AFC Championship: New York Jets at Pittsburgh Steelers

Do you need an effing optometrist?? You can't see in that first link AND the picture displayed that the Ravens player is CLEARLY grabbing his jersey?

Here's the pic from the first link:


There... I'm done talking about it.. back to the topic at hand:

I think the experience of Ben, the dominant defense will be enough for the Steelers to finally slow down the gutsy but emotionally spent Jets.

 

Watch the replay for yourself if you're struggling with this. Webb and Allen are tangled up for a good five seconds of live action. Five seconds is an eternity in football. You can't just hold a guy the entire play when he's clearly trying to turn towards the ball and then literally tackle him and NOT be called for a hold. Whoever this Chris Chase dude is from Yahoo is only embarrassing himself by pretending otherwise.

 

The video on that page Middleman linked even says it was holding and to stop blaming the refs. :grin:

 

Damn I wish the Ravens would have won.

I can't stand the Steelers. So I guess go Jets in this one.

Still picking Green Bay though.

 

I have no idea why but I have never liked the Steelers. It has nothing to do with the fact that my favorite team plays in the same state but for some reason there has always been some dislike there and it is not on my level of dislike for say, the Cowboys, but I just cannot root for them to win a game. On the other hand, I don't really like the Jets and all their trash talk and whatnot either. If I had to pick a team to win this game I would go with the Steelers though.

 

Hey man! Cut it with the violent imagery!

:grin:

 

UGGGGGHHHH IS IT SUNDAY YET???

Sorry for the random outburst. I'm done now.

 

Please, please Jets, keep the Steelers out of the Super Bowl. It really upsets me to see them there.

 

Foolish talk by three Jets players and one of their coaches. They just can't stop being themselves. Maybe it helps them relieve stress.

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/news/story?id=6046723

Friday, January 21, 2011
Jets DBs riled up over Hines Ward
By Ian Begley
Special to ESPNNewYork.com

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Antonio Cromartie knows the perfect way to stop Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Hines Ward from throwing a blindside block Sunday in the AFC Championship Game.

"Just tell [him] if he do it again you're gonna kick his ass," Cromartie said Friday afternoon.

Ward has developed a reputation because of his penchant for hitting opponents who aren't looking in his direction. Some Jets on Friday called his play "dirty" and "cheap."

Defensive coordinator Mike Pettine said the Jets refer to Ward as "the toughest player in the league, when no one's looking."

Blocking when meeting your opponent face to face? No problem. But some Jets say Hines Ward drills foes when they aren't looking.
"We're going to deal with him early so he knows what type of game it's going to be, and that none of that stuff is being tolerated," Jets safety James Ihedigbo said.

Like a tone-setting hit?

"Hell yeah," the safety said.

Safety Eric Smith hesitated to say what would happen if Ward serves up any cheap shots on Sunday. Why? Because Smith is worried such words might incur a fine from the league.

"If I finish what I said and then do what I planned on doing, I'm going to get fined," Smith said.

Smith said Ward took some cheap shots at the Baltimore Ravens last Saturday in the Steelers' divisional round victory.

"We saw some of those plays, like in the Ravens game, he's out there hitting Dawan Landry in the back, he came across and hit Ray Lewis in the back," Smith said. "Ed Reed was 30 yards downfield and he's going down and hitting him. It's just unnecessary things like that that make you mad as a defender."

Prior to the 2009 season, the NFL implemented a rule stating that a 15-yard penalty would be assessed if a player delivers a blindside block to the head of a defender using his helmet, forearm or shoulder. The new statute was commonly referred to as the "Hines Ward Rule."

"If you hit a guy like that, when he's looking at you and it's face to face then I'll be like, 'Hey, he's a pretty tough player,'" Ihedigbo said. "But if you hit someone in their back when they're pursuing a play or they're not even looking, that's a cheap shot."

The Jets coaching staff put together a video of Ward's hits prior to the Week 15 road win over the Steelers to alert defensive players.

"That makes you mad when you see stuff like that," Smith said.

Cromartie said that he doesn't really care if Ward hits opponents with blindside blocks -- as long as he can hit back.

"I really don't care. You smash him in the mouth, he's going to smash back, whatever," Cromartie said. "Does he do it while you're not looking? Yeah, he does. But who doesn't?"

The Jets corner allowed that Ward's hits "can be" dirty. When such hits occur, Cromartie suggests that players "grab [him] by the throat and choke [him]."

Friday evening on SNY's "Loud Mouths," Cromartie said Ward is not "man enough" to hit players while they are looking.

At least one Jet respects Ward: Rex Ryan. During Ryan's 10-year tenure on the Ravens' coaching staff, he accounted for Ward and the Steelers in game plans, so he is well-aware of Ward's reputation.

"He'll look for you now. If he can hit you, he's going to. And I've seen him knock out a ton of guys before," Ryan said. "Let's face it, they changed a rule [for] Hines Ward about hitting a defenseless player and all that kind of stuff.

"But, quite honestly, he's just finishing plays and there was no rule [before]. So he went out and he plays hard and he plays to the whistle. And that's the kind of guy he is. I respect the heck out of Hines Ward."

Ian Begley is a regular contributor to ESPNNewYork.com.

 

i would rather see the STEELERS in the SB then the Patriots and the JETS... damn.

 

If Hines Ward repeatedly gets voted dirtiest player in the league over a piece of trash like Cortland Finnegan that's gotta mean something. I like Ward, and hate the Jets but they're right in this case.

 

Defensive players have been whining about Ward for the last 10 years, but you have to take it with a grain of salt. Defensive backs are generally p*ssies who hate getting hit (and that tends to be the case at every level, be it high school, college or professional).

I don't really think much of it.

 

Pretty much. They aren't used to playing against WR's that not only know how to block but do it as well as tight ends or any other blocker on the field.

Defensive backs hate playing against Hines Ward because they're scared of him.

 

Let's go Jets!!

 

I wouldn't read too much into that. The Linebackers and DBs voting him the dirtiest are the same guys who load up on defenseless receivers using their helmets as weapons before the receivers even have a chance to land. Hines is disliked because defenders can dish it but are too p***y to receive it. They claim that he hits people when they aren't looking.

What do they want him to do? Should he tap them on the shoulder and ask for their permission before he lays them out?

 

J-E-T-S- JETS JETS JETS!!!

 

Of course he should because this is exactly what defensive backs do against receivers, especially when leading with their helmets.

 

I hate the Jets and their fat snobby coach! Go Steelers!

 

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