DMN Blog: T.O. says NFL's right to crack down on Roy

[zeromaster]

We need a "throwing under the bus" smilie.

 

[WoodysGirl]

We need a "throwing under the bus" smilie.

Gotta ask Juke. Hey says it's reserved for trickblue.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

T.O. is right and so is the NFL, you can't put players at greater risk of career threatening injuries! Some of you need to take your Cowboy blinders off and use your peanut brain...

 

[panchucko]

Did Crayton and TO say the exact same thing?
I really thought I saw Crayton saying this on NFLN yesterday

 

[Rack]

Is anyone tired of blog titles that go "So-and-so says..." and then you open it up to read it, and nowhere inside is there any part where "So-and-so says" what was promised in the title?

He begins by saying TO echoed Crayton's thoughts...well, Crayton said that he didn't think Roy should have been suspended. What a sham "reporting" is.

 

[aikemirv]

T.O. says NFL's right to crack down on Roy
1:22 PM Wed, Dec 19, 2007 | Permalink
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T.O., who had his leg snapped by a Roy Williams horse-collar tackle a few years ago, echoed Patrick Crayton's thoughts about the NFL suspending No. 31 for Saturday's game.

"When you have a rule put in place for you, then obviously you would think to police yourself as far as that type of tackle," T.O. said.

T.O. and Williams have become friends in the last couple years, hanging out occasionally and taking a trip to the NBA Finals together. T.O. said they have never discussed the play in Philly that resulted in him suffering a fractured ankle and torn ligaments -- and helped lead to the Roy Williams Rule.

"I don't hold any grudges or whatnot," T.O. said. "It happened, and I was able to come back from it. I know one guy, Tyrone Calico, he never really came back from it."

However, it is still a painful memory for T.O. He said seeing Williams horse-collar Donovan McNabb -- his third violation of the rule this season -- took his breath away and made him flash back to the excruciating pain he suffered that December 2004 day.

T.O. does not think Williams is a dirty player. He just thinks Williams needs to break a bad habit.

The Original 81 was pleased that the league put the rule in place to protect players. He's not happy that it could hurt the Cowboys this week, but he doesn't fault the NFL.

"He just has to find some way to either put himself in a better position to make plays or find other ways to tackle," T.O. said of Williams. "No matter what, if you get in a game-type situation, especially in a critical point in a game, to tackle somebody like that, you could obviously injure somebody or you could hurt the team as far as field position."

Mr Pot meet Mr Kettle!

 

[mr.jameswoods]

T.O. is right and so is the NFL, you can't put players at greater risk of career threatening injuries! Some of you need to take your Cowboy blinders off and use your peanut brain...

That's not the point. If I was Roy's teammate, i wouldn't say anything at all. If the media asked me about it, I wouldn't say anything. You can still disagree with your teammates tackle and discuss that with him in person. You shouldn't try to say that to the media which will embarrass him. TO is a great player but he has no class. Do you think Bill Bellichek would allow someone like Randy Moss to speak ill about one of his Patriot teammates in public? NO! Did any of the Patriots publicly state they shouldn't be recording other teams defensie signals Good teams protect their own in the public eye.

This is also an issue of solidarity and being a good teammate which TO isn't being. Sorry it's true

 

[CATCH17]

Im about ready to bite him

http://img.***BLOCKED***/albums/v210/zrinkill/Royhaters2.jpg

 

[Gemini Dolly]

I am on T.O. and P.C. side on this one. However, instead of airing it out to the media, just gang up on R.W. and tell him to quit horse collaring and starting playing some legal football. That, coupled with his suspension has to work.

 

[Doomsday101]

I am on T.O. and P.C. side on this one. However, instead of airing it out to the media, just gang up on R.W. and tell him to quit his ***** and starting playing some football. That, coupled with his suspension has to work.

Or they could do their own job and let the coaches deal with it after all that is why you hire coaches. Trying to encourage a teammate is one thing being overly critical can backfire

 

[FCBarca]

"When you have a rule put in place for you, then obviously you would think to police yourself as far as that type of tackle," T.O. said.

"I don't hold any grudges or whatnot," T.O. said. "It happened, and I was able to come back from it. I know one guy, Tyrone Calico, he never really came back from it."

And he's appealing???...Roy, you a clown yo

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

:laugh2: even some of his teammates won't back him up. get this guy outta here, jerry!

What should they have done? Pull a Clinton Portis "its Vick's backyard.. he can do what he wants"