taking out bradys knees

[PatriotsReign]

I really believe most of Mannings TDs were in the context of the game. Some weren't and it annoyed me when he pressed it. The difference here is that anything that happens will be directed at Belichick and not necessarily the player. This EFF-em attitude that BB has could have some serious consequences.

If the Patriots scoring trend continues, they "may" break the Vikings scoring record. there are many team that fall just short of the Vikings record.

All that tells me is that the Vikings must have SCORED ALL YEAR LONG at the same pace as the Patriots are now. and many other teams came close! So why wasn't the league "UP IN ARMS" when they did it?

HHHhhhhhhmmmmm?

 

[PYPER]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

That is very disturbing.

Shame on him...

The Patriots took Brady out with nine minutes left in the game. What are they supposed to do, take him out at halftime???

Fans pay good money to see the Patriots play. It'd be a disgrace to the game and a slap to the face of fans who paid to see the game if the Patriots pulled their starters after one dominating half.

If our team is good enough to win 84-0, then why shouldn't we win 84-0.

The ironic part is how the media judges teams based of stats. They say our defense is old, slow, and generally no good b/c we gave up 28 points and 170+ yards rushing to the Dolphins.

Well, we only gave up those points are yardage b/c we were NOT running up the score. We were accused of running up the score in a game that were were outscored 21-7 in the second half. That's completely insane.

If a team with a 42-7 halftime lead only wins 49-28, clearly they did not run up the score.

If we're going to be accused of running up the score when we clearly don't, then I say that we should just go out there and run up the score.

Let's show these talking monkeys what running up the score really looks like.

 

[BradfordPatsFan]

OTL stoking the fire

The pats are classless, disrespectful, running up the score, etc. The host, Bob Ley, cited camera gate and the "running up the score" incidents vs Browns, Phish, Skins, etc as evidence that they are disrespecting the game.

Michael Smith (formerly of the Globe) said some eyebrows have been raised but the feeling is, "If you don't like it, stop them." Also thinks that Brady could get hurt, someone WILL take a shot at TB, accept the fine and the penalty, saying enough is enough.


Just another motivating factor for BB and his boys.

 

[xmarkd400x]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

Michael Wilbon: Your thought is my thought. You want somebody not to run it up...don't let 'em. On the other hand, Belichick is a cheat and during games behaves with little class...If I was on the other side my goal would have been for Brady to be helped off the field, by whatever means necessary.

Was an intern writing this for him? I mean W-T-F.

 

[upstater1]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

Wait a sec-- he said that he didn't mean going for the knees. He's not saying to go for the knees.

And hitting a QB late here or there is fair game. It's not uncommon and that's how you stop a monster like that. I'll be honest, I keep hoping we'll hit Manning that way.

He shouldn't have said it, maybe. But from a fan perspective, I don't think he's wrong. Hit 'em on every play.

You want players to come after QBs late and hurt them?

I don't want to do that to Manning. That's a cheap shot and worse than any spying ever, which makes Wilbon a huge hypocrite.

 

[BelichickFan]

Re: OTL stoking the fire

Just another motivating factor for BB and his boys.

Yeah, it's all good IMO.

 

[emoney_33]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

That is very disturbing.

Shame on him...

The Patriots took Brady out with nine minutes left in the game. What are they supposed to do, take him out at halftime???

Fans pay good money to see the Patriots play. It'd be a disgrace to the game and a slap to the face of fans who paid to see the game if the Patriots pulled their starters after one dominating half.

If our team is good enough to win 84-0, then why shouldn't we win 84-0.

The ironic part is how the media judges teams based of stats. They say our defense is old, slow, and generally no good b/c we gave up 28 points and 170+ yards rushing to the Dolphins.

Well, we only gave up those points are yardage b/c we were NOT running up the score. We were accused of running up the score in a game that were were outscored 21-7 in the second half. That's completely insane.

If a team with a 42-7 halftime lead only wins 49-28, clearly they did not run up the score.

If we're going to be accused of running up the score when we clearly don't, then I say that we should just go out there and run up the score.

Let's show these talking monkeys what running up the score really looks like.

I am with you. I am so sick and tired of hearing about this. I want the pats to now start scoring 70 points every friggin game. I just want to jump up and give a big F YOU to everyone outside of the pats. Get the hell off our asses, quit being so damn jealous. I don't want the world to love the pats but I want them to shut the hell up with their ridiculous bull they have been spewing since week one. Screw the rest of the league and all their whining about how since they aren't good enough that the pats should stroke their egos and play dead for half an hour.

 

[Patriotic Fervor]

Back in 1986, while playing the Green Bay Packers, the Bears' Jim McMahon, ever a darling of New England fans everywhere, was the victim of a vicious cheap shot by defensive lineman Charles Martin, who, after the play (an interception, I believe), picked McMahon up and slammed him on the artificial turf, resulting in a separated shoulder.

I don't know what became of Martin after that (he was suspended by the league), but there are all kinds of dummies and tough-guy wannabes in the league who would (doubtless) kill for a shot at such "immortality".

But a previous poster was right - you can't play this game scared.

 

[DefenseRules]

Re: OTL stoking the fire

Jeez, now they want to injure our QB. Somebody please make sure the O-line hears about this. The Colts D line is notorious for going after QB knees.

 

[ColtinIraq]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

The density of this message board is mind-boggling.

 

[pats1yes]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

I remember very clearly when Carson Palmer was taken out by a low hit by the Steelers. I felt really bad for the guy. Well, bad does not really say how I felt.

Although I am a die-hard (really die-hard) fan of the Pats, I can still appreciate and enjoy players on other teams that just "light it up". Palmer for me was one of those guys. I said, OK, when Brady and Manning are gone, Palmer is IT.

He has never been the same. Never, but people have already forgotten about what happened and do not realize the impact of that hit.

So, now with Brady being sought out as a target it just really fries me. I don't mind hard-nosed football. In fact, I like it. But, if and when Brady is hit cheaply it will all be forgotten, not by us Pats fans, but others and for the sick minds of the world, they will enjoy it.

Darn this world is getting too tough.

I also remember when we got blown out by the Bears in 86 at the SB. It never even entered my mind to take cheap hits because we were losing. We lost to one of the best teams that ever played. Pure and simple.

Folks, we are witnessing one of the best teams to get on a field. Take care guys and protect our franchise, Tom Brady.

 

[The Gr8est]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

He's all over the place.

"Stevensville, Md.: What are your thoughts about running up the score? In my opinion it's a teams job to put up points, not save their opponent from embarrassment. The Redskins' players are cashing million dollar paychecks just like the Patriots', so they have no one to blame but themselves for the blowout.

Michael Wilbon: Your thought is my thought. You want somebody not to run it up...don't let 'em. On the other hand, Belichick is a cheat and during games behaves with little class...If I was on the other side my goal would have been for Brady to be helped off the field, by whatever means necessary".

So he thinks it's okay to run it up, but that it's also okay to attempt to injure those that do. Consistent?

People still want to call Belichick a cheat and the Pats keep pounding the opposition into the ground. Coincidence? I think not.

Keep saying the Pats cheated (when you either KNOW it is not the case or are either intellectually dishonest enough, or too stupid to understand) and the Pats will continue to scorch the NFL's earth.

You want respect?

Then give it!

 

[RobAllan]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

Wait.. wait Who's saying he gets hurt, per say He might be hurting after those hits But the question is about how you get Brady outta there in the 4th quarter when they're running it up

Maybe Wilbon is saying more than what I'm seeing here But I think he's endorsing good 'ol old school play I'm not saying late like dive across the line early I'm saying you can still hit the guy after the ball is out of his hands if timed well And that IS the way you soften a QB up

I still don't think he should've written it, nor do I think he's expressing himself clearly And obviously I wasn't either I'm not an evil guy Jeepers

 

[RobAllan]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

Wait.. wait Who's saying he gets hurt, per say He might be hurting after those hits But the question is about how you get Brady outta there in the 4th quarter when they're running it up

Maybe Wilbon is saying more than what I'm seeing here But I think he's endorsing good 'ol old school play I'm not saying late like dive across the line early I'm saying you can still hit the guy after the ball is out of his hands if timed well And that IS the way you soften a QB up

I still don't think he should've written it, nor do I think he's expressing himself clearly And obviously I wasn't either I'm not an evil guy Jeepers

My punctuation went on vacation after the elipsis. Not sure what's up with that. :bricks:

 

[PatriotsReign]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

In today's Washington Post live chat:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2007/10/24/DI2007102402052.html?hpid=topnews

"I'd hit Tom Brady with everything I had as late as I could and take the penalty and join the fight that would surely follow."

Then he reiterates again...

"If I was on the other side my goal would have been for Brady to be helped off the field, by whatever means necessary."

When a questioner calls him out, he tries to backtrack...

"I'm saying football is a violent game and I believe in an eye for an eye. You think Sam Huff wouldn't have taken out Brady yesterday? And when I say "take out" I don't mean go for his knees; I mean a clean shot with every once of force one can summon...right in the strike zone. You think Butkus and LT and Bednarik would have stood for that stuff? No way. No chance."

No big deal...If I ever meet Wilbon, I'll hit him with every once of energy I can summon...so hard his wife & children will feel it. What is wrong with media types these days? Inciting violence?? What a jakcass!

 

[PATSNUTme]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

I saw a Redskins team that quit the game in the second half (with a couple of exceptions). Perhaps he should should focus on why a professional football team would quit and allow themselves to be stomped when they were said to be "only a couple of points away fromr being 6-0" entering the game.

 

[ColtinIraq]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

No big deal...If I ever meet Wilbon, I'll hit him with every once of energy I can summon...so hard his wife & children will feel it. What is wrong with media types these days? Inciting violence?? What a jakcass!

You mean like the EFF-you article!?!

 

[RobAllan]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

I saw a Redskins team that quit the game in the second half (with a couple of exceptions). Perhaps he should should focus on why a professional football team would quit and allow themselves to be stomped when they were said to be "only a couple of points away fromr being 6-0" entering the game.

This I agree with entirely.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Re: Wilbon endorses knocking out Brady thru dirty play

No big deal...If I ever meet Wilbon, I'll hit him with every once of energy I can summon...so hard his wife & children will feel it. What is wrong with media types these days? Inciting violence?? What a jakcass!

I love the unintended humor of irony

 

[Kdo5]

A couple people say we are hurting the integrity of the game and what not but if other teams try to aim at Brady's knees in order to win versus us, it goes to show who the real classless teams are.