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Ryan Clark on Mike and Mike This Morning

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I caught about 15 minutes of it on ESPN Radio while driving to work. A little summary of what Clark said. Pretty entertaining...

-They asked him to say the first thing that came to mind when they said the name Vontaze Burfict and Clark started with "I can't say that on live TV" but ended up choosing the word ridiculous. He said there was enough time between the ball going over AB's head and the hit that he could've pulled up and obviously not aimed for his head. He also said Burfict is a known ankle twister, cheap shot artist.

-Clark defended Munchak when Mike and Mike said Munchak pulled Nelson's hair. He interrupted them and said they were blowing it out of proportion and his hair accidentally got caught when he tried to pull his arm away from Todman (exactly how I saw it as well). However they all agreed the flag was warranted for the grab.

-Mike and Mike tried to put the blame on Tomlin for Peezy being on the field but Clark just had a laugh at him mouthing off to the Bengals...he said "he's even beat people up before games so it didn't surprise me, Joey's got that fire" lol

-They mentioned a tweet from Ed Werder that came directly from Bengals players that said "24 and 55 will cost us games" at some point over the season (something along those lines). So they said if it was known and acknowledged even by the players, then Marvin Lewis needs to be held accountable for not controlling it.

-Clark explained the difference between their Steelers/Ravens rivalry and the now Steelers/Bengals rivalry. He said it comes down to respect. He specifically mentioned Ray Lewis respected Hines for playing hard and it was all between the lines. He said when he laid out McGahee and knocked him out, all he could think about was whether he was ok because they had that respect and there is none of that between the Steelers/Bengals now.

-Clark mentions his conversation with Ramon Foster following the game and Ramon said he never heard more personal trash talk and the quote Ramon said to him was "it was beyond football". This is where the lack of respect comes from.

-It seemed like Mike Greenberg was trying to instigate things and was taking the side against the Steelers for most of the topics on purpose just to stir **** up. Clark wasn't taking the bait though so good for him.
 
Yeah, Greenburg is just saying **** to stir the pot, at least I would hope so. Otherwise, his argument is the dumbest ever. He kept saying over and over that Burfict won the game and if Hill just doesn't fumble, the game is over. Um, by getting the 15 yard penalty, he loses the game. So how you can keep saying he won the game over and over with a straight face is just ridiculous. Besides, by running off the field with the ball shows how stupid and selfish Burshit is...and he should have been flagged for that too. Anyway, the league helped to create this mess by not suspending Burshit weeks ago for his constant nonsense. They had zero trouble sitting Silverback to make a point, but for some reason when it came to that *******, they felt it would be good for everyone to let him keep playing.
 
Saw a tweet from Greenberg saying that Munchak should be fined more than Burfict.
I agree, he is trying to create controversy and fodder for his show.
 
Hair pulling is a serious crime.
Seriously though, the hair just happened to get in the way of his arm. He wasn't set on pulling ******* hair. As others have mentioned Greeny is just trying to drum up some attention/interest in the show. It's not possible to actually believe that the actions of Munchak had more of an impact on what happened than Burfict
 
The NFL got exactly what they wanted. Didn't the same referee from the last meeting officiate this game?
 
Always thought of Greenburg as a little weasel. He is a huge Jets fan, he guaranteed in a tweet before last week's game that Fitzpatrick would lead the Jets to the playoffs, so of course he's going to take shots at the Steelers.
 
skialta said:
Hair pulling is a serious crime.
Seriously though, the hair just happened to get in the way of his arm. He wasn't set on pulling ******* hair. As others have mentioned Greeny is just trying to drum up some attention/interest in the show. It's not possible to actually believe that the actions of Munchak had more of an impact on what happened than Burfict
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Listening to the game over again this morning I think that the Muchak penalty was to try to SET the tone of the game. that was the SAFEST call to make. It was to show the players that they were not going to take the antics .. of course it did NOT work .. I believe that this was an accident on Muchak's part and NOT intentional .. but beyond that is it LEGAL to tackle a player by his hair .. how many times did they grab Troy's hair ???

We can debate this stuff forever .. I am just glad that we came out on the winning end .. no matter HOW we got there . GO STEELERS !!!
 
I love Ryan. Best FA pick up ever. DW is amazing but one year so far.

For as many hits he took to his dome, he is a very good talking head and always holds his own.
 
Media guys hate when teams they pick to win every year disappoint them every time

Last decade it was the Chargers, this decade it's the Bungles. Either way, they'll find any excuse in the book why their darling "MOST TALENTED! THIS IS THEIR YEAR!" teams always come up short
 
AggieSteel said:
Media guys hate when teams they pick to win every year disappoint them every time

Last decade it was the Chargers, this decade it's the Bungles. Either way, they'll find any excuse in the book why their darling "MOST TALENTED! THIS IS THEIR YEAR!" teams always come up short
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And every decade other than the 90's it's the Cowboys...
 
To be fair Greeny has been pretty high on the Steelers this year, I think he picked us (last week) as the AFC rep in the Super Bowl. It seems like he's just doing the radio shock jock thing this morning.

[For the record, Mike & Mike sucks balls]
 
Watched a little of it before I got busy this morning and Ryan also said he talked to Foster about it and Foster says its gone way beyond the stuff that is happening on the field. He also talked of the Ravens rivalry when he was playing and how even though they went after each other on the field they had respect for each other after the game was over.
 
Greenberg is the kid who never got to play football with the other kids because he is a weenie. He's a wannabe! I don't respect his opinion on football. I'm tired of these guys who for the most part never took part in any organized football program. So who cares what he say.
 
AggieSteel said:
Media guys hate when teams they pick to win every year disappoint them every time

Last decade it was the Chargers, this decade it's the Bungles. Either way, they'll find any excuse in the book why their darling "MOST TALENTED! THIS IS THEIR YEAR!" teams always come up short
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The Browns have been the Super Bowl champions in the training camp since 1999. :)

Papillon
 
SteelBuckeye said:
Sitting quietly in the corner with a menacing glare, Deebo says "Hello".
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true, I guess I look at that differently as he wasnt a cast off from another team when we first got him. I know he bounced around before becoming the stud here.
 
Lebatard on his Highly Questionable show was actually kind of great. He described Peko running onto the field in his coat to hit Toussaint in the back as,"Like The Ghost of arrested Bengals' Past." And then he said all of the Bungles recent questionable players, Hill, Burfict and Jones, all came together like the perfect storm to crash Marvin Lewis in his boat. And his other point was that he didn't want to be afraid of the game like Nantz and Simms as they sounded like they were clutching their rosary while announcing the game. And then he pointed out that Simms quietly forgets that he used to play with Lawrence Taylor.
 
Saw the Lebatard show...that was some funny ****.
 
Steel G said:
Yeah, Greenburg is just saying **** to stir the pot, at least I would hope so. Otherwise, his argument is the dumbest ever. He kept saying over and over that Burfict won the game and if Hill just doesn't fumble, the game is over. Um, by getting the 15 yard penalty, he loses the game. So how you can keep saying he won the game over and over with a straight face is just ridiculous. Besides, by running off the field with the ball shows how stupid and selfish Burshit is...and he should have been flagged for that too. Anyway, the league helped to create this mess by not suspending Burshit weeks ago for his constant nonsense. They had zero trouble sitting Silverback to make a point, but for some reason when it came to that *******, they felt it would be good for everyone to let him keep playing.
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Greenberg is a weasley little **** that likes to play Mr. Devil's Advocate on his Godawful morning show. Pay him no mind
 
Steel G said:
And his other point was that he didn't want to be afraid of the game like Nantz and Simms as they sounded like they were clutching their rosary while announcing the game. And then he pointed out that Simms quietly forgets that he used to play with Lawrence Taylor.
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Its a damn shame that Turico/Gruden were wasted on the Chiefs/Texans Snoozefest. I would have loved to have heard Gruden's take on all this.

Steel G said:
Hill, Burfict and Jones, all came together like the perfect storm to crash Marvin Lewis in his boat.
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Did someone mention Perfect Storm
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