Josh Cribbs' agent angry over final play

[Beerball]

Not sure how many stayed until the final whistle last night, I sure didn't...

 

Down 16-0 they decide to run a hook & ladder on the last play of the game.

 

Josh Cribbs was taken off the field on a stretcher. He's OK and out of the hospital but his agent is spitting mad.

 

Thoughts?

[DDD]

I saw the play. Injuries are a part of the game and you've got to keep your head on a swivel, but yes the hit on him was unnecessary on a meaningless play that should have never been called.

[stuckincincy]

I saw the play. Injuries are a part of the game and you've got to keep your head on a swivel, but yes the hit on him was unnecessary on a meaningless play that should have never been called.

 

I disagree.

 

The player who hit him took a clean shot and stood him up, taking on an opposing player - which is fair. It was a snap-snap-bang hit in the blink of an eye. I don't think the BAL player had any intent to injure whatsoever. And I think Cribbs' trying to make something happen, despite the impossibility of the situation, is what a good player does.

 

Nobody likes to be shut out...

 

And BAL is fading - 0-0 at the half against CLE, and 16 pts. against a very troubled club in a prime time game. Flacco seems to have the sophomore blues. IMO, they better look to the secondary in the draft. And LB.

Edited November 17, 2009 by stuckincincy

[Dante]

It's football. Its a contact game. Players should have pride and play too the very end. What should the Browns called that would make the agent happy? The agent should just shut his hole and be happy he gets paid for doing nothing except inflate the price of the game.