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12-08-2010, 03:09 PM
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
By Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Referees break up a scuffle between the Steelers and Baltimore Ravens during the Sunday night's game in Baltimore. The scrum ensued after a Ravens lineman fired out early on James Harrison; Steelers players feel the act was a deliberate attempt to provoke Harrison.
The Steelers not only think linebacker James Harrison has been targeted by National Football League officials; they think he was targeted by the Baltimore Ravens, as well.
Harrison and several Steelers players are upset over a false-start penalty against Ravens guard Chris Chester on an extra point Sunday night that, they say, wasn't as harmless as it might appear.
Harrison said he thinks Chester was deliberately trying to hit him or perhaps even injure him because Chester fired out on the play -- something offensive linemen are not taught to do on extra points or field goals.
"Of course it was deliberate," Harrison said today in the Steelers locker room. "There's no way that happens on an extra point because [offensive linemen] don't shoot out. It's obvious it was blatant. It was on purpose."........................
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10342/1109230-66.stm
By Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/images/201012/scrum_500.jpg
Geoff Burke/Getty Images
Referees break up a scuffle between the Steelers and Baltimore Ravens during the Sunday night's game in Baltimore. The scrum ensued after a Ravens lineman fired out early on James Harrison; Steelers players feel the act was a deliberate attempt to provoke Harrison.
The Steelers not only think linebacker James Harrison has been targeted by National Football League officials; they think he was targeted by the Baltimore Ravens, as well.
Harrison and several Steelers players are upset over a false-start penalty against Ravens guard Chris Chester on an extra point Sunday night that, they say, wasn't as harmless as it might appear.
Harrison said he thinks Chester was deliberately trying to hit him or perhaps even injure him because Chester fired out on the play -- something offensive linemen are not taught to do on extra points or field goals.
"Of course it was deliberate," Harrison said today in the Steelers locker room. "There's no way that happens on an extra point because [offensive linemen] don't shoot out. It's obvious it was blatant. It was on purpose."........................
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10342/1109230-66.stm