Comments on: Emmanuel Sanders not disciplined, but NFL is reviewing fake injury

By: huffdaddyco

huffdaddyco — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:54:29 +0000

I presume the league just decided that wearing those fugly throwback uniforms was punishment enough.

By: mbart94

mbart94 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:08:22 +0000

Still undecided on which flop I enjoyed more on Sunday, Sanders or the Ravens.

By: gatorsandsteelerssuckbigblackclocks

gatorsandsteelerssuckbigblackclocks — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:14:55 +0000

Troubling subject to be sure csilojohnson. Let’s form a posse, find out who they are, and overreact all over their face.

By: sudz28

sudz28 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:05:19 +0000

As they say… don’t hate the player, hate the game. I don’t like flopping/faking injuries either but unless he broke a rule what are you going to do? I didn’t see the play but I’ll take it at face value he faked the injury for *whatever* reason. If it didn’t impact the outcome of the game, it’s hardly worth 85 comments.

By: packerbackerwalt

packerbackerwalt — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:23:42 +0000

I’ve watched the NFL for over 50 years now, and I gotta say this year is the worst season I’ve ever seen, even the strike years were better. Faking injuries, protecting QB’s like their made of glass, replacement refs giving away games and timeouts, the bounty farce, it’s turned into a big friggin joke. Not to mention people like Mario saying he doesn’t give a damn what anybody thinks, and he says that to his teams” home newspaper no less. The defense now tries to punch the ball away, screw tackling the guy, let’s play the game like the greedy over grown children we are. I never thought I say this, but my days with the NFL are few now, there’s more flags than points, more agents and lawyers than players, and it’s all wrapped up in a big gummy package we pay hundreds a ticket for. Not me, not anymore. The fans need to take the game back, stop going for a year until the NFL starts running a football league and not a circus business.

By: blackngold4life

blackngold4life — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:59:53 +0000

Don’t ya love these haters!? Like you said..No one mentions loosers. They on every blog..every news report, they got out of their way just to add opinions no Real Steeler fan gives a f#@$ about..the big bad dirty cheatn Steelers! That’s us! We not goin nowhere DEAL WITH IT

By: johnnyb1976

johnnyb1976 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:30:44 +0000

What a shock that a steeler could get away with faking an injury… What a damn joke.

By: csilojohnson

csilojohnson — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:41:05 +0000

It amazes me how many hater trolls pop up on any given Steelers article, injury report, etc. As a Steelers fan there is no better compliment to my hometown team. Nobody hates on losers. I would also like to touch on a troubling sudject.
If you make an account just to hate on something. You are a complete loser. Your parents have failed society. You have no buisness commenting on anything. Go out and get a life.

By: poopystinkypants

poopystinkypants — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:36:02 +0000

As a Steelers fan I don’t like this at all. Seems to me the organization has taken a step back as far as sportsmanship, morality etc since Tomlin took over. Not that they were ever angels; name an organization that is. But I expect to be a fan of a team that plays hard every week and that does things the right way. The Steelers haven’t being doing that lately.

By: granadafan

granadafan — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:19:14 +0000

In soccer, any player who rolls around in “agony” for longer than 2 minutes should be carted off the field. Then he should be banned from re-entering the field for 5 minutes. FIFA should also review dives and fine players/clubs/the Football Assocations.

By: brazzz01

brazzz01 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:58:53 +0000

Now that it’s clear that their team ain’t all that, the Steelers would resort to cheating again. What a shock. Who’dve thunk it?

By: sacpete1

sacpete1 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:55:21 +0000

gatorsandsteelerssuckbigblackclocks says:Oct 23, 2012 7:09 PM

Anyone else shocked it’s the stealers pulling this bs? Nah, didnt think so. And those that are dumb enough to think this was sanders’ idea need just listen to an interview with him. He’s not that bright.

It’s good to see a response that clearly has no bias in opinion. As much as I’m laughing at your post name, I really hope you’re not an adult.

By: CKL

CKL — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:54:09 +0000

I agree with Rodgers419. The NFL will talk tough for just that reason and never do a thing.
I admit, I actually laughed when I saw him do that, it was so obvious.

By: protagoras111

protagoras111 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:44:45 +0000

effa43 says:
Oct 23, 2012 4:55 PM
News flash…. Been going on for decades….
Decades..
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Gee, thanks for the newsflash. If you didn’t notice, the article you posted this under already said as much. But good for you for pointing it out a second time as a “newsflash”. Maybe your next job can be pointing out the time while standing underneath a big clock.

By: cmstrick

cmstrick — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:36:16 +0000

It’ll be too difficult to discipline teams for faking injuries. All we’d be doing is encouraging players to become better actors (which may not be a bad thing, either). Regardless, the refs are already burdened with too may “judgement calls”.

When someone’s injured, just let the clock keep running. If the guy can’t get off the field before the playclock reaches zero, the team can take a timeout or accept a Delay-Of-Game penalty.

By: gatorsandsteelerssuckbigblackclocks

gatorsandsteelerssuckbigblackclocks — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:09:56 +0000

By: csilojohnson

csilojohnson — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:07:54 +0000

Nothings ever a big deal untill the shmedia blows it up. I have seen that done by all teams. To say the Steelers get a free pass on anything is a joke. You obviously don’t watch many Steelers games. Steelers do it it cheating… Belicheat does it and he is a genius. Football wouldnt turn into a flop sport because there is 5 minutes of replays, and video review between 80% of the plays. Really how many times a game would faking an injury benefit. NBC really must hate the Steelers. Stop making huge stories out of nothing.
“Big Ben has a hang nail! Is it Todd Haley’s fault?”

By: firstclasspack

firstclasspack — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:00:57 +0000

The clock had already been stopped because Big Ben was already hurt on the play and was going to have to come out. Sanders faked his injury so he could be the one to come out and Ben could stay in the game. Anyone who says that doesn’t affect the outcome is crazy. Having your starting QB instead of your backup QB is quite a big deal even if he’s just handing it off.

By: brintfatre

brintfatre — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:55:21 +0000

As long as they don’t start putting fake bounties for the fake injuries…

By: vincentbojackson

vincentbojackson — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:51:20 +0000

Collinsworth pointed out that Sanders was faking. The former Bengal also said it was “brilliant” and a “heads up move”.

By: geektriumvirate

geektriumvirate — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:38:39 +0000

Im pretty sure the ref looked the other way, since before the successful 2 point conversion, the bengals called a time out, and then pitt tried to call one as well after the bengals TO, and the ref incorrectly told them they couldnt call a TO

By: joerevs300

joerevs300 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:36:04 +0000

Steeler fan here,

Yeah, when I saw that replay, he’s standing in the huddle fine, and then collapsed like a sack of potatoes, it was pretty obvious what was going on.

That being said, let’s not kid ourselves here. The Bengals had the Steelers on their heels, up 14-3. Had they simply remembered that AJ Green is on their team and thrown to him more than 3 times they would have won, no question.

But Mike is right here. Kinda hard for the NFL to try and make the game safer when guys are “faking” injuries, which gives the casual fan the impression it’s simply more dangerous than ever.

By: jrmbadger

jrmbadger — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:14:33 +0000

49ersgiants4life says:
Oct 23, 2012 4:06 PM
I mean if it isn’t going to be penalized and the player doesn’t get fined or anything for it then in the end it is a smart play why wouldn’t players do that do that

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Do I really have to explain it to you?

Just because you can cheat and not get caught doesn’t mean that its the right thing to do.

By: pats777

pats777 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:13:01 +0000

Wow, it’s bad enough when defensive players flop to stop the hurry-up but this is ridiculous. The offense already dictates the gameplay and to have offensive players getting illegal clock stoppages/timeouts without penalty is totally out of control.

By: koenig61

koenig61 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:04:11 +0000

This is one of the stories and follow up posts that prove, if its a team I hate it’s wrong, if its my team, what’s the big deal. There are only a few people on this post who have actually distanced themselves and looked at it neutral. The league is over emphasizing safety. If a player is hurt you have to stop play. They would have stopped the play anyway, but instead it would have been to Roethlisberger being injured, which meant he would have sit out a play instead of sanders. As much as it looked like a questionable injury, anyone who has ever had a cramp knows it will knock you to your knees one minute, and then its gone the next. At least sanders limped all the way to the bench, and grimaced in pain on the bench. If it was a fake, he played it out to the end, even so much as to stretch it out after coming back on the field.

Bottom line it’s almost totally unforceable, and you have to admit if one of your receivers saved your starting QB from missing a play or losing a timeout, you say he was pretty damn smart.

By: Nofoolnodrool

Nofoolnodrool — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:57:27 +0000

I agree with Deb. everyone needs to lighten up! Every team has and will do it so don’t be a hypocrit. Too much whining and steeler envy… Grow up!

By: ravenator

ravenator — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:45:46 +0000

Cheating, must be the steeler way. What a pathetic group of clowns.

By: tincansailor981

tincansailor981 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:41:37 +0000

One more punishment the Ginger Hammer can impose.

By: mike83ri

mike83ri — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:36:21 +0000

Talk about threatening the integrity of the game.

By: udjets

udjets — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:35:21 +0000

But, but, but wait! Being told to stop isn’t enforceable if it was done in the past and was considered acceptable. He shouldn’t get any discipline because no one else has ever gotten punished. The NFLPA should be all over this, Goodell might try to make an example out of him, just ask a Saints fan…