Agreed. He knew.He meant to do it. He didn't even take his damn hand out from his jacket when he made the hop back out of bounds.
His shitty grin afterwards told the story. And as usual the referees let the Steelers escape with no penalty either.
F them...I hope they get impacted in the draft as well.
That's exactly what he did, and that to me is what is more convincing than the shit eating grin.Agreed. He knew.
Looked to me he was looking out the corner of his eye over his shoulder for when the returner was close.
Wouldn't he have been watching the play? Why the hell would he be looking at the opposite score board or whatever? That is so friggin blatant.He thought he was being slick but it was obvious he knew what he was doing, even moreso when you watch the local TV station video [video]http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/latest-news/2013/12/2/5166704/steelers-video-tomlin-kick-punt-return-sideline-step-nfl-fine-penalty[/video].
Good to see them actually take some action, but no surprise the in game officials did nothing. Could've easily altered the game if they made the 2 pt conversion. Might be moot with how their season is going this year but the Steelers routinely have gotten preferential treatment from the refs. Just look at the SB against Seattle in the '05 season. Blatant.
Well Coach there is no precedent to allow for Coaches to stand on the field and interfer with the play.
Choices? Plural?
There was no precedent to punish teams for violating no rule eitherWell Coach there is no precedent to allow for Coaches to stand on the field and interfer with the play.
I don't think they will take a draft pick but I think the league also wants everyone to know that if it happens in the future they will take draft picks. They really need to scare anyone and everyone from potentially repeating what happened in that game. As a league you absolutely can't have people not playing in the game cross over onto the field and affect play. They need to scare the shit out of everyone now so that it doesn't happen again.$100k was the fine, and now they are talking about a possible draft pick penalty for the team as well. Holy crap.
Just take away 10 mil of their cap space too. The Steelers didn't have any problem when that was happening to other teams...Well Coach there is no precedent to allow for Coaches to stand on the field and interfer with the play.
Given the state of their team....I would prefer that. But it does not relate as well as the draft situation.Just take away 10 mil of their cap space too. The Steelers didn't have any problem when that was happening to other teams...
That's exactly what I was going to say. Fuck them if they are mad about it. I didn't see them stand up or speak out against us getting docked a bunch of cap space with no precident.There was no precedent to punish teams for violating no rule either
Yep.I don't think they will take a draft pick but I think the league also wants everyone to know that if it happens in the future they will take draft picks. They really need to scare anyone and everyone from potentially repeating what happened in that game. As a league you absolutely can't have people not playing in the game cross over onto the field and affect play. They need to scare the shit out of everyone now so that it doesn't happen again.
You are so selfish.As an aside, I was happy he did it. I have the Ravens ST in fantasy and I didn't play the last week. I'd have been so pissed if they had a ST TD the one week I didn't play them.