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BIG BEN THINKS HALF THE LEAGUE DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT TIES
Posted by Mike Florio on November 18, 2008, 3:20 p.m.

In an admission that tells us far more about the extent to which NFL players care about the sport they play than we ever wanted to know, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger believes that 50 percent of his colleagues didn’t know that an NFL game could end in a tie.

The issue came to the forefront in the wake of stunning comments from Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, after Philly and Cincinnati finished Sunday’s game in a 13-13 deadlock.

“People are making too big of a deal of this,” Roethlisberger said, according to our pal Tim Benz of WXDX in Pittsburgh. “They’re being too hard on Donovan. I’d bet you fifty percent of the league didn’t know that at the time. You’d be surprised. People seem to think that the quarterback should know it all, and that everyone should know that stuff. And it’s not necessarily true. Because who ever thinks of that situation? How often does it ever come up? And the rules change so often that you never know what happens.”

Um. OK. So, basically, Ben didn’t know it, either.

And receiver Hines Ward apparently didn’t know about sister-kissing until the Steelers and Falcons played to a tie in 2002.

“I thought we just played until we had a winner,” Ward said. “It’s kind of weird now that you can tie ball games.”

Yeah, it’s weird. Tie games have only been part of the NFL since 1920.

Apparently every NFL player should read the rule book this offseason

 

[Duke Togo]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=342522

week 12 is open for business.

 

[Spectral Glider]

Apparently every NFL player should read the rule book this offseason

It's just strange. Either it's really weird that these guys get paid MILLIONS and yet don't really follow the rules, or some of us are just paying way too much friggen attention to football. Sadly, I guess it a case of both. My Sunday's have been wasted, DAMN YOU NFL!!

 

[woodchuck]

wade phillips doesn't know much. but at least he knows there are ties!

While Donovan McNabb and several other teammates continue to get slammed for not knowing NFL games can end in a tie, Wade Phillips didn't need to be reminded.

Before Philadelphia's tie against Cincinnati, he was part of the NFL's most recent kissing-your-sister game in 2002 when Atlanta tied Pittsburgh in a defensive slugfest, 34-34. And Phillips said some of the Falcons were not aware the game was over when Plaxico Burress was stopped a yard short of scoring on the final play of OT.

"I started walking on the field," Phillips said, "and a lot of the players were like, 'Coach, what are you doing?' I said, 'The game's over."

The tie didn't end up killing either teams' playoff hopes. The Steelers and Falcons both made it to the post-season.

 

[K.Jack]

Lmao what "defensive slugfest" ends with a score of 34-34?

 

[effzee]

Lmao what "defensive slugfest" ends with a score of 34-34?

LMAO

 

[Chiggs]

So, I've been describing to my friends the state of the 2008 Denver Broncos, and it's been rather difficult. You see, they're not a good team, but they're not a bad team, either...and they're not mediocre because sometimes they're far better or far worse depending on the situation. I'm guessing most of you would say "inconsistent." But I don't feel that's doing this team justice.

So the phrase I've been using is "retard magic." I firmly believe the Broncos have enough "retard magic" to get them to 10-6 or 11-5.