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http://steelerswire.usatoday.com/20...er-tells-martavis-bryant-not-to-flip-anymore/
"The athletic skill needed by Martavis Bryant to make his 131-yard touchdown run against the Cardinals out-weighed the skill needed to flip into the end zone at the end of it.
And his quarterback told him to knock it off.
Post Gazette columnist Ron Cook spoke with Ben Roethlisberger after Sunday’s game, and shared what he told Bryant when the injured passer greeted the second-year phenom on the sideline.
“I told him how proud I was of him to step up and make that big play,” Roethlisberger said, according to Cook. “Then I told him, ‘Don’t ever flip in the end zone again or I’ll … nothing good is going to come from that.’ ”
Bryant conceded, also through Cook, that he wasn’t going to repeat his tilting flip again.
It would have been a shame for Bryant to have injured himself after breaking so many hips and ankles on his run. Even worse would be to lose Bryant again, after having played five games without him this season.
Rest assured, his spontaneous form of dangerous, acrobatic celebration won’t be repeated, or at the very least, odds of him flipping into the end zone again are lower than him making such a spectacular run after the catch.
Odds of him doing something similar to what he did overall against the Cardinals — six catches, 137 yards, two touchdowns — are fairly decent. In 11 regular season games, Bryant has 32 catches for 686 yards. That’s 21.4 yards a catch, and he’s caught 10 touchdown passes.
He’s also likely to be the only Steelers’ receiver who reaches the 100-yard mark without Roethlisberger under center.
One can understand Ben’s insistence that Bryant protect himself at all costs."
So Ben is calling plays that are winning us games and now disciplining players...should we just let Ben be a player/coach?
"The athletic skill needed by Martavis Bryant to make his 131-yard touchdown run against the Cardinals out-weighed the skill needed to flip into the end zone at the end of it.
And his quarterback told him to knock it off.
Post Gazette columnist Ron Cook spoke with Ben Roethlisberger after Sunday’s game, and shared what he told Bryant when the injured passer greeted the second-year phenom on the sideline.
“I told him how proud I was of him to step up and make that big play,” Roethlisberger said, according to Cook. “Then I told him, ‘Don’t ever flip in the end zone again or I’ll … nothing good is going to come from that.’ ”
Bryant conceded, also through Cook, that he wasn’t going to repeat his tilting flip again.
It would have been a shame for Bryant to have injured himself after breaking so many hips and ankles on his run. Even worse would be to lose Bryant again, after having played five games without him this season.
Rest assured, his spontaneous form of dangerous, acrobatic celebration won’t be repeated, or at the very least, odds of him flipping into the end zone again are lower than him making such a spectacular run after the catch.
Odds of him doing something similar to what he did overall against the Cardinals — six catches, 137 yards, two touchdowns — are fairly decent. In 11 regular season games, Bryant has 32 catches for 686 yards. That’s 21.4 yards a catch, and he’s caught 10 touchdown passes.
He’s also likely to be the only Steelers’ receiver who reaches the 100-yard mark without Roethlisberger under center.
One can understand Ben’s insistence that Bryant protect himself at all costs."
So Ben is calling plays that are winning us games and now disciplining players...should we just let Ben be a player/coach?
