What was Troy thinking

[Stewie]

on his 2nd pick??? Who else said, "kneel down?"

[TD386Steel]

Re: What was Troy thinking

Not me I said "Run Troy Run" I wanted him to return it for a touchdown. :P

[pittpete]

Re: What was Troy thinking

He wasnt thinking.
Thats a big problem with this team lately.
What was Antonio Brown thinking?

[eniparadoxgma]

Re: What was Troy thinking

Not me I said "Run Troy Run" I wanted him to return it for a touchdown. :P

Me too man, bum knee and all.

Troy's electric when he's got the ball.

[spyboots]

Re: What was Troy thinking

He was regressing back to his USC days when they would do that.

[Stewie]

Re: What was Troy thinking

Not me I said "Run Troy Run" I wanted him to return it for a touchdown. :P

Me too man, bum knee and all.

Troy's electric when he's got the ball.

IMHO the team thing to do was to kneel down in the EZ where he caught it. That would have given us the ball on the 20 with under two minutes and a three score lead. Kneeling avoids the risk of injury to Troy and anybody who might block for him as well as a possible fumble. (if he caught it out of the EZ, he should get out of the EZ run to daylight and get down at the first sign of trouble.) We could have knelt down to win the game. The lateral was just insanity. We didn't need to score, we needed ball security and time off the clock. However much we might thrill to seeing Mr. Head and Shoulders run with the rock, we have to play smart football. We have to focus on winning, and I think that's what Bad Word told him.

[skyhawk]

Re: What was Troy thinking

Who cares. Troy can do whatever he wants.

Still, I think they really had the scoring mentality today, especially since the O sucked, and I bet the D was sitting on the sideline talking about the need to score. So I think Troy wanted to do something more with the ball.

[Stewie]

Re: What was Troy thinking

Who cares. Troy can do whatever he wants.

Still, I think they really had the scoring mentality today, especially since the O sucked, and I bet the D was sitting on the sideline talking about the need to score. So I think Troy wanted to do something more with the ball.

OOOOOOOkay.

[aggiebones]

Re: What was Troy thinking

We were up by 3 scores with 2 minutes left.
Have fun man. Up by 1 score, yes. Kneel it.
But take that sheet back against the Bengals if u can.

[pittpete]

Re: What was Troy thinking

We were up by 3 scores with 2 minutes left

not to be a stickler, but 23-7 is 2 tds and 2 2 point conversions.
Bengals p/u that ball run it in for a TD,onside kick,etc.....

[hawaiiansteel]

Re: What was Troy thinking

I think Troy was thinking:

[Stewie]

Re: What was Troy thinking

We were up by 3 scores with 2 minutes left.
Have fun man. Up by 1 score, yes. Kneel it.
But take that sheet back against the Bengals if u can.

I disagree. IMHO the risks of injury (to an already hobbled Troy or a teammate) and loss of possession far outweigh "having fun." I think Badword agrees with me, but each is entitled to his opinion.

[Oviedo]

Re: What was Troy thinking

It was hilarious to watch LeBeau go all crazy grandfather on him on the sidelines. That was the most emotion LeBeau has shown in 10 years.

[Stewie]

Re: What was Troy thinking

Case closed...

On his second interception in the fourth quarter, Troy Polamalu seemed more interested in lateraling the ball to a teammate than running with it. After intercepting Carson Palmer at the goal line, Polamalu ran 12 yards and wildly tossed the ball to CB Bryant McFadden, who recovered the errant toss. Polamalu was laughing as he came off the field, but was confronted by coach Mike Tomlin and defensive coordinator bad word LeBeau. Later, Polamalu was near tears as he apologized for his decision.
Overheard

[Oviedo]

Re: What was Troy thinking

Best part is last few seconds with LeBeau going nuts

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