Realist Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Here's a Ross Tucker article on CNNSI. He talks about how and why players play with injuries and what their teamates may think of them. Tucker Article Here's the part where it sounds exactly like the Mike Williams saga in Buffalo. If this is about Williams, apparently his line mates felt exactly the same way about him as the fans did. "One year in the NFL I started on an offensive line in which three guys, including myself, had surgery after the season for one thing or another. One of the two who didn't have surgery had missed parts of several games with a torn oblique yet still tried to play through the injury. The fifth member of the line, however, refused to play through a couple of minor injuries on multiple occasions. As a result he never really fit in with the rest of the group and was somewhat ostracized. The message was loud and clear as far as we were concerned: he could not be trusted to do the things the rest of us were willing to do for each other. And yes, as far as offensive lines go, I do believe that one bad apple can spoil the bunch." Sorry if this has been posted already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHFO Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 yea i feel like i've read this before but w/e it's kool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Listening to Tucker this morning on Sirius NFL. Really like him. He commented on the Bills losing a big advantage having to play a division rival for the second season in a row, late in the year in Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Here's a Ross Tucker article on CNNSI. He talks about how and why players play with injuries and what their teamates may think of them. Tucker Article Here's the part where it sounds exactly like the Mike Williams saga in Buffalo. If this is about Williams, apparently his line mates felt exactly the same way about him as the fans did. "One year in the NFL I started on an offensive line in which three guys, including myself, had surgery after the season for one thing or another. One of the two who didn't have surgery had missed parts of several games with a torn oblique yet still tried to play through the injury. The fifth member of the line, however, refused to play through a couple of minor injuries on multiple occasions. As a result he never really fit in with the rest of the group and was somewhat ostracized. The message was loud and clear as far as we were concerned: he could not be trusted to do the things the rest of us were willing to do for each other. And yes, as far as offensive lines go, I do believe that one bad apple can spoil the bunch." Sorry if this has been posted already. Not Jonas Jennings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realist Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 Not Jonas Jennings? Could be, I forgot about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoner7 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Listening to Tucker this morning on Sirius NFL. Really like him. He commented on the Bills losing a big advantage having to play a division rival for the second season in a row, late in the year in Toronto. Haha, on ESPN today, the segment with Herm Edwards, he says something along the lines of "Going on the road, in winter, the Jets have a tough game ahead of them" Too bad the Bills are on the road too, the game will be more like a Jet home game with the fans, and the game is indoors.... Why cant I be an ESPN analyst? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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