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Actually, 4 fines were levied today for unnecessary roughness. McCray was fined $10,000 for his blow to Favre after Favre was out of the play and another $10,000 for his shot to Favre's knees. Casillas was fined $5,000 for blasting Reynaud after the fair catch signal. Hargrove was also fined...

I originally said that I didn't know if the Saints were playing dirty. It is what I was trying to determine myself. I said it seemed obvious "to me" that they were trying to injure Favre and get him out of the game. It is not something I could or can prove. But once you agreed that their...

What? When I said it was obvious that the Saints' stragegy was to INJURE THE QB AND GET HIM OUT OF THE GAME you agreed as if I was stating the obvious: But now it's absurd to say they were trying to hurt him out of the game?! You also say it's up to the refs to call any out of place moves...

Hmmm, also good points. Yes, a horsecollar is one of those penalties that just seem dirty regardless of the players intentions. Although some horsecollars seem much worse than others. And I also agree that if the league’s motivation for some of the rules is to prevent injury then pulling a...

I'm not so sure about that. I don't think illegal necessarily equates to dirty or that legal necessarily equates to not dirty. Take the "bounty" issue with the Packers a few years ago. I don't think there was anything dirty about that. It was just a way to motivate the defense. But it...

If you are talking to me, I don't think it's "whiny" to address either.

Eh, looked pretty obvious to me that the Saints' strategy was to injure the QB and get him out of the game. I commented on that early in the game. Is that dirty? I'm not sure. I don't think the point is what the refs did or did not do rather it's what the Saints did. Don't matter. Although I...

The refs are not to blame for this loss. Sure there were some bad calls or some non-calls, but it definitely wasn't one sided. How about that horse collar penalty against Arizona? It wasn't a horse collar. As for the "facemask"... well it did not occur until after the ball was knocked out of...

I'm pretty sure the Packers would win the tie breaker. There were 4 common opponents: Tampa Bay; Chicago; Dallas and; S.F. If Philly loses to Dallas next week G.B. has the better record against common opponents (4-1) vs. (3-2) for Philly (Philly would have 2 losses to Dallas while G.B. only...

One line of this article stood out to me: "In fact, quarterbacks are often praised for giving receivers extra time to get open." I don't think the issue is just how long Rodgers holds on to the ball. Also at issue is how many times Rodgers has had an open receiver but either did not see...

Thanks Quientus. Fun to read for sure. But let's hope Nostradamus was talking about the apocalypse and not the Vikings winning the Super Bowl! Well, same thing I guess.

This is kind of a double edged sword. On the one hand, if the Packers suddenly "click" and start winning important games we could get to the post season. On the other hand, it doesn't sound like it would be because the coach did or said anything. It's the veterans who had to take charge. The...

I do find it interesting that Murphy expressed his confidence in Ted without addressing McCarthy even though the question directly asked about his confidence in both TT and MM.

It was Josh Johnson who played against the Pats. Freeman will be making his first start against the Packers. This could be good or bad. I would like to think our defense could take advantage of a rookie QB in his first NFL game, but you never know. The Bucs don't have a bad OL, they're ranked...

I'm not even gonna get into a definition debate. I've learned that it doesn't get anywhere and only serves to take things off track. I will just say that when it comes to a player signing with another team, even a rival, that in and of itself has nothing to do with class.