Dear Browns Fans

[GP1]

I'm not one to give the Browns advice as I am a Steelers fan. I guess it isn't as much advice to the Browns as much as it is advice to Browns fans. Here it goes.

Try to control your stupidity and don't run McCoy out of Cleveland. Get the guy some help in the form of a better #1 receiver and a better RB than Touchdown Tommy Hillis...or whatever his name is. McCoy handled himself well yesterday against a great defense on the road and for his first game ever.

If the Browns do the right things around this guy, they can be a playoff team in the future. In 2-3 years, McCoy may be one of the one half of all starting NFL QBs who doesn't have his head up his butt. Time will tell, but even the Great GP1 and many in the crowd of Steelers fans at Dixies Tavern in Charlotte were impressed by McCoy. The guy can play, now get him some help.

[akzipper]

dear Steelers fans

get rid of rothlisberger he is a rapist

[skip-zip]

I'm not one to give the Browns advice as I am a Steelers fan. I guess it isn't as much advice to the Browns as much as it is advice to Browns fans. Here it goes.

Try to control your stupidity and don't run McCoy out of Cleveland. Get the guy some help in the form of a better #1 receiver and a better RB than Touchdown Tommy Hillis...or whatever his name is. McCoy handled himself well yesterday against a great defense on the road and for his first game ever.

If the Browns do the right things around this guy, they can be a playoff team in the future. In 2-3 years, McCoy may be one of the one half of all starting NFL QBs who doesn't have his head up his butt. Time will tell, but even the Great GP1 and many in the crowd of Steelers fans at Dixies Tavern in Charlotte were impressed by McCoy. The guy can play, now get him some help.

Handled himself well? I think one could say that he even did much better than that. I was really impressed with his poise and leadership under pressure, and he completed 70% of his passes!!

I'm not a Browns fan, or a Steelers fan, but I liked what I saw. He's another example of a kid who might not physically look like an NFL QB, but he appears like he has the ability to get the job done!

If the Browns fans are getting on this kid today, I think it's unjustified.

[zen]

dear Steelers fans

get rid of rothlisberger he is a rapist

suspend head-hunting harrison.

the NFL's mandatory removal of the game of Cribbs and Massaquoi rewards helmet to helmet headhunting and it's really stupid.

I understand the safety issues with concussions, but we already have pink-skirt rules in the NFL anyway. Harrisson should have been flagged on the first shot on cribbs, and ejected for the second shot. Two players removed from the game because of that crap.

[UAZipster0305]

dear Steelers fans

get rid of rothlisberger he is a rapist

suspend head-hunting harrison.

the NFL's mandatory removal of the game of Cribbs and Massaquoi rewards helmet to helmet headhunting and it's really stupid.

I understand the safety issues with concussions, but we already have pink-skirt rules in the NFL anyway. Harrisson should have been flagged on the first shot on cribbs, and ejected for the second shot. Two players removed from the game because of that crap.

Would you really have expected anything less from a Can't State alum?

[GP1]

He's another example of a kid who might not physically look like an NFL QB, but he appears like he has the ability to get the job done!

He has all of the physical ability he needs. Browns fans need to keep in mind that McCoy won a lot of games at UT. Winners are hard to come by. I've said it before and I'll say it again, if McCoy doesn't go down with an injury in the BCS Championship Game last January, they beat Alabama.

[ZachTheZip]

McCoy was thrown into an impossible situation and held his own.

Unfortunately, the Browns won't be able to get any talent around him until the next draft. Right now their biggest concern is at corner and any move made will be to address that, which doesn't exactly help the QB.

[GP1]

dear Steelers fans

get rid of rothlisberger he is a rapist

Noooooo he isn't. He's an a-hole, but not a rapist.

[GP1]

suspend head-hunting harrison.

the NFL's mandatory removal of the game of Cribbs and Massaquoi rewards helmet to helmet headhunting and it's really stupid.

I understand the safety issues with concussions, but we already have pink-skirt rules in the NFL anyway. Harrisson should have been flagged on the first shot on cribbs, and ejected for the second shot. Two players removed from the game because of that crap.

What rules were broken?

Even some Browns call them clean hits.

[GP1]

Unfortunately, the Browns won't be able to get any talent around him until the next draft.

Want to immediately help him? Don't count on the draft. Two words Browns fans, Randy Moss. A great deep threat opens up the whole field. Moss has 2-3 good years left in him.

The draft is how you get depth. It's hard to turn a team around quickly with the draft.

[ZachTheZip]

Why would Harrison take a shot at Cribbs? Weren't they friends in college? Didn't they have the same dealer?

[Hilltopper]

suspend head-hunting harrison.

the NFL's mandatory removal of the game of Cribbs and Massaquoi rewards helmet to helmet headhunting and it's really stupid.

I understand the safety issues with concussions, but we already have pink-skirt rules in the NFL anyway. Harrisson should have been flagged on the first shot on cribbs, and ejected for the second shot. Two players removed from the game because of that crap.

What rules were broken?

Even some Browns call them clean hits.

Whats that saying? The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree?

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/r/23517483/detail.html

The mother of Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct Tuesday in Akron, Ohio.

[GP1]

suspend head-hunting harrison.

the NFL's mandatory removal of the game of Cribbs and Massaquoi rewards helmet to helmet headhunting and it's really stupid.

I understand the safety issues with concussions, but we already have pink-skirt rules in the NFL anyway. Harrisson should have been flagged on the first shot on cribbs, and ejected for the second shot. Two players removed from the game because of that crap.

What rules were broken?

Even some Browns call them clean hits.

Whats that saying? The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree?

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/r/23517483/detail.html

The mother of Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct Tuesday in Akron, Ohio.

Harrison hasn't done anything wrong. I'm not sure what the referece to his mother has to do with anything.

I saw Harrison at a hockey game once. Between periods, he said hello to and took photos with anybody who asked. He isn't a bad guy, just a hardass....the kind of hardass any Browns fan would love to have on their team.

[Let'sGoZips94]

Unfortunately, the Browns won't be able to get any talent around him until the next draft.

Want to immediately help him? Don't count on the draft. Two words Browns fans, Randy Moss. A great deep threat opens up the whole field. Moss has 2-3 good years left in him.

The draft is how you get depth. It's hard to turn a team around quickly with the draft.

I want Vincent Jackson personally. Big target, great hands, and he's demanding a trade after his suspension.

[tbozeglav]

Player who receives a head injury from helmet-to-helmet contact is, by rule, removed from the game. Player who caused the injury gets to keep playing. Fantastic logic. Throw into the mix he wasn't flagged, and you've got a horribly unbalanced system. First hit could have gone either way, but the second one was without a question a rule infraction. I hope fines/suspensions are headed his way.

[GP1]

Player who receives a head injury from helmet-to-helmet contact is, by rule, removed from the game. Player who caused the injury gets to keep playing. Fantastic logic. Throw into the mix he wasn't flagged, and you've got a horribly unbalanced system. First hit could have gone either way, but the second one was without a question a rule infraction. I hope fines/suspensions are headed his way.

Browns fans sure can cry up a river.

[tbozeglav]

Player who receives a head injury from helmet-to-helmet contact is, by rule, removed from the game. Player who caused the injury gets to keep playing. Fantastic logic. Throw into the mix he wasn't flagged, and you've got a horribly unbalanced system. First hit could have gone either way, but the second one was without a question a rule infraction. I hope fines/suspensions are headed his way.

Browns fans sure can cry up a river.

We know how to burn it and the bridge over it too.

[zen]

Player who receives a head injury from helmet-to-helmet contact is, by rule, removed from the game. Player who caused the injury gets to keep playing. Fantastic logic. Throw into the mix he wasn't flagged, and you've got a horribly unbalanced system. First hit could have gone either way, but the second one was without a question a rule infraction. I hope fines/suspensions are headed his way.

Browns fans sure can cry up a river.

This is not about the steelers, doofus. It's a legitimate point. Take the colors of the uniforms, and it's still true.

The current circumstance REWARDS head hunting... plain and simple.

In the old days, head hunting may have occurred, but it was only rewarded (so to speak) if you hit them hard enough to make them leave the game for physical reasons. Now, you simply have to hit a guy helmet to helmet enough for him to be slow to get up, and wham-bam-thankyou-mam, player is out of the game.

If they are going to continue this policy to protect players from playing with concussions, then they need to flag players who knock other players out fo the game, and eject them if it occurs repeatedly. Otherwise, you are encouraging head-hunting, which I assume is the opposite of what the league's concussion policy is meant to do.

[UADavid]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-s...s-harrisonshits

Steelers’ Harrison: I don’t care if I hurt players

1 hour, 8 minutes ago

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Steelers linebacker James Harrison(notes) states his objective matter-of-factly: He’s out to hurt any opposing player who roams into his vicinity.

If he sees players down on the turf—as he did Sunday when he sidelined Browns wide receivers Joshua Cribbs(notes) and Mohamed Massaquoi(notes) with punishing hits only minutes apart during the second quarter—he feels as if he’s done his job.

Harrison said he doesn’t want to put any player out of a game or jeopardize his career. The former AP Defensive Player of the Year also realizes it can be difficult to draw a line between merely hurting a player and badly injuring him as plays take place at full speed and hits are delivered with little time to consider the consequences.

He needs a media handler.

[zen]

I don't really care if he "hurts players" either. In fact, to me, that IS football!

I don't mean causing serious injuries is football, but hard hitting is.

However, that all misses the point.

The point, in my opinion, is how the current rules reward head hunting.

Personally, I think that the "leading with a helmet" rule is a joke.

But, I do not think that intentional helmet-to-helmet collisions is a joke. That's a completely different animal. I hope the difference is not subtle.

But when you throw on top of that the fact that the league now mandates that anyone who get's up slowly from a shot to the head be removed from the game, you now have a circumstance where head-hunting is effectively encouraged.

[edit-add players may face suspensions

[skip-zip]

Player who receives a head injury from helmet-to-helmet contact is, by rule, removed from the game. Player who caused the injury gets to keep playing. Fantastic logic. Throw into the mix he wasn't flagged, and you've got a horribly unbalanced system. First hit could have gone either way, but the second one was without a question a rule infraction. I hope fines/suspensions are headed his way.

Browns fans sure can cry up a river.

We know how to burn it and the bridge over it too.

And.....name a beer after it

[tbozeglav]

But when you throw on top of that the fact that the league now mandates that anyone who get's up slowly from a shot to the head be removed from the game, you now have a circumstance where head-hunting is effectively encouraged.

This is precisely what I was eluding to.

I completely agree that the type of mentality that James Harrison has when playing the game is sound; it's the type of fire and passion that you expect from a defensive back. The problem is that he already had a reputation for being a "head hunter" before this game, which was furthered by his actions on the field and his statements after the game.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good solid hit as much as anyone else, but there's a fine line between putting a good hit on the guy and putting such a hit on him that both him and you are put at risk of serious injury. Leading with your head is such a hit. Instead of lowering your head and drilling the guy, use your arms, wrap him up and take him down with you.

To put this in particular perspective for you, great GP1, if Harrison was on the the Browns squad and did the same things, I would feel exactly the same way. Playing to hurt people, regardless of how Harrison sees it, is classless and disgusting.

[Dr Z]

"The first hit (on Cribbs, who was a runner) was legal," Greg Aiello told the Post-Gazette in an email this afternoon. "The second will be reviewed."

NFL to review Harrison Hit

[Let'sGoZips94]

The guy should be reviewed mentally anyways. Harrison went to Can't State THEN the Steelers. He obviously wasn't right mentally mentally when he made those decisions and he sure isn't right mentally when he's looking to hurt the opposing players. I wonder if all of his "looking to hurt others" affects his brain, or if he just wasn't raised right. Either way, I hope he gets fined large amounts for the head hunting, then the comments.

[zippy5]

Browns fans are funny. You guys act like the pain of a helmet to helmet hit doesn't apply to Harrison. Plus, Massaquoi turned around and took 3 steps before he was hit. I'm not a 300 pound NFL player, but I'd imagine if Massaquoi couldn't slow down when he saw Harrison, it may have been a little harder for James to let up. He's pretty big.

p.s. No one seems to be mentioning the helmet to helmet hit that sidelined Mendenhall at the end of the game.