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"Pittsburgh, PA" means two things: 1.) You've got a lot of indoor time to fuck around, because of, 2.) It being cold as fuck. The Steelers, who by necessity have to be a tight-knit team, decided to kill those two birds with one spicy-ass stone by trying this One Chip Challenge craze that has all those wacky kids talking.For the uninitiated, there's a chip made with the Carolina Reaper pepper that apparently torches your nervous system—a la Homer Simpson in the desert with a Johnny Cash-sounding coyote. You can even watch a TV anchor vomit on live TV because of this thing. By all definitions, it seems to be ridiculously hot.Regardless of whether or not you feel duped into a brilliant marketing scheme, the challenge can provide you a full tragic arc, as you watch an overly-bold hero claim to take it on without a problem, and then witness them become reduced to a foot-stamping, tearful child at the fall. And perhaps there's no better brave giants to topple with one chip than 300-pound men.It seems like Cam Heyward was leading the charge with this one, with his very formal round-table setup, with milk fire extinguishers on hand:Things didn't get too nuts, but apparently, the video didn't roll long enough to see the chip "go into a third gear" like it did for Farrington Huguenin. He had $200 on the line, too. Not sure if he made it.Their strength coach started off well, but guffawed two seconds in:It's too bad this is sideways, but clearly, the challenge was rolling through the locker room like a chain of firecrackers, because Stephon Tuitt had built a huddle around him as he caved.But if you're looking for a hero, look no further than Joey Porter who absolutely smothered the flame, without flinching. I'm guessing he lined his tongue with Pepto before rolling with this:Or did he?
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For the Steeler's sake, let's just hope they did the challenge after practice. And that they don't have practice tomorrow when the chip seeks its revenge. Fear the reaper.