Yea its pretty silly to dog or say anything bad about him. Good teammate, from what I understand a good person, and a good player he seemed to have a dropoff after that cheap shot (who knows if this was a coincidence, anyone have thoughts what would cause the issue to linger?)
Sure these players get paid a lot of money to play a "game", but I think anyone who ever has been a part of a team knows no player is trying to miss a kick, etc. I think as fans we forget that these people are human and will make mistakes regardless if they are making $4, $40000, or $4 mil.