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BigKen
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Thought I'd take this to a thread of it's own rather than seeing it continue in the "Defense" thread.
The 'Hit". No question that the hit on the Bills' White was unnecessary and cheap. Gronk apologized and said that there's no place for it and he was sorry and it wasn't just the frustration of White holding him and punching him. It's the frustration of every defender in the game holding him, pushing him and grabbing his shirt and being called for offensive pass interference for pushing a denfender's hand from his shirt.
In an interview after the game Gronk outright said that he's become extremely frustrated with officiating over the past game, season and last 7 years of games. He said that he has to push guys off on nearly every play because his arms are grabbed, and on every play, the defender is grabbing his shirt and just holding on for dear life. Then he dropped the bomb,......It's now acceptable defense for anyone to grab and hold him, wrap their arms around him as long as they don't spin him, and grab his arm trying to catch a pass.
The Bills want him suspended for the remainder of the season and I'm sure that as soon as the film clip gets shown 4000 times this week, the 31 other teams in the league will want the same thing.
Should he be suspended? Absolutely not. The hit was cheap and wrong, but Suh, Burfict and others have done much, much worse and only been fined less than $25,000. If I was Gronk and they suspended me, I'd sue the NFL for $1T and request that the judge sanction the league schedule until the case was heard and decided. No NFL games until the case is tried and decided by a jury. The way the U.S. Court system works, that kill NFL games until what? 2020....2021??
The 'Hit". No question that the hit on the Bills' White was unnecessary and cheap. Gronk apologized and said that there's no place for it and he was sorry and it wasn't just the frustration of White holding him and punching him. It's the frustration of every defender in the game holding him, pushing him and grabbing his shirt and being called for offensive pass interference for pushing a denfender's hand from his shirt.
In an interview after the game Gronk outright said that he's become extremely frustrated with officiating over the past game, season and last 7 years of games. He said that he has to push guys off on nearly every play because his arms are grabbed, and on every play, the defender is grabbing his shirt and just holding on for dear life. Then he dropped the bomb,......It's now acceptable defense for anyone to grab and hold him, wrap their arms around him as long as they don't spin him, and grab his arm trying to catch a pass.
The Bills want him suspended for the remainder of the season and I'm sure that as soon as the film clip gets shown 4000 times this week, the 31 other teams in the league will want the same thing.
Should he be suspended? Absolutely not. The hit was cheap and wrong, but Suh, Burfict and others have done much, much worse and only been fined less than $25,000. If I was Gronk and they suspended me, I'd sue the NFL for $1T and request that the judge sanction the league schedule until the case was heard and decided. No NFL games until the case is tried and decided by a jury. The way the U.S. Court system works, that kill NFL games until what? 2020....2021??