hifigator
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Post by hifigator on Jan 20, 2009 13:32:45 GMT -5
I will defer to you, as you doubtlessly watched him many more times than I have. But in my limited viewing as a Cane, then a Bill and now a Raven, I haven't noticed the hesitancy which you suggest. Maybe he might try to outrun a guy instead of running him over every now and then, but honestly I haven't noticed that. And generally, I would think that such a tendency to try to avoid contact rather than meeting it head on, wouldn't really fit with the way he picked up the blitzes on Sunday. But again, I have probably seen a total of 4 Ravens games all season, so I wil take your word for it.
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RDF
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Post by RDF on Jan 20, 2009 15:11:16 GMT -5
McGahee hasn't run worth a damn the past 3 years--he's not just dancing--he doesn't hit a hole with any urgency--he just goes through motions. Case in point--the 3rd and 1 play he couldn't convert in First Half--where Woodley tackled him with his back facing McGahee and not knowing where he was--that was pathetic and a great back gets that yard if not more.
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Jan 20, 2009 15:57:40 GMT -5
It is beyond absurd that Clark is not being fined for his hit on McGahee (let alone penalized).
Leading with your helmet and helmet-to-helmet hits are SUPPOSED to be illegal in the NFL. This is a league that doesn't allow you to breathe hard on the quarterback, but doesn't take seriously these far more dangerous hits -- which are equally dangerous to the defender, by the way.
And this is not just bias. During the game I said that Bart Scott should be penalized twice for leading with his helmet. This should not be allowed, but we're going to see more and more concussions and neck injuries as long as the league continues to turn a blind eye to this sort of thing.
I should add that I don't think Clark MEANT to drive his helmet into McGahee. It did look like he was trying to turn his body. But intention shouldn't matter, except possibly with the size of the fine. What you do matters, not what you meant to do.
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Post by williambraskyiii on Jan 20, 2009 16:18:59 GMT -5
Or Boz, in other words, it isn't what you are underneath...it's what you do that defines you.
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