Comments on: Report: Matt Slauson fined 10K for block on Brian Cushing

By: prospero63

prospero63 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:05:02 +0000

Sigh. Let’s try this again. The article is patently incorrect. It was illegal for two reasons:

1) The location. It occurred outside of the box.
2) Slauson made the block in the direction of his own end zone.

Ignorance of the rules doesn’t mean we need more rules. It means folks need to be educated.

By: nathanbetz91

nathanbetz91 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:16:35 +0000

lol remember that game blitz the league, when if there was an injury you had the option to fix it, sit him out, or inject steroids into the injury? brian cushing reminds me of that after hes already tested positive for steroids before.

By: cityclub13

cityclub13 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:52:13 +0000

NFL is becoming the Nothing but Fines League!

By: stuartscottslefteye

stuartscottslefteye — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:36:23 +0000

Excessive, unnecessary blocks are only legal if performed by a member of the Steelers (e.g. Hines Ward/Keith Rivers) – then the typical response is “gotta have your head on a swivel….”

By: cmdrsmooth

cmdrsmooth — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:58:00 +0000

Congratulations NBC Talk. You lasted 10 stories without mentioning the Jets.

By: damcmp

damcmp — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:31:35 +0000

I live in Houston, but the Texans and their fans whine and cry about every little thing….now that the league has a not Seattle again policy(no division winners with a losing record) the Texans get all the breaks and cry for more…it makes me sick….the last 5 games of last season were a crock…phantom fouls in the Texans favor….wins they didn’t earn and now every game this year so far thay have cried about some player on the other team being mean to them….Incognito pulled my leg, Stewart pulled my hair now they whined until this fine was made….

By: daysend564

daysend564 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:52:42 +0000

10k because the media and Texans fans cried foul play…for a legal hit…

By: jskill3

jskill3 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:09:26 +0000

Wow the amount of ignorance about rules and cut blocking and what happened in this case is impressive. And yes, I mean the half of you that think I mean the other half.

By: tipstopten

tipstopten — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:38:17 +0000

txbossman where have you been. The replacement
guys did not do that game. Get up to date before
your mouth runs off.

By: blackngold4life

blackngold4life — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:31:41 +0000

When RBs do it the defense player usually sees’ it comming and they can try to avoid it..DL can’t see it when their engaged with another player.. that play should be illegal 15 personal foul. Now if 2 players are on each other 1on1 then may the best man win

By: tipstopten

tipstopten — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:31:05 +0000

How about a year suspension. To me he should
get the same suspension that the bounty players
got, he may have ended another players career.
It was an unnecessary block there fore to me
it was a “dirty play”. 10 grand is an insult.

Jim

By: blackngold4life

blackngold4life — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:24:19 +0000

Did that Play get a flag?? I never liked chopping a player if you’re not engaged with that player.. that being said the Texans zone block and chop all game. Casey Hampton and Ziggy Hood missd plays vs them last year for that exact reason..NO fines NO flags..

By: gmenfan1982

gmenfan1982 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:23:40 +0000

Not necessarily illegal but certainly dangerous and cheap. I don’t think it’s dirty but kinda cheap just to go for the legs. Running backs do it all the in pass protection also. I wanna see guys actually make hits, not weak blocks like this and arm tackles.

By: txbossman

txbossman — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:14:02 +0000

Goodell isn’t going to be satisfied until one of these replacement refs costs a team a game or gets a player killed on the field!

oh…wait….

By: longhornpride05

longhornpride05 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:11:27 +0000

Goodell does not give the fines out. Gene Washington does. Can we stop making uninformed comments for the sole purpose of bashing someone?

By: dannyreneau

dannyreneau — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:10:21 +0000

If it was a legal hit there shouldn’t be a fine. It’s unfortunate that it resulted in such an injury, but the NFL should t be passing out fines for FUTURE rules that aren’t in Place yet.

By: funshipm174

funshipm174 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:09:24 +0000

Stop whining. Goodell wasn’t on the field delivering the illegal bloack. Have some chops and call it the way it is which was an illegal block by slauson.
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contract says:
Oct 11, 2012 6:16 PM
It doesn’t matter if it was legal or not. Goodell just does whatever he wants.

By: kayfngee

kayfngee — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:02:46 +0000

It’s ridiculous to me that a player can be fined by the league without doing anything against league rules. I think this block should be outlawed. however, until it is, the league shouldn’t be fining people for it. As for the person who said he intended to hurt Cushing, I’m glad you know what is going on in the head of someone you’ve likely never met.

By: bingobrown12

bingobrown12 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:02:17 +0000

Stop drop and roll like your on fire is considered
blocking?

By: ibreathefootball

ibreathefootball — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:51:57 +0000

If you block like this guy, it means that you can’t block. Nice disgrace to the sport Slop-son

By: simpleghost

simpleghost — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:51:24 +0000

Cheap shot. Should be suspended and the Jets should send Tebow to faith heal Cushing’s knee.

By: jimnaizeeum

jimnaizeeum — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:47:13 +0000

At least Slauson didn’t taunt the injured player like Sapp did on his cheap shot on Clifton…low class

By: petehemlock

petehemlock — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:42:22 +0000

So what! When is kickoff?

By: firstroyal

firstroyal — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:41:59 +0000

10 thousand dollar hot sauce is not a bad price to pay

By: green41563

green41563 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:40:35 +0000

The problem with this fine is that the league isn’t going to review all the other game tapes to see all the other questionable cut blocks that DIDN’T result in season-ending injuries but easily could have.

They’re fining Slauson based on the outcome of the play, not the play itself.

And let’s be frank: had he chop-blocked some no-name player who was lost for the year, this wouldn’t even be a story.

By: bigbaldpapahawk

bigbaldpapahawk — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:37:44 +0000

It just goes to show that the NFL has it’s darlings.

Golden Tate hits a Dallas Cowboy square in the chest and catches a tiny bit of the helmet with what they called a blindside hit. The guy leaves for a few plays and comes back… $21,000 fine.

This guy takes a Houston Texan with a blindside chop block. Out for the season, $10,000 fine.

By: explosionsauce

explosionsauce — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:29:26 +0000

One step closer to Sarcastiball

By: peoplesfrontofjudea

peoplesfrontofjudea — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:27:14 +0000

I don’t think Wade conceded it was legal. I think he said he wasn’t getting into that.

By: zerole00

zerole00 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:22:15 +0000

I’m surprised this could even be called a block, legal or not. Seriously?

Even as a casual football plan I could see from the video
1) Cushing wasn’t even facing Slauson at the time
2) Cushing was barely moving from his position (the play was arguably out of his range)
3) in what world do target the back of someone’s knee when blocking?

By: tombradysbaby

tombradysbaby — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:21:06 +0000

It was a cheap, unnecessary block and the intention was clearly to injure the guy. Good fine..