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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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I could not disagree more. In football, every hit must be made with 100% intensity. As long as it is legal, don't hold back ever.
I watched our son play this year and yes there were a few times he took some hard hits - one time a kid speared him and another he meet helmet to helmet. Seeing you son in pain is about as awful as it gets but talking to him after he said this "Dad, thats the game. If I didn't think I could take it I would play Flag Football."
These guys are getting paid millions. They better hit. Thats the game.