This is Amazing Video of the Eagles and Steelers End Zone Scrum

On Sunday night, the Steelers got flagged twice during the scrum that began when Darnell Washington blocked Darius Slay into the end zone wall. This is the best angle out there:

Yall better stop calling Slay soft he wanted SMOKE with the Steelers pic.twitter.com/5encz1g12l

— YouTuber: Eagle AL (@kb_973) December 16, 2024

“You a bitch ass! Get em.”

There’s quite a bit going on here. Washington keeps going after the whistle blows, then there’s a punch from Slay that the refs miss. Jalen Carter and Jalyx Hunt get in there, then Quinyon Mitchell comes running in to defend his veteran teammate. There are various iterations of “you’re a bitch” tossed around before Mitchell gets Calvin Austin in the helmet with a clinch strike.

The refs definitely missed a couple of punches. Here’s what they said after the game:

Question: In the first quarter, on the scuffle between the Eagles and the Steelers, why was it that two Steelers got penalized on that play?

Referee Alan Eck: “Because two Steelers were observed, number 80 and number 19, committing unsportsmanlike conduct after the play was over. That’s what it was. Two players after the fact, unsportsmanlike conduct.”

Question: As far as that play, why weren’t any Eagles players flagged and did you see any punches thrown?

Eck: “No. No punches were observed on the field.  Since we had flags down, it gave New York an opportunity to review the play as well. There was no video evidence of punches observed by the Philadelphia Eagles.”

Question: That was my follow-up question. Is replay available? What was observed by New York on that play?

Eck: “Correct. Since we have flags down, that opens the door to let New York take a look at it and take a video review of it. After looking at the video, they didn’t observe any punches.”

Well, good thing New York didn’t see this video, because Slay and Mitchell both threw strikes. But Washington started it by being a d bag, so he absolutely should have been flagged. Plus, Austin came in late with a shove, so there’s another flag there. At the end of the day, you could say it should have been a wash. Both sides get flagged, the penalties offset, and we move on. The Steelers got screwed, but maybe your lineman should know when to quit and then you wouldn’t have been in that situation. Go Birds.

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