Division champs want moreBy Mike Prisuta - WDVE-FM Posted 22 hours ago
CLEVELAND – Brett Keisel already has two Super Bowl rings, but that didn’t stop the Steelers’ defensive end from modeling his just-earned “AFC North Division Champions” T-shirt and baseball cap late Sunday afternoon at Cleveland Browns Stadium.
“We want to get two more shirts and two more hats,” Keisel announced. “That would be the icing on the cake.”
How they get there from a regular season concluding, 41-9 victory over the Browns was a much-discussed subject in the Steelers’ locker room after they had put the finishing touches on the division championship and secured a much-sought-after bye in the opening round of the playoffs.
“Our confidence, our ‘swag,’” linebacker Larry Foote responded, when asked what he liked most about the Steelers heading into the postseason. “When we step into arenas, it’s just like we know we’re going to win. And whoever’s going to do it, we don’t care. We’re an unselfish bunch of guys in whatever area it is, offense, defense, whatever; as long as we get the ‘W.’”
Foote, unlike Keisel, wasn’t celebrating with any newly-acquired “AFC North Champions” attire.
“There are bigger fish to fry,” he said.
Keisel highlighted a different quality in these 12-4, division-champion Steelers, in addition to sporting a different look than Foote.
“We just gotta continue to stay humble,” Keisel said.
Humility and swagger; as different, perhaps, as offense and defense. And perhaps, just as integral in a championship equation.
These Steelers have demonstrated both characteristics in achieving that 12-4 record. And in the eyes of what Foote referred to as the Steelers’ contingent of “been-there, done-that guys,” they have the makings of a team that’s capable of adding to its championship legacy.
That’s been evident, wide receiver Hines Ward maintained, because of how the Steelers responded this season to what they had endured last season.
“I think so,” he said. “Our leaders on this team came together, put it on their shoulders, ‘let’s go out and take care of business,’ and we did that.
“We have a great team. And winning a Super Bowl and then to follow up with missing the playoffs is just disappointing. I think going through that five-game losing streak last season, a lot of guys learned from that. This year we came back and, at the beginning of the season, if anybody said we were going to finish 12-4 … only guys in this locker room, we didn’t know what record we’d have but we knew we were going to have a great opportunity to make the postseason.”
Now that they’ve made it they’ll have a chance to take advantage of the opportunity the Steelers’ return to the playoffs has created.
“We’ll find out if we’re ready,” strong safety Troy Polamalu said. “That’s the only way to answer that question.
“You can say that you have momentum, but it’s just a whole different ballgame once you get into the playoffs. Little things start to matter more. The intensity, obviously, is picked up. I guess we’ve been fortunate enough to play a lot of playoff games around here, and you come to understand those types of things.”
And with it comes the understanding that championship T-shirts and hats aren’t just given away.
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lol I bumped the college one, had to bring up my badgers, Favre will win his case tho, she is a whore, she really doesnt have a leg to stand on esp considering she posed for playboy, this all to increase her name recognition for her career.
Brett Favre is being sued for sexual harassment stemming from conduct toward at least two women who worked for the Jets in 2008, when Favre played for the team.
ABC News first reported that Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole, former massage therapists for the Jets, have sued both Favre and the team, saying that Favre propositioned them.
Scavo says Favre treated her like a "hanging slab of meat" and requested a threesome with her and another therapist. Scavo says she turned Favre down and had her husband call him to demand an apology -- and that, after that, she was never again employed by the Jets.
According to the lawsuit, Favre allegedly sent an unidentified woman a text reading, "Brett here, you and Crissy want to get together, I'm all alone," and sent another message that said, "Kinda lonely tonight, I guess I have bad intentions."
O'Toole also says she lost her position as a Jets massage therapist as a result of Favre's sexual harassment.
The suit calls the Jets' locker room "a hot bed of sexual harassment, sexism and inappropriate behavior." Neither Favre nor the Jets has publicly responded.
The suit is not related to the accusations made by Jenn Sterger that Favre sent her inappropriate photos and text messages.
Still, Sterger's camp empathizes with Favre's new accusers.
"Clearly they're just as disappointed by the NFL's decision as we are," said Joseph Conway, Sterger's attorney, in an e-mail to FanHouse Monday night.
Favre was recently fined $50,000 by the NFL for failure to cooperate in the league's investigation into Sterger's claims.
Well he will prolly lose that one ha, but yeh have to wonder if he was just being a jokester or was serious, because if you watch him in practice especially he was always being childish an saying dumb stuff for fun, he is stupid for saying stuff like that because he has money an power, if he didnt have money, they wouldnt bring up shiat about it.
I like how they said it was a hotbed in the Jets locker room, so it wasnt just Favre, its only because a big story is involved that this is happening, the media wouldnt give a crap about it otherwise.
I'll bring this over from the post a picture thread.
I still see the ability for Palmer to be great but there needs to be changes. No more diva WRs ( impossible I know) and new coaching. Palmer got a lot of blame this year where he didn't deserve some of it.
You tryin to be a hero fool? You wanna see badass mother fucker?! I'll show ya a badass!!!
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Ravens over Chiefs
Seahawks over Saints
Eagles over Packers
Jets over steelers
Patriots over Ravens
Falcons over seahawks
Eagles over Bears
Jet's over patriots
Falcons over eagles
Jet's over falcons
The Browns have fired Eric Mangini this morning.
I'm sure more firings are yet to come. I'm waiting for the news of Sporano to be ousted in Miami and Cable to get the boot from Oakland.
Posted 22 hours ago
CLEVELAND – Brett Keisel already has two Super Bowl rings, but that didn’t stop the Steelers’ defensive end from modeling his just-earned “AFC North Division Champions” T-shirt and baseball cap late Sunday afternoon at Cleveland Browns Stadium.
“We want to get two more shirts and two more hats,” Keisel announced. “That would be the icing on the cake.”
How they get there from a regular season concluding, 41-9 victory over the Browns was a much-discussed subject in the Steelers’ locker room after they had put the finishing touches on the division championship and secured a much-sought-after bye in the opening round of the playoffs.
“Our confidence, our ‘swag,’” linebacker Larry Foote responded, when asked what he liked most about the Steelers heading into the postseason. “When we step into arenas, it’s just like we know we’re going to win. And whoever’s going to do it, we don’t care. We’re an unselfish bunch of guys in whatever area it is, offense, defense, whatever; as long as we get the ‘W.’”
Foote, unlike Keisel, wasn’t celebrating with any newly-acquired “AFC North Champions” attire.
“There are bigger fish to fry,” he said.
Keisel highlighted a different quality in these 12-4, division-champion Steelers, in addition to sporting a different look than Foote.
“We just gotta continue to stay humble,” Keisel said.
Humility and swagger; as different, perhaps, as offense and defense. And perhaps, just as integral in a championship equation.
These Steelers have demonstrated both characteristics in achieving that 12-4 record. And in the eyes of what Foote referred to as the Steelers’ contingent of “been-there, done-that guys,” they have the makings of a team that’s capable of adding to its championship legacy.
That’s been evident, wide receiver Hines Ward maintained, because of how the Steelers responded this season to what they had endured last season.
“I think so,” he said. “Our leaders on this team came together, put it on their shoulders, ‘let’s go out and take care of business,’ and we did that.
“We have a great team. And winning a Super Bowl and then to follow up with missing the playoffs is just disappointing. I think going through that five-game losing streak last season, a lot of guys learned from that. This year we came back and, at the beginning of the season, if anybody said we were going to finish 12-4 … only guys in this locker room, we didn’t know what record we’d have but we knew we were going to have a great opportunity to make the postseason.”
Now that they’ve made it they’ll have a chance to take advantage of the opportunity the Steelers’ return to the playoffs has created.
“We’ll find out if we’re ready,” strong safety Troy Polamalu said. “That’s the only way to answer that question.
“You can say that you have momentum, but it’s just a whole different ballgame once you get into the playoffs. Little things start to matter more. The intensity, obviously, is picked up. I guess we’ve been fortunate enough to play a lot of playoff games around here, and you come to understand those types of things.”
And with it comes the understanding that championship T-shirts and hats aren’t just given away.
[-(
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From Those Fishes - I Fingered An Old Bitch (i got Aids on my finger)
and Favre is getting sued lol.
Brett Favre is being sued for sexual harassment stemming from conduct toward at least two women who worked for the Jets in 2008, when Favre played for the team.
ABC News first reported that Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole, former massage therapists for the Jets, have sued both Favre and the team, saying that Favre propositioned them.
Scavo says Favre treated her like a "hanging slab of meat" and requested a threesome with her and another therapist. Scavo says she turned Favre down and had her husband call him to demand an apology -- and that, after that, she was never again employed by the Jets.
According to the lawsuit, Favre allegedly sent an unidentified woman a text reading, "Brett here, you and Crissy want to get together, I'm all alone," and sent another message that said, "Kinda lonely tonight, I guess I have bad intentions."
O'Toole also says she lost her position as a Jets massage therapist as a result of Favre's sexual harassment.
The suit calls the Jets' locker room "a hot bed of sexual harassment, sexism and inappropriate behavior." Neither Favre nor the Jets has publicly responded.
The suit is not related to the accusations made by Jenn Sterger that Favre sent her inappropriate photos and text messages.
Still, Sterger's camp empathizes with Favre's new accusers.
"Clearly they're just as disappointed by the NFL's decision as we are," said Joseph Conway, Sterger's attorney, in an e-mail to FanHouse Monday night.
Favre was recently fined $50,000 by the NFL for failure to cooperate in the league's investigation into Sterger's claims.
-- A.J. Perez contributed to this report.
I still see the ability for Palmer to be great but there needs to be changes. No more diva WRs ( impossible I know) and new coaching. Palmer got a lot of blame this year where he didn't deserve some of it.