Steelers File Protest on Unfair Advantage by Patriots
Inside sources
confirmed today that the Stillers have filed a formal protest to the National
Football League, citing an unfair advantage by the Patriots that allowed the Pats
to cruise to the easy 34-13 cakewalk victory on Sunday afternoon.�
Some folks
initially thought this protest involved video cameras, similar to the Jets� complaints
early this season after playing against these same Patriots.�� Alas, the protest has nothing to do with
illegal videotaping, but rather the situation in the 2nd half in which the
Stiller defense was forced to play with 10 football players against the 11 of
New England.�
An unnamed
source inside the Steeler organization stated on the telephone, �What the
Patriots did in the 2nd half simply wasn�t fair.� Their offense had 11 players on the field while our defense had
only 10.�� This is a gross injustice and
an unfair practice by the Pats, and we expect the NFL to issue sanctions
against the Patriots or even force them to forfeit the game.���
The
Stillers� protest apparently stems from what they thought was a mandatory
2nd half usage (by Dick LeBeau) of a fat, overweight, lethargic, slower-than-whaleshit,
one-dimensional, entirely useless 340-pound nose tackle against an offense that
refused to conduct a genuine running play until 2 meaningless plunges in the
final 2 minutes of the contest.� Forced
to play 10-on-11, the Stiller defense was overwhelmed by the Patriots in
the 17-point 2nd half cakewalk, in which the only Patriot drive that was
stalled was due to the drop of an easy TD pass to a wide-open receiver in the
end zone. ��
�It�s just
not fair,� the Steeler source continued, ��just because we employ a one-dimensional defensive football
player that can�t do a single productive task except for �clogging the middle�,
we should not be taken advantage of like this.�
It�s totally unsportsmanlike, unethical, and against the rules of common
decency that The Rooney Family has established in the NFL.�� �
�
�Sure, we
already know we have a defensive football player that cannot rush the QB, or harass
the QB, or chase the QB, or bat passes, or cover receivers, or chuck receivers,
or tackle receivers.� Actually, he can�t
do much of anything, but we�re paying him $4 million a year and it�s not fair
that he�s on our payroll, eating a huge chunk of salary cap money, and an unscrupulous
opponent is making him totally irrelevant, useless, and worthless.� It�s just not fair and we think the NFL will
see things our way.��
The NFL headquarters
confirmed receipt of the protest by the Steelers, and is taking the matter
under advisement. �An NFL spokesman said
the league office would issue a decision on this protest by Thursday.
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