Steelers' Keisel: Manning tipped Pittsburgh to key goal-line play

by Cody K on Oct 27, 2008 5:04 PM EDT

Interesting story from ESPN.com today:

"I was watching Eli's lips the whole time and I saw him say, '32,' so I went over and tried to tell everyone, 'It's right here,' and we stopped it," Keisel said. "That was a big play in the game."

Asked if he heard Manning yell out the play call, Keisel said, "Yeah."

By hearing "32," Keisel deduced the Giants would run the ball behind right guard Chris Snee.

"I'm guessing it's the 2-drop, which is right off center-guard," Keisel said. "And that's the play they ran and we stopped them. I'm proud of our defense. Our defense played their tails off."

So how do we feel about this?? I don't know exactly what to say. Its a little frustrating, and part of me blames at least some of this on the predictability of the play-calling (ie blame Gilbride).

However, wouldn't you think that the GMen would have a different play calling system than one that is so easily deciphered by the D?

Although I guess it doesn't matter. The GMen won, right??

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Makes no difference

This is all pretty much nonsense. The Giants won the game. How do they know what any of the numbers an opposing QB calls out mean? They guessed right. So what?

by Ed Valentine on Oct 27, 2008 6:17 PM EDT reply actions

it shouldn't have mattered

it was a touchdown IMHO

by Hoyadestroya85 on Oct 27, 2008 8:37 PM EDT reply actions

If you're a Steelers fan

you can’t be too happy about the “Our defense played their tails off” part – that could definitely be read as a subtle put-down of the offense. You wonder if the defense is getting fed up with the O.

As for the play “tipping” – I’m not too concerned. If it becomes a regular problem, then obviously something needs to be done, but one isolated play isn’t so bad.

by cjmulrain on Oct 27, 2008 11:07 PM EDT reply actions