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To: DukeBillie
The investigation was brought on after the playoffs when the Saints put big hits on both Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner and Vikings signal-caller Brett Favre.

I remember while watching both those games, particularly the game against the Cardinals, and thinking how I'd seldom seen a team go after quarterbacks the way the Saints were. I also thought some roughing penalties should have been called, especially the way they kept hitting Kurt Warner.

People can blabber about how football is a rough game, but games should be won by superior play and not by trying to injure opposing key players>

These penalties are appropriate and there should also be some penalties for the players involved. There was a story about how Peyton Mannings' initial neck injury happened after rough hits in a Redskins game when Williams was the defensive coordinator.

9 posted on 03/21/2012 10:38:03 AM PDT by Will88
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To: Will88
Plus, it's a garbage concept, as my friend says.

Real defenses know how to tackle.

Evolution and Extinction in New Orleans

19 posted on 03/21/2012 12:56:32 PM PDT by OddLane (If Lionel Hutz and Guy Smiley had a lovechild together, his name would be "Mitt Romney." -KAJ)
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To: Will88

“People can blabber about how football is a rough game, but games should be won by superior play and not by trying to injure opposing key players>”

I agree with you 100 percent.Don’t get me wrong, I know football is a rough game and I love that about it. But the football I started watching about 40 years ago involved a lot more tackling than what I see today. Now all they seem to be able to do is go for the big hit. It is becoming more thuggish every year.

I hope they dole out some harsh penalties for the players involved as well.


27 posted on 03/22/2012 11:01:36 AM PDT by crude77
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