Robert Geathers Should Be Suspended for the Season, If not more
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by user MetsJetsDevils
With 4:52 left in the 3rd quarter Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Robert Geathers launched himself, full force, into a sliding, defensless Trent Green. It was a nasty collision which throttled Green's neck back in dramatic fashion until it smashed against the turf. Amazingly, there was no penalty called on the play (those refs should not be allowed to ref another game all season). It was an astonishingly dirty, illegal and disgusting play on the part of Geathers, and Green is lucky that he was not more seriously injured.
The NFL should take immediate action. The QB slide rule was specifically created to protect QBs from cheap shots when they surrendered themselves. I have honestly never seen a more disturbingly illegal hit in all my years watching the NFL. If the NFL does not take immediate and serious action against Geathers, it is clear to me that a death on the field is not too far off in the future. Players are too big, too fast and too strong to let them deliver full force blows to the head against defenseless players.
One final thought. If I were Herm Edwards I would have been going ballistic that no penatly had been called on the play. I would have interfered with the play of the game as much as I could and I would have then directed one of my defensive lineman to hit Carson Palmer on the Bengals next offensive play, regardless of what that play was. I would have my player jump up and down on his neck a few times while he was down and then finish it off my stepping directly on his surgically repaired knee. More realistically, I would have told my defensive players to continue to dive at Palmer's knees until serious damage had been inflicted.
Date
Mon 09/11/06, 9:30 am EST
