Your idiocy baffles me. Ray Lewis has managed to play the game, play it like a man, like someone who opponents fear, and for over a decade now, but without the ******** headhunting that Harrison so ignorantly continues to feel the need to do. He's a scumbag plain and simple. If he were on my team, I'm sure I'd feel somewhat differently. But I'd still be objective enough to realize that his actions are 1) illegal per the rules 2) unnecessary in making the tackle in a manner that is still downright violent and effective and 3) extremely threatening to the long-term health of the players upon whom he inflicts such pain.
Know what the **** you're talking about before you make ignorant comments. The 1986 Bengals players have a 44% memory loss rate and given the increased "athleticism" of players over the last 10-20 years, rates like these are only likely to go up unless rules are put into place to protect unnecessary head trauma. Somehow every other NFL player manages to make tackles, many of which are violent at times, without the deliberate head to head contact.
I'll respond to you in a civil manner and I ask that you do the same. Lets remember, we're on a board to discuss issues, not make personal attacks.
Lets be clear on this, James Harrison has earned his reputation. He has in the past, taken cheap shots. One of the most obvious was his attack against Vince Young when he was with the Titans.
However, just like Rasheed Wallace was in the NBA, Harrison is now the target of the refs. His hit against McCoy was going to be ugly. McCoy was running but made no attempt really to juke or avoid Harrison. Harrison's job is to stop the QB. Two forces moving in opposite directions at good speeds is going to be ugly. Had Harrison gone low, Colt could have suffered a much serious injury. If Harrison turns his shoulders in order to hit Colt he
A. Gives Colt a running lane/by turning his shoulders he leaves himself vulnerable to be juked.
B. If he connects, Colt is still going to be demolished. Don't run straight into a big DE who has a running start.
In all this discussion, you're the only person I've seen or heard, that has seemingly called Harrison's hit as headhunting or dirty.
Lets watch the hit and let others decide, shall we?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfFW-Yezv0k
Also, there's a big difference between a DE who is constantly exposed to hitting QBs and a middle-linebacker. It's a lot easier to see a hit made by a DE who beats the TE, Tackle, and/or RB and is then one on one with the QB and a backer who can make all the illegal hits he wants in dogpiles among a bunch of other linemen. It's not always true, I'll show you a video of Brian Urlacher being called for H2H.... But I think the league is going overboard with this. There are going to be be hits, nasty hit, in football. Some people are going to have concussions, be injured, and suffer through health problems. It's football.
Lastly, I don't think you can defend that the league hasn't gone overboard with this roughing the passer nonsense.
For every illegal hit there are at least 10 bogus calls.
Please, I ask you to defend these calls:
[url[/MEDIA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypxacviNMBQ[/url]
[url[/MEDIA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWQbI_z4wiA[/url]
