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stillers4me
10-23-2010, 11:14 PM
Sunday, October 24, 2010
By Ron Cook (http://www.post-gazette.com/search/archive.asp?cCat=87), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Steelers linebacker James Harrison hits Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi on an attempted pass in the second quarter of Sunday's game at Heinz Field.

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Forget about the betting line for the Steelers-Miami Dolphins game today and the over/under for the total points scored. That is so old school. There's a whole new world of NFL gambling out there. I'm setting the important number for today's game at 1.5.
You know, the over/under for the combined number of Steelers and Dolphins who will be suspended for hits the NFL office feels are egregious and elevated.

What? You think I'm kidding? I'm just being real.

It's hard to sit here and say that Steelers linebacker James Harrison is a lock to play against the New Orleans Saints next Sunday. He has promised to play the game today the only way he knows how despite being fined $75,000 for a hit to the head last Sunday of Cleveland Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi. You can bet the NFL office, which has threatened to start suspending players for such hits beginning today, will be watching Harrison's every step as he lines up Dolphins. He made sure of that scrutiny by explaining after the Browns game that, although he never tries to injure anyone, he sure does love to hurt 'em. They were not amused at league headquarters.

Then, there's Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder. "If I get a chance to knock somebody out, I'm going to knock them out and take what they give me," he said last week..............................

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