Originally Posted by
Da Manster!
While we are on the subject where is the outrage and outcry of Pittsburgh benching their starters yesterday vs. Cleveland?!!...all of you posters on SBR and the national media that bitch and complained about the Eagles "tanking" why aren't you guys bashing Pitt for doing the same exact thing?...they basically tanked as well albeit for a different reason...they were entrenched in the 3rd slot of the AFC playoffs and didn't want to risk injury to key players for next week's playoff contest...Philly tanked because Pederson wanted his team to pick 6th overall instead of 9th in next years draft...so basically it's the same goddamn thing but for different reasons...you can't cherry pick your arguments...double standards and hypocrisy at it's finest...sorry folks but the rules apply to every team the same...in the immortal words of Herm Edwards, you play to win the game!...and this applies all the time, not some of the time...no and's, if's, but's, or maybe's about it...if you are going to bash the Eagles for tanking, then by golly you sure as hell better do the same thing for the Pittsburgh Steelers...end of story, end of discussion.