Two New Weekly Awards

We are proud to announce a new addition to our weekly posting schedule.

In addition to our normal weekly NFL rundowns, we will be handing out two awards to anyone we see/deem fit.

The first award goes to a person/player/team/entity for doing something totally badass that just needs to be recognized. Basically, this is the Badass of the Week Award, but since there is already a website dedicated to that, we had to come up with our own name. We bounced around a few names for this award. If we were a general Pittsburgh blog we would have called it the Donnie Iris Award. If this was a Penguins Blog, we would have called it the Ulf Samuelson Award. If this was a Pirates Blog we would have killed ourselves by now. But, since we're a) a Steeler blog and b) came into our football reckoning in the 90s, there is only one appropriate name for this award:

The Greg Lloyd "I Wasn't Hired For My Disposition" Award

The second award falls into the category between the "Mr. Yuck Sticker of the Game" and being called out by our Minister of Ire. Basically, this is a Douchebag of the Week Award. However, to make it more yinzer appropriate, we're titling it:

The Bob Smizik Award for Sheer Incompetence

From here on out, we'll be awarding these as part of our Weekly NFL Recaps.

Since these are new this week, we've given them their own special post. So without further ado, here are your inaugural winners:

The Greg Lloyd Award

This past week, the Navy Midshipmen rung up a 13-10 victory over Wake Forest.

On the surface, this doesn't sound impressive. Here is why it is award-worthy.
In the game, Navy had 64 rushing attempts for 338 yards. That alone would be award-worthy without the stat that comes next.

Navy did not attempt a pass the entire game.

How freaking awesome is that? No pass attempts. If they had tried any and not completed them, the awesomeness of this would be decreased. But they ran it every play. And they won.


The Bob Smizik Award

As much sense as it would make to give this award to its namesake, someone actually one-upped him this week. The award goes to Pete Prisco of CBSSports.com for this article he wrote about the Steelers-Vikings game. Prisco is notable at CBSSports.com for getting routinely creamed by Clark Judge in their "Weekly Showdown" discussions of NFL Topics. He also backed the Cardinals in the Super Bowl. He is in love with the passing game and has a raging boner over all things Manning, Brees, and Brady. Prisco hailed the Jay Cutler trade to Chicago as a great move that would instantaneously make Chicago a contender.

However, the main reason why we're awarding this to Prisco is for his inability to appreciate good football and good food. Prisco hates defense, which caused him to pen this statement, basically a double-slap in the face to Pittsburghers:

Most of this game was a defensive struggle, which appeals to me about as much as eating a sandwich with French fries and coleslaw piled on top, which they actually sell as a signature meal in this city.

If Pete doesn't enjoy our cuisine, then he can get the hell out of our city. On top of that, it's important to remember that Offense wins games, but Defense wins Championships. This is why Prisco will continue to be a mid-season homer for big offensive teams that will inevitably fail in the playoffs. Remember, the final score of Super Bowl XLII wasn't 38-35. It was 17-14. Offense wins games, Defense wins Championships.

In all honesty, if you don't enjoy a defensive struggle, then fine, so be it. You're probably the person who enjoys the Home Run Derby more than a pitcher's duel. You probably enjoy the NHL Skills Competition more than triple overtime. But to take a shot at a Pittsburgh institution like Primanti's? Anathema.