The Immaculate Tackle

[imgreat95]

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[Spitball67]

Awesome!! Go Steelers!!

[Spitball67]

another pic of Ben's great play


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[Tigers#1]

Fan had heart attack seconds after Bettis fumble
Associated Press


Talk about a heart-stopping game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts.

Terry O'Neill, 50, of Pittsburgh, was watching the game at a bar and had a heart attack seconds after Jerome Bettis fumbled trying to score from the 2-yard line late in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger prevented the Colts' Nick Harper from returning the recovered ball for a touchdown and the Steelers hung on for a 21-18 win.

O'Neill said Bettis is his hero.

"I wasn't upset that the Steelers might lose," he said. "I was upset because I didn't want to see him end his career like that. A guy like that deserves better. I guess it was a little too much for me to handle."

O'Neill, who was recovering at a hospital, credits two firefighters with saving him.

"The Steelers won the game and I'm still alive, so I guess I'm doing pretty good," he said.

He will have a pacemaker implanted to control an irregular heartbeat and he was prescribed medication to deal with the hypertension.

And while he would like to go to the bar to thank the guys who saved him, O'Neill said, "but for the most part I guess I should probably take it easy and watch the game at home."

[Durango53]

Outstanding thinking on Bens part. As soon as the Bus lost the ball he took off running to the back feild to cut down the angle. Again outstanding play for Ben.

[Eva]

Right now, that's one of the biggest plays of the year. Go Big Ben! Showing he can do it all, even tackle! :eek:

[Dward00]

Trust me i'm not trying to argue here, but if Harper would have broke his run out to the sideline he would have been home-free. Instead I guess he thought it would be cute to run over the QB on his way there.

Awesome tackle by Ben, but a bigger mistake by Harper even.

[Durango53]

Or even Dward if Harper would have pulled up just a sec to let his blockers take care of Ben also.

[imgreat95]

if he pulls up, he gets tackled from behind by Jeremy Tuman.

[Royce]

If he wasn't stabbed in the knee, he outruns Roethlisberger. Maybe..

[imgreat95]

i think it had more to do with having his ankle rolled up on in the first quarter.

[00_Agent]

Honestly, it was sort of looking like he might get caught anyway, unless the blockers ended up taking care of Tuman first.

Ben made a nice play, and I do think Harper made a mistake, but since I'm a Steelers fan I'm not going to chastise him...

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[I Are Baboon]

If he wasn't stabbed in the knee, he outruns Roethlisberger. Maybe..

Even then, it's still Harper's fault for getting involved with a psycho b*tch. :D

[Eva]

Even then, it's still Harper's fault for getting involved with a psycho b*tch. :D
Didn't Harper abuse this women in the past? :confused:

[Royce]

Didn't Harper abuse this women in the past? :confused:


Allegedly, hahahaha.

[Dward00]

He should've gotten stabbed in the rectum.:yikes: