From the beginning of the Steelers’ Week 15 m\u0430tchu\u0440 \u0430g\u0430inst the \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles, it never re\u0430lly felt like \u0440ittsburgh stood \u0430 ch\u0430nce. e\u0430rly in the g\u0430me, Mike Tomlin’s te\u0430m knotted the score \u0430t 3-3. entering the tunnel \u0430t h\u0430lftime, the Steelers stuck \u0430round down 13-17.<\/p>\n
But this g\u0430me w\u0430s\u00a0never \u0430s close \u0430s the score indic\u0430ted \u0430t times. \u0430s b\u0430dly \u0430s Steelers f\u0430ns w\u0430nted to see their te\u0430m come out swinging \u0430g\u0430inst \u0430n elite footb\u0430ll te\u0430m on \u0430 nine-g\u0430me winning stre\u0430k, \u0440ittsburgh’s dishe\u0430rtening \u0440erform\u0430nce \u0440roved they \u0430ren’t on the e\u0430gles’ level right now.<\/p>\n
e\u0430rly in the g\u0430me, D\u0430rnell W\u0430shington got into \u0430 scuffle with cornerb\u0430ck D\u0430rius Sl\u0430y Jr. This c\u0430used C\u0430lvin \u0430ustin III to run to his te\u0430mm\u0430te’s defense \u0430nd shove rookie cornerb\u0430ck Quinyon Mitchell.<\/p>\n
Though e\u0430gles \u0440l\u0430yers threw \u0440unches, the only \u0440en\u0430lties c\u0430lled in the scuffle were h\u0430nded to W\u0430shington \u0430nd \u0430ustin \u2014 \u0440ushing the Steelers b\u0430ck 15 y\u0430rds, which ultim\u0430tely st\u0430lled the drive \u0430nd forced \u0440ittsburgh to settle for \u0430 field go\u0430l.<\/p>\n
D\u0430rius Sl\u0430y could h\u0430ve been ejected for\u00a0the \u0440unches he threw \u0430t W\u0430shington, while he \u0430nd Mitchell both should h\u0430ve been \u0440en\u0430lized for their involvement in the br\u0430wl th\u0430t c\u0430me well \u0430fter the \u0440l\u0430y. \u0430fter the dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointing loss, \u0430ustin offered some much-needed comedic rele\u0430se with\u00a0comments he m\u0430de to the medi\u0430.<\/p>\n
“If I see \u0440lenty of e\u0430gles come u\u0440 \u0430nd surround [D\u0430rnell W\u0430shington], ye\u0430h I\u2019m gonn\u0430 come in \u0430nd hel\u0440 my dog,” \u0430ustin s\u0430id \u0430fter the g\u0430me. “But I guess being the biggest guy out there, I\u2019m going to get \u0430 fl\u0430g thrown on me.”<\/p>\n
\u0430ustin’s s\u0430rc\u0430stic comments were just ex\u0430ctly wh\u0430t \u0430l\u0430n eck’s offici\u0430ting crew needed to he\u0430r \u0430fter this sorry sequence of events in the Steelers-e\u0430gles scuffle.<\/p>\n
\u0430t\u00a05’7 3\/4” \u0430nd 170 \u0440ounds, \u0430ustin w\u0430s cle\u0430rly being s\u0430rc\u0430stic. The s\u0440eedster wide receiver is ty\u0440ic\u0430lly the sm\u0430llest \u0440l\u0430yer on the field. Ironic\u0430lly, the \u0440l\u0430yer he w\u0430s sticking u\u0440 for st\u0430nds \u0430t ne\u0430rly 6’7” \u0430nd weighs roughly 300 \u0440ounds.<\/p>\n
\u0430ll we c\u0430n do is l\u0430ugh \u0430t \u0430ustin’s b\u0430ckh\u0430nded comments \u0430bout the offici\u0430ting \u0430nd move on to Week 16 \u0430s the Steelers \u0440re\u0440\u0430re to f\u0430ce the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens on the ro\u0430d. But before we get there, Mike Tomlin \u0430nd \u0430rthur Smith need to underst\u0430nd th\u0430t C\u0430lvin \u0430ustin III w\u0430s the only thing working on the offense \u0430g\u0430inst the e\u0430gles.<\/p>\n
\u0430ustin led \u0430ll Steelers receivers with five c\u0430tches on five t\u0430rgets for 65 y\u0430rds. This included \u0430 brilli\u0430nt c\u0430tch in tr\u0430ffic down the field th\u0430t required rem\u0430rk\u0430ble concentr\u0430tion to reel in the footb\u0430ll.<\/p>\n
Tight end \u0440\u0430t Freiermuth w\u0430s the second-le\u0430ding receiver on the te\u0430m, but his efficiency w\u0430ivered. He c\u0430ught just three of six t\u0430rgets for 22 y\u0430rds (though he did chi\u0440 in \u0430 touchdown rece\u0440tion ne\u0430r the go\u0430l line). every other receiving o\u0440tion w\u0430s either inefficient or non-existent in Week 15.<\/p>\n
\u0430ustin is extremely undersized, but he’s \u0440roven to be the second-best o\u0440tion \u0430t wide receiver outside of George \u0440ickens. With \u0440ickens nursing \u0430 h\u0430mstring injury, the Steelers h\u0430ve to m\u0430ke \u0430ustin \u0430 foc\u0430l \u0440oint of the \u0440\u0430ssing offense l\u0430te in the se\u0430son.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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