Pouncey is angry
This Q and A...When a reporter asked if it was like switching from the Cowboys to the Indians in the middle of the fight for the Alamo, Mitchell responded: "Someone has to get scalped."
Have we reached the NFL equivalent of 2004 Sox/Yankees yet? This is getting fun.Pouncey is angry
If they didn't want want to cut him, they should have wanted to cut him. He played 40 snaps on defense, clearly wasn't the primary backup if Watt or Dupree got hurt, and doesn't play special teams. It was just a bad use of a roster spot.I'm not buying that he forced his way out. I'm sure that's what some in management are saying now that he's signed with the Patriots, but the transactions don't line up. They cut him to make room for Gilbert coming off his suspension. I dunno, maybe there was someone else they could have cut, but it doesn't pass the smell test.
And everyone was as cool as a cucumber when Parcells signed with the Jets.I don't remember this much vitriol when Vinatieri signed with the Colts.
That's... Not even close to comparable for so many reasons.And everyone was as cool as a cucumber when Parcells signed with the Jets.
Don’t be lazy. List them.That's... Not even close to comparable for so many reasons.
Is this exact version still available to order? I have a colleague who I might need to buy this for.My friend, who is a Steeler's fan got this Steeler calendar for Christmas.. He already tore out January lol.
You made the comparison, why don't you begin by telling folks why you did so.Don’t be lazy. List them.
It was my mistake to do so. How could I even think they could be compared... it’s clearly above my head to understand how they’re not. I need to explain to me. Slowly.You made the comparison, why don't you begin by telling folks why you did so.
It was my mistake to do so. How could I even think they could be compared... it’s clearly above my head to understand how they’re not. I need to explain to me. Slowly.
Jesus Christ.This Q and A...When a reporter asked if it was like switching from the Cowboys to the Indians in the middle of the fight for the Alamo, Mitchell responded: "Someone has to get scalped."
They’ve both been accused by the team they left of quitting on them late in the season to join a rival.Cut the shit. The burden is on you as you made the comparison. Now support it.
How about you do it? Or do you look at KFP as your subservient for your amusement?Great, thanks. Now I'm sure KFP is going to take this apart brick by brick.
It will be glorious.
Will do. Looking forward to less calendar talk and more discussion of whether BB will mix in 3-4 or use Harrison as a DE in the 4-3.KFP engaged you and he can respond. If he does not, I will.
In the mean time, your snark is unnecessary and out of place. Stop that now.
I don't know if its the best $58K the Pats ever spent, but $ for $ its delivering a lot of value, and may be the most entertaining $58K they ever spent.I'm not buying that he forced his way out. I'm sure that's what some in management are saying now that he's signed with the Patriots, but the transactions don't line up. They cut him to make room for Gilbert coming off his suspension. I dunno, maybe there was someone else they could have cut, but it doesn't pass the smell test.
Anyway, this may turn out to be the best $58,000 the Patriots have ever spent. The Steelers really have trouble keeping their dirty laundry in the cabinet.
Thanks. Sadly, it's out of stock.Its still on the steelers website: https://shop.steelers.com/pittsburgh-steelers-12x12-2018-wall-calendar
Great, thanks. Now I'm sure KFP is going to take this apart brick by brick.
It will be glorious.
How about you do it? Or do you look at KFP as your subservient for your amusement?
Well, shit. You motherfuckers BeetleJuiced me, and now I'm here.KFP engaged you and he can respond. If he does not, I will.
In the mean time, your snark is unnecessary and out of place. Stop that now.
Well for one, Parcells was writing his ticket out of town during a SB for a franchise that was the laughingstock of the league looking to win it's first SB. That's a lot different than a backup linebacker maybe squeezing his way out of town with a storied franchise in week 16 that had no room for him anyway.Don’t be lazy. List them.
But a narrative that has come out in the last 48 hours is that he’s selling state secrets to a rival, right before the playoffs no less, and did a 180 in the locker room. Parcells reportedly spent his Super Bowl week focused on the Jets job. Just like if Parcells had left for the Bucs, the reaction would be different if Harrison signed with the Packers.Well for one, Parcells was writing his ticket out of town during a SB for a franchise that was the laughingstock of the league looking to win it's first SB. That's a lot different than a backup linebacker maybe squeezing his way out of town with a storied franchise in week 16 that had no room for him anyway.
And one was cut by his team while the other met with another team during the Superbowl week behind his owner’s back.They’ve both been accused by the team they left of quitting on them late in the season to join a rival.
No he hasn’t.Nevermind that Harrison played his whole career in Pitt.
Link to that narrative? Even Pouncey laughed at the thought he'd be able to tell NE anything. Or do you mean the narrative from Ben's wife?But a narrative that has come out in the last 48 hours is that he’s selling state secrets to a rival, right before the playoffs no less, and did a 180 in the locker room. Parcells reportedly spent his Super Bowl week focused on the Jets job. Just like if Parcells had left for the Bucs, the reaction would be different if Harrison signed with the Packers.
And you are disengously downplaying Parcells stature with the Patriots when he left. He was viewed as the man who ended the bad days of the Patriots. That’s why people went ape shit when he left.
I really need to link to this, otherwise it’s a figment of my imagination? Mike Reiss asked BB that during his meeting with the press.Link to that narrative?
It's openly discussed anytime anyone signs anywhere because people are idiots. I don't think anyone that knows anything about football thinks that's the way it works. Pouncey laughed in the reporter's face when asked. I'll take that over one of a dozen idiotic questions lobbed at BB.I really need to link to this, otherwise it’s a figment of my imagination? Mike Reiss asked BB that during his meeting with the press.
I don’t think that’s why he was signed, but it’s been openly discussed.
I don’t know what your point is in your posts to me, so I’ll wish you a happy holidays.It's openly discussed anytime anyone signs anywhere because people are idiots. I don't think anyone that knows anything about football thinks that's the way it works. Pouncey laughed in the reporter's face when asked. I'll take that over one of a dozen idiotic questions lobbed at BB.
Happy holidays to you too. My point is you asked someone to distinguish the Parcells hate from the Harrison hate. They did, then you countered by saying there was this "narrative" that Harrison was selling state secrets to the Patriots. I haven't seen that narrative anywhere but an article about Ben's wife being worried. Do actual football fans think that James Harrison has any intel, and that that intel is at all valuable given that we just beat the Steelers, like we always do, with them playing the same defense they've always played? I mean, if it works like that, I wish we'd signed more Giants and Broncos players in the last ten years, because those were the only teams beating us in the playoffs. Maybe we could've brought Ray Rice in for some Ravens intel on how they busted out 80 yard runs on us.I don’t know what your point is in your posts to me, so I’ll wish you a Happy holidays.
Well look at it this way; on the one hand, his knowledge of US history, specifically the Battle of the Alamo is woefully pathetic, but on the other hand, him referencing the Alamo is spot on as the game will in fact be the Steelers Alamo.Jesus Christ.
But then don't you get into an iocaine powder situation where the intel is almost worthless because you don't know if they changed anything after the signing, or kept things the same expecting the new team would expect them to change?I think there could be some low level intel gleaned from a player who was very recently with an opponent, but linebacker isn't really the spot that would help you much more than film would, I wouldn't think.
The guys you'd want to get late in the season in the intel department are special teamers. It's the unusual plays that don't get practiced every week that could be valuable -- fake punts, directional kicking, and onsides plays. Stuff where the other team would probably feel compelled to make changes when they should be doing other things.
Getting a key offensive player that knows some of the two point plays might be helpful too -- at least in forcing the opponent to waste time to make some changes.
Yeah, in the end you'd probably be stupid to rely on the other team keeping stuff, but maybe the point is that the fear of intel gathering may affect your opponent a little. Maybe they are afraid to use that awesome trick play. I dunno, but week 17 is a point where I could see some minor advantage given that the trick plays have probably been locked down for months and there aren't unlimited practice hours in the day. Put it this way -- I'd be a bit concerned to learn the Ravens, or whoever looks to be lining up as the divisional opponent, had access to Allen or Gostkowski.But then don't you get into an iocaine powder situation where the intel is almost worthless because you don't know if they changed anything after the signing, or kept things the same expecting the new team would expect them to change?
In the spirit of goodwill, I won’t ask a link to support this claim.I like how playing two seasons for their hated rival the Bengals didn’t make him a traitor
It's openly discussed anytime anyone signs anywhere because people are idiots. I don't think anyone that knows anything about football thinks that's the way it works. Pouncey laughed in the reporter's face when asked. I'll take that over one of a dozen idiotic questions lobbed at BB.
Roethlisberger said players passing secrets to other teams are a concern when players change teams. He said offensive coordinator Todd Haley had to tweak some things after Sammie Coates, who played for the Steelers in 2015 and 2016, was traded to the Browns just before the start of the regular season.