Steelers.com: POST-GAME QUOTES

[stillers4me]

STEELERS VS. RAIDERS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20
HEINZ FIELD


STEELERS QUOTES


Coach Mike Tomlin: It’s great to get back out and compete again. I like the way the men responded in terms of delivering a winning performance. We got contributions from a lot of people in all three phases. I thought our leadership was spectacular today. The quarterback, Ben, was what we needed him to be. And I thought James Farrior, number 51, was what we needed him to be today. When you’re bouncing back from a type of performance that we had last week you expect those types of guys to stand up and lead the charge. It was awesome to see them do that. But we had contributions from a lot of people. It was a team victory today. We will assess it like we always do. Of course we didn’t play perfect football today by any stretch, but I liked the energy. I liked the intensity. It was necessary. It was a nice bounce-back performance for us. We’ll continue on with this process that we’re going through that is the 2010 season. Not much injury things to speak of. I think Maurkice Pouncey had a knee-to-knee hit with somebody in the game. It’s a contusion. Hopefully it won’t be long term. I don’t think it will be. The rest of the stuff is bumps and bruises. Jonathan Scott got rolled up on a little bit as did Chris Kemoeatu. We’re dealing with some things on our offensive line, but I liked the way the group of guys stepped up, mix-and-matched, and answered the call for us. That’s the kind of team we got to be. We’re no different than anyone else. A lot of teams are going to go through this. The ones that continue to win and persevere will show their medal of course. We like to be included in that.

Re: High number of penalties:
I’ll tell you that the game got away from us, both teams. It was unfortunate, but I’m not going to let that dominate our thought...........

http://www.steelers.com/news/article...1-f9ba3843a7f7

[tube517]

(Ben's response to what he said to Seymour)

Did you say anything to him?

I just said let’s get ready for the extra-point.

[LLT]

I thought that Tomlin's response to the officiating was very telling. He was being very diplomatic but this caught my eye...

I’m not going to question the officiating. I understand the climate that we’re in from that standpoint.

[Texasteel]

I thought that Tomlin's response to the officiating was very telling. He was being very diplomatic but this caught my eye...

I thought so too. " The climate that we're in " means a gun to their heads, and we all know who's finger is on the trigger.

[Edman]

"The climate we're in" is the fact that Goodell has put the Steelers on notice, with all the fines and the ridiculous penalties called on them today.

Don't question it. Just go with the flow and win. It's all the more sweeter.

[MULLDOG24]

Ya know, It would be funny as hell if one of the officials came out public and said that his crew was kinda "hinted to" to be a little harsh on the steelers today. I'd bet ole good-deal would up and shit the bed!