I don’t think you’re saying anything more than disagreeing with the call, but I have seen people going at you pretty hard for some extraneous stuff. Personally, I don’t think it’s even all that close, which is why when I was at the game I saw the refs only needing to review the replay about 3 times before tossing him…

“he’s just a shitty basketball player trying make a play and failing”

I’m just glad that it was the dirty-play apologist who first openly acknowledged the glaringly obvious racial subtext.

His rep as “hopelessly outclassed by his athletic competition, unaware of the limits of his own strength and coordination, and unwilling to make any effort to avoid goonishly injuring opponents (to the point that his ‘tough, gritty defense’ often becomes the functional equivalent of malicious assault)” is pretty…

generally, you don’t hug guys around the throat to wrap them up.

“I get it, he’s a white dude that is dirty/gritty depending on who you ask,”

This is willful non it-getting or tiresome contrarianism. The flagrant 2 was totally warranted here both on the merits—he went to the head and neck on a player moving at a high rate of speed when he was clearly not in a position to execute the wrap-up safely. It could have very easily been a lot worse and he was…

I think you’re giving the OP way too much credit, since he’s just being a total dick.

Or if he want moving so fast. Why’s he got to go by him so fast?

Considering there’s a fucking arm wrapped around him neck and horsecollaring him ashe’s racing at full sprint, I don’t blame him for “snapping back”.

Never mind.

This article aged well...

And then that happened.

I hope Gruden wins the next forty Super Bowls so he never has to step foot in a booth ever again.

I’d be that happy too if I knew this was my last game with Chuckie.

Without realizing they had til the whistle blew.

I really wish ESPN still did those corny “fantasy” games, you know, like the 80s 49ers against the 70s Steelers. Only I’d love to see the ‘08 Lions against the ‘17 Browns. I have to imagine it would end in a meteor hitting the stadium late in the fourth quarter with it tied 2-2.

Frank Dux also claims to have been there, and to have kicked everyone’s ass.

Boo!!! That was the slowest gentlest kick to the face, didn’t merit such an emotional reaction.