@patpatriotagain: Yes you can. It is a penalty, but you can do it. But it is not a punch!

@tritan306, call me all the names you like, your wrong.

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Hey Cortland…..Denver’s Chris Kuper is laughing his butt off at that comment you hypocrite.

Dumbasses ……

Finnegan punches Johnson in the chin to start the play:

Here’s a good link to the play in slo motion:

You can actually see Johnson’s head snap back from the blow.

Finnegan than continues to push through Johnson until Johnson grabs his facemask and rips his helmet off. Johnson then grabs Finnegans shoulder pads and tries to rip him to the ground.

Finnegan than grabs a hold of Johnson’s facemask and throws his helmet to mid field, and boy that’s where he went wrong. Not only did he piss off Johnson, he also turned his back on the man he was fighting.

This is where it gets interesting. Johnson then clocks him in the side of the head while simultaneously driving his face into the turf. Ouch.

He then pauses, and releases a forearm shiver to the side of Finnegan’s head, followed by an uppercut to the chest, all while the Ref is dancing around like a 5 year old waiting for the pinata to bust.

After the ref pulls a thoroughly satisfied Johnson away Finnegan starts to talk crap again.

It took 1 player talking to Johnson to restrain him. It took several refs and several players to restrain Finnegan.

Finnegan deserved it. He clocked Johnson right in the chin. Watch the video above.

Oh, and Tiger, no I didn’t see that play. But if Johnson ran up to Finnegan and ripped his helmet off on it, then that’s one thing. But if it occurred in the course of play, then this is football, and helmets have been known to come off.

And as far as throwing punches. Watch the clip above. Finnegan hit him square in the chin.

Where did this gentlemen’s rule of not throwing punches to a player not wearing a helmet come from? You sound like a NASCAR driver.

If I’m going to hit a guy, I’m not going to break my hand hitting his helmet. That’s just absurd.

If you are defending Finnegan you are an absolute moron.. plan and simple.
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When you make a statement like that, it’s pretty clear who the absolute moron is. No one is defending Finnegan, I’m no freakin’ Titans fan either, but I am an NFL fan and wouldn’t condone this behavior from any player on the team I support, period. No player has the right to rip another players helmet off and start nailing them in the head and you must be a moron to actually defend Johnson for losing his cool and punching a guy in the head several times with malicious intenet! Do we tell our kids and future football players that this type of behavior is expected and cheered? C’mon, use your head man, you aren’t the only one watching a national televised game GENIUS!

i’d venture to say that i would “hold” charity functions if i had that kind of money…but for now, i’ll just support charities, causes, etc.

it’s not a high and mighty attitude, it’s knowing what i see and knowing how i would act (and how people should act) in a given situation…and before you reply with the “you don’t know what it takes to be a professional athlete” comment, you’re right, not specifically but that’s kinda the point, no matter what you do, your character shines through.

lots of creeps have made it to the NFL, just because they had to fight to get there doesn’t mean they’re all good guys.

ask yourself, “if i had provoked that action, would i defend myself, make the “so be it” comment, or would i apologize and move on?”

i’m not saying the guy has to be mistake-free but his attitude is just an outward sign of the character.

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You moron. Who has Goodell lost cred with? You??

Who cares. Go watch bowling if a little tussle gives you the shakes dude – its the NFL, these things happen and are great entertainment.

I applaud Goodell for not over-reacting to media pressure like he did with the illegal hits and suspending these guys.

When the ball was snapped If I am correct, I did not see a yellow flag for contact on the line of scrimmage?

If then there being no flag thrown, why all the talk about the Defensive player being a sissy ? He simply chucked the guy off the line and the W.R. got pissed about it and retaliated by tearing off the helmet and also punching the guy in the head?

Question here.. what about hurting players with intent to injure the head ? I guess punching the head is ok now compared to using the helmet to tackle ? This is idiotic on how the N.F.L. is legislating this type of behavior on the field of play. Ditka, Carter and others are Hype queens because you know DAMN well if that defensive player was on their squad they would encourage tough behavior, instead they make demeaning remarks about a STARTING player? W.T.F. ?

Hes all that team has and they have let him be on the starting team so whats the big issue here ?

I hope someone punches him in his big, fat mouth twice a game for the rest of his career. I’d buy season tickets just to see that.

Finnegan needs to learn character? I’d be willing to say he has far more character than you or I do. he had enough character to get a starting job in the nfl despite being undersized and coming from a small private college. he’s also pretty widely recognized as the player on the Titans that does the most off the field. IRL he is a good guy that tends to take the little man with a chip on his shoulder a bit too far on the field. he’s the kind of player that every opposing fan rags on, but would embrace if he was their spark plug.

you can be all high and mighty but i’d be willing to bet you dont routinely hold charity functions for and spend time with special needs children.

I’m just curious as to whether there’s any precedent whatsoever for the league’s ruling here.

first off, Johnson is not a “so called” good guy…he is a good guy. watch him week in and week out. see local coverage of him. he’s good to people, respectful, humble, not a prima donna, and to top it off, he’s a great player.

this is very hard for people to understand that don’t have a player like that on their team…you know who you are.

i think that’s why he was not suspended for a game, believe what you may.

Johnson was wrong in pulling off Cortland’s helmet and hitting him (and i’m a little surprised that he wasn’t suspended, too) but you can see the “after the fact” responses…Cortland is happy, laughing, clapping, taunting, all because he got Andre in trouble and was sure he himself hadn’t done anything wrong. Andre took care of business on the field, was taken off the field, went to the locker room, apologized to his teammates during Kubiak’s game ball presentation, went to the press, apologized again and was ready to take his lumps, fully expecting to be suspended.

Finnegan then goes on the radio (and Tennessee people, tell me if i’m wrong) and had a chance to apologize (not necessarily to Andre but for his actions) but took that time to complain about Andre not being suspended and having revelation enough to say “so be it.”

Character is the word that comes to mind. Cortland might be surprised to learn what a lot of people have learned (even at his age), that character gets you a lot further in life (including your job).

My thought is that’s what upsets him the most…he has no character, doesn’t know how to get it, and sees someone WITH IT getting a break.

Take care of your own business and stop worrying about others.

By the way, a lot of photos/videos of Finnegan making plays shows his helmet coming off or loose…maybe he needs a tighter helmet or maybe he wants it that way?

NBC is already a joke letting self righteous jackoffs like Tony Dungy preach to the league, and then have the audacity to allow the scummiest player in the history of the NFL(Harrison) call out players for being “dirty”. what a joke.

ESPN sucks, NBC sucks, NFL Network seems to be the only ones that get it right and are actually somewhat fair to all parties.

of course they dont need an angle do they?

Yes, you are right. Jamming a player at the line isn’t against the rules. AJ is soft and couldn’t contain his professionalism, this time. He threw punches and should have been suspended for he is a repeat offender as he was fined for the same type of actions last year, against Court.

Can’t wait till we host the Texans in a few weeks. You won’t face Rusty in that game.

Everyone yesterday said Court would be suspended. Stuff that in your pipe and smoke it. Court will play on Sunday and AJ will play on the NFL network on Thursday.

Not only is he low-life brain dead moron, he appears to me to be a liar too.

C’mon tiger, go back and look at the rest of the game. This situation was brewing for a lot longer than 2 plays. Finnegan is a punk, no sense in defending him. Johnson’s actions were wrong as well. Both players deserved bigger fines and a suspension.
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Agreed… the difference between them is that A> Finnegan instigated it and B> Johnson knew he screwed up and apologized.

Finnegan just seems pissed he didn’t get Johnson into more trouble.