Steelers fans check in...

[Bunker]

My mother-inlaw is a whining Steelers fan too, I hit her with this last night, something I heard Cowher basically repeat in a radio interview the other day when asked about the Denver thing:

Cowher seems to absolve the Patriots for any wrongdoing.

"Listen, there's people stealing signals all the time before that," Cowher said. "You have ways to hide those things. We had wristbands for our defense. I remember trying to get offensive plays and see what the formations were. Everybody knows.

"You're trying to gain a competitive edge. Did that go beyond it? To a degree. Do I think that helped them win football games? No. You still have to go out and play the game. I still have a hard time believing that was a difference in a game."

She replied saying she was sending my Christmas present back