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Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by Blast Furnace, May 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM.

  1. Formerscribe

    Formerscribe Well-Known Member

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    Yup. I remember a good bit of talk about Fautanu possibly moving inside when he was drafted. I'm not sure about him protecting the quarterback's blind side. Remember, he didn't do that in his last season in college because Penix is a lefty.
     
  2. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    The thing that gets me about that preseason was how accurate Pickett was. I can understand doing well against defenses that arent game planning but he couldnt hit the side of a barn when the season started. Where did that go.
     
  3. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Awesome movie.
     
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  4. Animus

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    Can always keep Fautanu on the right side and have McCormick and Dunker battle it out for LG. If I'm not mistaken, McCormick played LG in college.
     
  5. Arch Stanton

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    Glad somebody got my reference to "Goodfellas". They actually ad-libbed that "You're a funny guy" scene, it wasn't in the original script. One of the more memorable scenes in a great movie.
     
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  6. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Little more trivia, it was the Gotti family that put the hit out on Tommy.
     
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  7. Arch Stanton

    Arch Stanton Well-Known Member

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    According to Henry Hill's book, John Gotti personally did the hit on Tommy.
     
  8. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    He said John did it himself or just the Gotti family? Usually the head of a family doesnt do that just so it can never come back to him.

    I grew up in the same area as the Gottis, I remember when his boy was killed when his neighbor accidentally hit him with his car. We were all like oh that guy is dead. Sure enough, he disappeared without a trace.
     
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  9. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Looked it up, he wasnt head of the family yet, he was a captain in the Gambino crime family.
     
  10. Arch Stanton

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    There's conflicting information about who actually pulled the trigger on Tommy DeSimone, I was just going on Henry Hill's story. According to another account, a hitter for the Gambino family by the name of Thomas Agro shot Tommy in the presence of John Gotti, but not before he was tortured first. One thing is known though, they never found Tommy's body.
     
  11. NorthernBlitz

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    I personally think it's that he was really good at back shoulder throws and could do some other things OK when not under pressure.

    That's a good skill set against vanilla defenses.

    Then teams game plan and say "let's take the back shoulder throws away from him". And then he gets jittery, spins (turns his back to the play), gets smoked by a DL, and gets injured.

    Also, small sample sizes lead to bad conclusions.
     

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