It’s not Hardy’s fault, he was read the NFL version of the Miranda rights:

Nah, that’s not what I said. I’m still gonna watch football, despite the fact that it makes me feel conflicted sometimes. I’m going to try not to watch Wes Welker play football, because I’m hyper-aware of how much he’s already been damaged by playing, even by NFL standards, and I’d rather not be watching the next time…

Apparently, based on replies, Peyton hangs his dudes out to dry more than I realized. No disrespect to Austin Collie was intended.

In that example, sure, though I doubt the prognosis Welker has gotten is as dire or specific as that.

Chrebet was my favorite player as a kid. And I still remember the play that ended his career: Knocked out cold picking up a first down on a third-down play against the Chargers. He was unconscious for several minutes. And all the talk the next day was about how tough he was. Good ol’ Wayne —so gritty! Such a scrapper!…

Ideally, I’d prefer they hadn’t.

Also: It’s probably worth noting that Welker suffered those concussions with Manning and Brady as his quarterbacks. Two of the most cerebral players at the position, with impeccable ball placement, who one would think would be less likely to throw a receiver into a big hit.

I can’t blame Welker for still wanting to play, nor the Rams for signing him.

Harvey absolutely put Collins in a no-win situation, and one of Harvey’s flaws is that he acts as through he’s the star and the rest of the team are supporting players in The Matt Harvey Story.

You’re the manager. You’re the boss. If you want to stick with your starter, do it. If you want to go to your closer, do it. But it’s your call.

EXCLUSIVE images of Robert Louis-Dreyfus’ cousin staging a distraction while he deposited money into the slush fund:

When Vick lined up at WR for a goal-line play, he must’ve been having flashbacks to his days playing for Rex Ryan. The ultimate proof that the difference between a stroke of coaching genius and stupidity often comes down to the outcome alone.

These are two totally fair counterpoints. I’d quibble slightly with the second one, in that Utley had notice that this was illegal, if not that MLB was going to suddenly decide to enforce it.

I meant it to indicate that he was aiming for the player and not the bag (which seems to be obviously true since he missed the bag) and that he had done this to Tejada before. I don’t know if he intended to cause an injury, and I suspect not, but the way he slid doesn’t suggest he was too concerned about the…

Here’s my argument: The umpire, based on the written rule, erred in his judgment of this call. It seems the MLB feels the same way.

I never said he was doing so to injure Tejada specifically, my point was that he does this often enough that he’s now done it to the same guy twice. I don’t think he’s trying to injure anyone in particular. I do think that he’s doing it with total disregard for those he might injure.

It is a biased opinion! That’s why I made note of my fandom in my post.

The penalty I’m referring to in my fourth bullet is from Rule 6.01(a)(6):

Honestly, it’s a perfect storm: