tony hipchest
10-20-2010, 10:46 PM
lawrence is coming out of his shell, not only on the field but off of it as well. he is blogging more frequently than ever and is a refreshing turn from all the media twitter whoring that has become so popular . perhaps he feels he has earned the right to have a voice and be heard. perhaps he is just maturing and feels more comfortable.
either way, he seems very likable and respectable and is definitely worth reading-
I hate that people are giving James Harrison a bad rap right now. James is one of the nicest guys I know, and I can’t stand the way he’s being perceived.
I don’t think James was out to hurt anyone against Cleveland. He was just playing football, and that’s how we do it. It’s a collision sport, you’re going to have collisions out there. A receiver might be 5-10, 165 pounds and run a 4.4 in the 40, but when he runs into James Harrison he’s going to be hurting.
Defensive players are taught to have an aggressive persona. Guys getting hurt can be a sticky situation, but it’s been going on since I first learned how to play football. That’s the way the game is played.
I hope and pray that James doesn’t retire. He’s a guy I look up to. You would think a guy who has been MVP and been to all those Pro Bowls all the time could just take it easy, but not this guy. He comes to work every day and he works hard every day. He takes nothing for granted. He’s in the gym constantly and always running extra sprints. He has an unbelievable work ethic and he loves the game.
I have nothing but good things to say about him. I want to be just like him on the field, he’s the prototype of a great player.
On the Cribbs hit, he was getting tackled by LaMarr Woodley and James came across the top as Cribbs was going down. The way they talk about it in the media, you would think Cribbs was coming across the middle like a sitting duck and James lined him up. He was a moving target. James couldn’t have hit him helmet to helmet if he had tried.
Massaquoi saw James coming and lowered his head. He was probably bracing for the hit and that might not have been the best thing for him to do. It was just a football play.
With the new rules, you’re going to see more neck injuries and more knee injuries. Guys will be afraid to come over the top or they’ll get suspended. Guys are going to go lower for tackles and they’re going to have to lower their necks to cut guys. That could hurt both players, the defensive guy could tweak his neck and the offensive player could blow out his knee when he gets hit there at full speed.
We’re always taught not to hit a guy in the knees, that it’s a cheap shot. No one talks about headshots as a dirty play. I would rather have someone going for my chest, neck and head area than my knees.
You can’t take the physical play out of football. I don’t understand why anyone would want to.
Now the NFL is putting defensive players in a pickle. Things happen so fast out there you don’t have time to think. That should be a factor when the league is deciding about fines and suspensions. Sometimes an offensive guy running full speed could run you over. If Massaquoi had stood up and run over James, that wouldn’t have been a problem for anyone. I think they’re setting new rules to make it easier for the offense, because they want to see more points in the board.
I don’t see why all of a sudden this is such a big deal. Sometimes a guy gets his clock cleaned and gets a concussion. Growing up I saw it happen all the time. Football has been going on the same way for a long time, and all of a sudden everyone is making a big deal about it.
I’m scared to hit someone like I normally would. I could get fined $50,000 and miss a game. I can’t do that, I have a family. I’m definitely going to try to hit guys low, that’s for sure.
And then they institute the rule over 2-3 days in the middle of the season and they just expect us to adjust? We’ve had no time to prepare for it. It’s just there all of a sudden and you have to obey it. The timing of it is ridiculous. This is the kind of thing they should introduce during training camp so we all have a chance to get used to it.
Only a certain amount of people can do this job. The physical nature of the game is what separates the real football players from the fake ones. Sometimes the bear gets you, sometimes you get the bear. It’s a tough man’s game. It’s not two-hand touch. Sometimes, guys are going to get creamed out there. It’s happened to me plenty of times.
I accept it, because that’s football.
Lawrence Timmons is a linebacker with the Pittsburgh Steelers. His blog for http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/linkOut.kickAction?as=62428&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.playerpress.com&h=14f4a423a22fe8e035cdf0f3d58e3142 runs at http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/linkOut.kickAction?as=62428&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timmons94.com&h=8f56a74991ea8f7dc9155cc8cad8e58. Follow him on Twitter at http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/linkOut.kickAction?as=62428&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Flawrencetimmons&h=c689f97f2918c9917bd59dfb49380f9.
either way, he seems very likable and respectable and is definitely worth reading-
I hate that people are giving James Harrison a bad rap right now. James is one of the nicest guys I know, and I can’t stand the way he’s being perceived.
I don’t think James was out to hurt anyone against Cleveland. He was just playing football, and that’s how we do it. It’s a collision sport, you’re going to have collisions out there. A receiver might be 5-10, 165 pounds and run a 4.4 in the 40, but when he runs into James Harrison he’s going to be hurting.
Defensive players are taught to have an aggressive persona. Guys getting hurt can be a sticky situation, but it’s been going on since I first learned how to play football. That’s the way the game is played.
I hope and pray that James doesn’t retire. He’s a guy I look up to. You would think a guy who has been MVP and been to all those Pro Bowls all the time could just take it easy, but not this guy. He comes to work every day and he works hard every day. He takes nothing for granted. He’s in the gym constantly and always running extra sprints. He has an unbelievable work ethic and he loves the game.
I have nothing but good things to say about him. I want to be just like him on the field, he’s the prototype of a great player.
On the Cribbs hit, he was getting tackled by LaMarr Woodley and James came across the top as Cribbs was going down. The way they talk about it in the media, you would think Cribbs was coming across the middle like a sitting duck and James lined him up. He was a moving target. James couldn’t have hit him helmet to helmet if he had tried.
Massaquoi saw James coming and lowered his head. He was probably bracing for the hit and that might not have been the best thing for him to do. It was just a football play.
With the new rules, you’re going to see more neck injuries and more knee injuries. Guys will be afraid to come over the top or they’ll get suspended. Guys are going to go lower for tackles and they’re going to have to lower their necks to cut guys. That could hurt both players, the defensive guy could tweak his neck and the offensive player could blow out his knee when he gets hit there at full speed.
We’re always taught not to hit a guy in the knees, that it’s a cheap shot. No one talks about headshots as a dirty play. I would rather have someone going for my chest, neck and head area than my knees.
You can’t take the physical play out of football. I don’t understand why anyone would want to.
Now the NFL is putting defensive players in a pickle. Things happen so fast out there you don’t have time to think. That should be a factor when the league is deciding about fines and suspensions. Sometimes an offensive guy running full speed could run you over. If Massaquoi had stood up and run over James, that wouldn’t have been a problem for anyone. I think they’re setting new rules to make it easier for the offense, because they want to see more points in the board.
I don’t see why all of a sudden this is such a big deal. Sometimes a guy gets his clock cleaned and gets a concussion. Growing up I saw it happen all the time. Football has been going on the same way for a long time, and all of a sudden everyone is making a big deal about it.
I’m scared to hit someone like I normally would. I could get fined $50,000 and miss a game. I can’t do that, I have a family. I’m definitely going to try to hit guys low, that’s for sure.
And then they institute the rule over 2-3 days in the middle of the season and they just expect us to adjust? We’ve had no time to prepare for it. It’s just there all of a sudden and you have to obey it. The timing of it is ridiculous. This is the kind of thing they should introduce during training camp so we all have a chance to get used to it.
Only a certain amount of people can do this job. The physical nature of the game is what separates the real football players from the fake ones. Sometimes the bear gets you, sometimes you get the bear. It’s a tough man’s game. It’s not two-hand touch. Sometimes, guys are going to get creamed out there. It’s happened to me plenty of times.
I accept it, because that’s football.
Lawrence Timmons is a linebacker with the Pittsburgh Steelers. His blog for http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/linkOut.kickAction?as=62428&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.playerpress.com&h=14f4a423a22fe8e035cdf0f3d58e3142 runs at http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/linkOut.kickAction?as=62428&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timmons94.com&h=8f56a74991ea8f7dc9155cc8cad8e58. Follow him on Twitter at http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/linkOut.kickAction?as=62428&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Flawrencetimmons&h=c689f97f2918c9917bd59dfb49380f9.