Joey Porter hasn't played in an NFL game in almost five years, but last night his unnecessary presence on the field led to an additional 15-yard penalty to give the Steelers an extremely makeable field goal (which they drilled) to beat a Bengals team that completely imploded. Afterward a Steelers beat writer (who may've been making a joke?) claimed that the Pittsburgh assistant was gifted the game ball:
Which is something he can probably auction this week to pay his impending fine...:
...Which is surely no consolation to Cincinnati fans wondering why he was out there in the first place.
[via @Dejan_Kovacevic]
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