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Thread: Ed Reed suspended 1 game
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11-20-2012, 06:34 PM #217
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11-20-2012, 07:02 PM #218
Re: Ed Reed suspended 1 game
Excellent! I'm surprised and glad we dodged this bullet.
Right. He did used to tackle better. I'm not saying he was trying to go head-to-head here. He's never been a headhunter or dirty player before; it's absurd to think in the December of his career he'd suddenly become something he wasn't.
Just because he didn't *try* to commit a flagrant foul doesn't mean he didn't *do* it.
Regardless, as far as I'm concerned, the league gave him a pass (possibly because, in the long arc of his career, this was a relatively isolated incident), so we move on.Festivus
His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
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11-20-2012, 10:48 PM #219
Re: Ed Reed suspended 1 game
In so many of the helmet to helmet hits - the O player turns his head (knowingly or unknowlingly) to bring about the H-H contact. Should we start flagging the O player also?
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11-20-2012, 10:50 PM #220Veteran Poster
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11-21-2012, 01:19 AM #221
Re: Ed Reed suspended 1 game
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11-21-2012, 10:08 AM #222Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: Ed Reed suspended 1 game
IMHO, I think the Ravens reputation as a first class organization played a hand in Cottrell's decison to lift the suspension. I also take issue with Cottrell's use of the word "egregious" in his letter to Ed and that is something Ed is not when he plays the game.
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Re: Ed Reed suspended 1 game
I really wish he would've taken his good fortune and gone back to work instead of telling the media "if you want to stop concussions, stop the game". Lesson not learned
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Re: Ed Reed suspended 1 game
This comes down to trying to make an example of Ed Reed and to announce the league's new "standard of safety."
When did the league announce a "3 strikes and you're out" policy?
They didn't that I'm aware of.
And to count those strikes over the course of a career? Ridiculous.
NOW they have set a precedent.
Now anytime there's a high hit, espn analysts are going to have their researchers looking up how many times the defensive player has done it, been fined and speculate if they will be suspended.
All so the NFL can cover their behinds for the upcoming concussion lawsuits.
Even with the reduction and 50k fine, this was a complete bs move by the league.
The leauge is trying to CYA and implement a new law and wanted to announce it via a future HOF member, Ed Reed.
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