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Originally Posted by Grog
I know its football and a ruff game, but I think hitting a quarterback hard every chance you get, in the hopes you will hurt him enough to drop his level of play is dirty football. It doesn't take much of a hit to drop them, most of the time they go down on their own. They don't protect themselves while trying to throw, or getting blind sided after the ball is released, like the one play. The announcers even said at the beginning of the game that the Saints coach learned this from a former coach he worked under. Anyway. I just thought it was a cruel game plan.
On another note, I think all the punching at the ball to cause a fumble is cheapening the game.
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Generally agree with this and if anything I think it is the more manly approach.
Making an effort to diminish a players ability vs. just stopping the play shows a total lack of respect for ones fellow players. It is the weaker play. IMO.