Are Steelers Fans Too Terribly Thin-Skinned?? (Asking for Trevor Lawrence) | The Rich Eisen Show

[@meditationhealingandsoothi6556]

I am a pittsburgher and have lived here for 45 years, and have to say that Trevor Lawrence is like the nicest guy!!

[@l0rdzus352]

I thought "the offense is playing really well" was more of a shot than the terrible tow comment 🤷🏾‍♂🤣

[@Survivor_of_DMVdrivers]

Legit thought that that was what Steeler fans were taking Lawrence to task for saying, haha!

[@Hurloko]

Facts! Lol

[@brendanberry6263]

Hahaha truth

[@Aus10Ham]

I mean it’s not a big yellow towel?

[@shibity]

lol give Trev a break. QBs don't watch film on the other team's offense.

[@jayball4155]

Steelers fan. Trevor said nothing but good things. This is a non-story. Jeez. If he stomps on one at *Heinz Field* then we can talk. But he's not that kind of player. C'mon Rich!

[@Vo1kfang]

That's Rich's point here. It's not his fault Steelers media/fans are trying to make it bigger than it is.

[@jayball4155]

@@Vo1kfang No Steelers fan I know would care about this. Esp if they know - and we all do - the story of how and why Myron Cope invented the Terrible Towel.

[@Vo1kfang]

@jayball4155 I'm a Jags fan, but live in Steelers country. This video was the first I'm hearing of anyone complaining about it, but Rich said it was someone on Twitter dragging Trevor.

[@PaulHenricksen]

I know a Steelers fan he's already brought it up several times on FB

[@steeldawg_steffie]

​@@jayball4155You must not be on FB then. Every story I saw about this yesterday had a ridiculous amount of Steelers fans angry about this. The articles had clickbait titles stating the line he said about them being little. No one wants to take the 2 seconds to listen to what he actually said smh.

[@jacobz4568]

Steeler fan here... Trevor was nothing but respectful...

[@FatTony_Football]

Rich was more disrespectful by trying to get us going….that menace😂

[@iamyeti5440]

I second this as a lifelong steelers fan

[@ORTHADOZ]

Absolutely not this Prince Charming looking mf better not say that shits fun

[@dantejc.2]

as a steeler fan I love T Law. Great guy and great QB

[@devinbrown7426]

The only issue is how nice T-Law was

[@mycenia]

I'm so confused. This entire clip is him complementing the organization, fans, city, and overall culture. The towels are little. They are yellow. They wave them around. He was litterally just saying he knew what they were when asked.

[@danielteblink9156]

As a Steelers fan this is just the media taking a comment outta context. He wasn’t being disrespectful

[@sliver64209]

Naw the fans on fb and twitter are going nuts. Steelers fan better gear up for the L they about to take

[@Ryno_757]

@@sliver64209Ahhh, where folks fight for likes and comments. Reliable sources.

[@jacob45415]

@@sliver64209we already knew we were going to lose we should be 0-7 rn

[@williamzavatsky8813]

As a steeler fan 50 percent of our fans are toxic he had nothing but good things to say lmao

[@alejandroherrera5271]

I'm not from Pittsburg or even Pennsylvania, but most of the Steelers fans I've met have been obnoxious

[@eljefe9039]

They are little towels so he is correct.

[@Aback23]

You're a towel!

[@Aus10Ham]

If he said big yellow towels he’d just be lying

[@joevlogs1279]

​​@@Aus10Hamhe lied... He said we had a good offense! Oh he's getting a whooping for those comments. 😡😡

[@drunkengamer7378]

@@joevlogs1279bring it Duuuvaaalll!!!

[@VandelYeIndustries]

As a Steelers fan. They are literally little yellow towels 😂😂 I don’t think he made any slight at them

[@JFed4]

It’s because the headline “little yellow towels” sounds way worse than the actual clip. I honestly think as a Steeler fan that the yinzers on twitter never watched the clip lol. I have nothing wrong with what Trevor said, I actually like him as a QB lol.

[@blkhawk661]

Steeler fan here... this is nothing more than a slow news day. This ain't nothin compared to what TJ did.

[@HDBabey]

Then why are Steelers fans trying to turn it into something

[@aquaticlife9251]

@@HDBabey because they have been barking a lot latey. Frustration

[@mr.dolphin8345]

What did TJ do?

[@mrcanman20]

@@mr.dolphin8345houshmanzadeh

[@hazeleyedsoul3282]

@@mrcanman20 yeah that was kicking the bee hive for sure. Can’t forget that move 😂

[@thercwnetwork]

I'm a Steelers fan and I'm not offended by what he said. I actually admire him for his kind words.

[@daniellambert3031]

Another Steeler's fan here. I've been a fan since the 70's and I think Trevor Lawrence was very respectul, having said that who cares even if he would have talked smack it's sports and smack talking is fun.

[@JoezefMiller]

Rich’s comments at the end made me realize it’s theoretically possible an entire division could be in a conference divisional if winner gets 1 seed and they all win their wild card game

[@FatTony_Football]

Yup😂

[@sol1120]

Interesting thought. But will never happen

[@JoezefMiller]

@@sol1120 *most likely will never happen

[@GetnBandAnyMinNow]

As a Steelers fan since 1986, I see no disrespect with what Trevor Lawrence said... they are pretty small, but when there's 60,000 of them all waving and the fans screaming, it's a true thing of beauty! 😊

[@gedkealmen]

In Spanish we call what Rich is doing "amarrar navajas" referring to people who tie the little razors to the roosters in cockfighting (horrible activity, but not the point). It basically means trying to get two others to go against each other. He's trying to get Steeler Nation upset at Trevor about nothing! As a lifelong Steeler fan I saw nothing wrong with what he said.

[@carlcunningham1297]

ha ha ha. I learned something today! I can't stop picturing this :)

[@Zac15]

Dude has a big smile on his face while describing how awesome Pittsburgh is lol

[@jamesewton903]

He watches alot of Monty Python

[@mikebeatty7814]

Steelers fan here. Lawrence was totally respectful. You have to be from the Burgh to realize this what Billy is all about. He is Pittsburgh through and through.

[@noahballard1469]

He showed up and played a great brand of football respect from this Steelers fan

[@joshpoland6225]

slow news day. Trevor Lawrence gave the Steelers all respect in that clip.

[@RsChrisG]

jaxon deville once had a terrible towel when we played pittsburgh, it said "terrible towels carry ebola" lmso

[@scottldcp]

Steelers fans are easily the most thin-skinned NFL fans in public spaces. Most annoying to have in a group setting. I have never been around one who failed to either be angry about an imagined slight or begin a diatribe by asking someone else what the best professional sports franchise is. Saw one singlehandedly ruin a message board ten years ago. Went from a thousand voices to three. Not 7nique.

[@mr.dolphin8345]

You're a real one for this Rich

[@mr.dolphin8345]

@elbob17 wtf are you talking about?

[@spindizee]

This is nothing compared to some of the disrespect shown to the Terrible Towel over the years. He then went on to compliment the Steelers for the rest of the clip.

[@jamesbogdan3991]

No disrespect there, just news media blowing it out of proportion

[@careyrose6059]

Just hoping the "terrible towels" are big enough to soak up those terrible tears. Go Jags!!

[@joeydrope1483]

Jags just got good. don't be cocky yet. This Steelers team may not look good on paper, but they find ways to win. I won't be surprised if they do it again on sunday.

[@owen730]

As a Bengals fan, hell yeah!

[@o4tw382]

@@joeydrope1483 they do find ways to win but that first down that sealed the game was given to y’all without a doubt.

[@steelcitysteve8794]

Our towels arent little theyre average and it was cold outside! that lady is definetely talking smack!

[@DudeLoopNoob]

🤣 best comment yet 👌

[@jman7826]

Our towels were in the pool!

[@Dee-Hendricks]

Reaching for drama is sad

[@jeremy28135]

😂. Ok as a Jags fan this made me spit out my beer

[@teddyp3723]

Lol the lady vs the small hands man who was drafted by the Steelers because the little towels matched his hand size

[@jeremy28135]

You couldn’t have had a lawyer script a more respectful statement

[@Noname-ps3mq]

Trevor wants smoke it helps him You just gave him fuel

[@Beermalls]

Yeah Steelers fan here! Trevor was fine! Didn’t get any disrespect out of that! The little towel though came to fruition in 1975 prior to a playoff game and the leers a legendary franchise! The Jags an expansion team! I love my hardcore yinzers sticking up for their team! Let’s Go!

[@wholetthewolfout]

I sometimes wonder if the Jaguars fanbase is too thin-skinned because of the lack of respect they feel they get (Jags fan here, full disclosure). Then I get reminded that other teams' fanbases are just as thin-skinned as well. LOL. You've got six rings, chillax.

[@KCJaguar8-6]

💯

[@kylermichael3972]

Yeah every fan base has ridiculous fans lol

[@Vo1kfang]

Most teams have fans that freak out over unimportant things. As a Jags fan, though, I get annoyed when GMFB turns a segment that's supposed to be about the Steelers and Jags into one about how good the Ravens are.

[@joserojo8663]

Fax bro, last Friday morning really had me upset after we beat the saints they talk about the saints and cowboys lmao

[@10degreesnorth63]

baltimore native that went to pitt for 4 years..stillers fans are very protective of their little yellow towels

[@clamchowder622]

That wasn't an insult. He was asked if he knew what a terrible towel was, and he described them accurately. I have a terrible towel and I would have said the same thing except maybe using the adjective "little." But it is smaller than a full-size towel, so you can wave it.

[@nicholaslamantia9597]

Common problem today. People read headlines and don’t watch the clip.

[@oliviarainey3593]

As a Steelers fan, I'm confused... I mean, he's right! It is a little yellow towel and we do wave them. Soooo.... 🤷🏽‍♀️ I guess people just want something to be mad about. Smh

[@ethantheheathen]

Life long Steelers fan here… As with the American voter, don’t let the loudest of the bunch be mistaken for the majority. Most of us that I know are pretty humble and didn’t even realize he called it ‘little’. It is hilarious seeing how sensitive some fans can be and that’s with every fan base, especially your own. 😂

[@redhurricane24]

As a Jags fan living in Pittsburgh for 10 years, the answer is yes.

[@MrBellsa61]

The three most sensitive sports fanbases in America are Boston, Philly, and Pittsburgh. They'd get offended if the wind changed directions.

[@madbrowniac7871]

@MrBellsa61: 😂🤣😂B.W.

[@bhackaa]

You misspelled Dallas fam

[@TheRoomfull]

I'd put kc in there too ...

[@seanhodge27]

Don’t forget Dallas

[@o4tw382]

DALLAS is #1

[@ericbrumfield5893]

Steelers fan here: I took no disrespect from anything he said. Billy just tryna get stuff stirred up.

[@ddavisjr128]

After seeing the whole clip instead of a sound byte, people definitely blew this out of proportion

[@TheyCallMeGator]

This is the truest thing I've ever heard. Shittsburgh fans absolutely have feeble minds & feelings. 😂

[@ozzyplays6352]

ravens and chiefs fans take the cake on that topic

[@TheWackyWiggles]

Lol, Chiefs fans are thinned skinned? Yeah, that's exactly what happens after 50 years of mediocrity. Your salt is showing.

[@pretzelhunt]

9ers, cowboys

[@FakeScienceMan]

I think the loudest ones are, but most of the Steelers fans in my life are real chill.

[@darknessjr14]

“Do you know the Jaguars logo?” “No I know what it is, it’s the little spotted cat”

[@Chadski-22]

Edit: I read the comments from the Steelers fans here, y'all this isn't even a story! Somebody stirring an empty pot! 😂😂😂

[@Jaxboy86]

Empty pots need stirring too lol

[@andraethegiant1987]

Just like how Juju's 'The Browns are the Browns ' comment was taken out of context.

[@mikerhem1273]

Lol so its safe to say that now most of us Steeler fans and now Trever Lawrence fans🤣.

[@Zac15]

I know right? Outside of a comedian making a tweet all Lawrence did was shower Pittsburgh in praise here lol

[@joanfrench7393]

I am a Clemson fan too & have always liked Trevor Lawrence & Travis Etienne ...good guys & very good football players....I do want my Steelers to win this one, tho.....Trevor said nothing wrong...

[@steelersluv]

I’m a huge Steelers fan and I see nothing he said wrong. But if somehow fans getting mad about helps us win in some shape form or fashion I’m all for it. Lol

[@NurseSue425]

Look, I’m a die hard Steelers fan. There was ABSOLUTELY No Disrespect. Trevor is a good guy. Just saying. Please do we have to be so sensitive that when anybody mentions the Steelers unless they call them Gods they should be damned the rest of their career. Please. Get over it.

[@ej2251]

Dude... I'm a die hard Steeler fan and after watching this, I like Trevor Lawrence even more now. The fans here in Pittsburgh need to grow up.

[@dominikJAX]

Did anyone actually watch the interview ? TLaw was so nice about Steelers and said that they are a great team with an aura around them

[@robinanthony7345]

Being from Pittsburgh, they are not little yellow towels but having said that he was very respectful afterwards.

[@Flempoo]

Trust me, as a Steelers fan, we do not care about Lawrence’s comments 😂

[@ElenasDad]

Jaguars have 4 stadiums the 1 in Jacksonville, Pittsburgh and 2 in London.

[@joe-edward]

You all should try to get the Tomlin "I ain't gonna apologize for winning." and try to get that voice to say the "The Disrespect is REAL" line.

[@SLOburn171]

I live about 40 minutes from downtown and absolutely nobody outside of big media is giving this any attention.

[@carlaauri8461]

The only annoying one is that bold chris guy. Never waste an opportunity to badmouth the Steelers. 🤡

[@robertalker652]

The size of the Terrible Towel might be small, but it's extraordinarily significant to the Steelers Nation.

[@jasons.9389]

Didn't notice anything bad there. And I'm a crazy Steeler fan.

[@robertthornton9528]

Those towels will be full of tears post game....

[@JAMESJJEFFERS]

That Little Towel 😂😂😂😂😂

[@rizzomatt]

As a life long, die hard Steelers fan, Trevor's comments don't bother me at all. I think he was very respectful and classy. Geez. Some Yinzers gotta lighten up.

[@dtwd9043]

The disrespect is Pickens not knowing what he’s talking about and clearly not watching tape 😂. Appreciate you giving our D even more motivation 🤡🗑️

[@jamesewton903]

He got a catch bro!

[@barryross89]

As a Steelers fan the crowd at Acrisure is far from hostile, it’s a bunch of old dudes that get upset if you yell too loud and then boo when the offense starts slow.

[@L3HMANNN]

Brady himself said he was intentionally petty in regards to finding bulletin board material. It's much less to do with the person speaking & more to do with a team looking for a way to amp themselves up. No player is seriously considering what he said to be disrespectful, but I'm sure they'll take that 2 second snippet to create some motivation.

[@FayR-f6w]

Lawrence trash talks a little but he was taught by many great players. He’s a really nice guy just a little trash talk! He means no harm.

[@mickeylee321]

You better read "abaht" that towel jr. 🤣👏👏👏

[@GamingWithGio]

The media has been slinging the quote around out of context.

[@bsschmitty]

Beers & Tears a Terrible towel should NEVER be used to wipe up anything else

[@mattduncan8707]

the steelers are always a pleasant sight for Jaguars in the playoffs XD

[@Price70]

Life long Steelers fan and proud Terrible Towel owner and waver and what it represents, but yeah, fans look for reasons to cry

[@GingerAleCelebration]

Eisen I respect you so much and you are better than this. Trying to make a story out of nothing. Lawrence gave a great answer to a soft ball question.

[@jpreacher66]

Steeler fan here and this is nothing. He was complementary of the organization. TJ Houz did the towel wrong, this is nothing. I see Jacksonville taking this game bc they are the better team, i just hope Pittsburgh is competitive and dont get blown out.i hope im wrong but i cant see victory in this game.

[@AlphaLinkX]

Trevor was very respectful. Y'all just decided to make a whole story over a twitter post.

[@anthonymatthews20]

Now the Jaguars can use the towels to clean their TVs to watch our playoff game 🙂

[@SteelersNSalsa_deMex1co]

As lifelong Steelers fan Trevor’s comment about the towel wasn’t the best approach, say what you want but he said lil and that usually a term you use when you try to son someone. Yea it’s in a fact a lil towel but ain’t nobody ever call it that WE call it the Terrible Towel!!

[@optricks2469]

I think of it the same way that I think of people who aren’t football fans who try to mock the sport of football has describing it as men just chasing around a ball. On its face sure it’s a proper description of the sport but it’s much more than that so football fans typically don’t like the sport being described in that way. Similarly with the terrible towel yes objectively it is a small yellow towel but it means much more than that to the fans.

[@Gambit2051]

...I swear...People literally looking for reasons to Feel Disrespected...about a Sports Team. Which is Good for the Team bc that Projection leads to $$$...sigh

[@iamplaymaka]

The Steelers media & fans who took what he said wrong are clowns. For tearing to pieces what Trevor said. Nothing was disrespectful at all. Crazyyy

[@Gmurkz]

44-10 jags

[@TjDprod]

Fr

[@jethebest1yak]

T.L. is an awesome quarterback and said all the right things. I'm a Pittsburgh fan for 50 years and there's a few small brains waving those little yellow towels.

[@Panyc333]

As a Steeler fan I too didn’t hear any disrespect. He doesn’t know what he doesn’t know.

[@shibity]

They averaged 3.0 yards per attempt. TDs are not the measure of a good run performance, they are more reflective of distance from the goalline. Come on Rich.

[@MichaelStenberg]

As a Steelers fan, these are just thin skinned fans reading whatever they can about their team, and defending the hell out of them, without actually seeing the full context of what was being said. Hope we beat them Jags. HERE WE GO!

[@Duuuval23]

He wasn’t lying. It IS a little yellow towel.

[@AbleAnderson]

I'm a Steelers fan; the dude tweeting "you better read up abaht that towel" is an idiot, and I say that bc this Steelers team is a complete mystery and they're not the kind of team you have confidence to go out there and beat up on anyone. They get run off the field by Houston, they've been outgained on offense every game for like 2 years. They have an outstanding chance to lose this game, and lose embarrassingly, and you're gonna tweet tough like they're gonna teach Trevor Lawrence a lesson? He has an amazing chance of clowning us Sunday. This Steelers team is just not the kind of team you talk tough online about expecting them to go out there and embarrass others.

[@keithr.hammonds6653]

Steelers fan here…not offended in the least, but it still baffles me how other fan bases trash the terrible towel but yet I see stadiums around the league full of other “Towels” waving throughout. Go figure.

[@IamPreacherMan]

Lil yellow hankies is what they’re gonna be on Sunday afternoon. Hmm. That might make em terrible towels after all. 😅😂

[@alatreon7451]

Steeler fan here I mean what exactly did you want him to say? There not big towels, they’re yellow. It’s big in terms of what it means to us, but it’s also a little yellow towel

[@TonyFontanesi]

Pittsburgh guy here - too many yinzers are overly sensitive. They're projecting because they can't admit that the Steelers aren't as good as they remember.

[@thomasbrothers3857]

How could he be more respectful..these Yinzers around here are lames

[@daveperfetti2802]

Steelers fan here. Nothing wrong with the comments. Though all proceeds go to charity!

[@occamsox5331]

I’ve been saying it. They’re all babies. If they lose it’s a calamity. If the win it’s even worse.

[@michaelrobbins9168]

I haven't washed my Terrible Towel in over 10 years. Still smells like victory.

[@kennyroselle7522]

He had nothing but good things about the steelers fans n organization. The terrible towels are iconic but I didn't think it was disrespectful in what he said

[@amberfranco1253]

One role to remember is don't be close when they play renegade or it game over for that team

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Never let your personal happiness or personal finances depend on sports entertainment. The NFL is nothing more than "reality" TV.

[@bmblafamilia7761]

Reality is reality TV

[@Flo-Joe]

Jags social media team took care of this 😂

[@michaelyoung9628]

He just said “those little yellow throws “ I as a steeler fan find that very disrespectful. But jaguars are going to win this game