Bengals meltdown in last minute

[RUaMoose]

The GM is the owner, which is part of the problem.

Problem? Im no big Mike Brown fan but playoff wins aside not many teams not named the Patriots have made the tourney 5 straight years. Got to be fair.

 

[theRU]

listen at the end of the day, a good team is composed, and smart. A good team would know how to handle that game...a good team wouldn't have put the ball on the ground in the first place...

 

[RUforJERSEY]

Burfict should have stayed in the tunnel after the INT, Bengals would've won - Joey Porter was def. the game MVP!

I think Porter definitely came out on the field with the intent of agitating the situation even further. That's why there's talk of a stiff fine for him. When do you ever see an assistant come on the field when a player is hurt. The head coaches rarely do. Unfortunately for the Bengals they took the bait.

 

[RUforJERSEY]

Don King killed boxing, not the Mancini/Kim fight.

And Bob Arum. Not that I think it's dead. Two birds of a feather though.

 

[DJ Spanky]

I think Porter definitely came out on the field with the intent of agitating the situation even further. That's why there's talk of a stiff fine for him. When do you ever see an assistant come on the field when a player is hurt. The head coaches rarely do. Unfortunately for the Bengals they took the bait.

And if he does get a fine, the Steelers should give him a bonus for double the amount!

 

[RUforJERSEY]

The same stuff went on in the '60s and 70s. People loved it then. Now everybody's outraged.

The stuff people get outraged over now pales in comparison to how guys used to play. Clothesline tackles were routine. Jack Lambert and those Steeler teams didn't try to tackle you unless they could also hurt you. And then stand over you taunting you. Ted "the mad stork Hendricks and those Raider teams? The stuff they use to do regularly was something that could qualify as assault today.

 

[LotusAggressor]

The stuff people get outraged over now pales in comparison to how guys used to play. Clothesline tackles were routine. Jack Lambert and those Steeler teams didn't try to tackle you unless they could also hurt you. And then stand over you taunting you. Ted "the mad stork Hendricks and those Raider teams? The stuff they use to do regularly was something that could qualify as assault today.

A not insignificant part of the NFL's mythology is tied to violent play. NFL Films immotalized those '70s Raider and Steeler teams, just like they immortalized the violent way Dick Butkus played. The pearl clutching about this game, especially from people old enough to remember NFL Films' classic athleic violence porn, is a little disingenuous.

 

[Rubleton]

When do you ever see an assistant come on the field when a player is hurt.

Everytime there's a major injury?

There was like 4 or 5 Bengals assistant coaches on the field when Gio got hurt.

 

[32Mine]

If there is value in the NFL it is that it gives people like Vontaze Burfict something to do.

 

[Abro1975]

Donald Trump says the NFL has gone 'Soft' :

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14544367/donald-trump-rants-soft-nfl-reno-rally

 

[RUforJERSEY]

Everytime there's a major injury?

There was like 4 or 5 Bengals assistant coaches on the field when Gio got hurt.

Yeah okay. Then why weren't Tomlin or any other coach around. Just the guy who was a central figure in the pre-game tussle between the two teams back in December. Not even his position coach.