NFL may start suspending players for hits!!!!!! by Ronald Carthen

NFL executive vice president of football operations Ray Anderson said the league will may start suspending players for vicious hits in a game. I think they need to put this rule in place as soon as they possible, as a matter of fact, why not just put it in now. I understand we love to cheer for big hits in a football game, but when a player is hurt and his career could be over, that's when we have to look at each other and realize these players are humans and not superheros or animals.     

The vicious hits I saw in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh made it clear that it's time for players to start taking responsibility for intentional hits.

In the second quarter of the Falcons-Eagles game, Desean Jackson and Dunta Robinson had the biggest collision I've seen in the league in a very long time. Have a look for yourself.


Both very good players are very lucky to be walking after Robinson hit Jackson headfirst. If this incident doesn't make you think it's time to suspend players for helmet-to-helmet hits I don't know what will. The Eagles are going to miss Jackson next week when they travel to Nashville to take on the Titans.

In the Browns-Steelers game, James Harrison sidelined Joshua Cribbs and Mohamed Massaquoi with helmet-to-helmet hits and caused them to get concussions. What did Harrison have to say for intentionally knocking them out of the game, just take a look.

"I don't want to injure anybody. There's a big difference between being hurt and being injured. You get hurt, you shake it off and come back the next series or the next game. I try to hurt people."

When asked about his Joshua Cribbs dirty read what he said then watch the video.

"I thought Cribbs was asleep. A hit like that geeks you up, especially when you find out the guy is not really hurt, he's just sleeping. He's knocked out but he's going to be OK."

 

If the NFL is going to make an example out of someone, they need to make an example out of suspending Harrison for a game. You know and I know that was intentional and was ready to hurt players and take them out of the game at any cost. Then players would appreciate the fact they need to help their team.

My only concern is how officials will view as a vicious hit and suspend someone for unintentionally hitting someone. It's time for the NFL to do something now or careers will be cut short.