Steelers at Bengals GDT - Week 14 - Win for KG

[nocera]

Come on now. Juju is a solid player. But whether or not you think the Tik Tok shenanigans has an effect on the game, it's become a story so he needs to cut that **** out. It's a small sacrifice from him to show he's a pro and is focused on the game. Now if he digs in his heels and says he'll dance regardless, he's an asshat. Next thing you know he'll be driving 100 mph down McKnight and throwing furniture off of balconies.

[LITT]

i find this whole logo dancing story line to be shallow and pedantic

[willeyeam]

Yeah, Juju is mostly just having fun. He's not doing it to taunt or be an a-hole. And up until now it was harmless. Now people are getting pissed, rightly or not and it's a distraction. So he needs to stop. I don't think it's a reflection of bad character in that way, but for the sake of the team he's gotta cut it out.

[King Colby]

Personally I just think being good is a prerequisite to being loud and having a brand.

Hes simply not good enough to be putting on the Juju show week in and week out.

[willeyeam]

i don't think he's really putting on a show

[nocera]

Yeah, Juju is mostly just having fun. He's not doing it to taunt or be an a-hole. And up until now it was harmless. Now people are getting pissed, rightly or not and it's a distraction. So he needs to stop. I don't think it's a reflection of bad character in that way, but for the sake of the team he's gotta cut it out.

That's what I was trying to say. I don't think it truly has an impact on the game. If the other team needs to see you dancing on the field in order to want to win the game then they got bigger issues. The problem is that it's now a storyline in every game and in the media. It'd be so simple for him to not do it and say he wanted to focus on football.

[Dickie Dunn]

[skullman80]

I know WR's are diva's in general, but how often do you see the really really really really great ones do stuff like that? TO is the only one that comes to mind, and he's in the HOF. JuJu ain't at that level. I think it's harmless, but your opponent hears about it now that it's out in the public... it puts a target on you.

It's a respect thing. JuJu isn't on that level to be doing stuff like that. I would hope that Tomlin or another vet takes him aside and just tells him to knock it off.

[nocera]

Also, when you dance on the logo, you better show the **** up. If you don't, your highlight packages look like this:

[Morkle]

Yeah, Juju is mostly just having fun. He's not doing it to taunt or be an a-hole. And up until now it was harmless. Now people are getting pissed, rightly or not and it's a distraction. So he needs to stop. I don't think it's a reflection of bad character in that way, but for the sake of the team he's gotta cut it out.

That's what I was trying to say. I don't think it truly has an impact on the game. If the other team needs to see you dancing on the field in order to want to win the game then they got bigger issues. The problem is that it's now a storyline in every game and in the media. It'd be so simple for him to not do it and say he wanted to focus on football.

This is pretty much the justification for stopping it. The second more than one person has to answer it in media day, it needs to end. Then he posts TikTok saying he's not going to stop it, does it and has a **** sandwhich of a game.

[skullman80]

Also his dancing sucks, and tik tok sucks ..so for that reason alone he should stop it ha.

[nocera]

[skullman80]

Tomlin just needs to go to him and be like... you wanna keep playing? No more dancing before the game on the other teams logo, it's an brings unnecessary attention to the team. It ends there.

[Morkle]

Tomlin just needs to go to him and be like... you wanna keep playing? No more dancing before the game on the other teams logo, it's an brings unnecessary attention to the team. It ends there.

Unfortunately for Tomlin, his track record for doing something like that seems low.

[faftorial]

Did they stop throwing flags for excessive celebrations? All that dancing nonsense in the end zone is an embarrassment to the game. Same with Watt and his Mark Gastineau antics. Kevin Greene did that crap too.

[willeyeam]

Tomlin just needs to go to him and be like... you wanna keep playing? No more dancing before the game on the other teams logo, it's an brings unnecessary attention to the team. It ends there.

Unfortunately for Tomlin, his track record for doing something like that seems low.

Are we sure on that? I think the fact that no one knew how insane AB was for 7 years might speak to the fact that he can manage this stuff

[Morkle]

They made it so you can celebrate now, I believe 2-3 years ago they changed that rule.

[nocera]

Nah, I like the dancing in the end zone. You score a TD in this league, you've earned a celebration in the end zone. Dancing pre-game? Well that's silly. High stepping out of bounds after an INT? Get the **** out of here. The entire defense running 100 yards to the opposite end zone to pose for a camera after a turnover? Dumb as ****.

[Ad@m]

Tomlin just needs to go to him and be like... you wanna keep playing? No more dancing before the game on the other teams logo, it's an brings unnecessary attention to the team. It ends there.

Totally agree, but he left AB get away with it also. Claypool will be next in line to join the diva crowd. I’ll just say, that I enjoyed seeing him get rocked by Vonn Bell. Kinda reminded me of George Teague and TO.

[Morkle]

Tomlin just needs to go to him and be like... you wanna keep playing? No more dancing before the game on the other teams logo, it's an brings unnecessary attention to the team. It ends there.

Unfortunately for Tomlin, his track record for doing something like that seems low.

Are we sure on that? I think the fact that no one knew how insane AB was for 7 years might speak to the fact that he can manage this stuff

IIRC I think they did a good job keeping AB in check, but there were a lot of instances where it was allowed to become what it was because he was producing.

Tomlin needs to step in and stop stuff like that as soon as it starts. Allowing them to get away with some things turns into big things. The only saving grace here is that JuJu will likely not be a Steeler next year, so someone else can deal with it.

[Morkle]

Nah, I like the dancing in the end zone. You score a TD in this league, you've earned a celebration in the end zone. Dancing pre-game? Well that's silly. High stepping out of bounds after an INT? Get the **** out of here. The entire defense running 100 yards to the opposite end zone to pose for a camera after a turnover? Dumb as ****.

To me, I thought high-stepping out of bounds to avoid getting smacked was the most egregious thing I've seen in a long time, dancing on logos included.

They allowed that dude to punk them and they barely did anything.

[skullman80]

Yeah I'm fine with dancing after a TD. Highstepping out of bounds like that Cincy player did last night is clown shoes.

[MR25]

No one cared about the dancing until the Steelers started losing.

I feel like the energy spent om that would be best suited elsewhere.

[faftorial]

I didn't know about the dancing until last week.

[faftorial]

It's poor sportsmanship.