NFL: Saints Bounty Thread

[AsylumGuido]

(09-02-2012 11:34 PM)Drathdon Wrote:  "Every single one of you, before you get off the pile, affect the head. Early, affect the head. Continue, touch and hit the head."


"We need to decide how many times we can bull rush and and we can f------ put Vernon Davis' ankles over the pile."

"He becomes human when we f------ take out that outside ACL."

So I suppose you'll tell us now that the "pile" comments mean Gore, as the head of the team, should be touched lightly to somehow steal his magic mojo through voodoo touch techniques, and "ankles over the pile" meant to be sure to tackle Davis in a way that would make him land on top (cushioning his fall with their own bodies... how kind!), and that taking out the ACL meant on a date, in that they would invite the ACL out to lunch, and humanize it so it would not want to beat them anymore?

You make excuses for everything, and not only can't see the forest for the trees, but cant see the beach for the sand.

He obviously meant hit Gore and continue to hit Gore throughout the game. I you actually think that is not the goal of every defense then you are incredibly naive. Your job is to inflict pain. To make that other player want to quit. It is not to intentionally try to injure a player. But, it is your job to HURT that other player. Anybody that has played the game at any level knows that. You may get squeamish over that, but that is status quo. It is and has always been part of the game and is far removed from bounties.

The Davis statement was in the same vein. I am not sure about the meaning of the Crabtree reference, but I seriously doubt it meant go tear up his knee because if it did they had ample opportunity and never did. Don't forget that the Saints had ZERO penalties called on them that game. They played about as clean a game as you could play.