Gameballs & Goats vs. Bungals

It wasn't pretty in the first half and it was everything we expected in the 2nd half.

Gameballs:
Ju-Ju Schuster-Smith for his block on Burfict
Bell his 2nd half running and catches made the victory possible
Ben for using his check downs and not really forcing the ball
Defense for their 2nd half performance and shutting down the bungals offense
Boswell because game winners deserve a game ball

Goats:
Wilcox for two special teams penalties one which negated a TD
Secondary for lack of tackling in the first half and giving up key first downs in 3rd and long situations
Butler - I still don't know where Deebo is but damn it we could use his skills right about now

Game ball: Ben, AB, Bell, Bosewell

Goats: 1st half play of Sensi, but he and the D recovered in the 2nd half.

Game Balls
Bell
Ben
Boswell

Goats
First half defense
First half offense
Gruden

Gameballs to the B’s. And I agree Wally, Gruden was awful.

ImmaculateGreenePolamalu wrote:

Gameballs to the B’s. And I agree Wally, Gruden was awful.

I've never had a problem with Gruden. But man was he horrible tonight. I don't understand the constant praise for Burfict. Yeah, he's a hard-nosed player, but Gruden kept trying to sell it like he's the epitome of what an NFL player should be.

Wallace108 wrote:

ImmaculateGreenePolamalu wrote:

Gameballs to the B’s. And I agree Wally, Gruden was awful.

I've never had a problem with Gruden. But man was he horrible tonight. I don't understand the constant praise for Burfict. Yeah, he's a hard-nosed player, but Gruden kept trying to sell it like he's the epitome of what an NFL player should be.

Yeah I usually like Chucky in fact but he was just slobbering over Burfict and ignoring his past especially with our team when acting like JuJu should have been tossed. The taunting was wrong but I don't have a problem with the hit. I get that Gruden has a sentimentality towards the Bengals since his brother coached there and he's from Ohio originally but he was way too critical of JuJu there as was McDonagh. Anyhow this was a fun win. I really really hope Ryan is okay though.

“worst call i’ve seen. i don’t see it” - Jon Gruden, while the camera is showing Dre Kirkpatrick HOLDING Martavis Bryant’s hand

— Mike Darnay (@MikeDarnay) December 5, 2017

Gruden also said the hold against Watt was a bad call, as the replay showed Bernard (I think it was) with a handful of Watt's jersey.

Game ball JJSS for knocking the shit out of burfict, he's now my favorite Steeler

You gotta give Jon Gruden credit, he called this entire game with Burfict's penis in his mouth

— it's beginning to look a lot like Bentzburgh (@Bentzburgh) December 5, 2017

Wallace108 wrote:

You gotta give Jon Gruden credit, he called this entire game with Burfict's penis in his mouth

— it's beginning to look a lot like Bentzburgh (@Bentzburgh) December 5, 2017

Wallace108 wrote:

You gotta give Jon Gruden credit, he called this entire game with Burfict's penis in his mouth

— it's beginning to look a lot like Bentzburgh (@Bentzburgh) December 5, 2017

I was wondering why his voice seemed garbled at times.

Gameballs:

Ben played good except the int. What passes he did force after that were pinpoint.
AB for playing well in obvious pain.
Bell for running well when we needed him and his catches kept their D honest in the second half.
Ju Ju the slobber knocker on Burfict was KARMA.
Haley for staying out of Ben's way most of the game.

Goats:

Wilcox = bonehead.
Wilcox I was asking where he was and now that I know if that's all he's got we need to find Shemarko. Pretty sure they're twins.
Butler for calling a blitze and 3rd / goal when we needed to drop 8 and only rush 3.
Sensebaugh looked like toast the entire first half.
First half D sucked all around.

One thing I noticed when Sutton came in the second half he was right up on the line playing Green and held his own. Maybe we need him on that side until Hayden gets back.

On a different note I read that Shazier suffered a spinal concussion.

https://247sports.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/Bolt/Report-Pittsburgh-Steelers-Ryan-Shazier-suffered-a-a-spinal-chord-concussion-111761538


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solardave wrote:

Wallace108 wrote:

You gotta give Jon Gruden credit, he called this entire game with Burfict's penis in his mouth

— it's beginning to look a lot like Bentzburgh (@Bentzburgh) December 5, 2017

I was wondering why his voice seemed garbled at times.

Gruden always has somebodies penis in this mouth with Sean McDonough bobbing on Gruden's.

imo these two suck it all bullsh..t that comes out of their mouths.

Gruden a degree in communication is great at what you want to hear with no substance.

Gameball:

The whole team for being resilient after a horrible first half and Shazier's injury.

Wallace108 wrote:

You gotta give Jon Gruden credit, he called this entire game with Burfict's penis in his mouth

— it's beginning to look a lot like Bentzburgh (@Bentzburgh) December 5, 2017

His bias was the most obvious I've ever seen. Seriously I muted the audio after a while

Keith Butler deserves a lot of credit for defensive adjustments after 2 linebackers went out. The move to use William Gay as a pseudo linebacker I thought was a good move. The guy isn't the best cover corner anymore, but he's a sure tackler, and knows the defense maybe better than anyone else. Perfect guy to send in that role and call the defenses.

Goat - John Gruden. This HAD to be the most biased commentating I've ever seen. Dude couldn't stop slobbing Burfict's knob talking about how great of a person he is all game. Yeah a player who takes pride in injuring other players and flagrantly trying to break Cam Newton's ankle. Yeah great guy huh? I had to mute the broadcast after a while. Oh yeah and who the F is Randall Gay? Some retired player from the Saints? lol, what a joke. People bag on Collinsworth a lot, but you know what? He's 3x better than Gruden.

Fire Arians wrote:

Keith Butler deserves a lot of credit for defensive adjustments after 2 linebackers went out. The move to use William Gay as a pseudo linebacker I thought was a good move. The guy isn't the best cover corner anymore, but he's a sure tackler, and knows the defense maybe better than anyone else. Perfect guy to send in that role and call the defenses.

Goat - John Gruden. This HAD to be the most biased commentating I've ever seen. Dude couldn't stop slobbing Burfict's knob talking about how great of a person he is all game. Yeah a player who takes pride in injuring other players and flagrantly trying to break Cam Newton's ankle. Yeah great guy huh? I had to mute the broadcast after a while. Oh yeah and who the F is Randall Gay? Some retired player from the Saints? lol, what a joke. People bag on Collinsworth a lot, but you know what? He's 3x better than Gruden.

This was the first time I've heard Gruden this obviously biased about a player and/or game. It was disgusting.

However, until he's as consistent about it as Collinsworthless is every week, then I'll give him a pass on this one. Wait til Sunday night and watch Collinsworthless' bias show.