*unless the person getting injured is a police officer. Then we can at least hope that one less innocent person will have his or her life ruined because of an overzealous pig trying to meet a quota for enforcing laws that are wrong and unjust to begin with.

I certainly wasn’t cheering when Palmer went down–and neither was Kimo, as the film clearly shows. Even Palmer said after watching the film that the hit was an accident. The only people who seem happy are Bengals fans who used that incident as an excuse for years of mediocrity. Brady had the Pats back in the playoffs the season following his ACL tear. Rod Woodson was playing in the Super Bowl four months after his ACL tear. The only person to blame for his inability to rally back from that injury is Carson.

When Palmer went down, steelers were VERY happy

Just as rpmcanes pointed out with the Pollard thing, you’ve got jackasses in every fanbase. But people who genuinely love the sport would never celebrate an opponent’s injury. I was sick when Brady was injured because of the great football we weren’t going to see that season. And my first reaction on hearing of Suggs’s injury was profound disappointment that he probably wouldn’t be able to play in our rivalry games. I love defensive football and Steelers/Ravens is the highlight of the year. Of course, I want Suggs on the field and at full strength, too!

Yeah, 2 MVP’s and 2 SB appearances irrelevant. Prob. has 1 or 2 more of each left in him.

You obviously don’t get it.

His comment was tongue in cheek; referring to Flacco calling himself the best QB in the league.

Here’s your sign…

Wasn’t it a Steeler fan who made T-Shirts celebrating Bernard Pollard when he took out Brady’s knee?

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Nobody cares about Tom Brady anymore dude. Now that he no longer knows anyone’s defensive signals ahead of the play, he’s irrelevant.

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Maybe the Steeler TEAM isn’t but you know
darn well that most Steeler FANS are.

Of course, most will say they aren’t because
they don’t wanna look bad.

But ya gotta know secretly they are happy Suggs won’t be
squashing Toothlessberger several times in both games…

Against your biggest rivals, you want BOTH teams at full force. Otherwise… if you win and the other team is missing players, you’ll just hear excuses. And if your team loses while missing players… well then you try to just chalk it up to that.

With all that said, I think the Ravens have the corners and safeties to be just fine against Roethlisberger no matter how many tackles he breaks or how much time he has. He always got by because he’d just buy enough time for guys to get open. But the Ravens were horrible at the corner position for most of the seasons where Ben played good against them.

Now… where Suggs will be missed is against QB’s and offenses like Tom Brady and the Patriots. Oh, and that Peyton Manning guy comes to Baltimore in December. Suggs will be itching to try and get back for that game… as he has never sacked Peyton. Came close plenty of times, but the guy always throws the ball away just in time.

I wish Suggs wasn’t hurt and hope Ed Reed doesn’t retire: I hope they’re both on the field when the Steelers bounce back. Hope the Ravens’ fans enjoyed the one time every decade the Ravens are better.

The rivalry’s of today don’t compare to those of the past. Example: Buffalo/Miami, Raiders/K.C., Cowboys/Eagles. Players back then wished much pain and suffering on one another.
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After the Browns/Steelers game last year when Roethlisberger suffered a high ankle sprain, the radio talk shows celebrated it as if it were a Browns victory. One caller even stated the only time he was happier was when he heard Ben was nearly killed in a motorcycle accident. A certain Bengals message board celebrated the same way.

One can say – oh, its Ben Roethlisberger and hide behind not liking him for other reasons. But that is BS. The truth is that these fans are taking pleasure in not seeing a rival succeed, giving themselves a better chance to win, etc.

But there is a line you can cross here – you don’t wish ill on others so you can succeed. That’s a small minded thought – every team is going to suffer through these. And it’s even worse celebrating someone nearly getting killed because he wears the football uniform of a different team.

When Carson Palmer was injured in the 2005 Wild Card game, I knew it was over and the Steelers had it won, but I took little satisfaction in his injury because there was nothing funny about it. He never quite was the same again and the entire NFL lost because of that.

Never cheer for a player to get hurt, remember, these are people too – trying to provide for their families.