Which Team Out of Control

Somehow I missed Steelers' assistant coach Mike Munchak yanking Bengals' Reggie Nelson's hair on the sidelines during yesterday's chippy playoff game. It gives lie to the now dominant story line that it was the Bengals who were "out of control."

Yes, Munchak was called for a penalty. But how was he not ejected from the game? And with the Munchak penalty already on the books, why/how were the refs not more attuned to and vigilant about other Steelers coaches committing similar fouls. You know, like Joey Porter illegally coming onto the field and into the Bengals defensive huddle to "cuss out" the Bengals players?

It's funny to read how the same referee crew that worked the last Steelers-Bengals regular season game was somehow extra ready not to let the rematch playoff game get out of control (they stood at the 50 during warmups! woo hoo), let the game get out of control. If this is the NFL's idea of strict enforcement of the rules and player - and coach - conduct then they failed miserably.