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Darnell Washington Sparks Steelers-Eagles Fight With Fierce Block on Darius Slay

Straight out of 'The Blindside.'

Liam McKeone

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On Sunday the Philadelphia Eagles hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers in one of those gritty rivalry games that promised fireworks. And it did not take long for both sides to come through on that front.

In the first quarter, a fight broke out between the two teams with the Steelers near the Eagles' end zone. It was sparked because Pittsburgh TE Darnell Washington did his best Michael Oher impression and blocked Eagles cornerback Darius Slay all the way to the padding behind the goal posts.

Here's the block:

And the aftermath:

Washington is an absolute giant of a player, clocking in at 6'7" and 264 pounds on the Steelers' website. He is technically listed as a tight end but Pittsburgh uses him as an extra offensive tackle more often than not and you see why they do so above.

Nothing like a good block to get the blood running hot.

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LIAM MCKEONE

Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.

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