Trickeration

Interesting quote from Steelers LB Joey Porter regarding the Colts' offense:

"They don't want to just sit there, line up and play football," Porter told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "They want to try to catch you off guard. They don't want to play smash-mouth football, they want to trick you.

Joey's right- Indy does pull a lot of stunts at the line, trying to catch teams in substitutions, calling about three audibles per play, etc...Just like every other team in the NFL. But wasn't one of the big plays in the Steelers/Bengals game a direct snap to Antwaan Randle-El who ran around the right end, then threw a lateral across the field back to Roethlisberger, who then proceeded to launch a bomb downfield to Cedrick Wilson for a touchdown? That's not exactly smash-mouth football either...

Also if you haven't seen this clip of Sean Taylor spitting on Michael Pittman, check it out. Great audio off of referee Mike Carey's mic too. Thanks to MightyMJD for the link.

(by the way, I just noticed that MJD just blogged on the Porter quote too...only his is funnier.)