(11-04-2015, 07:34 PM)StoneTheCrow Wrote: "I wish I would've went low (on Jones)". Says all you need to know about the Steelers. And, uh, they may want to move on to Oakland.

(11-04-2015, 07:42 PM)bengalguy71 Wrote: I hope Oakland stays hot and rips them a new one!!

(11-04-2015, 07:52 PM)StoneTheCrow Wrote: **** Jeff Reed.

(11-04-2015, 07:28 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: Oh, this just keeps getting better and better, lol.

http://www.timesonline.com/sports/steelers/payback-s-a-mitch-steelers-safety-sounds-off-on-cincinnati/article_1d6007ce-833d-11e5-b7a6-bf9476984243.html


PITTSBURGH -- Apparently, Mike Mitchell is a player for whom the NFL's 10-minute post-game cool-down period is just not enough. Three days later, the Steelers safety was still fuming over last week's loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.

And on Wednesday, Mitchell vented.

Mitchell's pointed comments were aimed directly at Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict, whose tackle on Le'Veon Bell ended the star running back's season, and also at Cincinnati tight end Marvin Jones, who he laid out with a big hit in the second quarter. Afterward, Jones deemed Mitchell "fake tough," words that the safety clearly did not appreciate.

"He's fortunate that I'm playing a lot smarter than I used to," Mitchell said of Jones. "Because it very well could have been a face shot or a knee shot and he probably would have been out a lot longer.

"I thought it was a perfectly legal hit. I just got up and celebrated with my sideline. I didn't know the guy was hurt. You can kind of feel it and hear it when you stick a guy. They make a certain noise. I knew I stuck him good and it was a good, clean hit. It was a good one."

He said he had no regrets about the hit on Jones, a large photo of which hung from the walls outside the Steelers locker room Wednesday on the South Side, or the criticism he received for his demonstrative reaction afterward.

"Absolutely not," he said. "I watched Vontaze Burfict hurt Le'Veon Bell, get up and jump and run to his bench. I wish I would have went low (on Jones)."

A few plays later, Mitchell was assessed a 15-yard personal foul for taunting, reportedly for telling Bengals star receiver A.J. Green that he would be "next." Mitchell said it was one of "multiple conversations" he had Sunday and reminded reporters that it was only the second time in two years that he was flagged for that penalty.

"We're not choir boys, guys," said Mitchell, who cleared the NFL's concussion protocol and was a full participant in practice Wednesday after being injured in the fourth quarter Sunday. "It's reality. When you see that, it's real. It's not Boy Scouts."

Mitchell said he's looking forward to this Sunday's game against Oakland. It'll be a chance to play against the team that drafted him and played the first four years of his career for and maybe reminisce with some old teammates. But a part of him can't help but look ahead to the Steelers' Week 14 grudge match against the Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium.

"I'm from the Cincinnati area and I have a very good memory," Mitchell warned.

(11-04-2015, 09:26 PM)SB50Champs Wrote: My grandpa was a trucker for most his  life, and he said Pissburgh was the nastiest and worst city he's ever been to. He said it literally had a horrible stink to the whole city...

Quote:"First of all, anyone who knows me knows I'm not a thug. I'm also not going to apologize for my words either. I was infuriated by the fact that one of my closest teammates was taken out by a notoriously dirty player. I got conformation that he was gloating about causing a season-ending injury. I'm confused as to how anyone could be happy about that, especially since they had just gone through the same thing. I was siting there, the pop (from Bell's knee) was loud, do you know what it's like to see someone you consider a brother to be in pain and to have something they cherish ripped away from them? Then to watch the player that did it smiling about it. I'm sure that would make anyone want to punch someone in the face. I shouldn't have taken these feelings to Twitter but I did. If caring about my teammates makes me a villain then I'll be public enemy #1 any day and everyday."

(11-05-2015, 12:13 AM)TRsome Wrote: His "Statement" regarding the Twitter threat:

http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/nfl-pittsburgh-steelers-news/2015/11/4/9672470/steelers-ilb-vince-williams-releases-statement-on-threat-made-towards

(11-05-2015, 12:13 AM)TRsome Wrote: His "Statement" regarding the Twitter threat:

http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/nfl-pittsburgh-steelers-news/2015/11/4/9672470/steelers-ilb-vince-williams-releases-statement-on-threat-made-towards


Also, if you were planning on commenting on that article, don't bother. The mods have already said that they will ban any Bengals fan coming over and "starting shit" which is pretty much any reasonable post pointing out that there was nothing dirty, nor celebration.

(11-05-2015, 12:19 AM)McC Wrote: Empty words.  The real you comes out in times of duress and the whole world saw the real him.  Not much he can say to change that, especially if he's that unapologetic.  

(11-05-2015, 12:21 AM)wildcats forever Wrote: Somebody's got to be public enemy number 1. Thanks for making it easy to find ya .....

(11-05-2015, 12:49 AM)Murdock2420 Wrote: If ever there was time for the city to rise together as one, it's now. When those stains come to town for game 2, should give their bus the welcome from the movie the Replacements.

(11-05-2015, 01:41 AM)Wyche Wrote: I say they have whoever is lined up across from him submarine him in the kneecap until he feels "the pop".

(11-04-2015, 09:22 PM)Wyche Wrote: If that's his attitude.....then **** him. I hope they all get career ending shots.  **** that shit.....gloves are off.

(11-04-2015, 07:42 PM)bengalguy71 Wrote: I hope Oakland stays hot and rips them a new one!!

(11-04-2015, 07:50 PM)jason Wrote: **** the Rooney family

**** Mike Tomlin.

**** Todd Haley.

**** Bell's knee.

**** Ben and his knee too.

**** Joey Porter and James Harrison.

**** the city of Pittsburgh, the Steelers, their mothers, and all of their fans worldwide.



They've had a sorry team for years now, and they still aren't used to losing?  The Bengals run that division now.  They need to get used to it.

(11-04-2015, 07:50 PM)jason Wrote: **** the Rooney family