I like Tomlin but like every other 2nd year NFL player/coach he needs to make great strides between years 1 and 2. Is he too tough on the players? Was Noll? Was Lombardi? Parcells? It’s a fine line. It is football. A mans game. You got to be tough. You got to be conditioned and prepared. It’s Tomlin’s job to push the envelope. Is Tomlin’s camp too tough? Ask me again in December.

Regarding fruit and beer…puhleeeze! As a Pittsburgh boy I had my first Corona in Cali at 17 with a lime in in it. It was awesome! I love Jerome but…Bettis didn’t let me tell him when to take a shot in his groin or when to change hands with the ball near the goal line. I don’t let Bettis tell me what to put in my alcohol. Now as a PA transplant in Cali I won’t order a Corona without a lime. I used to drink the Rolling Rock from Latrobe but it was sold and they brew it in New England now. No more Rock for this Steelers fan!

I think that this is nothing new. We always seem to pick up injuries in camp, and I’m sure other teams do as well. I don’t think Coach T is being to hard on them…I think playing football is much harder on you than practice. Although, with the rookies I’m sure there is a feeling that maybe they have to prove themselves (against a level of talent that they haven’t played against before) which can lead to overworking a small injury into something else, but then again – in games they have to play through pain too.

On the beer and lime thing. I don’t think any of those flavored beers should be sold as beer. They should be called something else entirely. Cherry beer? Lime beer? – The only exception I’ll make is a slice of lime on a bottle of Corona or something – that’s part of a different culture so there you go – the beer is still beer flavored. However, with Budweisser getting bought out by Belgians (they flavor the heck out a lot of beers over there) you might see more of this.

Injuries happen, I don’t put those at Tomlin’s feet.

As for the beer, I don’t have any hard stance against the lime or lemon in a beer. From personal experience, I’ve got horrible acid reflux and adding a lemon to a beer greatly reduces the pain that I’ll be in the following day.

First, from everything that I’ve heard, this camp has been much less physical than the previous camp, so I don’t think that Tomlin is running the guys too hard.

Second, the beer question: It would seem hypocritical that the company that put out the “Man-Law” commercials then breaks one of the “Man-Laws”. But, then, someone pointed out that they were bought, so I guess it’s really a different company now. Bud-light Lime does seem sort of Wine-coolerish. But, I’d probably still try it anyway, just to see if it tastes good.