Apparently the Steelers coaching staff forgot to help Ben with some of the basics during his early recovery from all of his hospital time. Obviously there were some cobwebs upstairs. After the Steelers crushing victory over the KC Cheats, Roethlisberger said, "I tried throwing to the guys in the black shirts rather than the guys in the white shirts." Certainly, he's found the key. Last week in SD, he was throwing to the guys in the powder blue shirts. Unfortunately next week we are away at Hatlanta (thanks for that one, Tommy Gun) and we'll be back in our white jerseys. So can Ben reverse the strategy in time?? If I were the coach in Atmanta, I'd dress the team in their black uni's just in case. All's fair... Go Ben! Throw to the white jerseys this Sunday! (If a ball hits a ref, we know there's a serious problem.)
On the Troy Polamalu hair pulling incident, I'm surprised it hadn't happened sooner. I personally think that a player's hair shouldn't cover his name or number as part of the uni regulations unless that jersey number is #8 and the name on the jersey is "Maddox" and you're trying not to depress your teammates' will to live. (I would also pass a fan resolution for all of you who have not replaced the "Stewart" nameplate with "Holmes." Please... ) The MNF announcers pointed out last night that even Edrin James of the Cardinals cut his long hair to keep it from making it easier to tackle him. But Troy is a defensive player, so getting tackled isn't really the issue unless he starts to tear it up with interceptions which, now that his shoulder is healing, he no doubt will. I think he should go all the way and wear a cape. Troy's answer about his hair being a target: "I just need to use stronger conditioner," Polamalu said. Is that why he has such split ends? That could also be from over zealous washing. Who knows... He'd better not end up in some stupid Pantene commercial unless it's after a Super Bowl repeat. I say if you want to have the long hair and not get tackled, maybe just run faster.
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