Week 5: Baltimore @ Pittsburgh

[GoSlash27]

Broadcast on CBS, Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts announcing.

Steelers Inactives: Donte Moncrief, Rosie Nix, Anthony Chickillo, Fred Johnson, Chuks Okorafor, Zach Gentry, Isaiah Buggs
Ravens Inactives: Trace McSorley, Jaleel Scott, Jimmy Smith, Anthony Averett, Kevin Young, Ben Powers, Daylon Mack

71° and cloudy, Winds out of the north at 10 MPH, 40% chance of rain.

I'm looking forward to seeing Vance McDonald and Nick Vannett on the field together. Hopefully the twin TE options help get the offense going.

[Polamalu Princess]

Let's go Steelers! :cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

[43Hitman]

HERE WE GO STEELERS HERE WE GO!!

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I hope the crowd is as loud as it was last week. That was awesome!

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Ravens won the toss and defer

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not a good start...come on boys!

[st33lersguy]

next time throw beyond the line of scrimmage before 3rd and forever

[43Hitman]

LETS GO DEFENSE!

[86WARD]

Ugh...

[st33lersguy]

Pittsburgh's defense still not looking good against NFL caliber offense

[86WARD]

No answer for Jackson’s legs early on.

[Neversatisfied]

Great job Sutton

[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

Nice play bu Sutton

[86WARD]

Nice play by Sutton.

[Edman]

Playing out like early last week.

Offense starts slow and a early 3-0 deficit.

[86WARD]

3-0 Ravens.

Defense holds but doesn’t look good...

[Mach1]

Same game plan as last week

[43Hitman]

Fire Danny Smith!

[86WARD]

I see Danny Smith’s special exams are getting the offense some real good field position to start...he’s awful...so fucking awful.

[crcsnail]

What are we doing ?

[43Hitman]

Fuck me

[st33lersguy]

What is this Mickey Mouse shit?

[Edman]

There’s the Ben Puppet we all know.

[Neversatisfied]

This team is a disaster

[EzraTank]

That shit isn't going to work against a real defense

[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

I need more beer and this is going to get ugly.

[st33lersguy]

Ok so the Wildcat is clearly not working, which means Fichtner will keep trying it for another quarter or 2

[86WARD]

Ha...as I said...the gimmick offense isn’t working this week against the Ravens...now we will see Fichtner panic and just blow up.

[steelcityboyz]

how can a professional football team be that bad at game planning?

[lipps83]

Hopefully that is the last time we will see the stupid Wildcat formation.

Fichtner is almost as horrible as Butler.

[ETL]

I cannot for the life of me understand why penalties are committed on kickoffs and punt returns. For god fucking sake - don’t hold. Fucking chop off your hands if your imbecilic brain cannot help it.

[Neversatisfied]

how can a professional football team be that bad at game planning?

Coaching?

[EzraTank]

I fucking hate this ref

[Mach1]

how can a professional football team be that bad at game planning?

It's been the standard for years now.

[Edman]

Hey, Randy, you didn’t think that the Ravens would prepare for the wildcat did you?

Naw, of course not.

[86WARD]

At what point do you think Butler will realize Jackson is out there?

[Neversatisfied]

I cannot for the life of me understand why penalties are committed on kickoffs and punt returns. For god fucking sake - don’t hold. Fucking chop off your hands if your imbecilic brain cannot help it.

Your avatar usually makes me feel better

[Steeldude]

Just as I stated last week. Their desperate Wildcat won't work against average or better teams.

[EzraTank]

FUCKING stupid

[st33lersguy]

how can a professional football team be that bad at game planning?

Our coaches suck and our front office won't fire them because they are satisfied with not making the playoffs as long as it is a non-losing season

[stillers4me]

Yeah.Ok.

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[ETL]

Steelers players are embarrassed and can’t help but act out like spoiled kids ... thus the penalties

[86WARD]

Team is frustrated because they are getting dominated. Watt got OWNED!!

[Edman]

Touchdown Ravens. 10-0.

Thanks, Randy.

[Method28]

Watt playing slot cb? [emoji23][emoji23]

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[Polamalu Princess]

Come on guys!!!

[EzraTank]

Get ready for some BAD BAD years. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of Tomlin.

[ETL]

Nice game plan. Let’s give ravens 10 points and then try to climb out of the hole

[Neversatisfied]

For the love of all that is holy let Mason Rudolph throw the damn ball down the field!

[Edman]

Team is frustrated because they are getting dominated. Watt got OWNED!!

Early mistakes.

Five penalties called on them already.

Bad Playcalling.

Yeah, cannot blame them for being frustrated.

[86WARD]

So early on, this game is going exactly as expected. Ingram just running hard, no answer for Lamar Jackson’s legs and Fichtner putting together a lazy game plan that worked against a shitty team and expects it to work against a decent team...lol.

[ETL]

Why are the Steelers so bad at the beginning of games? They have always been this way. So so putrid

[Steeldude]

Team is frustrated because they are getting dominated. Watt got OWNED!!

And without any coaching or leaders it will be tough to fix.

[Edman]

For the love of all that is holy let Mason Rudolph throw the damn ball down the field!

Can’t do that. He might make a mistake.

Ben’s puppet.

[ETL]

We will probably see the wildcat again

[RunNGun]

This is a poorly coached football team at it's finest.

[Polamalu Princess]

Nice!

[Steeldude]

This is a poorly coached football team at it's finest.

Don't tell the rah-rah fans that.

[Edman]

Oh look, the Steelers letting Mason throw and the offense is moving.

[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

Nice JUJU TD

[Edman]

Mason Rudolph to Juju for six.

[Polamalu Princess]

Boom!!!!! YES!!!! :cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

Mason looks good at let him play.

[Neversatisfied]

There it is!

[43Hitman]

Good job MASON, helluva drive!

[86WARD]

JuJu!!

Imagine that...throwing the ball downfield...lol

[st33lersguy]

Glad Fichtner finally discovered the forward pass can be used with someone other than Ben

[Edman]

Right down the field. Mason Rudolph is making Ben obsolete.

Can’t keep doing that. Ben’s puppet has to make him look bad.

[Steeldude]

Good passing.

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Oh look, the Steelers letting Mason throw and the offense is moving.

Now back to the Wildcat

[FrancoLambert]

Catching up late...in the summary of plays...Fichtner’s got Samuels throwing...a pick...turned into a TD.
The Wildcat will trick them. :der:
You know Harbaugh spent a lot of time getting ready for it, Fichtner calls it, and the head coach OK’s that call deep in their own end???
Time for a change.

[Edman]

Good passing.

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Now back to the Wildcat

Yeah, can’t let Mason look good. He might hurt Ben’s feelings. Fichtner got his job from Ben, so he can’t make his job.

[stillers4me]

Right down the field. Mason Rudolph is making Ben obsolete.

Can’t keep doing that. Ben’s puppet has to make him look bad.Yeah. Ok.

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[Mach1]

Lets go D.

[86WARD]

Easy conversion for Baltimore.

[Edman]

I don’t like this ref crew.

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Yeah. Ok.

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Teasing.

[EzraTank]

Lol can't stop shit.

[Mach1]

Come on D get some stops.

[86WARD]

Nice open field tackle by Bush

[86WARD]

10-7 Ravens after one...

[Edman]

Lamar Jackson clearly has a big advantage in this game.

The Steelers D have never seen him before, and they are off balance. I don’t think they will stop him in this game. Just limit the bleeding.

[steelcityboyz]

No pressure on Jackson he has all day back there

[ETL]

Crossing routes for Ravens receivers are always open. If I were Harbaugh, that is all I would run.

[86WARD]

Nice play by Haden and Bush.

[Steeldude]

Dupree being easily taken care of by the tackle.

[Edman]

No pressure on Jackson he has all day back there

Rush him and he will escape free from the pocket for a big play. Keep him contained.

[steelcityboyz]

Defense is getting embarrassed

[stillers4me]

Defense is getting embarrassedWhat do you expect...Ben isnt wearing his Apple watch.

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[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

What is worse the don't even have a LB on the TE and not guarding him at all. They are treating him ike Gonk.

[86WARD]

Jeez...

[EzraTank]

4-12 season. Enjoy

[tube517]

Like I said about the TEs of the Ratbirds

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[86WARD]

Nice work by Nelson.

[Edman]

Defense is getting embarrassed

They haven’t seen Jackson and are scared of him.

You can’t really have true answers for a weapon you’ve never seen before.

[ETL]

I’m surprised. I didn’t think our defense was this bad

[st33lersguy]

One thing that's clear is that this defense can't stop NFL offenses

[86WARD]

Nice catch by Brown.

17-7 Ravens.

[steelcityboyz]

What do you expect...Ben isnt wearing his Apple watch.

Sent from my SM-G975U using TapatalkYa know, i never thought of that!

[steelreserve]

I was late tuning in ... but it looks like the defense is still the defense.

[steelcityboyz]

I’m surprised. I didn’t think our defense was this badFret not, adjustments are coming at halftime..

[Mojouw]

The team that gains 500 yards of offense per week via the TE and a power running game is beating up on the team who has not stopped either all year?

Gosh. How could anyone see this coming.

Strap in ladies and gentleman its gonna be a long day.

Mason will have to win a shoot out if they want to pull this off.

[FrancoLambert]

I’m surprised. I didn’t think our defense was this bad

Talent wise they’re not that bad.
It’s the lack of a competent DC.

[Steeldude]

One thing that's clear is that this defense can't stop NFL offenses

But last week the rah-rah fans said the Steelers defense was good. They will be good again when they play the Bengals later this season.

[Mach1]

It's only going to get worse the more wore out they get.

[Edman]

The Defense will not stop Baltimore in this game. They can only limit as much as possible.

QB’s like Lamar Jackson has a distinct advantage. The Steelers have never seen him before, and they have no real answer for him yet. This will be a shootout that will do down to the end.

[Steeldude]

Fret not, adjustments are coming at halftime..

Haha.

[ETL]

Very accurate throw to mcdonald

[86WARD]

Come on James...

[Steeldude]

I thought the edition of Bush was supposed to take away the middle of the field.

[Steeler-in-west]

What happened to our pass coverage?

[Edman]

But last week the rah-rah fans said the Steelers defense was good. They will be good again when they play the Bengals later this season.

This has been the same story for years. Occasional bursts of success, but nothing notable.

As long as Keith Butler is still DC, the Defense will never rise up to the level of where they need to be.

[86WARD]

Offense starting to look like a real offense.

[steelcityboyz]

Offense starting to look like a real offense.You were saying?

[ETL]

Bad miss by Rudolph

[86WARD]

Rudolph 9/9 to 5 different receivers...

[steelreserve]

Man, could you see Rudolph locked on to that one receiver on that play.

[ETL]

We need a turnover

[86WARD]

You were saying?

Lol...yeah...spoke too soon...

[Steeldude]

The Ravens will allow the Steelers the two-yard dump passes.

[Edman]

You were saying?

One incompletion after nine consecutive good throws. Keep trying.

Unfortunately, the Defense can’t get a stop so the incompletion is magnified.

[Fire Goodell]

Defense needs to stop these guys, they've been marching all day

[Mach1]

Yes

[Edman]

Steelers turnover!

[steelcityboyz]

We need a turnoverThere you go!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

That is what was needed

[ETL]

Thank you

[HollywoodSteel]

We need a turnover

Okay

[Steeldude]

Dupree is lost

[43Hitman]

FUCK YEAH A PICK BY KELLY!!

[Edman]

Mason needs to answer.

[43Hitman]

Throw right to the endzone!

[Steeldude]

Ok. Let's have a parade now by a fluke INT

[EzraTank]

All these challenges have ruined the flow of the game

[43Hitman]

Cool, Ravens can waste a time out

[Rotorhead]

Time to bench Conner, have to protect the ball! Nice INT, Fitz is paying off big time

[steelreserve]

All these challenges have ruined the flow of the game

They really need a rule where I am allowed to overturn the result of any play, and the decision is instant and final. No replay needed.

[Mach1]

Enough with the wildcat

[Edman]

Fichtner is trash.

[steelcityboyz]

BOO Birds are out

[EzraTank]

Ok coach this isn't the Bungals. Please stop running this garbage.

[Bluecoat96]

Was that a horsecollar on Samuels?

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[steelreserve]

Yeah, that wildcat shit really seems to be working.

[86WARD]

Get something going and return to the shit that doesn’t work...lol.

[Steeldude]

Enough with the wildcat

Coaches are clueless on what to do. Haley should have remained.

[tube517]

Wildcat wont work today. Wasting downs

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[Rotorhead]

Can we just play football, stop this stupid WC BS!

[Edman]

Fuck Randy Fichtner. Seriously.

[steelcityboyz]

Ok coach this isn't the Bungals. Please stop running this garbage.I hope you're using the term coach lightly

[Steeler-in-west]

How many snaps to samuels are we going to see? OC needs to tear that page out of his playbook

[Steeldude]

How many snaps to samuels are we going to see? OC needs to tear that page out of his playbook

I don't think he has a playbook.

[Mojouw]

Rud8lph had two guys NFL open and refused to pull the trigger.

He's gotta start cutting it loose.

[tube517]

Foster looking old

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[86WARD]

Hard to watch...

[Rotorhead]

At least we got 3, coaching cost us 4pts there

[Edman]

Mason needs to push that ball down the field guys. Dink and dunk is bad.

[86WARD]

Coaches are clueless on what to do. Haley should have remained.

One of the worst coaching staffs in the league. At least Haley knows how to do the job. Fichtner is far from qualified...

[Edman]

Danny Smith special teams.

Just like this coaching staff. Keep the same shit. You get the same shit.

[Mojouw]

It's not all.coaching. Guys are open and Rudioph won't pull the trigger.


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[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

Boz playing Ben to save the TD.

[86WARD]

Special Teams...

Lol

[Rotorhead]

Wow, once again we are losing in every facet of the game

[Edman]

Back to back sacks.

[Polamalu Princess]

:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

[86WARD]

Nice defense there...back to back sacks by Watt and Bince.

[steelcityboyz]

It's not all.coaching. Guys are open and Rudioph won't pull the trigger.


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[tube517]

TJ getting chokehold and still gets that sack. Good to see Bince

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[Edman]

It's not all.coaching. Guys are open and Rudioph won't pull the trigger.


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No one is open and is 100% on coaching.

They keep running this like Ben is out there when that is not Mason’s strength.

[Rotorhead]

Need at least 3 before half

[Steeler-in-west]

It's not all.coaching. Guys are open and Rudioph won't pull the trigger.


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If the coaches are showing Rudolph photos of the plays on the sidelines and pointing out the open receivers....

[Edman]

Good thing Mason pushed that ball downfield to no one that is there. He needs to do that more.

Look there comes another deep shot. Not there.

Keep pushing that ball down the field. It’ll open up eventually.

[86WARD]

Throwing the ball downfield creates those kind of penalties...

[Mach1]

These refs suck balls

[Rotorhead]

Did our OL forget how to block?

[Rotorhead]

Offense needs to put together a drive for at least 3 here.

[steelreserve]

These refs suck balls

Did you just start watching NFL games after a 10 year break?

[tube517]

These refs can't even call routine incompletions

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[Edman]

NFL defenses are gearing up to stop the deep stuff.

We have no deep threat whatsoever, and a quarterback who is surgical and patient.

Keep throwing deep and hope it works.

[steelcityboyz]

Ben ties this up before the half if he was playing..

[Edman]

NFL defenses are gearing up to stop the deep stuff.

We have no deep threat whatsoever, and a quarterback who is surgical and patient.

Keep throwing deep and hope it works.

[86WARD]

Nonsense.

[Mach1]

Did you just start watching NFL games after a 10 year break?

:chuckle:

[steelcityboyz]

Wtf was that?

[Edman]

Good Job, Mason. Take those deep shots that aren’t there.

That is what the elite quarterbacks do.

[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

Mason proving he can throw deep but they are sadly to deep.

[Rotorhead]

Dammit

[Edman]

Wtf was that?

A deep shot. Exactly what you asked for. Don’t complain.

[Mojouw]

No one is open and is 100% on coaching.

They keep running this like Ben is out there when that is not Mason’s strength.

There's been guys running free underneath on the backside of every play. Rudolph isn't able to work through his progressions to get there.

[Steeldude]

The coaches don't know what to do. No game plan again.

[steelreserve]

Thr ability to throw the ball 50 yards down the field does not matter if you throw into double coverage and 5 yards over the receiver's head.

[steelcityboyz]

A deep shot. Exactly what you asked for. Don’t complain.For the life of me I can't recall asking for that

[ETL]

I don’t understand why more balls are not being thrown to Juju.

[Rotorhead]

Last thing we needed was to give it back to Baltimore and need to rely on our Def to do something

[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

Lamar look like Kordell on that play.

[Edman]

There's been guys running free underneath on the backside of every play. Rudolph isn't able to work through his progressions to get there.

Randy Fichtner went on record to say Mason Rudolph needs to throw downfield. He’s looking downfield and missing everyone open underneath.

This is 100% on coaching and is fucking retarded.

[43Hitman]

Helluva pick by HILTON!!

[st33lersguy]

Yes!

[Rotorhead]

HILTON with the INT!!!!!!

[steelreserve]

It's a good thing their quarterback kind of sucks.

[86WARD]

Come on offense.

[st33lersguy]

Quick play here

[86WARD]

Rudolph is just throwing everything too hard and far...

[Neversatisfied]

WTF?!?!

[Edman]

Aren’t you so glad that Mason isn’t throwing this dink and dunk passes anymore.

Please keep it up. Take those deep shots. That’s what the elites do.

[86WARD]

17-13 at the half...could’ve been much worse...

[ETL]

A jump ball to juju would have been nice.

[stillers4me]

Aren’t you so glad that Mason isn’t throwing this dink and dunk passes anymore.Let him throw, they said. It will be fine.

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[Rotorhead]

At least we got 3, but we should have had 8 more pts, 2 trips to the RZ and 2 FGs

[Steeldude]

What the...? Let's keep throwing the ball into the crowd

[tube517]

17-13 at the half...could’ve been much worse...I will take it. Better than 20-10 with their kicker

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[Bluecoat96]

Aren’t you so glad that Mason isn’t throwing this dink and dunk passes anymore.

Please keep it up. Take those deep shots. That’s what the elites do.Enough already.

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[Mojouw]

Randy Fichtner went on record to say Mason Rudolph needs to throw downfield. He’s looking downfield and missing everyone open underneath.

This is 100% on coaching and is fucking retarded.

No. It's not. Rudolph is clearly not taking as nything that makes him uncomfortable. He's also far too slow working through his reads.

And that's fine. It's his third game.

[ETL]

The stupid part is that we left a time out on the field. We could have 15 more sec and two more shots in end zone but coaches blew clock management as usual

[Edman]

Let him throw, they said. It will be fine.

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He needs to push the ball downfield more. It’s what the offense needed.

[steelreserve]

What the...? Let's keep throwing the ball into the crowd

To be fair, that was probably the right move with 7 seconds left, if there's nobody open immediately, throw it away so you have time for a field goal.

[steelcityboyz]

Enough already.

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[Mojouw]

Those throw aways were not bad deep shots. They were a young QB trying desperately to not throw a pick and only willing to put the ball out to wide open WRs to preserve the field goal.

This is what to expect in the red zone until Mason gains the confidence to get aggressive.

[Edman]

Enough already.

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We heard it all week that Mason needs to be more Like Ben. Now he’s being like Ben.

[Steeler-in-west]

Ravens are not that good, just hope we’re not worse

[tube517]

Usually I don't like IanEagle and Fouts but Ian Eagle said, "Marquise Brown said he didn't root for the Steelers, he rooted for [his cousin] Antonio." Dan Fouts says, "Must be a family trait."

*pow*

[Mojouw]

So on one hand we have all of the NFL talkers, former coaches, players, and whatnot making a fairly convincing case that occasional deep shots are a critical part of a successful NFL offense. On the other we have some guy on the internet.

This is a really tough call. So hard to decide.

The game-plan (minus the wildcat) is fine. Rudolph just needs to get more aggressive. But that also might be part of the plan. Only take safe throws, don’t turn the ball over, and punts are okay.

I don’t like it, but it is a pretty standard rookie back-up QB plan.

What I want for Rudolph is to make decisions quicker. He does that, and I think more guys will magically be open.

[Polamalu Princess]

Let's take this game over.

[tube517]

Mark Barron out. More Dirty Red??

[Rotorhead]

Cmon Def need a stop here

[Edman]

So on one hand we have all of the NFL talkers, former coaches, players, and whatnot making a fairly convincing case that occasional deep shots are a critical part of a successful NFL offense. On the other we have some guy on the internet.

If the Steelers offense wakes up I’ll concede the point.

[86WARD]

Come on defense...hold here.

[Mach1]

Dumb dumb dumb

[Neversatisfied]

The most undisciplined team in the league

[ETL]

Bush is a retard

[Rotorhead]

Unbelievable!

[86WARD]

Stupid.

[ETL]

Did I mention that Bush is retarded

[Polamalu Princess]

:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

[Edman]

Lamar Stewart.

[ETL]

He’s still a retard

[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

Bush you redeem yourself

[Rotorhead]

Sigh, golden opportunity wasted by stupidity, here come the Steelers, shooting themselves in the foot

[86WARD]

Bush makes up for his offsides...now was it a catch??

[Rotorhead]

Phew, will it stand, I am being forced to listen to the game

[steelcityboyz]

Bush makes up for his offsides...now was it a catch??hit the ground

[lipps83]

Not sure that will stand. Hope so, but not likely.

[Bluecoat96]

hit the groundBut it looked like he had his arm under it.

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[tube517]

Incomplete is my guess

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[steelcityboyz]

Lamar Jackson is one ugly dude.

[Mach1]

Oh no

[Polamalu Princess]

Oh my gosh.

[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

Shit here comes Hodges. They was heck of play too and hope Mason is okay.

[Edman]

Rudy is out.

Duck Hodges time.

[Steeldude]

They really miss Munchak

[43Hitman]

GET UP MASON!

[Neversatisfied]

Omg, that was awful

[Polamalu Princess]

Praying...praying and praying.

[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

Lamar Jackson is one ugly dude. He looks like MR Glass.

[EzraTank]

How is their no flag? Clearly a blow to the head (and probably what little shot we had this season)

[ETL]

I guess Kapernick will be coming to town