Mitchell has been fined 5 times this year

[Growl]

Wtf? Explain?

 

As has already been established in the very course of this two page thread

 

 

 

it isn't Mikell. it's Marlon Mcree.

[Bloodflood]

That's the old logo, how the hell could that be Mikell? You guys just become new fans last year? It's Marlon Mccree.

Ya man I just became a fan.

We use to have a different logo?

[Bloodflood]

As has already been established in the very course of this two page thread

it isn't Mikell. it's Marlon Mcree.

So you're calling a mod dumb?

[Mage]

Why would Goodell care to target Mike Mitchell?  In the grand scheme of things, he is quite irrelevant.

At least in the case of Suh, he was a highly touted player coming out of college and is talked about in the media a good amount.  Nobody talks about Mitchell.  Mitchell is routinely fined because he plays like a lunatic, which I enjoy, and not because Goodell has a vendetta against him.

[LinvilleGorge]

i always think it's silly when people say this

 

Why?  The game has changed tremendously in the last decade.  There's a reason why you're seeing ridiculous passing and receiving stats being put up.  QBs and WRs are becoming virtually untouchable.

[Crixtala]

Mitchell is this years Shockey

 

hate him anywhere else he is, but now that he's on our team, i wouldn't have him play any other way

 

he plays on that very fine line between clean and dirty.  imo he's stayed on the clean side more than not this season, but when you have a reputation, some people can and will only see it and only call out what points back to that reputation.  great play be damned

[Peppers90 NC]

safeties have a tendency to get fined more than most other positions, because of the nature of the position.  

[Udogg]

On a side note ,  Marlon McCree should have never been allowed to leave.   Hopefully history doesn't repeat itself.

 

[PhillyB]

Why?  The game has changed tremendously in the last decade.  There's a reason why you're seeing ridiculous passing and receiving stats being put up.  QBs and WRs are becoming virtually untouchable.

 

the game has always evolved. it's not "pussified" it's just different

[Mr. Scot]

Why would Goodell care to target Mike Mitchell? In the grand scheme of things, he is quite irrelevant.

I don't know that it's "targeting" so much as it does sometimes seem as if some guys can get a pass while others can't.

[LinvilleGorge]

the game has always evolved. it's not "pussified" it's just different

 

How would you describe it then?

 

If the rules were applied as written, I wouldn't have a problem.  However, that's not what is happening.  If there's a big hit on a QB or WR, flags fly whether the hit was technically legal or not.  Remember Hardy blasting Carson Palmer and getting flagged?  Even Palmer said that hit was perfectly legal.  And every Sunday we see a couple of flags where a DB hits a WR hard in the chest, no contact even close to the head, but flags fly because the pads pop.  That's pussification, not evolution.  The NFL has essentially outlawed big hits, but they can't figure out a way to write that into the rulebook. 

[PhillyB]

How would you describe it then?

 

If the rules were applied as written, I wouldn't have a problem.  However, that's not what is happening.  If there's a big hit on a QB or WR, flags fly whether the hit was technically legal or not.  Remember Hardy blasting Carson Palmer and getting flagged?  Even Palmer said that hit was perfectly legal.  And every Sunday we see a couple of flags where a DB hits a WR hard in the chest, no contact even close to the head, but flags fly because the pads pop.  That's pussification, not evolution.  The NFL has essentially outlawed big hits, but they can't figure out a way to write that into the rulebook. 

 

i would challenge the definition of the word "pussification" so that it does not include due diligence by the league in removing playing style that severely impacts the long-term health of its employees

[Your GFs favorite huddler]

He brings passion and attitude to an embattled secondary....he picked them up when many including this board counted them out.....he's been a great surprise and I for one am glad he's on our team

[Guest]

i would challenge the definition of the word "pussification" so that it does not include due diligence by the league in removing playing style that severely impacts the long-term health of its employees

 

If the above statement were applied uniformly to all players on the field, then you might have a point.  I wouldn't agree with it, but you might have one.