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Hines Ward Calls Out the NFL - mdrake34 - 12-01-2010 05:09 PM
ESPN.com
PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward has lashed out at the NFL for what he calls its hypocritical stance on many issues, including player safety.
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He says the league suddenly is emphasizing player safety only because it wants to expand to an 18-game season.
Ward predicted Wednesday that a team will lose a game -- possibly in the playoffs -- because an official will make an incorrect call simply because he fears being disciplined by the league if he doesn't throw a flag.
Ward said there is considerable confusion around the league because players no longer know what hit is legal and what isn't. He also said the Steelers won't change their playing style to adopt to the ever-shifting rules, even if they keep getting fined.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press
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How long before Herr Fuhrer Gooddell fines Ward? I say by tomorrow.
RE: Hines Ward Calls Out the NFL - RFlagg - 12-01-2010 05:12 PM
(12-01-2010 05:09 PM)mdrake34 Wrote: ESPN.com
PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward has lashed out at the NFL for what he calls its hypocritical stance on many issues, including player safety.
AFC North blog
Walker ESPN.com's James Walker writes about all things AFC North in his division blog.
• Blog network: NFL Nation
He says the league suddenly is emphasizing player safety only because it wants to expand to an 18-game season.
Ward predicted Wednesday that a team will lose a game -- possibly in the playoffs -- because an official will make an incorrect call simply because he fears being disciplined by the league if he doesn't throw a flag.
Ward said there is considerable confusion around the league because players no longer know what hit is legal and what isn't. He also said the Steelers won't change their playing style to adopt to the ever-shifting rules, even if they keep getting fined.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press
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How long before Herr Fuhrer Gooddell fines Ward? I say by tomorrow.
I actually agree with Hines on this one. At some point, the league is going to have to let them play.
It's funny, Harrison gets fined for hits every week, yet Seymour decks Big Ben after the play, no suspension. And we've all seen what happened between Johnson & Finnegan. The league is hypocritical, the big hits are what bring in the fans and the revenue, yet the NFL claims they don't like the big hits. Yeah, I'll believe that when my shit turns purple and smells of rainbow sherbet.
RE: Hines Ward Calls Out the NFL - Peyton - 12-01-2010 05:28 PM
Nobody will ever accuse Hines Ward of being afraid to tell it likes he sees it.
Or being afraid on the field. I read a great article today where he was joking about how much the Ravens hate him because he is always jacking them up with huge blocks.
Probably the toughest WR ever.
RE: Hines Ward Calls Out the NFL - Tandy - 12-01-2010 05:40 PM
(12-01-2010 05:28 PM)Peyton Wrote: Nobody will ever accuse Hines Ward of being afraid to tell it likes he sees it.
Or being afraid on the field. I read a great article today where he was joking about how much the Ravens hate him because he is always jacking them up with huge blocks.
the toughest WR ever.
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RE: Hines Ward Calls Out the NFL - raysnill1 - 12-01-2010 05:46 PM
(12-01-2010 05:28 PM)Peyton Wrote: Probably the toughest WR ever.
Hines Ward is a linebacker that catches passes on offense
RE: Hines Ward Calls Out the NFL - Flip Wilson - 12-01-2010 05:49 PM
Doesn't it seem like eons ago since Hines Ward played at Georgia? What is he...like...50?
RE: Hines Ward Calls Out the NFL - Peyton - 12-01-2010 05:58 PM
[/u]Cook: Steelers' Ward looking forward to Ravens
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
By Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Peter Diana/Post-GazeteSteelers wide receiver Hines Ward on facing the Ravens: "It's the one game you circle."
Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward says he's the most hated man in Baltimore and he has the names of his enemies to prove it. It is a long list of former or current Ravens: Rod Woodson. Tony Siragusa. Chris McAlister. Corey Fuller. Bart Scott. Ed Reed. Terrell Suggs.
Now, apparently, you can add another name.
John Harbaugh.
"I don't think their head coach likes me," Ward said the other day. "I tried to shake his hand before we played them the last time. He gave me a fake handshake. He didn't even look at me. That's fine. Whatever."
You should have seen Ward grin. It's Baltimore week, one of his two favorite weeks of the year. You know his other favorite, right? The other Baltimore week.
The more enemies, the better.
"It's not the Super Bowl, but it's going to have a playoff feel to it," Ward said of the Steelers' hair-pull with the Ravens Sunday night in Baltimore. "The hitting will be the hardest in any game all year. It's the one game you circle. Prime time. They'll be dressed in all black. The last man standing ... "
If it's Ward, he'll be talking. One of the best nights of his career came when the Steelers went into Baltimore in the 2008 season and beat the Ravens, 13-9. Did he ever give an earful to Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis and safety Reed after that game. "There is nothing like beating Baltimore in their house," he said that night. Of course, Ward had to take it big time from Lewis in October after the Ravens' 17-14 win at Heinz Field. "They deserved to talk that day. They won," Ward said. "You don't want 'em to talk, don't let 'em beat you."
That's Ward's plan Sunday night. If the Steelers do win, he figures to play a huge role with a big catch or a big block or maybe just by driving Lewis, Reed and linebacker Terrell Suggs crazy. It seems as if he's always doing something to annoy the Ravens.
"Ray and I are OK. We have the same agent," Ward said. "But the other guys? We're not so cool. Ed and I have seen each other at the Pro Bowl and we didn't even speak."
Other players have added to the lunacy of the Steelers-Ravens rivalry. Steelers linebacker Joey Porter went to the Ravens' bus after a game and called out Lewis to fight. Scott, a former Ravens linebacker, put a hard hit on Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, then bragged about feeling the air rushing out of Roethlisberger's body. Siragusa, a former Ravens nose tackle, suggested Baltimore fans follow Steelers fans into the rest rooms and beat the heck out of them.
But, more often than not, Ward has been in the middle of all the hatred.
That goes back to the 2001 season when Ward popped the Hall of Famer Woodson with a block, bloodying his nose and prompting him to swear to get even. Before the teams' next game, Ward revealed the Ravens had a bounty out on him and fellow receiver Plaxico Burress. "[Former Steelers teammate] Hank Poteat came to us at breakfast. His sister goes with one of the Ravens. She had told him. ... The first one to knock one of us out of the game got the pot."
In the '05 season, McAlister, a former Ravens cornerback, left no doubt how he felt about Ward. "A [bleep]," he called him. Not much room for misinterpretation there.
In the '07 season, Ward hit Scott and Reed so hard with blocks that Scott threatened to "kill" him. The next season, Suggs went on a national radio show and admitted the Ravens had a bounty on Ward and Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall. "Hines Ward is definitely a dirty player, a cheap-shot artist," Suggs said.
Ward's reaction to all of this the other day? "I don't know why they don't like me. I just play football."
It's nice to think Ward won't be involved in another controversy Sunday night, at least not one with his team. When the Steelers played in Baltimore last season, Roethlisberger sat out with concussion symptoms from a hit the week before in Kansas City. The Steelers lost, 20-17, in overtime with Dennis Dixon at quarterback, prompting Ward to all but call out Roethlisberger on national television, saying he would have played with a concussion.
The good news is that Ward and Roethlisberger have made up. The same can't be said of Ward and Scott. "Oh, no, he hates me the most," Ward said, grinning again.
In the Steelers' win at Baltimore in '08, Ward peeled back to block Scott only to go over top of him when Scott ducked. "They put a bounty on me and then he ducks!" Ward crowed afterward. Of course, Scott responded before the Steelers beat the Ravens in the AFC championship game that season. "His time will come. He'll get his," he said of Ward.
Scott, who has moved on to the New York Jets, probably has Dec. 19 circled. That's the day the Jets play the Steelers at Heinz Field. But Scott will have to get in line for a shot at Ward. The Ravens have him lined up this week. Then, the Cincinnati Bengals play at Heinz Field Dec. 12. They haven't liked Ward since he broke linebacker Keith Rivers' jaw with a crushing block in the '08 season.
I'm guessing Ward will show up for all of the games.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10335/1107242-87.stm#ixzz16tq8G6Gd
RE: Hines Ward Calls Out the NFL - juraitwaluzka - 12-01-2010 07:13 PM
Quote:In the '05 season, McAlister, a former Ravens cornerback, left no doubt how he felt about Ward. "A [bleep]," he called him. Not much room for misinterpretation there.
I would be so mad if I was called a [bleep].
RE: Hines Ward Calls Out the NFL - TankWorkman - 12-01-2010 07:59 PM
Boo F'n Hoo!
WE, the Season Ticket Holders pay a good portion of their F'n Salary, and WE get screwed with 4 preseason games....
THEY, for the most part, are Millionaires!
THEY, for the most part, play less than 30 minutes in a regular season game.
MOST positions have backups that swap out when they get 'tired'....I'll give an exception to this for the O-Line....so, up the head count to 58, and add more to the active game limit so they O-Line can swap out too.
F'n rich cry babies.... boo f'n hoo!
RE: Hines Ward Calls Out the NFL - Koyukon - 12-02-2010 12:30 AM
What about when it stops being fines and starts being suspensions? Are they going to keep "playing like Pittsburgh?"