Peter King: MMQB - 9/22/14

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http://mmqb.si.com/2014/09/22/russell-wilson-seattle-seahawks-denver-broncos-overtime-nfl-week-3/

John W. McDonough/The MMQB/SI

‘The NFL Needed This’
Those were the words of Russell Wilson, after Seattle edged Denver in a thrilling Super Bowl redux. An action-packed Sunday—which included surprise teams moving to 3-0—diverted focus on the league's off-field problems, if only for a day
By Peter King

Here are the Rams mentions - to read the entire article click the link.
http://mmqb.si.com/2014/09/22/russell-wilson-seattle-seahawks-denver-broncos-overtime-nfl-week-3/


• Jared Cook did the right thing. Oddest event of the day: Rams tight end Jared Cook dropped a fairly easy touchdown catch in the end zone against the Cowboys, and went back to the Rams’ sideline. Quarterback Austin Davis stuck his hand out as if to say,Hey, we’ll get ’em next time. No worries. Cook angrily slapped his hand away. Strange, because it was Cook’s fault, and he was acting all angry when the quarterback went to tell him it’d be fine. And so Sunday evening, Cook tweeted: “My actions from today’s game were truly a mistake—unintentional and in the heat of the moment. There is never an excuse for unsportsmanlike conduct and I apologize to everyone.” Good for him.

The All-Pro Team of Hurt Guys.

You can actually make one now, without much of a stretch. Here’s my 53-man roster of men who have been injured and missed at least one game, or left a game and not returned:

Offense (26)

WR: A.J. Green, Cincinnati; DeSean Jackson, Washington; Alshon Jeffery, Chicago; Eric Decker, New York Jets.
TE: Marcedes Lewis, Jacksonville; Jordan Reed, Washington; Dennis Pitta, Baltimore.
T: Bryan Bulaga, Green Bay; Sam Baker, Atlanta; Anthony Davis, San Francisco; Michael Bowie, Cleveland.
G: Evan Mathis, Philadelphia; Jeff Allen, Kansas City; Geoff Schwartz, New York Giants.
C: Nick Hardwick, San Diego; Roberto Garza, Chicago.
QB: Cam Newton, Carolina; Robert Griffin III, Washington; Carson Palmer, Arizona.
RB: Jamaal Charles, Kansas City; Knowshon Moreno, Miami; Ryan Mathews, San Diego; DeAngelo Williams, Carolina; Doug Martin, Tampa Bay; Ben Taint, Cleveland.

Defense (23)

DE: John Abraham, Arizona; Chris Long, St. Louis; Adrian Clayborn, Tampa Bay.
DT: Gerald McCoy, Tampa Bay; Darnell Dockett, Arizona; B.J. Raji, Green Bay; Glenn Dorsey, San Francisco.
OLB: Robert Mathis, Indianapolis; Jadeveon Clowney, Houston; Vontaze Burfict, Cincinnati; Sean Weatherspoon, Atlanta; Zach Brown, Tennessee.
ILB/MLB: Sean Lee, Dallas; Derrick Johnson, Kansas City; Dannell Ellerbe, Miami; Jon Beason, New York Giants; Danny Trevathan, Denver.
CB: Charles Tillman, Chicago; Jason McCourty, Tennessee; Lardarius Webb, Baltimore.
FS: Micah Hyde, Green Bay.
SS: Eric Berry, Kansas City; James Ihedigbo, Detroit.

Specialists (3)

K: None
P: Dave Zastudil, Arizona.
Return: Tavon Austin, St. Louis; Trindon Holliday, New York Giants

Great punchout by Alec Ogletree of the Rams, stripping the ball from Cowboys back DeMarco Murray.

Terrible throw by Tony Romo, right in the hands of a baiting Janoris Jenkins. Easy pick-six.

 

[thirteen28]

All these extra rules for player safety, and yet look what we have? Tons of injured players anyway.

Maybe more rules aren't what's needed. Perhaps people should just accept that large men running at high speed in a contact sport is bound to lead to injuries, instead of instituting rule after rule after rule which does nothing to really protect the players but does diminish the quality of the officiating and the game as a whole.

 

[ZigZagRam]

All these extra rules for player safety, and yet look what we have? Tons of injured players anyway.

Maybe more rules aren't what's needed. Perhaps people should just accept that large men running at high speed in a contact sport is bound to lead to injuries, instead of instituting rule after rule after rule which does nothing to really protect the players but does diminish the quality of the officiating and the game as a whole.

Yes, players are always going to get hurt.

But injuries were down in 2013. They're succeeding in that regard, though the expense of the NFL product certainly deserves to be questioned. For the second season in a row I have little desire to watch non-Rams games on Sundays. I have to imagine there are a lot more people like that now than there were several seasons ago.

 

[thirteen28]

Yes, players are always going to get hurt.

But injuries were down in 2013. They're succeeding in that regard, though the expense of the NFL product certainly deserves to be questioned. For the second season in a row I have little desire to watch non-Rams games on Sundays. I have to imagine there are a lot more people like that now than there were several seasons ago.

Maybe they were down in 2013, but being up in 2014 with all those rules (and even more) in place suggest that the rules or lack thereof wasn't the problem.

As far as the reduced desire to watch non-Rams games go, I'm with you there.

 

[ZigZagRam]

Maybe they were down in 2013, but being up in 2014 with all those rules (and even more) in place suggest that the rules or lack thereof wasn't the problem.

As far as the reduced desire to watch non-Rams games go, I'm with you there.

They're not up in 2014.

 

[thirteen28]

They're not up in 2014.

Maybe not, but they seem to be up with prominent players, given King's list.

And either way, I think the product on the field is suffering due to the excessive number of new rules and the overemphasis on trying to prevent injuries.

Everybody needs to accept this is a game where injuries are going to happen, a dangerous game. We accept it in sports like boxing, why are people so squeamish about it in football?

 

[ZigZagRam]

Maybe not, but they seem to be up with prominent players, given King's list.

And either way, I think the product on the field is suffering due to the excessive number of new rules and the overemphasis on trying to prevent injuries.

Everybody needs to accept this is a game where injuries are going to happen, a dangerous game. We accept it in sports like boxing, why are people so squeamish about it in football?

Again, that's a misconception. Last week I posted a list of big names that were on the DL at the same point in the season.

Completely agree with you that the product has been hurt though.

 

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"I played for 12 years, never got hurt, never missed a game. Now they got guys that get hurt in practice." Richard Pryor quoting Jim Brown.

 

[Dodgersrf]

WTF. Bradford isn't even 4th string on the all injuries team?

 

[RaminExile]

WTF. Bradford isn't even 4th string on the all injuries team?

Got Carson Palmer ahead of him?? WTF? No need for blue font!