Gotta love some good trash talk before the game Sunday! New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck believes the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense has been the beneficiary of some loose officiating.
“I hope we get some holding calls because they have gotten away with murder,” Tuck told ESPN’s Rachel Nichols on Thursday. “They’ve done a very good job protecting Ben (Roethlisberger) — they don’t hold on every play. But we’ve seen a whole lot of it.”
The Giants host the Steelers on Sunday.
This isn’t the first time a member of the Giants has voiced his displeasure about what he perceived as excessive holding by an opponent.
Three weeks ago, prior to a game against the 49ers, Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride targeted San Francisco defensive end Justin Smith.
“Smith is a beast on the inside — he’s strong, he does as good a job (as anybody) of grabbing a hold of offensive linemen and allowing those twists to take place,” Gilbride said. “He never gets called for it, so he gets away with murder.”
Niners coach Jim Harbaugh took exception to the comment.
“Kevin Gilbride’s outrageous, irrational statement regarding Justin Smith’s play is, first, an absurd analogy,” he said. “Second, it is an incendiary comment targeting one of the truly exemplary players in this league. It’s obvious that the Giants coaching staff’s sole purpose is to use their high visibility to both criticize and influence officiating.”
The Giants then beat the 49ers, 26-3.
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