2018 NFL Game Thread - Week 3

[Marciano490]

Pitt is just so undisciplined. Tomlin must be a bottom third coach.

 

[Marciano490]

Wow, the Steelers get called for a penalty and lose that punt. It doesn't get any worse than that.

Yes, yes it does.

 

[shawnrbu]

DHB just MF'ed the ref.

 

[RedOctober3829]

What a bunch of losers

 

[DeadlySplitter]

please let PIT blow this.

 

[luckiestman]

24 yard penalty, nice

 

[Deathofthebambino]

These are the kinds of games Pitt always pulls out of their ass. I'm calling a tipped pass for a pick.

 

[Marciano490]

That ref was terrified of Heyward.

 

[eddiew112]

Fitz trying to throw it to the Steelers

 

[shawnrbu]

Go for it.

 

[BigSoxFan]

I’d go

 

[Oil Can Dan]

These announcers are killing me.

 

[luckiestman]

That ref was terrified of Heyward.

He can always just throw the blue beanbag in his eye

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Horrible three passes from Fitz there. All three of them should have been picked.

 

[mostman]

That was an insane punt.

 

[Marciano490]

These announcers are killing me.

Witten saying cradle the ball made it worth it.

 

[eddiew112]

Booger split screen FTW

 

[luckiestman]

Booger split screen FTW

Why isn’t this asshole in the booth

 

[shawnrbu]

Why isn’t this asshole in the booth

He's a combination Goose and Paul Maguire.

 

[Marciano490]

No holding?

 

[shawnrbu]

You can tackle a defender about to sack the QB like that?

 

[Van Everyman]

No holding?

No calls

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Big Ben hasn't displayed this type of urgency since he was pounding on Stormy's door in the hallway outside her hotel room.

 

[luckiestman]

He's a combination Goose and Paul Maguire.

Are Theisman and Paul Maguire still alive. They were bad but gods compared to this.

 

[shawnrbu]

I’d go

Absolutely should have. If it failed, it's easier to play defense in the red zone. Giving up a field goal wouldn't have ended the game.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Big Ben hasn't displayed this type of urgency since he was pounding on Stormy's door in the hallway outside her hotel room.

And this, folks, wins the the post of the NFL game thread this week...

 

[Marciano490]

Big Ben hasn't been this determined since he walked Stormy to her hotel room.

And this, folks, wins the the post of the NFL game thread this week...

I liked the reappearance through the thread. Was like the theme in a symphony.

 

[dcmissle]

Do you have a source for this statement?

Through three weeks, Ben is the 3rd QB by my count to question a roughing call.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24789422/ben-roethlisberger-pittsburgh-steelers-questions-rash-roughing-passer-flags

He was preceded by Cousins and Alex Smith, at least.

The criticism is muted because, as Ben notes, they can’t be in the position of overtly criticizing the officiating.

And in context, this questioning is a declaration against their own interest by the QBs.

Ben, of course, is the poster boy for the irrationality of this approach. It is literally impossible for any defensive player in this League to take him to the ground under the rules as they exist. Keep it up, NFL.

 

[InstaFace]

Ben, of course, is the poster boy for the irrationality of this approach. It is literally impossible for any defensive player in this League to take him to the ground under the rules as they exist. Keep it up, NFL.

Nowhere was that more true than on the clinching play last night, where two defenders reached him and appeared to go easy and grab him gently... and he then writhed free, as he does, and eventually made a play out of nothing that converted the third down and iced the game.