Zach Banner

[SteelerFan448]

With so much to dislike about the NFL, its rules, and how frustrating the Steelers can be, there's always time to remember football is a game and the crowd was absolutely terrific with Zach Banner on Monday night. First, it's a great time to watch him wreck linebackers and pick up pancake blocks. However, the crowd was on point giving Banner louder ovations each time he was reported as an eligible receiver. This is quite possibly the best ever social media post by the Steelers...lmao!

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4OJ5X8B02D/

 

[SteveA]

Is that real? I mean like EVERYONE in the whole club/bar knows what the hell just happend...

 

[Drink IRON City]

Is that real? I mean like EVERYONE in the whole club/bar knows what the hell just happend...

Dude, it's as real as OMAR pulling the covers up over his head,........... Just to savor the first of the morning..........






DANG right it's real, Banner has quite the following. I think it's pretty efiN kewl !




Salute the nation

 

[Litos]

Is people playing a drinking game every time #72 is called eligible?

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[SteveA]

Dude, it's as real as OMAR pulling the covers up over his head,





DANG right it's real, Banner has quite the following. I think it's pretty efiN kewl !

I'm a horrible fan...My head was down looking at the Computer when he was called eligible. It stayed down during the whole announcement. I need timeout, I'm a bad fan

 

[Omar10213245]

Uh yeah...somebody out there having a little fun with video editing.

 

[Linc]

The two times he was announced and the crowd went wild coincided with the refs declaring it was the Steelers ball after the Fits call and another change of possession, had nothing to do with Banner being declared eligible just more Boogie jibberish

 

[SteelerFan448]

The two times he was announced and the crowd went wild coincided with the refs declaring it was the Steelers ball after the Fits call and another change of possession, had nothing to do with Banner being declared eligible just more Boogie jibberish

No, you're wrong. it was a Monday night crowd that brings out a lot of fans who rarely get to go to Steelers games and they got louder cheering for Banner each time he was announced. They were having fun and giving the guy some props.

 

[Steeltime]

No, you're wrong. it was a Monday night crowd that brings out a lot of fans who rarely get to go to Steelers games and they got louder cheering for Banner each time he was announced. They were having fun and giving the guy some props.

This ^^^

I very clearly noticed it while watching the game. Banner got a roar several times, more than 2x.

 

[Muddler]

Gotta love the wink!

 

[Steeler]

This ^^^

I very clearly noticed it while watching the game. Banner got a roar several times, more than 2x.

I definitely noticed it as well. I didn't have a clue why, but it was obvious to me they were cheering for him.

 

[Tibs]

Jumbo TE Zach Banner Becoming a Steelers Fan Favorite
https://steelersnow.com/jumbo-te-zach-banner-becoming-a-steelers-fan-favorite/

PITTSBURGH — “No. 72 is reporting as eligible. 72, reporting as eligible.”

In the Steelers’ 27-14 win over the Miami Dolphins on Monday night, referee Ronald Torbert said those words about 16 times as backup tackle Zach Banner entered the game as an extra tight end in the Steelers’ jumbo offensive package.

Each time he did, the crowd cheered. As the night went on and the Steelers running game gained traction behind the blocking of Banner, fullback Roosevelt Nix and the Pittsburgh offensive line, the cheers grew louder.

It was hard to not notice them, one of the few early bright starts in what started out as a sloppy game that looked bad for the Steelers as they fell into a 14-point hole against the winless Dolphins. 


As the team’s level of play rose, the cheers grew louder. When Banner was flagged for holding in the fourth quarter, Torbert’s announcement of the penalty was greeted with a chorus of boos.

The players caught on.

“I think at one point, one of those last drives, ‘72 has entered the game, he’s eligible,’ I said, ‘Are they cheering for you?’” quarterback Mason Rudolph recalled. “And he’s like, ‘Yeah, they are.’

“He’s really happy about that.”

Banner admitted that he caught on before most.

“I realized like a lot earlier than everyone else,” Banner said. “Like first or second quarter, when it first started happening, because there was nothing else to cheer. We were losing.”

But he wasn’t going to be the first one to bring it up.

“You try not to get cussed out by your five older guys, because you don’t want to cheese. You want to keep it serious and professional.”

But the big tackle/tight end certainly appreciated the fans’ approval. Both for him, his quirky position that involves reporting to the official every time he plays as a tight end, and the city’s entire football culture that shows an equal appreciation for the superstars and the working class heroes.

“It feels good, man,” he said. “Ultimately, this place is starting to feel like a home. It feels like home to me, but you’ve got to realize I’ve been on three teams in the matter of my first year. So that being said, you try not to get complacent, but it just feels good. Really good.”

Before arriving in Pittsburgh, Banner’s NFL career didn’t get off to the start he hoped. A fourth-round draft pick out of USC, the Indianapolis Colts cut him after one training camp. He spent his rookie season in Cleveland, but the Browns waived him in March. He was claimed by the Carolina Panthers, but released before training camp.

The Steelers didn’t sign him until Aug. 12 last year, already three weeks into training camp. But He impressed with the size, strength and power of his 6-foot-8 frame but also his willingness to put in the hard work of the daily grind of professional football.

“I wanna be here,” Banner said. “This place is awesome. The environment, the fans — as long as you work your tail off and want to be here and wear the Black and Gold, it’s awesome. … If you want to kick *** and you want to make a name for yourself and you want to be here, the guys on the team and the fans will accept you and the guys will keep you, because that’s hard to find in this league.”

There’s good news for Banner’s new-found fans, as even though almost all of his snaps this season have come as a tight end, Banner has no plans to change to an eligible number that doesn’t require reporting.

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“We’ll get him the ball at some point,” Rudolph said with a smile.