Ive heard a lot of you guys saying in response to the Pats running up the score that you didnt have a problem with but the Pats shouldnt complain when other teams start taking cheap shots at knees and trying to hurt other players. That doesnt make sense to me, the Pats shouldnt have to fear injury because the score to many points. Do you seriously believe that the Pats putting a lot of points on the boards deserves dirty hits from other players?
2007-10-30 06:56:28 · 18 answers · asked by pauk M 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Id agree, if the Pats are stupid and leave Brady in and he happens to become injured thats one thing. But say after a play is over some pissed off player runs over and illegally smacks tom brady for running up the score. Is that wrong or do the Pats deserve it.
2007-10-30 07:07:42 · update #1
What goes around comes around.
Intentionally running up the score can be viewed as dirty. Why did the Pats have their starters in late in the 4th quarter going for it on 4th down or throwing deep? If they had the backups in and were still scoring hey no big deal. You might need to rely on those guys some day. Letting them in the game will be good for them and the team long term.
I don't think intentionally hurting someone is ever right. There is probably some guy on the bench somewhere who nobody has heard of. He would be the talk of the NFL and really go unpunished (suspending a guy who doesn't even play). He might take that chance.
Bill Rominoski (sp?) intentionally broke Dave Meggets finger going for a fumble. It was in last months Maxim.
2007-10-30 07:43:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, so far this season in just about every game the Colts have played in there have been serious injuries to key players of the opposing team. But they where all clean hits! You should do whatever you can to make the play! If you wrap a guy up by his knees I see no problem with that. If you pick the quarterback up off the ground and slam him to the turf; well thats simply uncalled for! It is reall tough sometimes to determine whether or not someone is trying to take a cheap shot at you! This is a physical game so, those things are hard to know outside the obvious things like stepping on a players head or trying to poke an eye out.
2007-10-30 14:07:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Do they deserve it? No. Will it happen? Yes.
In football, there is an unwritten code that says that you don't humiliate a team by intentionally running up scores on them. That doesn't mean that when you are up in the 4th quarter by 30 points that you just take a knee 3 times and then punt, but it does mean that you slow down the game. Run the football without passing - stop going for it on 4th down, and for pete's sake, put in your 2nd string players.
The fact is that even though it is wrong to do so, opposing players will indeed begin taking shots at Tom Brady and the other starters if they continue to blatantly run up scores. The fact is that when Bellichick leaves them in late in the game while he has a commanding lead, it does nothing but embarrass and humiliate the opponent, and when those things come into play reason goes out the window.
2007-10-30 14:10:26 · answer #3 · answered by kitchens68 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Whether is right or wrong depends on your opinion. As for teams getting fed up, I'm pretty sure all the teams remaining on the Patriots schedule are aware of what is happeing with the Patriots running up the score. Expect some retaliation if the Patriots keep playing with fire.
2007-10-30 14:33:07 · answer #4 · answered by hardcoco 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it doesn't deserve dirty shots. The problem is injuries happen randomly. If the game is realisitically over why risk injuries. The Pats without Brady might lose the 1st round of the playoffs
2007-10-30 14:02:19 · answer #5 · answered by Bruce Tzu 5 · 4⤊ 4⤋
dirty shots deserve nothing, if the teams want to be poor sportsmanship and play the dirty cheap shot card well i dont have nothing for them, the pats are just playing great ball if the score rises well they r paid professionals and if they dont like it well their def should step up and play better not the pats fault they are clicking, heck even the back ups are scoring at will, cowboy up i say its a paid sport, they r doing their jobs like it or not
2007-10-30 14:07:59 · answer #6 · answered by PartyNaked® 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
It is VERY WRONG and makes me ill to my tummy listing to people talk about hoping this happens to Tom Brady!
I do not like Peyton Manning but never would i wish harm upon him !
2007-10-30 14:10:55 · answer #7 · answered by KittyCatFishApe 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Putting up points is what a team is supposed to do. Regardless of the score the game isn't over till the final whistle blows, not when a team reaches a certain amount of points.
2007-10-30 14:10:15 · answer #8 · answered by pinknlos 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
its not wrong it is dead wrong. these players have families. you hit the wrong way the families suffer, the player does. the whole concept of trying to hurt a player intentionally is wrong. I remeber when my dad a years back broke his leg and my whole family waqs in disarray trying to take care of him. Maybe no the same thing but if you have to have an operation there is always that chance you wont wake up. My freinds mother had knee surgery and they found a blood clot that traveled to her heart and exploded and she died. so just the wrongful attempt to put someone out for the season or possibly their career is just stupid.
2007-10-30 14:03:34 · answer #9 · answered by punk in drublic 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Normally yes but for the Patriots I will make an exception.
2007-10-30 14:21:15 · answer #10 · answered by satcomgrunt 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋