What Does The Steelers Mascot Look Like
Who knows better about running the ball in Pittsburgh than Steelers former running back Jerome “The Bus” Bettis?
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Bettis, a Hall-of-Famer who plowed through defenders for 10 seasons in Pittsburgh, is “sick” about his former team’s inability to score/convert in short-yardage situations and the deficiency with their run game as a whole.
Like all of us, Bettis was baffled by the Steelers being repeatedly stopped on the goal line in the Washington Football Team loss.
The Steelers were stood up five times from the Washington 1-yard line Monday night.
“I was sick. Unbelievable,” Bettis told Ed Bouchette of The Athletic. But he also knows there’s time to fix what’s ailing them.
“You have to work on your deficiency before you get to the playoffs. Their No. 1 priority should be re-establishing the running game because when you get to the playoffs, if you have a weakness, you will be exposed.”
Though the Steelers had a perfect season until Week 13 without much of a run attack to speak of, Bettis says the playoffs are a whole different ballgame.
“When you get to the playoffs, you play complete football teams, and you will have a harder time beating playoff-caliber teams if you can’t run the football.”
Pittsburgh ran into a team — the Washington Football Team — that exposed their incompetence on the ground. Incompetence they’ve had for a good part of the season but could still pull off wins.
One of the best short-yardage backs in the history of the NFL, Bettis knows the one thing that is lacking in Pittsburgh’s run game.
Commitment.
“The only solution in fixing the running game is the commitment,” he said. “You got to be committed to it because once you commit to it then the offensive linemen, they have a different attitude about it, the running backs look at it differently, just the whole offense changes. You can’t just fix the running game with Xs and Os. It doesn’t happen that way.”
To be committed, you must be consistent, and abandoning the run game entirely will hurt the Steelers chances of winning their next four games and, subsequently, their chance at keeping the top seed.
Bettis says once the offensive linemen know there’s a commitment to toting the rock, their approach will change. He also believes the Steelers have the backs to be efficient.
“Between Conner and Snell, you got two tailbacks who can pound the football, OK?” said Bettis. “They came from running schools in terms of what they did in college, so they can do it. Now the problem is you have to allow them to do it.
It all goes back to the C-word.
“All they need is the commitment to pound the football because in practice everything changes, and when you come out in the game, it changes,” Bettis said. “You can’t ask Ben to throw 51 times every game. As great as he is, if you ask Ben to throw 50 times, Ben will win 8 out of 10 of those games. The problem is, chances are one of those two games he loses is a playoff game that you can’t afford to lose.”
What Does The Seahawks Mascot Look Like
The following is a list of mascots of National Football League teams:
| American Football Conference | ||||||
| Team | Mascot(s) | Photo | Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Ravens | Poe, Rise and Conquer | Poe | Poe, a raven, named after Edgar Allan Poe. Since 2009, along with human mascot Poe, Rise and Conquer are Baltimore's two live raven mascots on the sidelines for home games, handled by trainers from The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. | |||
| Buffalo Bills | Billy Buffalo | An 8-foot tall buffalo. | ||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | Who Dey | An orange Bengal tiger-like figure | ||||
| Cleveland Browns | Chomps, Swagger Jr., Brownie the Elf | Brownie the Elf (left) and Chomps (right) | Chomps is a dog-like figure, based on the team's Dawg Pound section at FirstEnergy Stadium; Swagger Jr. is a live bull mastiff who serves as the Cleveland Browns newest mascot starting with the 2019 season. | |||
| Denver Broncos | Miles, Thunder II | Miles Thunder II | Miles is a white, horse-like anthropomorphic figure wearing an orange jersey; Thunder II is a live Arabian horse.[1] | |||
| Houston Texans | Toro | A dark blue bull-like figure | ||||
| Indianapolis Colts | Blue | A blue, horse-like figure | ||||
| Jacksonville Jaguars | Jaxson de Ville | A jaguar-like figure | ||||
| Kansas City Chiefs | K. C. Wolf; Warpaint | K. C. Wolf | K.C. Wolf is a grey-colored wolf-like figure; Warpaint is a live Paint horse | |||
| Las Vegas Raiders | Raider Rusher | |||||
| Los Angeles Chargers | None | |||||
| Miami Dolphins | T.D. | A dolphin-like figure | ||||
| New England Patriots | Pat Patriot | A caricature of a patriot from the American Revolution; named after the nickname of the team's original logo. | ||||
| New York Jets | None | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Steely McBeam | A burly steelworker with a Bill Cowher-like jutting chin, wearing a hard hat; based on the Steelers' pre-Steelmark logo in the 1950s-early 1960s. | ||||
| Tennessee Titans | T-Rac | A raccoon, the state animal of Tennessee. | ||||
| National Football Conference | ||||||
| Team | Mascot(s) | Photo | Description | |||
| Arizona Cardinals | Big Red | A red cardinal-like figure | ||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Freddie Falcon | A caricature of a falcon | ||||
| Carolina Panthers | Sir Purr | A black panther-like figure | ||||
| Chicago Bears | Staley Da Bear | A bear-like figure; named after the team's original name, the Decatur Staleys, as well as Bears founder A. E. Staley. | ||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Rowdy | A caricature of a cowboy | ||||
| Detroit Lions | Roary | A lion-like figure | ||||
| Green Bay Packers | None | |||||
| Los Angeles Rams | Rampage | A ram-like figure | ||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Viktor | Viktor is a smiling Viking caricature whose head looks similar to the Vikings logo. Previously, Ragnar was one of two 'human' mascots in professional North American sports (i.e. not in any animal or caricature costume), with Lucky the Leprechaun of the Boston Celtics being the other. Ragnar was dressed as a Viking, but in 2015 did not renew his contract. | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | Gumbo, Sir Saint | Gumbo | A dog-like figure; apparently named after gumbo, a dish that is very common in the southern part of Louisiana. | |||
| New York Giants | None | |||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | Swoop, Air Swoop | Swoop | Swoop is an eagle-like figure. Air Swoop is an air-filled eagle caricature and similar to Swoop appearance-wise. | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | Sourdough Sam | A caricature of a 49er, a prospector who went to California to seek a fortune in the 1849 California Gold Rush | ||||
| Seattle Seahawks | Blitz; Boom; Taima | Blitz | Blitz and Boom are large blue anthropomorphic birds; Taima is a real, living augur hawk, sometimes thought to be an osprey, but actually a buteo[2] | |||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Captain Fear | A caricature of a pirate | ||||
| Washington Football Team | None | |||||
References[edit]
- ^'Broncos', Seahawks' mascots head to Super Bowl'.
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-11-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[edit]
- Media related to National Football League mascots at Wikimedia Commons