Mark Madden Appreciation Thread (Clark, Jefferson: condo, house, living)

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by amattaro

A real shame the Steelers don’t have any 15 year veterans to be leaders.

Let the Stillers hate flow through. You’ll feel better, especially with not keeping it so bottled up waiting for them to lose.

I bet if you contact Ben he’ll give you a few bucks from the $100m he’s worth and promise you a signed HOF pic when he gets inducted.

[Copanut]

Never quite understood why Ben gets blasted by the yinzers all the time. He's a first round HOF, for sure. IMHO, some of his best years have been wasted. It looked like last year when they traded for Minka the Steelers were going for it all. Then he got injured. And this year looked good until injuries to the defense and a putrid running game. Maybe he has one more year left, why not go for broke? Only a few Super Bowls have been won by non-HOF QBs. This franchise has been lucky to have two. This team will be mediocre without Ben. And for sure, I would not leave 41 million on the table!

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Copanut

Never quite understood why Ben gets blasted by the yinzers all the time. He's a first round HOF, for sure. IMHO, some of his best years have been wasted. It looked like last year when they traded for Minka the Steelers were going for it all. Then he got injured. And this year looked good until injuries to the defense and a putrid running game. Maybe he has one more year left, why not go for broke? Only a few Super Bowls have been won by non-HOF QBs. This franchise has been lucky to have two. This team will be mediocre without Ben. And for sure, I would not leave 41 million on the table!

It’s mostly Stillers hate. It’s amazing how many Bucs fans that hate the Stillers, especially because so many point to their success versus the Bucs. They even go so far as hating Heinz Field because “muh ugly”. There’s also those that are still bitter towards Ben about Milledgeville.

The obvious haters are those that only come out of the woodwork when they lose. You don’t hear a peep from them when they win, and I’d wager many don’t even follow football. They simply hate the Rooney’s, the Stillers, Ben, etc...

I was recently talking to a friend of mine who talks of people moving to Pittsburgh. They hate football and can’t understand the infatuation people have for it, but they moved to a huge football town and complain about it, lol.

[szug-bot]

Originally Posted by erieguy

It’s mostly Stillers hate...

no - its not getting over the hill. its the falling short time and time again. its the lack of focus at times.

the guy points to the sky when they finally score, and still down. thanks God when it has nothing to do with that, and cries when he lost on sunday.

absolutely, he gave us great football...but its not 'hate'. its frustration with the guy.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by szug-bot

no - its not getting over the hill. its the falling short time and time again. its the lack of focus at times.

the guy points to the sky when they finally score, and still down. thanks God when it has nothing to do with that, and cries when he lost on sunday.

absolutely, he gave us great football...but its not 'hate'. its frustration with the guy.

He’s gone to 3 SB’s and won 2. Who should he have been replaced with?

It’s hate, and especially when those only come out of the woodwork when they lose, and only comment on them when they lose. It’s quite hilarious how there’s never a peep when they win.

You’ve been crying about him for years. Even wanted Rudolph to play instead, lol. Who cares if he points to the sky when they score and thanks God? Report is he was crying because Pouncey told him he was going to retire, and there was even a tweet that by the Stillers beat writer Dale Lolley, that Pouncey was going to retire.

Lots of players point to the sky when they score and thank God. If you actually watched/followed the games rather than listening to what Stan and the sports guys have to say, you’d know it goes on all around the league...and it doesn’t just happen in football, it happens in many sports.

[szug-bot]

i watch the games. ive watched since probably before you knew what football was.

he would point to the sky when the steelers languidly moved down the field and finally scored to close a gap. you dont celebrate when you are behind.

few other quarterbacks are as childish as roeth has exihibited himself to be.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by szug-bot

i watch the games. ive watched since probably before you knew what football was.

he would point to the sky when the steelers languidly moved down the field and finally scored to close a gap. you dont celebrate when you are behind.

few other quarterbacks are as childish as roeth has exihibited himself to be.

Sure you did. You always say you missed the games or listened on the radio and will get caught up with Stan.

Perhaps you don’t celebrate when you’re behind, but it goes on in the NFL and all sports. If you watched you’d know that.

Let the Ben hate flow because he looks to the sky and thanks God. Rudolph would’ve led us to the SB and would’ve never done that, lol. How’d Rudolph do last year? I recall a whole lot of “anything can happen” from you in regards to him getting us to the playoffs and beyond.

[szug-bot]

Originally Posted by erieguy

Sure you did. You always say you missed the games or listened on the radio and will get caught up with Stan.

Perhaps you don’t celebrate when you’re behind, but it goes on in the NFL and all sports. If you watched you’d know that.

Let the Ben hate flow because he looks to the sky and thanks God. Rudolph would’ve led us to the SB and would’ve never done that, lol. How’d Rudolph do last year? I recall a whole lot of “anything can happen” from you in regards to him getting us to the playoffs and beyond.

are you on drugs? or secretly in love with me?

on TWO occassions i heard (radio) but did not see (TV)the first half of games. my mistake, though - i did mention savran but of course its bill hillgrove calling the game on radio.

and i missed those games because i am working and not at home smoking weed, cheech.

odd how you are so critical of the kids, but any dissent to Ben is "hate". He was a d-bag back in the day and had a number of incidents that were embarrassing to the organization.

The receivers are kids and probably were elite jocks through school. they were never treated normally, and so have a very self-centered, god-complex of sorts. add to that social media, and...well, there you go.

i think like Mark M has done - just about all positions on that team should be scrutinized, not just the receivers. they did not let Chubb run amok, after all.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by szug-bot

are you on drugs? or secretly in love with me?

on TWO occassions i heard (radio) but did not see (TV)the first half of games. my mistake, though - i did mention savran but of course its bill hillgrove calling the game on radio.

and i missed those games because i am working and not at home smoking weed, cheech.

odd how you are so critical of the kids, but any dissent to Ben is "hate". He was a d-bag back in the day and had a number of incidents that were embarrassing to the organization.

The receivers are kids and probably were elite jocks through school. they were never treated normally, and so have a very self-centered, god-complex of sorts. add to that social media, and...well, there you go.

i think like Mark M has done - just about all positions on that team should be scrutinized, not just the receivers. they did not let Chubb run amok, after all.

Nope on either, lol.

Doesn’t matter why you missed them, you still missed them.

Except the 2 Stillers kids are more concerned with their brand on social media, dancing on opponents logos, trash talking other teams, etc...., and don’t have close to any accomplishments/numbers to back that up.

So because back in the day your hate for him flows. Makes sense, lol. There’s many players that had incidents that were embarrassing to the team, but since im sure you’re referring to Milledgeville, no charges were ever made...and you likely never heard of Ernie Holmes or James Harrison, just to name a few. https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=5058107

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usa...m/amp/16112301

And let’s not forget Pouncey. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sbn...hernandez-hats

Most every player in NFL history were probably elite jocks through school, never treated normally, and so have a very sel-centered, god complex of sorts, and there’s 1000’s upon 1000’s of them that don’t/didn’t act like clowns.

Add to that social media, and...well there you go, applies to few players. You’re making excuses for a chosen few versus looking at the entire league of players who don’t act like clowns.

[Independentthinking83]

Originally Posted by erieguy

There’s a big thing being overlooked, and that’s thinking those people could just walk through the door. They had all but zero resistance.

Antifa and BLM enjoy violence wayyyy more than those Trump supporters. Nothing was burnt down, they cleared out by 6pm curfew, and the worst thing they did was break some windows and walk off with a few things.

BLM/Antifa is still causing violence and “burning it down”, already caused $1B+ in damages, etc..., and get a pass due to protesting because “muh oppression”.