That’s Pittsburgh Steeler defensive lineman Brett “the Diesel” Keisel, rocking what I think is the premiere beard in sports. Sorry to get involved in all this, but Sullivan keeps posting beard pictures, so I had to show him what a real one looks like.
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by John Cole| 35 Comments
This post is in: Sports, Blogospheric Navel-Gazing, General Stupidity
Bnut
Logan Mankins. Or anyone who lays O-line for the Pats pretty much.
Kryptik
That’s not a beard, John.
This is a beard.
mr. whipple
This is a beard.
Murc
I’d like to know what his regimen is.
That is an EXTREMELY well-groomed beard. It’s very obviously combed often and thoroughly, that’s some salon-quality edging going on there on the upper cheeks and sideburns, and I’m guessing he uses some very good shampoo and conditioner; it has body and silkiness.
Impressive.
Nathan
Good enough for the Taliban, not quite there for an indie band.
Culture of Truth
If he were a lumberjack he’d be okay.
BGinCHI
No.
This is a beard.
“Beard is a slang term describing a person who is used, knowingly or unknowingly, as a date, romantic partner, or spouse either to conceal infidelity or to conceal one’s sexual orientation.”
(wiki)
Marmot
I so rarely get to trot this out from Planet of the Apes, that I’ll take any opportunity.
I don’t know. Carry on.
taylormattd
God, get a room already.
sloan
The Last Post
Hal
Wait, so this isn’t a thread about gay men who date straight women for cover?
Dyzo Bandit
As a guy who appreciates beards for the same reason Sullivan does- yeah, this is a damn fine beard.
kindness
I’ll go with the Fear the Beard any day.
He at least helped win the World Series. What has Pittsburg done lately?
BGinCHI
@kindness: Made sweet love to Pat Toomey via the ballot box.
GregB
I’m much more partial to this braided number on Techno Viking.
Hawes
If you want a picture of a beard, have one of Liza Minelli and David Gest.
L Boom
I’ll put my money on the beard on the left.
Crusty Dem
Come on guys, THIS is a beard
4tehlulz
*sigh* When will we ever learn?
chopper
that’s what my beard looks like when it gets all long. it rarely gets that long, cause the wife threatens to divorce me before it gets that epic.
jacy
The important thing is, how will Hamsher react? Will she throw out an accusation of anti-clean-shavedness?
Davebo
Actually, that’s just a guy who never shaves.
A beard should really have some shaping. And I say this as someone who can grow a beard almost overnight, yet hates shaving.
Jay in Oregon
@GregB:
You had that holstered and ready to go, didn’t you?
Punchy
These guys all rock some nice facial keratin…..
Jack
You wanna talk beards?
meh
where’s ray ray and his shank when you need him?
J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford
@Dyzo Bandit:
You share a fetish with Andrew Sullivan?
an object or bodily part whose real or fantasied presence is psychologically necessary for sexual gratification and that is an object of fixation to the extent that it may interfere with complete sexual expression
Nathan Wind as Cochise
@kindness:
Brian Wilson’s was a great playoff beard, but it would look ridiculous in other contexts. Keisel’s is more natural.
Egypt Steve
Sorry, but a real NFL beard has ice in it. Check out those old films of the Packers vs. the Vikings, in the days before indoor stadiums. If the QB is at no risk of losing a finger to frostbite, it ain’t football.
twiffer
just send him a link to this: http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/
there, done.
Julie
Ick.
fraught
Sorry, I think Andrew has problems with his own concerns about not appearing masculine enough. All that talk about bears and beards and still he reads gay to anyone with a smidgen of gaydar. As soon as he opens his mouth he becomes the bearded lady for me, and he makes it worse by all this posturing about hair and hairy animals. He needs to grow up.
shoutingattherain
Worst. Pittsburgh. Beard.
Ever.
Yutsano
@shoutingattherain: Heh. You may inspire the wrath of RedKitten for that one. Plus it drives me nuts when Sidney gets too lazy for his razor too.
andrea
Sid’s playoff beard is too pathetic.