It brings me joy to hear a story like this.
Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker was layed out on a huge hit by Pittsburgh Steeler's safety Ryan Clark in last Sunday's game, which was a 33-10 Steelers statement making victory.
Welker feels the hit was a good play and doesn't expect an apology from Clark. You be the judge.
Looks to me like Clark led with his shoulder. How is he supposed to tackle if he can't use his head, and now he can't use his shoulder? Should he have just stopped the coverage and let Welker catch the ball? To me that looked like a standard crossing pattern with a safety reading it perfectly.
I think it's great to hear from a guy, who was just knocked unconscious, that believes that football is still football.
Even though the guy who was knocked senseless, and is even questionable this week if he will be playing, feels it was a clean play, Clark still received a fifteen yard penalty for the ferocious hit.
Maybe the referees and the league should start listening to their players a little more. I think all professional athletes know what the consequences could be for playing a contact sport, and hey, that's why they get paid the big bucks.
I'm sick of all these roughing the quarterback and unnecessary roughness penalties . I'm agreeing with the other starting safety of the Steelers, Troy Polamalu's, claim more and more with each passing week, that it's beginning to become "like a pansy game".
The reason so many people watch and the NFL has become a billion dollar business is because of the rough, concussion causing hits. All sports have drama, rivalries, and last minute wins. A few have the big hits, i.e. hockey, boxing, and extreme fighting. But none of that suspense filled, ball in the air, wait until the receiver goes for the catch and the safety smashes his head-in collisions.
The No Fun League has already taken away "excessive celebrations", don't take away our right to watch a good spine tingling crash between two extraordinary athletes, too.
Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker was layed out on a huge hit by Pittsburgh Steeler's safety Ryan Clark in last Sunday's game, which was a 33-10 Steelers statement making victory.
Welker feels the hit was a good play and doesn't expect an apology from Clark. You be the judge.
Looks to me like Clark led with his shoulder. How is he supposed to tackle if he can't use his head, and now he can't use his shoulder? Should he have just stopped the coverage and let Welker catch the ball? To me that looked like a standard crossing pattern with a safety reading it perfectly.
I think it's great to hear from a guy, who was just knocked unconscious, that believes that football is still football.
Even though the guy who was knocked senseless, and is even questionable this week if he will be playing, feels it was a clean play, Clark still received a fifteen yard penalty for the ferocious hit.
Maybe the referees and the league should start listening to their players a little more. I think all professional athletes know what the consequences could be for playing a contact sport, and hey, that's why they get paid the big bucks.
I'm sick of all these roughing the quarterback and unnecessary roughness penalties . I'm agreeing with the other starting safety of the Steelers, Troy Polamalu's, claim more and more with each passing week, that it's beginning to become "like a pansy game".
The reason so many people watch and the NFL has become a billion dollar business is because of the rough, concussion causing hits. All sports have drama, rivalries, and last minute wins. A few have the big hits, i.e. hockey, boxing, and extreme fighting. But none of that suspense filled, ball in the air, wait until the receiver goes for the catch and the safety smashes his head-in collisions.
The No Fun League has already taken away "excessive celebrations", don't take away our right to watch a good spine tingling crash between two extraordinary athletes, too.
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