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the NFL has already announced that a fine or suspension will be coming for Joey Porter which makes you wonder why he wasn't penalized.
The late penalty that doomed the Bengals was provoked by a Steelers coach illegally on the field
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/1/10/10...ey-porter-foul
Rule 13.1.2 is pretty clear:
Either or both team attendants and their helpers may enter the field to attend their team during a team timeout by either team. No other non-player may come on the field without the Referee's permission, unless he is an incoming subs ute (5-2-2).Not even head coaches are allowed on the field.
During any team timeout, all playing rules continue in force. Representatives of either team are prohibited from entering the field unless they are incoming subs utes, or team attendants or trainers entering to provide for the welfare of a player, and any game-type activities are prohibited on the Field of Play.
Porter is not a trainer for the Steelers, he's a linebackers coach. Is it possible Porter obtained permission from an official to come onto the field in a heated game between two rivals? Unlikely.
If he did get permission, there should be big questions about that too. He's not a trainer, and it was the Steelers offense that was on the field, not the defense. So why would a defensive coach and former player like Porter, in a heated game like that, be allowed on the field?
Beyond Porter's presence on the field, his insertion into a huddle of Bengals players was totally inappropriate. He wasn't keeping his players from a scuffle, he was starting one. Mind you, the rule makes it clear why he could possibly have conceivably been given permission to enter the field: "to provide for the welfare of a player." That doesn't include talking to the opposing team as the injured player is being helped off the field behind you.
In addition, it was Porter's presence that led to Adam Jones' dead-ball personal foul, giving the Steelers a 35-yard field goal to win the game. If Jones got flagged, it's hard to understand why a non-player with no business on the field was not. This certainly seems like a foul by Porter that should have drawn a 15-yard penalty, particularly in a game featuring such hatred between the two teams.
Should have been a penalty which would have made it offsetting with the Pac-Man penalty. That would have made the Steelers on the 32 yard line instead of the 17. Big difference, especially with no timeouts.
The refs ran out of flags.
40 year history of the Steelers getting preferential treatment, nothing new.
stealers stealing, nothing to see.
Just terrible. But somehow Cincy choked.
Big Ben should be moving on.
And we did see a pro football first yesterday, an A.J. to A.J pass/reception for a td in a playoff game.
Now it will be....
Coach...ok guys, these guys are emotionally unstable, so piss them off and they'll come unglued and blow it.
Last edited by Avante; 01-10-2016 at 12:33 PM.
As much as I wanna jump the steeleref platform--and rightfully so for this handout franchise, at least we don't have to endure a 27-0 Bengals loss next week
It all started with that reception by Harris back in '72. They've never looked back.
You mean the play Jack Tatum blew? When he tried to crush the receiver instead of going for the ball and knocking it down for an easy incomplete game over?
Yeah, it was a confluence of matter there. But, it sent the Steelers out of the darkness and into the light,,,forever.
And there was no way out of it. The officiating that day were adamant and you weren't talking them out of it.
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Dude, watch the play again, the only then Tatum could have done was go for the receiver.
Remember the sucking in February 2006 and 2009?
I don't know why y'all are surprised tbh...
I wonder how Jim Nantz will decide which team to openly root for in Denver next weekend. Tough call -- his Boy, Peyton, or his preferred royalty from Pittsburgh. Maybe CBS can save him the trouble and send him to Foxborough.
It was an incomplete pass
Arizona fan still salty about that Big Ben/Holmes drive in the super bowl?,,,you built your whole team based on the steelers,,,,to the point that people called you the wanna be steelers of the NFC,,,,
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