Warren Sapp Hit

[Themachine01]

All Warren Sapp did was make himself look like an asshole and showed everyone that you can lay out a player that "isnt looking" but not lay out a quarterback that is, not even block him a little bit, instead let him make the tackle on an easy TD.

Sapp showed that he cant lay someone out and make such an impact unless the hit is on someone that is unaware that the hit is coming. Yes Crane, you are correct, he was on a football field and should have been aware and prepared that the hit was coming.

 

[Wombat]

There are unwritten rules in all pro games.......in Baseball if a pitcher drills a batter who is hot, then the pitcher(or another teamate gets drilled when they come to bat......its not in the rule book and its legal to some extent..

In every sport, you don't run up the score(except college football, where your rated higher on how bad you blow out a team).....So for some of you that say what sapp did was OK, why isn't it ok to run up a score..both being legal? unwritten rules.......

you don't make hits like that on players that are that far away from the ball when hes not looking.....All these guys are one hit away from a career ending hit----99% of the players know this and respect it---what Sapp did was stupid and if I were any player out there, I would try to end his career on every play from now until he admitts what he did was fucking stupid or until his career is done....The guy is a dick in every sense of the word......

 

[the_jarhead]

The way I see it is like this.
Was the hit legal? Yes
Was it to forceful? No this is football not girls badminton
Was it necessary? He did have chance at making the play (albeit a small one) so it was a good block.

I really didn’t see a problem with the hit. What I was as a problem was sap dancing around and showing off while they were loading this guy on a stretcher.

 

[The_Mexican]

I really didn’t see a problem with the hit. What I was as a problem was sap dancing around and showing off while they were loading this guy on a stretcher.

that is what made it even more disgusting

 

[slickdadd]

Whoever made the point about if he did that to Favre he would get in trouble is absolutely right. He would even be suspended for something like that. It was "legal" techinically, but a very cheap shot that really has no place in the game. Don't break it down more than what it is, a cheap attempt to lay someone out. Yeah it happens, but that doesn't mean it's ok.

 

[Lumberg]

I know I sound like Warren Sapp's biggest defender but......


Another thing for you guys who take issue with what you think is a vulgar display of glee at another player's traumatic injury is that....while no one can read his mind it is safe to assume Warren was more excited about the fact that his team just got an interception and ran it back a good amount of the field than the fact that he laid someone out. Warren just like anyone else knows it's easy to lay someone out that isn't looking.....but getting a turnover is a laudable feat.

JC

 

[The_Mexican]

He likely was celebrating his teams inteception. But it's still disgusting to be celebrating while someones being taken away on a strecher. Even more so, when it was your fault.
Sapp may be a great player, but he really showed his immaturity after the play, and with his episode after the game. I have no respect for him.

 

[KHMER ROGUE]

Jesus, some of you guys here sound like bunch of pussies. I am willing to bet that most of you on this thread haven't played football before. (No, I am not talking about flag or touch football, idiots)

Wake up, this is Pro football. They know what they are getting into when they decided to play Pro Football. Hell, I once had a Linebacker who took a cheap shot at me by head-ramming me when the play was 40 yards away in High School. (I'll never forget that bastard) Injuries are inevitable in Football, simple as that. If you think Today's professional football is rough and cruel, I suggest fast-rewinding to 30 or 40 years ago. You'll see many unnecessary blocks or tackles by players.

I'm sorry, but maturity and common sense do not fucking apply to Football.

 

[madbomber31]

Whoever made the point about if he did that to Favre he would get in trouble is absolutely right. He would even be suspended for something like that.

shit slickpapa... hugh douglas barely blocked miller and was fined (playoff game)... and hugh didnt do a god damn thing till miller started to move up field toward the play... IMAGINE what would happen if that were favre getting hit... wow, i'm guessing someone would be suspended and fined 50k... and his career would be ended the next time the teams played.


MACHINE--- i'm glad someone else agrees that favre should have been hammered on his ass on that pick return.. he fucking made the tackle too!!! that's what pisses me off about it.

 

[CN1]

well some keep saying why didnt he lay out farve like that and stuff, but maybe he didnt have or wasnt in a perfect position to lay a dude out like he was when this play occurred, its not often a defensive player gets the chance to throw a perfect positoned blind sided block and kill the guy without tackling him!