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12-04-2010, 07:13 AM
by Neal Coolong (http://www.sbnation.com/users/Neal%20Coolong) on Dec 4, 2010 7:57 AM EST (http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2010/12/4/1854540/pregame-zone-blitz-it-all-comes-down-to-the-ravens)
The contenders began separating from the pretenders in Week 12. The Steelers (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/pittsburgh-steelers) beat a plucky Bills (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/buffalo-bills) team, and the Ravens (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/baltimore-ravens) dominated Tampa Bay. With the game moved to prime time, this chapter of the Steelers/Ravens rivalry has all the same elements it usually does; division championship pretty much on the line, great defensive players doing battle, a few injuries for both teams and probably a lot more after the game.
While the Ravens can't boast the best QB in the AFC North, he does play remarkably well at home. Even with that, their stalwart front seven stud is playing other-worldly, and even siding with the Steelers' own dominant defender. PZB again sees a certain running back, and the "Us vs. The World" mentality was cranked up to 11 this past week.
It's Steelers/Ravens week...pass out the ammunition, there's gonna be a fight Sunday
Night.......................
................Us Against The World
How utterly ridiculous is it that James Harrison (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/1601/james-harrison) makes a football act and gets fined $75,000, and Richard Seymour (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/1702/richard-seymour), despite whatever happened to provoke him, slugs a player on national TV in full view of the cameras and knocks him to the ground -- and gets fined $25,000. Weak. Very weak.
Peter King
This week, it's WR Hines Ward leading the charge of Us vs. The World. Of course, that comes off the steam of Harrison's latest and equally ridiculous $25,000 fine. In a classic Eff You manner, Ward, among other things, calls the NFL "a bunch of hypocrites" for their half-assed approach to enforcing player safety, one Harrison fine at a time.
As you saw earlier, even Steelers adversary Terrell Suggs thinks the league is targeting Harrison. The official in the Bills game clearly was, he was throwing the flag before Harrison even touched Fitzpatrick, meaning, they can rule out "slamming the QB to the ground" as part of the penalty and fine, because clearly his mind was made up..................
Read more @ http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2010/12/4/1854540/pregame-zone-blitz-it-all-comes-down-to-the-ravens
The contenders began separating from the pretenders in Week 12. The Steelers (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/pittsburgh-steelers) beat a plucky Bills (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/buffalo-bills) team, and the Ravens (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/baltimore-ravens) dominated Tampa Bay. With the game moved to prime time, this chapter of the Steelers/Ravens rivalry has all the same elements it usually does; division championship pretty much on the line, great defensive players doing battle, a few injuries for both teams and probably a lot more after the game.
While the Ravens can't boast the best QB in the AFC North, he does play remarkably well at home. Even with that, their stalwart front seven stud is playing other-worldly, and even siding with the Steelers' own dominant defender. PZB again sees a certain running back, and the "Us vs. The World" mentality was cranked up to 11 this past week.
It's Steelers/Ravens week...pass out the ammunition, there's gonna be a fight Sunday
Night.......................
................Us Against The World
How utterly ridiculous is it that James Harrison (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/1601/james-harrison) makes a football act and gets fined $75,000, and Richard Seymour (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/1702/richard-seymour), despite whatever happened to provoke him, slugs a player on national TV in full view of the cameras and knocks him to the ground -- and gets fined $25,000. Weak. Very weak.
Peter King
This week, it's WR Hines Ward leading the charge of Us vs. The World. Of course, that comes off the steam of Harrison's latest and equally ridiculous $25,000 fine. In a classic Eff You manner, Ward, among other things, calls the NFL "a bunch of hypocrites" for their half-assed approach to enforcing player safety, one Harrison fine at a time.
As you saw earlier, even Steelers adversary Terrell Suggs thinks the league is targeting Harrison. The official in the Bills game clearly was, he was throwing the flag before Harrison even touched Fitzpatrick, meaning, they can rule out "slamming the QB to the ground" as part of the penalty and fine, because clearly his mind was made up..................
Read more @ http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2010/12/4/1854540/pregame-zone-blitz-it-all-comes-down-to-the-ravens