{"id":415634,"date":"2023-01-09T17:46:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=415634"},"modified":"2023-01-09T17:46:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:46:18","slug":"nfl-twitter-slammed-steelers-for-insensitive-crp-celebration-days-later-damar-hamlin-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nfl-twitter-slammed-steelers-for-insensitive-crp-celebration-days-later-damar-hamlin-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Twitter Slammed Steelers For Insensitive &#8216;CRP Celebration&#8217; Days Later Damar Hamlin Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not the ideal moment for something that the Steelers did!<\/p>\n<p>In the fourth quarter of the Steelers&#8217; 28-14 victory over the Browns at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday, linebacker Alex Highsmith of Pittsburgh was given a dubious CPR celebration after sacking Deshaun Watson.<\/p>\n<h2>NFL Twitter Slammed Steelers For Insensitive &#8216;CRP Celebration&#8217; Days Later Damar Hamlin Collapse<\/h2>\n<p>After a run in the second half of the year, the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, 28-14, to conclude the regular season in 2022 with a winning record but without making the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BornCincyFan\/status\/1612276307936837634?s=20&#038;t=bwGlYVKUOiA2oW4IJurkrAnbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fans were outraged by a specific play during the Steelers&#8217; victory against the Browns. Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was sacked by Pittsburgh defender Alex Highsmith with roughly 39 seconds left in the contest.<\/p>\n<p>In their game against the Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers players celebrated the &#8220;disrespectful&#8221; play when Alex Highsmith successfully sacked his opponent as he attempted to pass.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Both Bengals and Steelers players did CPR celebrations today. Seriously? Fuck those assholes! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bPexUwVf6m\">pic.twitter.com\/bPexUwVf6m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Crazy Bills Fan (@CrazyBillsFan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrazyBillsFan\/status\/1612221812917633025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Highsmith&#8217;s teammate approached him as he was lying on the ground and began to imitate pounding his chest in excitement of the play that stopped the Browns&#8217; offensive drive.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration takes place less than a week after Bills safety Damar Hamlin passed out while facing the Bengals on the field. The safety was given CPR which saved his life after going into cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">cannot believe how many \ud83e\udd21\ud83e\udd21\ud83e\udd21 are defending the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steelers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@steelers<\/a>\u2019 \u201ccpr\u201d sack celebration \u2026 today, of all days \u2026 with \u201cguys have been doing it for years!\u201d and other \ud83d\udeae takes<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marc Ernay \ud83d\udc4b (@MarcErnay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcErnay\/status\/1612277870189023236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Social media users started sharing their opinions right away after the party. Following the Hamlin incident, one football fan made fun of Pittsburgh by calling the behaviour &#8220;very classy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Did a Steelers player really perform CPR during a big play celebration, wondered radio host Isaac Wenzel after what he had just witnessed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wowwwwwwww a CPR celebration steelers?\u2026\u2026\u2026.. that man just fought for his life in the organization YOU play for. \ud83d\uddd1\ud83d\udeae<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; eleKtra baxter (@Som3othergirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Som3othergirl\/status\/1612197700233035780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The presenter of &#8220;The Gunz Show,&#8221; Mike Gunz, said, &#8220;Of all weeks&#8230; not a great look. Yikes.\u201d Highsmith &#8220;clearly didn&#8217;t have any bad intentions towards Hamlin,&#8221; he continued later. Just stating that it occurred and the timing wasn&#8217;t ideal.<\/p>\n<p id=\"amp-readmore-target\">On Saturday, Hamlin made his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/american-sports\/damar-hamlin-buffalo-bills-message-28903944\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"Follow noopener\" data-content-type=\"news\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\">first social media post<\/a> ahead of the 12-3 Bills 12-3 victory over New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/alt_readonly\/status\/1612194516043452416?s=20&#038;t=bwGlYVKUOiA2oW4IJurkrAnbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hamlin posted a picture of himself in his Cincinnati hospital bed wearing a t-shirt supporting his road to recovery. He wrote: &#8220;GAMETIME!!! @BuffaloBills&#8221; &#8211; along with a blue heart.<\/p>\n<p>Fans were quick to slam the Steelers&#8217; mock CPR celebration which came less than a week after Hamlin almost lost his life on the pitch-<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People from across the world are not happy with the Steelers \u201cCPR\u201d celebration in light of Damar Hamlin\u2019s life threatening injury that just happened earlier this week \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2YlNv0WfXa\">pic.twitter.com\/2YlNv0WfXa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyLoud\/status\/1612291125401866240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vFy8H6gtaLY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NFL UPDATES-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/rex-ryans-eyes-well-up-with-tears-while-talking-about-the-damar-hamlin-incident\/\">Rex Ryan\u2019s Eyes Well Up With Tears While Talking About The Damar Hamlin Incident<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nfl\/nfl-team-detail\/PIT\/stats\">Pittsburg Steelers Stats\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not the ideal moment for something that the Steelers did! In the fourth quarter of the Steelers&#8217; 28-14 victory over the Browns at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday, linebacker Alex Highsmith of Pittsburgh was given a dubious CPR celebration after sacking Deshaun Watson. NFL Twitter Slammed Steelers For Insensitive &#8216;CRP Celebration&#8217; Days Later Damar Hamlin Collapse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":415635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,83],"tags":[4397,2211,4500,3944,4501],"class_list":["post-415634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","category-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-damar-hamlin-cardiac-arrest","tag-nfl-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-cpr-celebration","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","tag-steelers-cpr"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}