Pittsburgh Steelers long time starting quarterback Ben "Big Ben" Roethlisberger (pictured above on the right) is in the media again for "off the field" well...sorta on the field stuff surrounding comments made by former Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (now with the Denver Broncos). I know exactly what you were thinking when I mentioned "off the field" but this time it was not followed by any of these key words - "alledge" "antics" "sexual" "misconduct" or "bathroom' or "rape". Which is good because I think we need a lot less of those words floating around the world of sports...maybe except for antics...everyone loves a little antics every now and again - except from you Aaron Hernandez...not cool.
It seems Sanders made a comment to the media that he felt Peyton Manning was a "far better leader" than Big Ben. Look I don't know either of these two dudes personally (Ben and Peyton) but from I have seen on the field, off the field in the media at least and those "Cut That Meat" commercial segment starring Manning I pretty have made up my mind that Peyton has the edge here. But let's dig a little deeper -
Roethlisberger - kinda, sorta raped someone in a bathroom. I am not 100% sure that he did and seemingly neither are the police or the chick who accused him of "kind of" raping her. Either way, Ben was in the bathroom with a really, really ridiculously drunk chick after allegedly showing her his tender vittles moments earlier. There was also some issue at a celebrity golf tourney where he cornered a casino worker after asking her to check his "broken" TV system. Gotta love the ol' TV repairman script being flipped. But nothing came of that so who knows. That does not sound like the behavior of a leader - allegedly. He also in my opinion holds the ball for too long and takes ridiculous sacks instead of preserving field position for his team, which is selfish and not leader material. I will say in his defense though, he does not seem to micromanage things at the line of scrimmage with Omahas and Tallahassees (just made that one up) like Peyton does...that just slows down the game which I appreciate.
Manning - manages his offense like a field general, can be a bit of a whiny puss when things don't go his way...or at least it seems like that on camera. He could also be angry with his WR for running a bad route. Rumor is after being drafted by Indianapolis he learned the entire playbook in 4 days and from what I can tell of his off the field life, he seems like a model citizen and pretty good guy overall, which doesn't make you a leader but it certainly doesn't hurt when asking people to respect you in the locker room.
Ok, enough about that - Sanders can say whatever he likes. I don't believe in trash talking in this fashion but hey, maybe Goodell put him up for this. When are these two teams playing? Thanksgiving night? Christmas morning? It's all about the ratings YO!!
Grilled Cheese Sports Round Up Time!!!
Now it's time for the GCS Round Up!!
+ Tiger Woods has pulled out...of being in the running for this year's Ryder Cup team due to back issues which he said require zero practice or playing time...bummer!
+ The 4 month ban placed on Luis Suarez for biting has been upheld after it's appeal. This should be a lock for 3 strikes and your out...as I have mentioned before my daughter Penelope's daycare has a 2 strikes and your out policy...Way to uphold some standard for decency FIFA, jerks.
+ The Little League Baseball World Series and the Little Softball World Series are in full swing and can be seen throughout the day and night on ESPN and ESPN2. I suggest you check it out because is some really solid stuff being played out in these games....and the kids couldn't be more excited to be there...I'm looking directly at you Major Leaguers who take Sundays off during "Bring Your Kid to the Ballpark Day"...you know who you are.
+ Lastly, the NY Yankees are pretty much the worst team right now. They can't hit, they can't pitch (at least the Mets can pitch, most days...the starters anyway) and they certainly did not do enough to get better after the trade deadline - Chase Headley is not the answer...and it looks like they are going to miss out on that David Price off-season sweepstakes. BUT owner Hal Steinbrenner stated that he wants more out of them. Carlos Beltran is always hurt (but will be around next year), Hiroki Kuroda is 39 and the wheels have finally fallen off, Jeter is leaving to play golf in Boca Raton at season's end and CC has lost his mojo along with the poundage. You just have to wonder if they can regain that winning form they so desperately spend for each winter. Well if all else fails, there's always Cervelli ('roids) and Pineda (pine tar, bonus points because he has the word pine in his last name) keeping things interesting.
Happy Watching!!
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