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The consequences to Gronk are beside the point. It's not about a given player being "punished enough" or not. It's about whether the punishment is enough to sufficiently deter an unwanted behavior without being absolutely unjust.one game.....makes it impossible for Gronk to maximize his performance bonuses and will cost him a ton of money........that will be more than sufficient
Bingo. And that's already Peter "Direct line from Goodell" King's talking point today (well, minus the "pretend", of course).
He deliberately targeted a defenseless player after the play was over and hit him in the head. With all the fury in the league these days about head contact, 1 game would be incredibly lenient.He SHOULD get a hefty fine. I would be able to live, grudgingly, with a one game suspension. I FEAR he'll get more than that because the league has no problem imposing stiff penalties on the Pats when they've done nothing wrong. Here there is clear evidence that a Pats player did something wrong, even though it's a first offense from a player not known to do these things.
Defenseless player? That dude had been holding him all game. So **** that dude. He can be dropped off a plane over North Korea. That stupid **** got a cheap interception on BradyHe deliberately targeted a defenseless player after the play was over and hit him in the head. With all the fury in the league these days about head contact, 1 game would be incredibly lenient.
Are you actually a fan of the Patriots? You don't seem like you are.He deliberately targeted a defenseless player after the play was over and hit him in the head. With all the fury in the league these days about head contact, 1 game would be incredibly lenient.
He deliberately targeted a defenseless player after the play was over and hit him in the head. With all the fury in the league these days about head contact, 1 game would be incredibly lenient.
I'm a fan of the Patriots, but I'm not a blind homer. I believe strongly in the Patriot Way, and what Gronk did is a betrayal of the Patriot Way. It was selfish, immature, unprofessional and it hurt the team. He did not Do His Job. Bill isn't protecting Gronk here for what he did and I'm gonna take my cue from him.Are you actually a fan of the Patriots? You don't seem like you are.
He deliberately targeted a defenseless player after the play was over and hit him in the head. With all the fury in the league these days about head contact, 1 game would be incredibly lenient.
BS
alonzo purposefully hit a sliding QB (who is down as soon as he slides; rule #1) and lowered his shoulder and targeted the head (rule #2)....he took 4 steps after flacco showed his intention to slide, and made no effort to pull up, and clearly, without a shadow of a doubt went for the head......these are two major, point of emphasis player safety rules he purposefully ignored, and he knocked flacco out of the game and put him into concussion protocol......he received a $9k fine
gronk broke one rule: late hit after the whistle......there is no way you can say he 'targeted the head', a 270lb guy puts a shoulder into your back and your head is going to bounce off the turf......but to say he targeted the head just isn't reality
it was dumb, it was stupid, it was a loss of control........but to even put it into the same class as the Alonso hit is ludicrous......the NFL has been making new rules on a nearly yearly basis to protect QB's and to protect the heads of defenseless players, and Alonso purposefully ignored them......
i know the NFL has little integrity and consistency these days, but calling for multiple games is laughable.....
I'm a fan of the Patriots, but I'm not a blind homer. I believe strongly in the Patriot Way, and what Gronk did is a betrayal of the Patriot Way. It was selfish, immature, unprofessional and it hurt the team. He did not Do His Job. Bill isn't protecting Gronk here for what he did and I'm gonna take my cue from him.
Besides, I bet we still win those games Gronk or no Gronk. We have the GOAT coach and the GOAT QB. We've got this.
I'm not a blind homer either, but calling for a multiple game suspension of Gronk by you and several others is a head scratcher for me.I'm a fan of the Patriots, but I'm not a blind homer. I believe strongly in the Patriot Way, and what Gronk did is a betrayal of the Patriot Way. It was selfish, immature, unprofessional and it hurt the team. He did not Do His Job. Bill isn't protecting Gronk here for what he did and I'm gonna take my cue from him.
Besides, I bet we still win those games Gronk or no Gronk. We have the GOAT coach and the GOAT QB. We've got this.
I didn't say he targeted the head. I said he targeted a defenseless player, with contact to the head. That is bad enough, especially with all the concerns about concussions and CTE these days. They're going to throw the book at him, the only question is whether or not you're OK with that. Sincve what he did was absolute chicken****, I'm OK with it.