Fujita rips ex-'fat punk kicker' teammate

[RS12]

08:05 AM ET 08.24 | Former Saints and current Browns linebacker Scott Fujita kicked a little sand in mask of a former teammate. Fujita explained to GQ in the magazine's annual preview issue that the seniority of the kicker factors into how much grief they take from teammates after a critical miss. Of course, he did so while revealing yet again how much disdain position players have for place-kickers in general. "Last December when I was with New Orleans, our fat punk kicker, Garrett Hartley, missed a game-winner and we lost for the second week in a row -- that was one of the times you want to grab a guy and tell him to [bug] off," Fujita said. "But Hartley was young, and I didn't want to mess him up for good, so I just bit my lip and said, 'Hey, man, don't worry about it -- it was a team loss,' which of course was a total lie."

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[63echo]

That's pretty crappy. I don't have much use for kickers and am not trying to defend Hartley (after all, it was a short kick he missed), but to say it wasn't a team loss is disingenuous and excuse making at its finest.

If the defense, which Fujita was a part of, didn't let the Bucs light them up for 400+ yards and come back from a 17 point deficit, maybe it wouldn't have had to come down to a last second kick.

 

[adbutcher]

:laugh2:

 

[arglebargle]

Guess who'd win a race between Fujita and the Buehler??

Buehler's probably a better special teamer as well.

 

[YosemiteSam]

He would tell Buehler the same thing, but for a different reason. Not because he didn't want to mess Buehler up for good, but because he didn't want Buehler to mess him up for good! :laugh2:

 

[TNCowboy]

That's pretty crappy.

Exactly. Calling out a teammate like this is pretty classless, especially when it would be just as easy to point the finger of blame at their D.

I think the Saints' D is fools gold. Their offense is the real deal, but they have a lot of JAGs on the other side of the ball.

 

[rantanamo]

They should make regular players do the punting and kicking like in Rugby or Aussie Rules. Would be interesting how the game would change.

 

[AmishCowboy]

Hartley was money in the NFC Championship game, were was Fujita's mouth then?

 

[the kid 05]

Guess who'd win a race between Fujita and the Buehler??

Buehler's probably a better special teamer as well.

Guess who'd win a [insert competitive event here] between Fujita and the Buehler??

I'll more then likely put my money on Buehler

 

[Hostile]

Oh I loved that. I freaking loved that.

Scott Fujita, you/re back in my good graces even though you are on the Clowns.

 

[Cover 2]

Fujita comes off as an *******.