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Originally Posted by HoosierinFL
I was curious about this...I remember the commentators confused about him being ruled "out" if he was back on the sideline still in full gear.
And they had the sideline report ask about it and she had reported back after talking to Steichen that he replied with a short "he got hit, he's out"
I wasn't sure if that was just some coach-speak and not wanting to elaborate. Or was it frustration with AR? If the latter, I kinda felt that was a risky thing to do, given how the game almost slipped away. WIthout AR, the offense lost a few dimensions, like the RPO. Even though Flacco played fairly well, there was definitely some stalled drives.
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I think there is some frustration in all of this. The question is what is the frustration? Is it AR not really getting out of harms way- so basically not doing what he has been coached to do- especially in a game where at the time there is no benefit to the extra couple yards opening up the hit opportunity? Or is the frustration with what was probably a "are you good to go back in" "yes" and then immediately coming back out? I could see Steichen being kind of ticked at that as a coach. He is counting on you to be straight and either say yes and go full tilt or explain you can't. But for it to go the way it did, I could see Steichen just saying fuck it, done dealing with you right now, we're going to go with Joe for the rest of it and in turn sending AR a message about how quickly the NFL can show you that Not For Long is applicable to absolutely everyone in the league.