Steelers Harrison unleashes rant against Goodell

[VaBchSteelersfan]

We need to get these guys into training camp, they're starting to implode


http://postgazette.com/pg/11194/1160080-100.stm

[jonzr]

Watchout, he has a big ol' gas can.

Harrison also criticizes other NFL execs, Patriots-turned-commentators Rodney Harrison and Tedy Bruschi ("clowns"), Houston's Brian Cushing ("juiced out of his mind") - and even teammates Rashard Mendenhall and Ben Roethlisberger for their performances in the Super Bowl loss. Harrison questions whether a black player is punished more for a hard hit on a white player than the opposite.

[Merman1983]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6764826/james-harrison-pittsburgh-steelers-blasts-roger-goodell-magazine-interview

He even rips teammates Rashard Mendenhall ("fumble machine") and Ben Roethlisberger for their performances in the Super Bowl loss.

"Hey, at least throw a pick on their side of the field instead of asking the D to bail you out again. Or hand the ball off and stop trying to act like Peyton Manning. You ain't that and you know it, man; you just get paid like he does," he said, referring to Roethlisberger's two interceptions in the game.



Wow.

[VaBchSteelersfan]

Anyone else get the feeling that this could be Harrison's last season in the Burgh?

[jonzr]

Anyone else get the feeling that this could be Harrison's last season in the Burgh?

While I wouldn't completely dismiss the comments, I doubt they matter as much as performance and money.  So, we'll see!

[Gnutella]

Anyone else get the feeling that this could be Harrison's last season in the Burgh?

For those statements, I hope that last season was his last season in Pittsburgh.

[Merman1983]

I'm not ready to boot him off the team but this constant horseshit is getting tiring. Also James Harrison and his 1 tackle in super bowl 45 should go look in the mirror.

[Brinker]

I liked having the guy who could go to a gun fight with a knife and win, but enough is enough, shut your mouth already.

He will not be a Steeler past this season, unless we see some serious apologies.

[Brinker]

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/tag/_/name/james-harrison-071311

[Joetorious]

I'm sorry, but I don't have a problem at all with Harrison calling out Goodell, Mendenhall or Roethlisberger. Not the right venue for the latter, but it's too late now.

I'm not a fan of Goodell or Mendenhall, so that's why I don't care about their callouts. I've never been a fan of BR's ego, so if he called that idiotic pass play from the shadows of his own goal post (a play that I thought Arians had to have called, but Harrison suggests otherwise) - at a time when Mendenhall was simply gashing the Packers' DL for seemingly six yards a rip - he deserves the public criticism.