"Being a Pittsburgh Steeler is like being in a CULT!" - Willie Colon on playing for the Steelers 

He is right about that. I remember when we lost the Superbowl there was a dark cloud over the whole city.

Prepare for depression sir cause week one Joey B is gonna get that azz 🫣

Same in Buffalo. All the rust belt cities live through their football teams.

Dude, that is SO 100% true! I came to a 1 PM game from out of town where they lost to the Chargers. We were staying at the South Side Sheraton. Went to Station Square maybe an hour after the game was over, and my 3 friends and I were quite literally the only ones there. Like the whole place!

This all may be true. But there is only ONE Nation.

Lmao...😂😂😂

The Lord don't mind. He's watching and waving a towel up there with Myron anyway!

Absolutely!!!!

Especially to go play for the Jets. Ugg…one of the worst franchises in the league.

Truth, ask LeVeon Bell if he would do it differently now than when he held out. Mike Wallace wishes he stayed. Some guys even come back just because they hated it on other teams. Larry Foote, William Gay, Randle EL, Plaxico Burress, Bryant McFadden. Lawrence Timmons wanted to come back too. We wanted him back with us too, but he was still under contract with Miami. He went awol one week cause he hated the culture with the Dolphins, and he's from Florida. There's a culture about Steelers football, southwest PA football you won't get anywhere else. The best player in all of football at this present time is Aaron Donald, and he isn't a Steeler, but he has the key 🗝️ to the city here cause he's homegrown. Cam Heyward is treated like Gold around here cause he is our own. And he's one of the best Steelers to ever don a uniform. So it's not just Steelers we love our own round deaz parts 😆

@@michaellewis8467 letting Plax walk was a massive mistake. He was just heading into his prime but he did get a ring in NY v probably two he gets w the Steelers. Wallace and AR El were products of having an HOF QB. Their stats cratered once out of Pittsburgh. The Steelers weather you agree w their decisions are at least trying to win. And they win more than they lose most of the time. Are the lions, jets, commanders, giants, Texans, Jags really trying to win? Some franchises are just toxic like the raiders, bengals, browns, Vikings…it doesn’t matter who the coach or GM is. Don’t forget Harrison’s one year stint in Cincinnati. He came back and openly stated the bengals players don’t work hard or care about winning.

@@Biggdoom344 I forgot to add Harrison. There are a few others I forgot to mention too.

@@Biggdoom344 We didn't wanna let Plax go, but we only had enough $$ under the cap to keep him or Hines Ward. So, well, as hard of a decision as that was, the Steelers made the right one. But as history played out, they both got a ring out of the split. But we know Hines got 2 and a Superbowl MVP in the first one and won dancing with the stars. So I'd say Hines career had a few more bells and whistles. Plax had the unlucky decision of playing for the Jets after the Giants. Playing in NY is hard enough. But the Giants won it all. The Jets haven't been to the post season since he was there I think. And our other Superbowl winning receiver Santonio Holmes. Then we (Steelers) had pleasure of knocking them out of the playoffs lol.

when we lose, i can't watch ESPN or the NFL network until the Wednesday/Thursday after the loss...

@@graysonbillings6400 Ditto!! 🖤💛

Win win gang

When I return to Pittsburgh, I know I'm home as soon as I step into the terminal. It could be the middle of May after a losing season and half of the people are wearing team colors.

Steelers baby!!!

I was waiting in line to get into the last game of the year that decided who got into the playoffs. It was Pittsburgh v Cincy, and the atmosphere was literally electric. The guy in front of me in line was there with his young son, couldn’t have been more than 12. They were from WV. He was telling me his son bought them tickets to the game for his surprise Christmas present that year with money he’d earned doing odd jobs like mowing lawns, raking leaves, and shoveling driveways, and literally broke down into tears. I looked my own kids who were about the same age and said “take notes, kids…”

Same here! English teacher in 6th grade always let us off the hook if the Steelers won, and he'd damn near fight you if you insulted his Terrible Towel

Been a fan since the early seventies, iwas in the navy at the time and needed something to ground me. They got good, after 40 years of not being good. And I rode the wave and still am even though idont live there no more. There are Steeler fans and bars in every major city in the U. S. and a lot of cities around the world. They have the biggest fan base of any NFL team. I'm proud to be a Steeler fan ,even though I'm not a yinzer. Keep on rolling black and gold!!

fans in Pittsburgh still watch and support the Pirates and all they do is lose year after year

@@backhurts11 I get it, but respectfully get at me when your team loses badly for several years and you don't make the playoffs for a decade lol smh. Then lets see how fair weather your fans are. Your fans are passionate. They would be upset AF if the team was consistently bad. You wouldn't treat your players like ancient Greek Gladiators and you wouldn't love and accept the team if they were trash. Yes, I'm not from there, but I disagree with you sir! Fair weather fans don't care if they win or lose. I'd bet Steeler fans do care.

@@backhurts11 I am also from Pittsburgh and I’ve seen sections of the Steelers fan base be ridiculous towards the franchise and players individually. I recall Michael Vick not having a warm welcome to many even though he already did his time in jail and had gotten his act together for years at that point. Remember Joe Gilliam? He received death threats and racial slurs for being a black QB back in the 70s, I know that’s an entirely different generation but it still happened. If you dig deep enough you could probably fine other examples. Every fan base has good and bad to it, and Pittsburgh isn’t separate from everyone else in that regard.

Just for that. Hope your jets have a prosperous winning season all the way. From a steelers fan myself to a jets fan to you. Respects my man👍🙏💪

Hopefully you had the primanti bros sammich 😋 in dahn tahn pixburgh at market square 😎

@@alexandersippel the primanti bros around pittsburgh actually suck compared to the ones that are further out such as Erie. doesn't make sense but that is how it is

@@binessee that is fuckin strange 🤣 heck I've never had a primanti bros sammich outside of the burgh. Plus I've never been to Erie anyway.

I’m sure tv sales go up the next week too to replace the ones that got smashed.

😳

The difference is you can go out in NY at 2 AM on a Tuesday and find clubs that are packed. Pittsburgh is dead other than Friday or Saturday night.

@@krzykris Wow. I bet being stuck in Pittsburgh would be emotionally devastating for those of us who desperately want to be pounding shots and snorting coke in a sweaty wall to wall club at 2am on a Tuesday. lol.

I wouldn’t go so far as to call Pittsburgh a “large city” but very true

Brotherhood

I was a young kid in the 70's, grew up in the Pitts area and loved the Steelers! Moved from PA and took that love with me! I still rock Steeler gear all the time! Many of my coworkers are Steeler fans and never lived in PA. Had nothing to do with hanging on to anything. Just about love for the sport and the team. Hey, I don't even have a 2nd team!

Bet you wish we had him now

@@budlight3649 Actually, no. He was always injured and would be overpaid in today's $'s.

@@nightwolf2666 there were only 2 seasons with the steelers where he didnt play every game of the season ( besides rookie year and the other season he only missed 5 games ). Maybe you just thought he was worse than he was because of everyone else around him.

@@budlight3649 He was average at best.

@@nightwolf2666 Man, would I be happy with an average O-Line today...

Or maybe some people understand it's just a game that has literally no real impact on anyone's lives that aren't apart of it. Some people just like to see everyone winning at life, is that such a bad thing?

@@josephlilley9249 no shit it has no impact on anyone’s life other than the people directly involved. But real NFL fans understand what I’m saying, specially the passionate fans of AFC north teams. It’s one thing cheering for the Jets and Giants, they’re not divisional rivals (key word, rivals). But cheering for two teams in the same division is as common as liberals and conservatives agreeing on anything these days. It’s just how NFL fandom works.

you're the only person ive seen with this take lmfao, kenny and mitch are better options then mason. Mason is a great backup but hes not good enough to start like a charlie batch type, nothing wrong with it. But not starter level qb

Tomlin said he was a Varsity guy playing against JV, and he was. Of course it wasn’t taken as it was when Kenny did it. He’s a rookie!

Okay mason we hear you eye 🙄

People forget 2019. The Steelers aren't going to cut or trade an established and effective Mason Rudolph for just a late round pick. At least not until Kenny takes the next step and Mitch doesn't blow his chance with INTs. After Ben, with zero established starter QB, the Steelers are keeping three.

@@n8tethegr8t20 meant what I said.