stillers4me
01-16-2011, 07:13 AM
Pittsburgh Steelers (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/pit/) veteran wide receiver Hines Ward loves to play the villain.
And he gloated a little bit after the Steelers' 31-24 AFC divisional playoff victory at Heinz Field, rubbing some salt in the Baltimore Ravens (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/bal/)' wounds.
"They always pride themselves on bullying guys, bullying people," Ward said. "They always do all the trash-talking. They have been trash-talking all week, how they want to break Ben's nose again and stuff like that. Sometimes when you are fighting the bully, you just have to hit them in the mouth and you shut them up.
"To come back the way we did, the way we fought throughout the whole game, speaks volumes about our team, what we are made of and what type of character we are. It was a great win for our organization."
It got ugly between two fierce rivals Saturday night.
Ward slammed free safety Ed Reed (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/5910/)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/5910/news) to the ground in the first quarter and was penalized for unnecessary roughness.
Ward said he was outnumbered and defending himself.
"I got a roughness call and I had four guys beating me up," Ward said . "I love it. That's what it is all about. Ed Reed and I have our battles, no disrespect to Ed. He probably thinks it's a little personal, but it's playoffs. Loser goes home. So why sit there and save it? I am going to go out there and fight, scratch, and claw to win a ballgame."
Ward has a long history of abusing the Ravens...................
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And he gloated a little bit after the Steelers' 31-24 AFC divisional playoff victory at Heinz Field, rubbing some salt in the Baltimore Ravens (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/bal/)' wounds.
"They always pride themselves on bullying guys, bullying people," Ward said. "They always do all the trash-talking. They have been trash-talking all week, how they want to break Ben's nose again and stuff like that. Sometimes when you are fighting the bully, you just have to hit them in the mouth and you shut them up.
"To come back the way we did, the way we fought throughout the whole game, speaks volumes about our team, what we are made of and what type of character we are. It was a great win for our organization."
It got ugly between two fierce rivals Saturday night.
Ward slammed free safety Ed Reed (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/5910/)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/5910/news) to the ground in the first quarter and was penalized for unnecessary roughness.
Ward said he was outnumbered and defending himself.
"I got a roughness call and I had four guys beating me up," Ward said . "I love it. That's what it is all about. Ed Reed and I have our battles, no disrespect to Ed. He probably thinks it's a little personal, but it's playoffs. Loser goes home. So why sit there and save it? I am going to go out there and fight, scratch, and claw to win a ballgame."
Ward has a long history of abusing the Ravens...................
read more @ http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=nfp-20110116_hines_ward_cant_help_but_gloat&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter