Does it seem like everyone wants to blow RG3 up and put the highlight reel hit on him?

[sharkproof]

The first play shouldn't of even been a penalty. Ngata pushed him with his hands as he's trying to not trip over his teammate and still get to the QB. There is no helmet to helmet contact. It looked worse then it really was. In reality, he just shoved him down.

The second one is a 300 lb man running down field and RGIII is sliding RIGHT in front of him. There's no way he can stop there.

That is NEVER going to be called.

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/video...1-2d3f61cc1a26

The first one is the first play in the video. In the replay, you can clearly see his hands come out and the shove. The second is further down.

Totally agree on both points. Anyone that says that RG was sliding... it was like a headfirst slide into second base, not a QB slide where rules forbid hitting him. Heck there is now a rule forbidding hitting a defenseless player... Saw one of those called against us Sunday

[PortisBetts]

If you can legally put a killshot on a dude, then you do it.

Griffin has drawn a few flags this year....Pollard was clearly headhunting and I think that was a bit egregious on his part. Other than that, Griffin is fair game when he's on the field.

I am not saying he isnt fair game when he is running. My issue is with headhunters which i have seen more then once. Pollard this week, rodgers-cromartie another. Both were blatant attempts to nail Griffin in his head. If they hit him legally, im all for it, but it was obvious attempts to injure. I have no problems with the way he got injured as it wasnt an attempt to hurt him, rather tackle a guy in the open field and it couldnt have been avoided.

[IrepDC]

The first play shouldn't of even been a penalty. Ngata pushed him with his hands as he's trying to not trip over his teammate and still get to the QB. There is no helmet to helmet contact. It looked worse then it really was. In reality, he just shoved him down.

The second one is a 300 lb man running down field and RGIII is sliding RIGHT in front of him. There's no way he can stop there.

That is NEVER going to be called.

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/video...1-2d3f61cc1a26

The first one is the first play in the video. In the replay, you can clearly see his hands come out and the shove. The second is further down.

I'm not saying Ngata did it on purpose, but it looks kind of weird the way Ngata turns sideways and throws his body into Griffin's leg. If he had just dove at him, he wouldn't have done nearly as much damage.

[HogNose]

He took a freak hit on the leg because Ngata wanted to get licks in on a guy already going to the ground.

This is football. Ngata wanting to take a few licks? Not showing respect? He was doing his job. If it's legal then you tackle the guy. I don't give a rats ass if it's RG3 or some preseason scrub.

[sempre_victrix]

He needs to learn when to slide feet first. Most of the time, an extra yard is not worth the trade-off of a possible serious injury to him. He needs to think long term.

[FrFan]

The first play shouldn't of even been a penalty. Ngata pushed him with his hands as he's trying to not trip over his teammate and still get to the QB. There is no helmet to helmet contact. It looked worse then it really was. In reality, he just shoved him down.

The second one is a 300 lb man running down field and RGIII is sliding RIGHT in front of him. There's no way he can stop there.

That is NEVER going to be called.

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/video...1-2d3f61cc1a26
The first one is the first play in the video. In the replay, you can clearly see his hands come out and the shove. The second is further down.

Ngata was called for roughing the passer, if he was trying to avoid tripping on his teammate he could have put his hands down to the ground to soften his landing and not blatantly in front of him to get to Robert. If you look at around 1:50 left in the 4th you can see Ngata was running real slow and fell with all his weight on Robert. Again, in my book something totally unecessary as Robert was already tackled by 99, that makes me think that Ngata had something going on with Robert.

[pjfootballer]

What else is new? Haven't defenses been saying this all year? Every single one of them have said, "we need to hit him and hit him often."

---------- Post added December-11th-2012 at 03:07 PM ----------

"If you can make God bleed, people will cease to believe in him."

I was thinking Rocky 4

Duke: He's worried! You cut him! You hurt him! You see? You see? He's not a machine, he's a man!

---------- Post added December-11th-2012 at 03:10 PM ----------

I always liked the way Joe Theismann could slide. He mastered the slide. Bring him in to show Griff how to slide. At least the kid is better than Jason Campbell at sliding. Everytime I watched Campbell try to slide, I was like, WTF?

[s0crates]

Defenses have no answer for him so they try to hurt him. It seems obvious to me that is what is happening.

[PortisBetts]

If you can legally put a killshot on a dude, then you do it.

Griffin has drawn a few flags this year....Pollard was clearly headhunting and I think that was a bit egregious on his part. Other than that, Griffin is fair game when he's on the field.

I agree. I posted a little later to clarify, but i was referring to attempts such as Pollards attempt and Rodgers-Cromartie. They are clearly going for headshots, leading with their helmet, and launching themselves.

[CoolHandLuke]

Absolutely! Anyone who thinks there isn't a bounty on him is simply naive! The Giants, Eagles, Cowboys, Steelers, Ravens, Bengals, Falcons, Rams, all were going for dirty hits. If he plays against the Browns, they will most certainly try to get a dirty play on him especially since they have nothing to lose. You think these players give two craps about a 10, 20, or even 50K dollar fine? Hell, their organization will probably reimburse them for it if they get the kill shot.

Which makes drafting a COMPETENT RT very important this offseason. We need to do a better overall job of protecting him so he doesn't have to run out of the pocket as often. If anyone saw the Patriots against JJ Watt and the Texans last night, they will know what I'm talking about.

[Ghost of Nibbs McPimpin]

This is football. Ngata wanting to take a few licks? Not showing respect? He was doing his job. If it's legal then you tackle the guy. I don't give a rats ass if it's RG3 or some preseason scrub.

I'm describing the mentality that is going to get anyone hurt, and pointing out that it has nothing to do with sliding or not sliding. I had less of a problem with Ngata's hit than Pollard's attempted kill shot and a few below-the-knees hits in general.

If you can't see that teams are targeting him beyond just "trying to get a nice, solid hit" on him that's between you and your God.

[Fight4RGIII]

Well when he gets a coach just to help him pad his stats, people are going to try and hit him!

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1e5...nsional-player

[Ghost of Nibbs McPimpin]

This is football. Ngata wanting to take a few licks? Not showing respect? He was doing his job. If it's legal then you tackle the guy. I don't give a rats ass if it's RG3 or some preseason scrub.

Oh, and BTW, if someone pulls a Chris Samuels on Antonio Garay (Chicago 2007, totally out of character for Chris but maybe done for a reason?) then they should not be worried. It's football.

My point is this, if the refs won't protect Griffin below the knees in the pocket or his head/neck (the first sack vs. Dallas was a neck/head tackle, it wasn't intentionally dirty maybe(?) but it was illegal) then the team is going to have to do so. If the league won't protect your future, then you need to go out and do it yourself. Once a few guys get carted the **** off the field (hopefully with just sprains) they might be less likely to take that risk.

[skinsfan1993]

Teams and defenses are scared to death to play against RG3, even JPP from NY put a threat out don't run my way. He not only ran his way but embarrassed him on a 42 yard run by doing it. Defenses don't want to face this kid and you can't blame them. I felt the same way about Vick and looks like he will be back for our game, him and McCoy, who we knocked the **** out of a few weeks ago, Both were cleared of concussions. That game just became a lot harder.

vick isn't playing. nick foles look good against TB

[BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93]

Conspiracy Theorists lol...

An QB that dares venture out of the pocket makes the D's eyes light up. Whether it is RGIII or Tom Brady when London Fletcher was ready to blow his pretty face off last season.

As far as the headhunting goes? There are A LOT of players that have terrible technique which results in leading with the head and ends with suspensions and concussions on both sides.

That is a league problem more than an RGIII problem...but of course, I am sure most fans would prefer RGIII to be frozen in carbonite and on display in the gift shop where he'll be quite protected from injury...if he survives the freezing process that is