Wonder what kinda shit storm Joey Porter has started?

Porter on refs: 'I felt they were cheating us'
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Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joey Porter is not known to shy away from a microphone, and that might make him a little lighter in the wallet after his comments after Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts.

When Troy Polamalu's fourth-quarter interception was overturned by referee Pete Morelli, Porter felt the Steelers were facing opponents on two fronts: the Colts and the refs.

"I know they wanted Indy to win this game," Porter told The New York Times. "The whole world loves Peyton Manning, but come on man, don't take the game away from us.

"I felt they were cheating us. When the interception happened, everybody in the world knew that was an interception. Don't cheat us that bad. When they did that, they really want Peyton Manning and these guys to win the Super Bowl. They are just going to straight take it for them. I felt that they were like 'We don't even care if you know we're cheating. We're cheating for them.' "

Porter said he was relieved in more ways than one when Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt missed a 46-yard field goal try with 21 seconds left that would have tied the score.

"The way the refs were going, I wouldn't have trusted them in overtime," Porter told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. "If we hadn't won, they would have cheated us in overtime."

 

I actually agree with some of his comments.

That interception that was overturned was an interception no matter how you look at it.

 

He'll get fined 6-7 months worth of my salary and they still won't admit that the ref screwed the pooch.

 

How about the "non penalty" where the entire colts D line was on top of Ben before the ball snapped? It was either offsides or it was a false start. I just don't get it. There was a lot of bad calls this week. Period.

 

I can't wait to hear Mike Pariera's (or how ever you spell his name!) explanations on Total Access this week on his refs' fuck-ups this weekend.

 

What screw ups. Those guys always make the correct call. Who wants to bet the Seahawks get their fair share of gimme calls this weekend. Not sure who the league wants in the AFC yet.

 

I'm not sure whether it's league preference or personal preference for those refs. Porter has just made that a non choice tho. They probably would now love to throw the flag on his ass.

I still think PO officiating is better than regular season O, less flags in general.

 

I hope he knows he just handed denver the AFC title. They'll make up more rules to fuck them over if they have to..like the Brady only tuck rule shit.

 

One of the worst calls I've seen in a loooong time.

 

The tuck rule was around before Brady entered the league.