Steelers James Harrison discusses Patriots & Spygate
Bryan DeArdo - Sep 8, 2015 4
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It's never a dull moment when James Harrison talks with the media.
Never one to mince words, the Steelers' linebacker has been rather vocal (even for him) over the last two days. On Monday, Harrison made public his intentions to recoup the money he's lost in fines since Roger Goodell took over as NFL commissioner. Speaking of fines, Harrison tweeted his opinion about college football programs that use fines as means of punishment during Monday night's college football game between Ohio State and Virginia Tech.
On Tuesday, in the wake of ESPN's revealing article documenting how the NFL covered up evidence proving that New England cheated during the 2001 AFC Championship Game (played in January of 2002), Harrison discussed how the Patriots' unfair advantage gave them a definitive advantage when the teams faced off again in the 2004 AFC title game.
"They picked up like 90, 92 percent of (our) blitzes," Harrison said. "That's like going to Vegas, throwing dice 20, 30 times and losing twice."
After defeating the Patriots 34-20 in Week 8 of the regular season, the Steelers fell to New England that night, 41-27. When looking back at that game, there were several plays, in particular a deep pass to Deion Branch and later a reverse to Branch that went for a touchdown, that seemed to be almost too perfect of offensive calls given what Pittsburgh's defense was running on those respective plays.
While Harrison's arguments may be valid, it won't change what happened in those games and the subsequent Super Bowls that New England won during those seasons. But unlike most of his former teammates from those 2001 and '04 teams, Harrison can make a difference now, when the Steelers face the Patriots to kickoff the 2015 season on Thursday night.
He is a hypocrite **** him
