Mike Tomlin talks about playing in Philly
by JasonB on Sep 18, 2008 6:00 AM EDT
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This week the Eagles host the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers at Lincoln Financial Field in a game some might be surprised to be find the Eagles are favored in. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin talked this week about the prospect of coming to Philly to face the Eagles.
"You respect that team and you respect those fans because of the passion they have," Tomlin said of the test the 2-0 Steelers face this week. "It creates a challenging situation, one that I hope we are ready for, but one that is also very exciting. I like going to Philly. It’s a tough place."
Tomlin also revealed who the Steelers need to stop if they want to beat the Eagles this Sunday.
"We have to go on the road again into another hostile environment in Philadelphia," Tomlin said. "If you watched a little bit of television (Monday) night, you see what the guy in the center is capable of. It starts with him when you talk about Philadelphia."
That guy is of course #5, Donovan McNabb. Our pals over at the Steelers blog Behind the Steel Curtain say that McNabb and the Eagles offense will be the Steelers first major test of the year.
In that same article, I came across a surprising stat about how the Steelers have fared playing in Philadelphia.
In their last seven trips to Philadelphia, the Steelers are 0-7. They haven’t won there since 1965. And the early line this week lists the Steelers as three-point underdogs.
I'm not sure how much this stat means since the Steelers haven't visited Philly in the regular season since the Linc has been built... but it was interesting nonetheless.
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Well, we’re favored, but most places it’s only by 3. That’s the points the homefield teams gets because Vegas thinks homefield is worth 3 points a game. So Vegas is basically saying that they don’t know what they want to do and they’ll let the people who bet set the final spread. It’s a pick ’em game in Vegas.
Yeah Andy Reid does that same thing...
every week it’s… “We’re looking forward to playing the (Insert Here). They’re a good football team”.
Also, this is random, but I’ve noticed over the years that Andy never uses the words, team, ball, or game. EVER.
Its always, “Football team”, “Football”, or “Football game”
http://vimeo.com/1590229
He probably orders a “Big MacDonalds” at the drive through
Just for once, I’d like to see any coach give a press conference when they’re playing a clearly inferior team and tell the truth. “Oh, yeah we have the Dolphins this week. Not really stressing too much. If we execute out game plan, we should be up by two or three TDs by half time. Hopefully we can get the second string guys some work.”
Look, every game in the national football league is tough. The Steelers are a tough football team that plays in the national football leauge.
Reporter: “Coach Reid, you have Seattle this weekend. Their WR corps is full of injuries ranging from Herpies to Leprosy. We hear Engram is loosing digits left and right. Just this week, they picked up two cashiers from the local Wal-Mart. Given their short prep time, inexperience, and general state the Seahawks are in, how do you like your chances this week?”
Andy: “Well in the National Football League, you play good football teams every week. You can’t overlook any of them. Seattle’s football team will be well prepared and well coached. I think we’ll our football team will go out and do some good things. We’ll see.”
Anytime you win a football game in the national football league its a great.
If Andy was and NBA coach I’m sure he’d refer to New York as the Knickerbockers
http://vimeo.com/1590229
Reporter: “Coach Reid, we noticed an incident on the sidelines in Dallas on Monday night. It seemed as if the first string waterboy went down hard by the bench. Do you have an update on his status? Will he be able to go?”
Coach Reid: coughs clears throat “Jared. Yeah. First thing is, he’s a great kid. He took a bad route to the bench and got turned around. It’s unfortunate that it happened. I have to put him in a better position to succeed. As far as the injury, it’s bruised and it’s a matter of calming it down. We’re not going to put him out there in a situation where he could be injured. So, we’ll evalute it as the week goes on. We’ll evalute it and see what we want to do with it. If he can’t go, we have Pete ready. I’ve said from the very beginning that both of them are good people. I expect him to step up and do a nice job. I always tell them that you just focus in on your fundamentals and until you get the feel of it, you focus in on that water cooler, run the routes to the players the right way and you will be fine. We’ll see how it goes.”
wouldnt Andy Reid say Dihydrogen monoxide not Water.
and jared isnt the water boy he is the hydration specialist… he is a key member of our special teams
by NickPampani on Sep 18, 2008 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I remember creating a thread a while back called “Andyism’s” and no one had any fun with it… now they’re starting to come out
http://vimeo.com/1590229
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