WTF week 11 in the NFL. Can you say “Dilly Dilly?”
When the Steelers are winning, and winning consistently, it makes writing the WTF column a lot more fun. I love writing them up after a big Steelers victory while a lot of other wacky stuff happens with all 31 other teams.
The most fun WTF moment from Week 11 is easily Ben Roethlisberger‘s audible which was picked up by the microphones on national TV. Big Ben shouts out a few calls then finishes with “Dilly Dilly” before hiking the ball.
Can't shake the thought of @_BigBen7 sending Tennessee to the "Pit of Misery" #DillyDilly pic.twitter.com/zO0sOWwsF1
— Joe Kuzma (SCU) (@Joe_Kuzma) November 17, 2017
Did Ben just say “Dilly Dilly?” The signature line from a popular Bud Light commercial?
Well yes. Yes, he did! What a hilarious WTF moment. Even better is Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey added his two cents, later saying:
It’s fun when you tag someone in something then they send you free stuff. I am waiting for my beer.
Hope it’s not a long wait Maurkice.
If you want an actual play from the Steelers and Titans game which probably made Tennesse fans say WTF more than Pittsburgh ones, look no further than Antonio Brown‘s helmet catch. The concentration it took to secure that ball from his left shoulder fade and with his left hand (thank God he’s a lefty) against the side of his helmet so that he had control all the way to the ground and bring it in was nothing short of a spectacular WTF moment.
However, there were some WTF’s from the Steelers too, who gave up a big play following halftime, but just before the end of the second quarter, WTF was with all of the dropped passes?
On the final two drives of the half, all with about three minutes left on the clock, several players had butterfingers: Martavis Bryant, Le’Veon Bell, Jesse James, and JuJu Smith-Schuster. WTF guys? I can see why Ben when into the locker room at halftime and challenged the offense to just make a play!
Antonio Brown also had a WTF, when he made a catch, turned, and then dropped the ball. (Butterfingers!) Martavis Bryant recovered it, but since it was within two minutes, the ball should’ve been placed at the spot of the fumble, as it cannot be advanced, also known as the “Holy Roller” rule. The Steelers snapped the ball quickly to stop the clock, and since there was already another play, the previous play cannot be changed.
That had to of left the referees in a WTF moment!
We also can’t go one week without some sort of drama coming from the Steelers camp. This week it’s RT Marcus Gilbert, who the league announced will be suspended four games for violating the performance-enhancing drugs policy. According to the Steelers website, Gilbert will not appeal. Ben Roethlisberger mentioned on his weekly radio program that Marcus had said he asked if whatever supplement he was taking was safe and denies any wrongdoing. However, Ben also mentioned that players rarely win appeals and dragging out the suspension any later might mean the team is without the tackle for the postseason. Therefore the advice given, and taken, by Gilbert, is to sit out immediately.
If that isn’t a WTF all it’s own, Roethlisberger also mentioned that the locker room was aware of a potential suspension for several weeks. So the news comes just in time for Gilbert to sit out the Steelers Week 15 game against the New England Patriots, which is the final game of the four-game punishment.
How much of a coincidence is that, I wonder? WTF?
Some other WTF moments from around the league that we can’t ignore include the kickers again. This time it’s the Bears’ Connor Barth missing a field goal with eight seconds left as Chicago lost to Detriot 24-27. After going 10-for-15 on the season, Chicago released Barth and signed former Chiefs kicker Cairo Santos…
Usually steady Seahawks kicker Blair Walsh had a bad game two weeks ago, missing three field goals. His bad luck would strike again, as he missed another attempt on Monday Night Football.
Job security isn’t too high for kickers this season. WTF?
Want a WTF coaching decision? Try the Buffalo Bills installing rookie QB Nate Peterman as the starter over veteran Tyrod Taylor in a road game against the LA Chargers. Peterman struggled, to put it lightly, completing 6-of-14 passes for 66 yards. Five of his other pass attempts were all caught by the Chargers… and all in the first half. (He was pulled for Taylor after halftime following those five interceptions.)
One last, great big WTF: the Kansas City Chiefs lost to a 1-8 Giants on the road.
WTF? I thought hey were supposed to be this great AFC threat? They have now lost four out of their last five games…
