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Multiple national shows on ESPN and Fox today talking about this (not his or Pats play) with everyone of them labeling Mac a dirty player. Every show had a former player labeling the play and Mac dirty and said retaliation is a real thing.

That basically cements his reputation at least until he proves otherwise. Perception once set is very hard to change.
 
Sure, the kick to the Bear's players balls was dirty - (even if he had the precise skill to land that kick exactly in the spot)
But, overall, he's exerting the little bit of extra vengeance against guys that pound him all day when he slides.
I wish he would have been "dirty" to Chandler when he could have saved the loss against the Raiders.
At least Mac cares about winning
The Refs could have still have awarded the Raiders the TD for a cheap shot.

Its rare to see, but nothing surprises me anymore.
 
I don't even mind the way he left that game; it's his continuous failure to be physical or even try to be when the time Really calls for him to be physical that pisses me off about him.
I wish that he would make 50% of the pass plays that are there to be executed. Sometimes the defense wins the down and other times the offense has the right play called. Convert those plays.

This would be a Bill Parcells Giants Super Bowl team with decent QB play.
 
Not really. Did you ever play? Getting taken out unexpectedly at the knees like that is a dirty play. Mac Jones is a dirty player.

Eli Apple was far enough not to expect it, either.

Players around the league are taking notice. Will the league office once its common knowledge of a bounty to hurt the Patriots QB? I doubt it judging by the bad calls going against the Patriots.
He prevented Eli Apple from making the tackle on his teammate. That play was dirty and stupid.
 
Do you know how momentum and stiff-arms work?
Momentum doesn't work so well when not only are you not pursuing but you're leaning backward.

I think a lot of QB were taught to take someone down by taking out the ankles….Mac was a little high on the hit here….but you are right Brady, Rodgers and many QB have been doing this move for years until made illegal
This isn't true. Mac cuts down a player who's going to be of no consequence to the outcome of the play. It was unnecessary and dirty. Show me one time Brady or Rodgers has pulled a stunt like that in their careers.
 
None of this stuff will matter much if he just, you know, plays better.

It's like in Bull Durham: "if you win 20 in the show, you can let the fungus grow back on your shower shoes and the press will think you're colorful. Until you win 20 in the Show, it means you're a slob."
 
Darius Slay doesn't get to say ****. Guy was on twitter hyping up Derwin James hit last night

Torrey Smith, ex-****bird player, Who cares what he thinks, he shared a locker room with a murderer, woman beater and a few dirty players (e.g. Bernard Pollard)


The other one I saw was Ryan Clark, guy was a ****bag headhunter. No room to talk.


When the NYFL tried to limit those cheap head shots the most vocal team against it was the Steelers. The players and head coach whined about it constantly. It's ironic that the victim of that type of hit, Ryan Shazier, was a Steeler making a tackle.

That Welker play is almost identical to the Tatum hit that ended Darryl Stingley's career and eventually his life. The ball was not anywhere near Welker and Clark launched into him the same way. Until the NYFL starts to severely punish players for those type of hits they will continue.
 
When the NYFL tried to limit those cheap head shots the most vocal team against it was the Steelers. The players and head coach whined about it constantly. It's ironic that the victim of that type of hit, Ryan Shazier, was a Steeler making a tackle.

That Welker play is almost identical to the Tatum hit that ended Darryl Stingley's career and eventually his life. The ball was not anywhere near Welker and Clark launched into him the same way. Until the NYFL starts to severely punish players for those type of hits they will continue.
That hit on Welker looks really bad but it's at least somewhat in the flow of the play. Still a cheap shot, and probably would be a disqualification today, but seemly Clark's intent was to line Welker up for a shot after a reception. Once the ball gets tipped, Welker just looks like a free runner, but he was the intended receiver and Clark had a split second to pull up (which he didn't). What I getting at is Mac's cut on Apple in a way was worse, a dirtier cheap shot.
 
That hit on Welker looks really bad but it's at least somewhat in the flow of the play. Still a cheap shot, and probably would be a disqualification today, but seemly Clark's intent was to line Welker up for a shot after a reception. Once the ball gets tipped, Welker just looks like a free runner, but he was the intended receiver and Clark had a split second to pull up (which he didn't).
I don't disagree with many of your takes but this is one of them.

Clark, like Tatum, knew that the ball was gone and had plenty of time. Clark, like Tatum, also had the opportunity to avoid going for the head even if it was caught. Both of them knowingly went for the cheap head shot.
 
Mac is now enemy #1 across the rest of the NFL, I kinda dig it.
And he stands by what he does as trying to help the team win. He’s got balls. I love it.

He can't be a childish noodle-armed wimp and dirty malevolent badass all at once. The haters have a choice to make.
 
Eli Apple after retirement will go into the league office. Assist Troy Vincent.

It’s all good.
 
I don’t want to say this too loud, but our wide receiver coaching is bad. Bad.

I love Troy Brown as a person— loved him as a player— but it’s not happening.
Wasn't Troy the WR coach along with Mike Lombardi last season when Sunshine was a Pro Bowl QB?

Brown is also the kick returners coach, so there's that.
 
When the NYFL tried to limit those cheap head shots the most vocal team against it was the Steelers. The players and head coach whined about it constantly. It's ironic that the victim of that type of hit, Ryan Shazier, was a Steeler making a tackle.

Yep, and sorry Not sorry but I found it sweetly poetic that the thug Shazier had his career ended because he tried to spear an opposing player... F uck him.

I ****ing despised Bob Sanders for the very same ****ing reason... Too bad that azzhole isn't paralyzed as well.
 
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