Fair or not, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison is usually thought of as the poster-kid for the NFL’s new rules on helmet-to-helmet hits. So it wasn’t fully unexpected that the first player to be suspended under the much more stringent guidelines was Harrison.
Wyche: Next one particular will be longer
Harrison is now deemed a repeat offender by the league, a status that NFL.com’s Steve Wyche reports could earn him a substantial suspension in the future.
But it may raise some eyebrows that on the exact same day his one particular-game suspension was handed down for his helmet-to-facemask hit on Browns quarterback Colt McCoy, Harrison had a conversation with Jerome Bettis, who told ESPN’s “NFL Live” that Harrison isn’t going to alter his playing style.
“He told me he can’t,” Bettis stated when asked if Harrison would alter the way he plays, according to ProFootballTalk.com.
Bettis stated he “absolutely” thinks Harrison is probably to continue finding in difficulty for illegal hits, and that Harrison regarded as it “laughable” to be suspended over what he “felt was a very, quite little incident.”
“James mentioned that he’s concerned this will occur again and then there will be a larger suspension,” Bettis mentioned. “But he mentioned to me, ‘I’m not going to worry about it. I’m going to play my game. If they suspend me they suspend me, but I’m not going to alter the way I play football.’”
That stance isn’t likely to sit effectively with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, who was forced to sit in front of reporters Tuesday to address the suspension.
“He’s playing illegally, so he’s obtaining penalized,” Tomlin stated. “He’ll either have to adjust his method or boost his technique or he won’t be given an opportunity to.”
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Very good. The Steelers are a dirty team and everyone sees it. It’s just too poor that Large Ben has been able to get away with those rapes.
does anyone know how a lot Harrison has been fined THIS season? as far as I can keep in mind he seems to have changed his game to the rules this season
Commence the whining about becoming singled out.. Retirement threats and all.
Properly at first I thought “Good, he should be suspended” simply because that hit was terrible. Then I kept reading and saw he called Goodell a gay slur and mentioned he didn’t respect him.So now I’m unsure. I like Harrison now.
If u appear at THIS play only… He looked as a runner a threw a 4yrd flip. I can see how he cld b taken as a runner
Take away his testicles with finger nail clippers and cut his Achilles heels. Dilemma solved.
Harrison dipped his helmet, maybe an inch. McCoy is a runner when he breaks the pocket. I’m not even positive the hit really should have drawn a flag, let alone this ridiculous talk about a suspension.
Roethlisberger has taken FAR worse and not even drawn a flag. He just occurs to be as big as a linebacker, while McCoy is about the size of Peter Pan.
I comprehend that Harrison produced some comments concerning Goodell that had been much less than flattering nonetheless, he’s adapted to the existing set of rules and played the game significantly differently this year.
GO STEELERS!
So the NFL is gonna go following an innocent james Harrison rather of going right after a serial rapist on the very same team? Come on NFL get it together.
Impossible! James Harrison, a member of the classiest organization in sports, would never ever do something so…so classless.
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