Comments on: Arians says he’d take Suh, if Schaub doesn’t want him

By: djaehne

djaehne — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:39:59 +0000

Guess Arians has never taken a knee or foot to the groin while on the SIDELINE. Seriously, why wouldn’t he take him, he has to face the Texans twice in three weeks shortly without him.

By: linebusy

linebusy — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:32:33 +0000

If you remember any of the comments made by the Lions front office, it’s easy to assume that Kansas City requested the league pursue it. Meaning, I wouldn’t expect the league to go after Indy on its own, rather the Lions would have to accuse them of tampering first.

Truth is, Arians has said more to be construed as tampering than Gun did, but I doubt Mayhew/Lewand will lodge a complaint.

Taken in context, it’s not a terrible thing Arians said. If the Lions wanted to press the issue, I’m sure the Colts could get dinged.

By: thestrategyexpert

thestrategyexpert — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:05:07 +0000

He’s trying to be a catalyst to let Suh know there is in fact other teams out there that would be a safe haven should he choose to want to try and force his way out. It’s very clearly tampering. Anybody can look up the definition under the sections of “statements of interest” and see that it’s clearly tampering. This coach should get suspended to send a message to other teams that want to try and mess up the Lions with clever statements designed to incite disruptions.

This sport can’t become about what team can best stay in tact amidst screwy campaign strategies, that’s not fun for football if a war of words keeps interfering with the natural game.

By: burnttoast71854

burnttoast71854 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:38:04 +0000

I agree I would take SUH in a heart beat on the cowboys. Anyone who watched the game in real time & not in super slow motion can see there’s no way he was trying to kick the endangered species known as QB. If anything his lineman should have been flagged for holding. It’s football, well it’s kinda like football. Stop moaning about they can’t hit anymore if u gonna rag on someone who goes at it like SUH he’s mean nasty & aggressive my kind of player. If only he could accidentally run over Jerra Jones on the sideline one day. A man can dream right.

By: tbtrojan

tbtrojan — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:26:58 +0000

“He plays aggressive, hard, fast and physical.”
“That’s kind of why they call it football.”

Erm, no.
What part of the 1st quote would dictate that the sport be called football?
Don’t athletes in a whole bunch of other sports play aggressive, hard, fast and physical?

By: jr4real

jr4real — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:20:21 +0000

Agree with the other comments. His comments are mild, but still tampering. Suh’s agent can now use this.

By: noeffinway

noeffinway — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:19:55 +0000

Yes sir, tampering! You lose, give the Lions a draft pick and move to the end of the line.

By: ee00ee

ee00ee — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:13:35 +0000

You can bet that if it was a Lions personnel saying this about another teams player the league would take a pick as punishment. Think I’m lying? Just as KC since they got a pick for Gunther saying much less….

By: formyministy

formyministy — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:06:39 +0000

didn’t the lions lose a draft pick a couple years back when gunther cunningham said he’d take players on the chiefs roster if they dropped them?

By: noeffinway

noeffinway — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:03:36 +0000

Didn’t the Lions just lose a draft pick because of something very similar that Gunther said? I bet MF and the boys are teleconferencing as we speak trying to devise an angle to somehow pin Arians upcoming fine on Suh himself.

By: pftcensorssuck

pftcensorssuck — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:53:20 +0000

Let’s see how Arians feels after Suh kicks Luck in the junk, or slams him head-first into the ground

By: oaktown49er

oaktown49er — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:50:32 +0000

Suh has talent, he had talent at Nebraska. The guy can be flat out dominant, but he needs the right coaching to keep his energy focused. He’s not leaving the Lions, so they better find someone to teach him to use all his talents legally.

By: howiefeltersnatch

howiefeltersnatch — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:50:11 +0000

“That’s kind of why they call it football.”

Actually, its not. At least not in the sense of one’s foot being planted in someone else’s balls.

By: ccjcsr

ccjcsr — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:46:27 +0000

Aren’t coaches/GMs not suppose to talk about other players under contract? Other than the normal “He’s a great player” crap we here week in and week out.

By: tannethrill

tannethrill — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:46:22 +0000

I thought it was against the rules to comment on the interest of another team’s player?

By: 8to80texansblog

8to80texansblog — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:45:29 +0000

You know I was just commenting on how good of a job Arians is doing up there, maybe he does need to hand the reigns back to #chuckstrong before he starts doing things like bring in Suh.

By: dcviking

dcviking — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:41:14 +0000

What Arians doesn’t realize is that based on past experience, Schaub has his own personal understanding of why they call it “football”…