Comments on: Roger Goodell says suspensions will get through to repeat offenders

By: raidersmojo

raidersmojo — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:27:52 +0000

I meant cut blocks are legal. Oops.

By: raidersmojo

raidersmojo — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:27:03 +0000

“You gotta watch how you hit a person in contact football but you can CHOP block someone and tear there ACL and put them out, this guy is a joke! Make the rules fair for EVERYONE on the field or let football be football.”

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You do know chop blocks are illegal and carry a 15 yard penalty, correct?

Apparently not since you made this comment and others agreed.

Cut blocks are illegal, but chop blocks have been illegal (at all levels) for a long time.

Chop block = One defender engaged high while another goes low.

By: vikingdoode

vikingdoode — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:30:59 +0000

Tackling head first is moronic it will take many years but once the sixth graders now get in the NFL you’ll see proper tackling. Until then someone will die soon

By: halbert53

halbert53 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:48:35 +0000

A little common sense would help but that would be too much to expect from someone who obviously had his bell rung too many times. Most HTH hits are not deliberate, someone tries to avoid getting hit and in the process they hit or get hit in the head. There should be no penalty or fine in those cases. On the other hand, if there’s a deliberate HTH then suspend the player two games without pay. FB is a contact sport, let them play as long as they are not deliberately trying to hurt someone.

By: jayniner

jayniner — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:49:57 +0000

Goodell, how about addressing the fact that Ray Lewis admitted to using PED’s to rehab over the last several weeks?…..no comment?

By: andyvictory

andyvictory — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:47:40 +0000

It’s fun to hate roger goodell. I get it, and also enjoy it. Though I must ask, how does blaming 1 figurehead who “calls the shots” for many other suits sitting atop their perches fix anything? it doesn’t. The problem here is where THE CULTURE of American football is heading, and the downward path its traveling. Live like billionaire hip-hop music moguls, then when the short career you made the conscious decision to pursue AS A GROWN MAN ends, and you forfeit that lifestyle because you pissed everything away…… blame someone else and sue. As a football player today you can make your bed, sleep in it, then when it gets less comfortable… You can find someone else to “fluff” it with the money they are STILL working hard to earn. While you do nothing but sit on your ass whining and feeling entitled.

By: marcrayray

marcrayray — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:33:28 +0000

Helmet to helmet hits should be mandatory reviewed on replay. Too many offense players lower their heads into a previously “good safe target” chosen by the defender. When you’ve committed to a hit, it’s impossible to make a change. Just too unfair to the defense, and it changes the outcome of too many games.

By: bucsfan5000

bucsfan5000 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:32:53 +0000

Goodell should permanently suspend himself.

By: zackattack006

zackattack006 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:45:58 +0000

They need to get rid of those heavy-duty helmets. They’re using them as weapons. You give fragile or not so tough metal helmets and will change the way tackle. The only reason they have those hard helmets is bc they’re using them to gain advantage and that needs to be controlled.

The NFL is to blamed for it, they wanted a rough game, but now it’s too rough.

By: matthews82

matthews82 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:36:39 +0000

Doesnt he mean repeat defenders? Its just more war on defense to increase scoring under the guise of safety. I understand fans like high scoring games but at what point will it be uninteresting since neither defense can stop anyone?

By: mdd913

mdd913 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:16:47 +0000

I won’t even mention the fact that the NFL is known to have buried a report on the dangerous nature of concussions and that Goodell himself once stood in the United States Congress and perjured himself by saying that there is no connection between playing football and brain trauma.

This is your champion?

By: jebsta16

jebsta16 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:54:13 +0000

This is a direct result from the ex-players lawsuit against the NFL. Goodell wouldn’t be so adamant about penalizing players for these hits if he weren’t worried about the future of the NFL and the payouts they will have to make to players who feel they deserve extra for putting their health on the line.

By: vegasvinnie

vegasvinnie — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:51:25 +0000

It’s a bit hard to buy into the “player safety” mantra when you force teams to play on Thursdays, fly to London for “home” games and push for an 18 game schedule.

Correct me if I’m wrong wasn’t a condition of the current labor agreement that the league wouldn’t pursue the 2 extra games?

Surely Roger Goodell wouldn’t lie to us!

By: bgrab1

bgrab1 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:50:04 +0000

The owners need to redirect this clowns career ASAP as in march at the owners meetings. Worst commish in the history of football.

By: jredshoes

jredshoes — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:28:24 +0000

I found it interesting to learn in these comments that Roger loves the Packers and hates the Steelers, when most of us hate both the Packers and the Steelers.

By: melikefootball

melikefootball — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:14:14 +0000

I understand player safety. The question I have is you have allowed one side of the ball the offense to have all the advantages, yet the defense not only has most rules go against them the fines and suspensions lie mostly on that side of the ball. The league office has taken away half the game, in the defense. Do we really want games that look more like the pro bowl score 85-67, that was the most boreing game ever. Do we need this every week?

By: steelerfanjo

steelerfanjo — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:05:36 +0000

Did he mention if Ray Lewis will get suspended for the Super Bowl – allegations of PED use. He suspended Ben for 6 games for allegations. Oh wait Roger hugs and loves Ray Ray. Goodell is a joke. What a lame leader.

By: chawk12thman

chawk12thman — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:50:10 +0000

The balance between hard hits and head hits on defenseless players is tough, but worthy of addressing. If I was negotiating a contract for a CB or LB I think I would put something into the contract that covers hard hitting ‘fines’ that are not intentional or so far out of balance that they would not have been a penalty five years ago. Contractual language or Insurance for game suspensions and huge fines might help keep the aggression going.

Tough issue but at least we are actually talking about the game here……

By: mjkelly77

mjkelly77 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:44:53 +0000

And Goodell wants to get through to players that if hits on defenseless players continue, the discipline will escalate.
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It wouldn’t be this way if it weren’t for the greed of the players. They make millions a year and want to play smash mouth football. Then after retirement, they litigate for millions more from the NFL because they weren’t protected from themselves. Commissioner Goodell works for the team owners and is merely representing their best interests.

By: yourignorancespreads

yourignorancespreads — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:42:55 +0000

Your an idiot GOODELL stop talking

By: sechristbmw

sechristbmw — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:38:15 +0000

Goodell, please resign.

Changing the game all the time is getting really old, especially in the name of fake player safety.

Nobody thinks you are doing a good job.

By: marcinhouston

marcinhouston — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:22:22 +0000

I remember in 2010 when Charles Woodson landed a punch after the play and Troy Polamalu called his wife with a cell phone from the sideline during an offensive series. Goodell is a big Packers fan and hates the Steelers so they got the same 10k fine for a punch and a family phone call. We need someone to suspend the commish, not the players. He is not fit to serve. Narcissistic personality disorder is a treatable condition and it is a shame to see Goodell suffering without treatment and with responsibilities that only exacerbate the symptoms.

By: qmizzle

qmizzle — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:20:38 +0000

Technique is lost on you guys… If the defender keeps his head up and his eyes on the target he can adjust his hit point… If a defender leads with the crown (top) of his helmet he can’t see his target and players ;including the defender) get hurt.. demand proper technique at the college level and reinforce it in the pros.. Simple

By: cwwgk

cwwgk — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:17:48 +0000

The ire directed at Goodell is entirely short-sighted and misplaced. Virtually every big hitter from yesteryear is currently suing the NFL. They want millions of dollars for their current physical ailments. Ailments that are a direct result of the way they hit and tackled while playing in the league. Their entire argument is that the NFL should have saved them from themselves.

So Goodell and the owners are now doing what former players claim should have been done all along. Don’t like it? Blame your heroes.

Of course, that would take some independent thought. It’s much easier to remain close minded and blame Goodell for everything that’s supposedly wrong with the NFL.

By: randallflagg52

randallflagg52 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:07:49 +0000

I hate how in today’s NFL whenever there is a big hit, I have to look for a flag (which is usually thrown) before celebrating.

By: belichickrulz

belichickrulz — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:05:38 +0000

How many more Dave Duerson’s and Junior Seau’s do there have to be before some of you bloodthirsty ghouls admit that Goodell is doing the right thing? Maybe he’s doing it for the wrong reasons, and maybe he’s being heavy-handed, but football is a GAME and men should not be DYING because they played it. If the game can’t exist without the players paying with their lives, then it should go away.

By: brownspower

brownspower — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:03:36 +0000

ravenator: “Brady viciously trying to kick Reed in the groin. ”

Little bit of exaggeration and revisionism there.

By: nejerseygirl

nejerseygirl — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:59:05 +0000

The problem isn’t with Goodell. He’s not my favorite person by any means, but if anything, he’s trying to keep this sport alive. If he allowed players to hit each other as hard as they wanted in whatever way possible, every player (or their family) would sue the league, and “negligence” would be plastered all over every legal document against it.

Things change. With more research and knowledge about head injuries comes more adjustments that need to be made. That doesn’t just happen with football, either.

Trust me, I enjoy the fast-paced, hard-hitting nature of football just like everyone else, but this is what it is.

By: garysturgis

garysturgis — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:55:16 +0000

Who hired this guy and when is his term OVER????

Worst commish in NFL history. No one man should have all that power.

I don’t even want a football with his name on it. Hope the city treats him like the jerk he is.

He will NEVER be Tags….

Did he even PLAY pro football? No Fun League leader….We HATE you Goodell….

By: tigerlilac

tigerlilac — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:53:21 +0000

A (legal) helmet to helmet hit that resulted in a concussion (and a turnover), described by John Harbaugh as “football at its finest”, put the Ravens in the Super Bowl. If Goodell really cared about the issue he would change the nature of the helmet itself instead of talking bs.