stillers4me
12-13-2013, 05:40 AM
It’s one of the oldest tricks in the motivational playbook.
Want you give your team some incentive? Simply recite the “They don’t respect us” theme.
It’s exactly what Ryan Clark is doing as the Steelers (5-8), all but mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, take on the Cincinnati Bengals (9-4) Sunday at Heinz Field. The Bengals can lock up the AFC North with a win and a Ravens loss, while a Steelers win would mean only that they still have a chance to avoid their first losing season in 10 years.
Clark believes these Bengals, with a cast largely assembled in the last few seasons, don’t really respect or worry the Steelers all that much.
Maybe it’s because the Bengals – headed to the playoffs for a third consecutive season – have reversed a trend that saw them dominated by the Steelers for a decade.........
Read more: http://blog.triblive.com/steel-mill/2013/12/12/robinson-clark-says-bengals-dont-respect-steelers-james-harrison-aside/#ixzz2nM1SZmys (http://blog.triblive.com/steel-mill/2013/12/12/robinson-clark-says-bengals-dont-respect-steelers-james-harrison-aside/#ixzz2nM1SZmys)
Want you give your team some incentive? Simply recite the “They don’t respect us” theme.
It’s exactly what Ryan Clark is doing as the Steelers (5-8), all but mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, take on the Cincinnati Bengals (9-4) Sunday at Heinz Field. The Bengals can lock up the AFC North with a win and a Ravens loss, while a Steelers win would mean only that they still have a chance to avoid their first losing season in 10 years.
Clark believes these Bengals, with a cast largely assembled in the last few seasons, don’t really respect or worry the Steelers all that much.
Maybe it’s because the Bengals – headed to the playoffs for a third consecutive season – have reversed a trend that saw them dominated by the Steelers for a decade.........
Read more: http://blog.triblive.com/steel-mill/2013/12/12/robinson-clark-says-bengals-dont-respect-steelers-james-harrison-aside/#ixzz2nM1SZmys (http://blog.triblive.com/steel-mill/2013/12/12/robinson-clark-says-bengals-dont-respect-steelers-james-harrison-aside/#ixzz2nM1SZmys)