Today's win was a culture changing win

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(09-28-2021, 07:07 PM)Wyche Wrote: While I agree looking for an ejection is probably over the top, baiting our players into penalties certainly isn't. Don't forget Heyward and Spain's little dust up either. 

Sled's got a bit of a point. They're dirty af and have been since the Knoll era. I don't think we need to rehash all of it (and that's just against us), but these pukes have been dirty for decades, then cry foul when someone dishes it back. See Raiders, LA, and Burfict, Vontaze.


EDIT: it's nice to have guys with a little bit cooler heads out there these days. So far, the players we have picked up the last three years don't seem to fall for that shit.

Oh I don't disagree at all that they are dirty and that they try to bait guys into losing their cool and to get penalties, but to think that they sat around before the game and said "okay I want you to go start a fight with their rookie right guard and get him ejected" is just beyond insanity and if Sled or anyone really thinks they went into the game with a plan to get a rookie ejected and risk their own dude getting tossed too, they've eaten too many paint chips, or just really sank too far into conspiracy land.

Could I see them saying "Hey, he is a rookie, you can bait him into a penalty or two and that will rattle him and get under his skin", absolutely. Probably targeting him in the hopes he'd push back, get 15 and then like so many years past it would get into the heads of all the players and cause issues. 

But there is zero chance, that any coach, even as dirty as the steelers are, is saying "Hey go start a fight to get a rookie ejected" when the real possibility exists that both players get ejected. Especially with Watt out and their DL lacking depth.