Casting 10 Pittsburgh Steelers Players as Sopranos Characters

July 28, 2012   ·   Mike Batista   ·   Jump to comments

How cool is Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin?
Unfazed by Mike Wallace's holdout, Tomlin said "this thing" is bigger than Wallace, as reported by Ed Bouchette in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Tomlin said "this thing" is bigger than anyone on the team, including himself.
This thing.
That's how characters in The Sopranos referred to the way they made a living, although many of them pronounced it "this ting."
Tomlin's tenure as Steelers head coach began in 2007, right around the time the final season of The Sopranos hit the airwaves.
Now, without his top receiver in training camp, Tomlin is showing the same fearless leadership as fictional boss Tony Soprano.
Both preside over a gang of tough guys. Tomlin's men just don't use weapons, or if they use their helmets as weapons, they get a sit-down with Roger Goodell, the Agent Harris of the NFL. 
Like members of the Sopranos' family, Steelers players could call their boss "T" if they w...

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