Lil Red Machine

Ward delivers knockout blow to Rivers

Whenever I see this hit, there is one thing that comes to mind that noone else seems to talk about: Where was the retaliation from Rivers’ teammates?  I don’t think that they should’ve have a rock ‘em, sock ‘em affair aka Bob Barker vs. Adam Sandler from Happy Gilmore, but still.  Where’s the pride?  Hines drew first blood, and the Bengals ran away, and didn’t challenge him in any sort of respectable football fashion.

OK, with that out of the way, lets focus on the issue that the national media is still talking about.  The hit on Rivers was clean.  Sorry, folks.  Football is a mean, angry, aggressive sport.  If you don’t like it, get out.  It pains me to say that in light of this hit, because I hate the Pittsburgh Steelers, but it’s too bad the Bengals don’t have ANYONE–let alone a wideout, who would do something like this.

If they eliminate blind side hits to the head (which this isn’t–he led with his shoulder, from what I can tell), then that’s further proof that the NFL is becoming a pansy league.  I understand that they have to protect the players, but everyone who plays football knows the risk involved.  In addition to that, football players are taught from a young age to lead with their head.

Go to youtube and type in Ronnie Lott.  Watch some of his hits.  They were amazing, and created a lasting legacy, but a lot of those hits would lead to fines, as Lott would be broke in this modern era.

I don’t advocate going out there and doing whatever it takes to hurt someone, but I DO think that there is nothing wrong with a good, clean, hard hit, which is what Ward delivered to Rivers.