Video: Aikman: Brooking overreacted, put in 'Crybaby' light by actions

[birdwells1]

it looks to me like Brooking is looking to see where Newman is so he doesn't step on him when he stood up. his foot looks to be on Newmans wrist in that photo.

That's what I see also. You just can't see Newman much in that shot.

 

[BIGDen]

It's always the cool, tough guy thing to say stuff like "Quit your whining!"
which is what many are saying. Another favorite of those people is "injuries are excuses" when we all know that losing key players to injury are reasons moreso than excuses.

I don't see it as "whining". The Vikings were classless to throw into the endzone when up by over 3 TDs with less that 2 minutes left. Aside from just unncessarily running up the score, which there was NO NEED for, it also put their QB at risk of injury (just stupid). There is no justifying it. Like Hos said, if you run it to keep the clock going in an attempt to get the 1st down - ok. Why throw it in the endzone? Come up with any nonsense reason you want, but there was no reason to do that.

Brooking saw this bush league action and let them know about it. By going right over to their sideline he showed balls, if anything.
Nobody wants to take the Cowboys side in the media and this was an opportunity for yet another criticism of a team that doesn't deserve half the crap it takes. I'm glad they proved almost everyone wrong this year.

Won big late.
Won the division.
Won in the playoffs.

What Brooking said was right and if the roles were reversed, the mediots would be all over the classless Cowboys and how "You just don't do that in the NFL...."

 

[FightingIrishman]

The only "Bush league action" came from Brooking. He has a history of poor, unsportsmanlike behavior; and I will even give him a pass on that really dumb "stomp in the face" song and dance he does before games.

 

[gaylemike]

2 points I'd like to make........

First......I think the Cowboys are the better team, it just wasn't their day, whether they didn't prepare right or what. The old saying any NFL team can beat another NFL team on a given day comes into play here because if the same team shows up that played Phily, Dallas is playing in NO instead of Minny.

Second......I do think that Brooking's assertion was correct it was a classless play but considering NO the day before had taken apart Arizona all the way around, Minny didn't want a letup and wanted their team to be able to dismantle our Cowboys similarly to what NO did to Arizona. That's the reason they didn't pull Fabre and set him up for injury, simply a gamble on their part. Throw out the reasoning that Dallas beat NO. It was a classless thing but a NEEDED MINDSET for Minny to beat NO tomorrow. Definite advantage for NO in NO, if they were playing in Minny tomorrow I'm not sure. I live in Saints territory and am a Cowboy fan FIRST but have to put up with the fans and TV exposure here in SE La.

P.S. About the players comments and their actions after the game. Most professionals are cordial and well wishing after the game, it's any comment from the fan similar to a Phily fan that puts the Minny fan into "PhilyMinny" class of fan.

 

[FightingIrishman]

2 points I'd like to make........

First......I think the Cowboys are the better team, it just wasn't their day,

um.... what?

That you Wade?

 

[BIGDen]

The only "Bush league action" came from Brooking. He has a history of poor, unsportsmanlike behavior; and I will even give him a pass on that really dumb "stomp in the face" song and dance he does before games.

Well we haven't seen the unsportsmanlike stuff you mention while he's been with Dallas. That Vikings play was unjustifiable. It WAS classless. There was NO reason to do it. Period. Favre should have gotten nailed on that play and all we'd be reading about it how dumb of a play it was - because it was completely UNNECESSARY. I would be saying the same thing if this were the Lions vs. the Bucs BTW. It was just a bush league play.

 

[gaylemike]

um.... what?

That you Wade?

um......and if it is?

 

[FightingIrishman]

Well we haven't seen the unsportsmanlike stuff you mention while he's been with Dallas.

Yeah you have. The falcons game is a great example. Brooking taunting the crowd doing some sort of bird flap thing with his arms when you had the game well in hand.

He did it in the corner of the endzone once and continued to do it behind the bench to the home crowd. That is just an example from this past year.

My point is, he should be the last person in the Cowboys locker-room to be calling anyone else out for being "classless" or "unsportsmanlike."

 

[wileedog]

Here's the thing, if Minny had run the ball and scored, I would have no problem with it. If they had thrown the ball to get the first down and we missed tackles and they scored, I would have no problem with it.

They threw it in the endzone, with under 2 minutes left, up by 24 points, and on 4th and 3. That, is what irks me. It isn't that they scored, it's that they intended to rub noses in it.

I will never respect that from any team.

Pretty much how I feel about it. Its worse to me that it was a play action pass considering everyone in the whole stadium thought they were going to run. It was intended to take advantage of the situation and score.

Its barely a step up from the Eagles faking taking a knee and then standing up to throw the bomb on us.

 

[Bleu Star]

Now hold on. Troy Aikman definitely says in this next clip that Brooking overreacted. But he didn't call him a 'crybaby'.

He merely states that the actions put him in that light...

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I didn't care about the Vikings throwng the ball. Wade was using his timeouts on that drive so the Vikes were still playing ball.

Besides, who cares if you lose 27-3 or 34-3. You still took a beating.

And I seem to remember Keith Brooking doing some similar stuff this season when the Cowboys played the Falcons and Brooking kept running near the Falcons sideline and barking to them about the Cowboys whipping up on them.

DC. I'm with you and Troy bro... Brooking was waay outta line. Sure. The Vikes could have just run the clock out but Broadway Wade wouldn't let them with his ridiculous timeout calls. Game over. Season over... Bad move by Brooking. Troy is on point.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Seriously, I'm not trying to be a mod here, but are we going to let these Skins fans trash up our threads now just because they hired a new coach? We know who the good Skins fans are who want to talk football. These guys are just trolling.

 

[Hostile]

The only "Bush league action" came from Brooking. He has a history of poor, unsportsmanlike behavior; and I will even give him a pass on that really dumb "stomp in the face" song and dance he does before games.

um.... what?

That you Wade?

Yeah you have. The falcons game is a great example. Brooking taunting the crowd doing some sort of bird flap thing with his arms when you had the game well in hand.

He did it in the corner of the endzone once and continued to do it behind the bench to the home crowd. That is just an example from this past year.

My point is, he should be the last person in the Cowboys locker-room to be calling anyone else out for being "classless" or "unsportsmanlike."

No response for me?

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3250386&postcount=40

Butt too sore from your whipping to dare?

 

[21Savage]

You don't know what they told Romo to do.

I do because in his post game PC he mentioned exactly what I'm talking about. That the coaches told him if that first option wasn't there he should just take a seat and not risk anything. :laugh1:

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Aikman is a nitwit as a commentator. I loved him when he played for us, but I hate him as a commentator, and dislike him as a person.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

No response for me?

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3250386&postcount=40

Butt too sore from your whipping to dare?

:laugh2:

 

[Hostile]

:laugh2:

The yellow stripe is supposed to be up the pants leg. His is right down the middle of his back.

 

[dcfanatic]

I see a linebacker being physical with a WR, I didnt see a personal foul so I dont know what you are crying about here???

Yea he had his arm on the guys back, but that is no different than a DE sitting on top of a QB after a sack and not getting up until an official walks over. This is not women's flag football here, this is a contact sport and I didnt see any personal fouls or taunting (which the Vikes were actually flag for in the game), so I ask again, "what are you crying about here"????

No one is crying in this thread.

It's just some friends discussing something.

The elbow to the head is Brooking being frustrated and it's the exact reason the ref jogs in to get him off of Berrian.

The point is that Brooking has done things, and every player in the NFL probably has at some point, that tests the 'sportsmanship' issue.

It's a very emotional game. Leave those emotions on the field.

Don't go into the locker room and keep complaining about it.

 

[dcfanatic]

I still want to know what Favre was doing in there considering the score at that time of the game???

27-3 with 2;00 min. left.

Something smells.

Exactly.

I wish one of the Cowboys had come off the edge and blasted him.

 

[Jimz31]

Does the WR have a problem with it? If he thought that Brooking was going over the top he would have done or said something after the play....but what does he do? He goes right to the huddle and does/says NOTHING to Brooking.

THAT is seeing more into it than there really is. He may not have even been putting much pressure on him FCOL.

EDIT: Not only that, he COULD have been sitting on hm as well. Look at Brooking's leg, he has to move it before he can even get up....

Talk about a mountain out of a molehill here.....

 

[dcfanatic]

Earlier in this thread you said this about the play below...

Yes, and we called a simple bootleg route and told Romo to eat the sack if there was nothing there and not try to force it. Romo wasn't throwing towards the end zone.

The point of the play was to get the first down and run the clock out, rather than putting your defense back on the field. We weren't trying to show up our opponent by making it 31-0.

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That's a bootleg? And Romo doesn't go down. He tries to avoid Parker and then slips down.

Then I said you had no idea what they told Romo to do on the play and you said the following...

I do because in his post game PC he mentioned exactly what I'm talking about. That the coaches told him if that first option wasn't there he should just take a seat and not risk anything. :laugh1:

And here's the only thing referenced in that post game to this play or that time in the game...

Romo post game - Jan 3rd

You my friend have been doing the following...

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:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: