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    Quote Originally Posted by proudsteelerfamily View Post
    I thought Sanders looked as if he was really angry with himself. I was happy to see that.
    Yeah, that was my impression. He wasn't moping - he was very upset with his own performance. Would the OP have preferred to see Sanders laughing and joking?

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    And if he'd just remained calm, someone would have complained that he didn't have enough passion for the game....I'd rather focus on what he does, or doesn't do, on the field. He can bounce back from this. The next few games will show us a lot about his character, IMO.

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    Sanders bounced back later in the game... I thought he had a catch on the TD drive? I was upset with him to and when they showed him on the bench the bar was livid with him but they were cheering a few possessions later.

    It's football, he made a huge mistake and was upset... not sure what you want the guy to do. He can't do a superman and reverse time.

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    Rashard Mendenhall just strikes me as too nonchalant. I see no fire in him. I remember watching the Patriots/Broncos game earlier this season, and after Willis McGahee lost a late fumble when the Broncos were trying to rally, he was sitting on the sideline rocking back and forth, and I saw him say, "I ****ed up." He looked like he wanted to get back in there and redeem himself. Whenever Mendenhall makes a bonehead play, I just see him sitting on the sidelines with his arms folded, staring off into the sky, and often without anybody else around him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister Pittsburgh View Post
    Ps - why does my iPad keep changing Tomlin to Tomlinson?

    Perhaps you bought the Miyagi model, Daniel-san.
    Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.

    Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.

    We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.

    We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.

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    While I certainly wouldn't expect Mendenhall to be jumping for joy on the sidelines (who would after being benched?), you might expect him to at least show some interest in the game.
    DO any of you even recall Mendenhall being benched in his rookie season? That one supposedly stemmed from an attitude adjustment. Mendenhall has some doghouse history with Tomlin, so I don't see the Steelers opening their wallet too wide for him next season. I have said it many times before, but at his current level of play he is an average NFL RB that can be replaced very easily by FA or draft.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NorthCoast View Post
    While I certainly wouldn't expect Mendenhall to be jumping for joy on the sidelines (who would after being benched?), you might expect him to at least show some interest in the game.
    DO any of you even recall Mendenhall being benched in his rookie season? That one supposedly stemmed from an attitude adjustment. Mendenhall has some doghouse history with Tomlin, so I don't see the Steelers opening their wallet too wide for him next season. I have said it many times before, but at his current level of play he is an average NFL RB that can be replaced very easily by FA or draft.
    I didn't remember it was his rookie season, but I do remember that, and I think I also remember he had an almost monster game the week after that and we all said, "He learned his lesson".

    I don't much care how he looks on the sideline, it's not drama class. Troy or Batch rarely look hyped up on the sideline either. If he can produce, great, if not, well there's ways for dealing with that as well.

    Crazy thing is, I can't quite decide how I feel about RM's skills. It seemed like he always got the short end of the "Our O-line comes from the Swiss cheese factory" situation we have had for, well, forever. Then I thought he was running with much more of a purpose this year after his injury. Sometimes he runs so well. If anything I'm leaning towards the opinion that he's got speed, but not such great RB "vision".

    I wonder if he'll play this week? And if he does, will he have two hands on the ball at all times? Or if 1-hand for a few moments, will it be at least the "4-point" grasp of the football?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister Pittsburgh View Post
    As we all say, who knows what happens behind those doors on the south side. I personally find it hard to believe that anyone that would sympathize with Bin Laden, and rag on his teams fans, both publicly, and then appear to not give a crap he got benched, would be anything but a douchebag. By being a top draft pick, and starting RB on the Steelers, he should be a leader and he simply isn't. Who knows what he did after the Browns crap performance. He may of told Tomlin to kiss his behind for all we know.
    He's definitely not a leader. He just doesn't exude any good vibes from what I've seen. No, he doesn't have to do cartwheels on the sideline, cheer leading, but if you have been on any sports teams, or, hell, even playing backyard football, you know if you are a "normal" teammate, you get pumped up when your team scores or makes a play. That dude always just sits and stares with his Jesus-doll-from-movie "Carrie" eyes instead. I would say it's safe to say he said something showing poor tude after the Browns game. He just doesn't give a crap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snatch98 View Post
    Lloyddroid you get more and more ridiculous with each passing day. Seriously
    And you can kiss my @ss. How's that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by winwithd View Post
    Did anyone catch the post-game interview with Dwyer over on Steelers.com? Other than the disheveled Ravens reporter who seemed to have trouble breathing, I couldn't help but notice Mendenhall dressing in the background. I had to wonder what was going thru his head hearing Dwyer get the attention. Will he step it up next time he gets a chance?
    If he hasn't stepped it up by now....I mean, sure he could exert himself for a game. But he isn't all of a sudden going to become a different person. At this point, he is a back up back, at best.

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