BRH

To argue that Stevie must have thought it was okay since he didn't get a penalty last year is asinine. The guy was the talk of the league for a week after the Burress stupidity. He had to know the officials would be watching and that it WOULD be a penalty this time.

This.

No. Stevie showed that HIS ego/pride was more important than winning.

Yes we did.

That's not the precedent unless Belichick already told the team anyone who made fun of an opposing hc would be benched for the whole game. I'm guessing he didn't.

But but but he's our best receiver! Whaaaaaa! (not directed at you,76)

If the guy had swastikas on his shirt I would have said a lot worse. He put himself above the team. Again. Tell me why this should be tolerated.

For all the people talking about Stevie's talent: how many games did it win us? Then: How many games did his drops and stupidity cost us?

And even SJ himself said he was done with celebrations. That lasted what, a month? Screw him. I hope he reads this, too.

Chan clearly must have told him after the last time that he was out if he did it again. SJ called his bluff and we all lost because he once again put himself ahead of the team. My 9-year-old son had no problem with the benching. I'm proud of him.

A frivolous one. The Bills can set whatever rules they like about smoking as long as they are not discriminating against a protected class. If they said only white guys under 40 could smoke, THAT would be a lawsuit.

I loved that team. F*cking Ron Smith. I can still see that pass from Fouts in my mind's eye right now.

All 31 other NFL teams.

This.

I guess my question is this: why was the DB the only one to recognize and adjust to the underthrow? I see plenty of WRs come back to the ball and either make the catch or break up the INT. Seems like if Stevie doesn't get room service, he can't be bothered to go pick up the food himself.

No doubt about that.

The Jets fans, on the other hand, were perfect gentlemen and ladies, right?

Is your friend a physician or a player?

Sssshhh....that would interfere with the meme here.

Starting to seem like it's par for the course. Stevie didn't have any trouble making it over to Northtown for that stupid ESPN segment when it was all about him getting on TV.

Costas was over the line with his editorial. As someone else pointed out, his alma mater was the biggest story of the day and he chose to bemoan the decline of sportsmanship instead of the horrors of child molestation. I didn't think there was anything in Stevie's celebration that we haven't seen before by countless look-at-me wide receivers. What I had a problem with was not the celebration but the fact that he added a component that he KNEW would draw 15 yards BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN FLAGGED FOR IT BEFORE (with the Minuteman salute in New England last year). Giving the #1 return team in the league an extra fifteen is just flat out stupid and selfish no matter how you slice it. Same thing with the drop. Guys drop balls, okay? It was unfortunate and probably karmic that he dropped this one yesterday, but what made it much worse was the fact that he threw his quarterback under the bus afterward instead of owning it. Yeah, maybe he expected a later ball with more air under it, but so what? You keep that to yourself and you own your failure. Fitz took the high road after that. Stevie could learn from him. Then again, it was the lead story in the "C'mon Man" segment on Countdown tonight.

It absolutely was foreseeable that a dumb celebration penalty would lead to a 15-yard-penalty, which in turn would lead to a decision to squib the ensuing kickoff. It was probably not foreseeable that Rayner would hit the up man square in the nuts with the ball, but you can still argue that the 15-yard penalty introduced more chance for error on the kickoff. I'm still going with proximate cause. And I forgot the Rule Against Perpetuities the day after I took the bar more than 13 years ago. I vote uncatchable as well. It was a heater too. Had he taken a little off, maybe it wouldn't have sailed. But then again maybe the defender would have closed the gap sooner. The first one in the end zone was thrown behind him. But I have seen the great ones make those catches.

Let's hope so.

I cannot get over this "miscommunication" ****. A man steps up and says "I am paid to catch the ball and I didn't." This is the same **** we heard from Ronnie Harmon -- "he threw the ball too late." Even if it was a "miscommunication," you own it. The first thing Chan should ask for tomorrow morning is his phone. Then he should hurl it against the wall and stomp on it.

Holy crap. I mean, holy crap.