10-16-2018, 11:53 PM
Btw...don't think for a second that all the talk coming from the Steelers over the last 3 years isn't intentional. I think it's very calculated. I'd say the reasons they won't shut up about Burfict are (a) it keeps his name in the headlines, increasing the NFL's attention on Burfict, and raising the likelihood that he'll get suspended and (b) it tweaks Burfict and our other players, raising the chances that one of our players will lose their cool and retaliate.
The problem for us is that the Steelers are viewed as one of the more prestigious franchises in the NFL, and they KNOW this and use it to their full advantage. They can get away with the chippy stuff, due to their standing in the league, as well as the fact that they deploy so many different players to do dirty work. On the flip side, no one cares about the Bengals and we have one guy doing all the chippy stuff.
The problem for us is that the Steelers are viewed as one of the more prestigious franchises in the NFL, and they KNOW this and use it to their full advantage. They can get away with the chippy stuff, due to their standing in the league, as well as the fact that they deploy so many different players to do dirty work. On the flip side, no one cares about the Bengals and we have one guy doing all the chippy stuff.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
