Troy Polamalu is calling out the NFL for all the fines being handed out. Claiming the NFL is turning into a flag football leauge, and the fines being handed out are all about the money, and not the saftey of its players.
“When you see guys like Dick Butkus, the Ronnie Lotts, the Jack Tatums, these guys really went after people. Now, they couldn’t survive in this type of game. They wouldn’t have enough money. They’d be paying fines all the time and they’d be suspended for a year after they do it two games in a row. It’s kind of ridiculous.”
Someone should point out to Polamalu that its a different time, and a different game.
After I read this, I just kinda had to laugh. Now I am a huge Young fan, but this was abit out there..
“I’m a great guy, a great humble guy,” Young told MSNBC.com. “I’ve done a whole lot in my career in just three years and for [the media] to do stuff like that to try to make me look bad for some reason — I don’t know why — but they’re just writing my legacy.” HUH? Legacy?? Where??
Oh that’s right you must be referring to your legacy in Austin. 2 Rosebowl wins, 1 National Championship, Perfect season. You could do no wrong in Austin! Because lets face it your last two years in Tennessee
have been horrible. Your brightest moment in the NFL came after you won Offensive Rookie Of The Year. In my opinion Marques Colsten would have won this award that year, if he hadn’t missed 4 games. Now Vince looks like an unstable, mama’s boy who is not ready for the big time. Now I will agree that the Titans have not done alot to get Vince some help on the field, but that is no excuse. Vince has a ton of talent, but has failed to grow into what the Titans hoped he would when they made him the 3rd overall pick in the draft. As a Young fan, I can only hope he figures it out.
At this point who the f**k cares? I am tired of hearing about this. Everyday on the Dallas sports talk, every show has to talk about *Romo fitted for splint*, *Romo throwing passes* *Jerry leaves Romo’s start up to coach*. Yeah now Jerry wants to let Phillips make a decision about something? Brett Favre calls Romo and gives him a pep talk about playing through the injury. ARGH!!! Just make a decision already!!
Phillips is in a no win situation on this one
-Phillips lets Romo start, offensive line stinks, Romo hurt even worse, Cowboys lose
-Phillips starts Johnson, offensive line stinks, Johnson becomes Bledsoe esq statute in pocket, Cowboys lose
-Phillips starts Romo, Romo throws 13 interceptions because his pinkie is fractured and can’t control the ball, Cowboys lose
-Phillips decides to start himself, and throws 5 touchdown, Cowboys win!!!!
Ok so maybe the last one is abit far fetched, but you get the idea. You think there are some Cowboys fans on the ledge now, after loosing to Washington, and Arizona?? Let the Cowboys go to St. Louis and lose. Cowboys fans will be jumping ship faster then passangers on the Titanic!
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1 Robert // Oct 17, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Palomalu is correct though, the fines for hits are out of hand, the job of a defender is to separate the ball from the receiver. How does a defender make a split second decision on whether to hit or not hit?
I think a fine for a hit based on a film review without player representation is dead wrong.
Tatum, Butkis and Singletary would have not played at all..I think there are legitimate hard hits that deserve no fine, but there are HARD hits that are unsportsmanlike and deserve punishment. That should be a wide window of lenience given to the defender. IMO.
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