on the edge of the field, where I shouldn't have been, just like everybody else does..."

Coaches physically affecting play on the field (intentional or not) cannot be tolerated and that should be the NFL's message here.

 
Dizzy said:
amnesiac said:
i don't think fines are much of a deterrent for coaches.

but a suspension would get everyone's attention.
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Couldn't agree more.

I'm a lifelong Steelers fan and a huge supporter of Coach Tomlin, but he should have been tossed last night, and should still be fined and suspended multiple games even if it was accidental.

Time to start enforcing that yellow line behind the out of bounds. The NFL has been letting the head coaches get away with coming out on the field in between plays for so long now that they're often standing right on the edge of the field at all times. Tomlin even said something to that effect in his presser, "I was just standing on the edge of the field, where I shouldn't have been, just like everybody else does..."

Coaches physically affecting play on the field (intentional or not) cannot be tolerated and that should be the NFL's message here.
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You say the same about Cowher back in the day? http://www.gifti.me/i/THf5bo.jpg

 
3C said:
Dizzy said:
amnesiac said:
i don't think fines are much of a deterrent for coaches.

but a suspension would get everyone's attention.
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Couldn't agree more.

I'm a lifelong Steelers fan and a huge supporter of Coach Tomlin, but he should have been tossed last night, and should still be fined and suspended multiple games even if it was accidental.

Time to start enforcing that yellow line behind the out of bounds. The NFL has been letting the head coaches get away with coming out on the field in between plays for so long now that they're often standing right on the edge of the field at all times. Tomlin even said something to that effect in his presser, "I was just standing on the edge of the field, where I shouldn't have been, just like everybody else does..."

Coaches physically affecting play on the field (intentional or not) cannot be tolerated and that should be the NFL's message here.
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You say the same about Cowher back in the day? http://www.gifti.me/i/THf5bo.jpg
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I thought that was pretty stupid. Seemed that Steeler fans fawned over it for whatever reason.

 
3C said:
Dizzy said:
amnesiac said:
i don't think fines are much of a deterrent for coaches.

but a suspension would get everyone's attention.
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Couldn't agree more.

I'm a lifelong Steelers fan and a huge supporter of Coach Tomlin, but he should have been tossed last night, and should still be fined and suspended multiple games even if it was accidental.

Time to start enforcing that yellow line behind the out of bounds. The NFL has been letting the head coaches get away with coming out on the field in between plays for so long now that they're often standing right on the edge of the field at all times. Tomlin even said something to that effect in his presser, "I was just standing on the edge of the field, where I shouldn't have been, just like everybody else does..."

Coaches physically affecting play on the field (intentional or not) cannot be tolerated and that should be the NFL's message here.
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You say the same about Cowher back in the day? http://www.gifti.me/i/THf5bo.jpg
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Absolutely. This has to be a zero tolerance situation.

So now Tomlin is allowed to casually stroll onto the field during a kick return. How close are we to a coach tripping over the chains and "accidentally" falling onto the playing field during a would-be TD.

Get them back behind the yellow line and start flagging them for crossing it. One 15-yard penalty and no coach ever crosses that line again.

 
Tomlin's smirk right after it happened, like, "Haha, I got away with it," probably did not help. That made it clear that he did it on purpose, and the league has to take a hard line against dirty pool like that.

 
The NFL has been lax about enforcing the sideline -- it is time they start penalizing coaches. Tomlin should receive a hefty fine and a game suspension. Losing a draft pick is a bit excessive though. I was very surprised the official didn't throw a flag although I don't think Jones was going to score anyway.

The rule that a play stops immediately when a helmet comes off is beyond stupid when the player is in mid air. You at least need to let him come down to the ground and give him his forward progress. It is not like any of the defensive players were going to be able to stop their own momentum at that instant. Just another dumb implementation of a well-meaning rule.

 
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