The dirty details
Evan's not the only one who's annoyed by Rodney Harrison's late hits. In a preseason poll, 23% of NFL players voted Rodney Harrison the dirtiest. I wonder who Rodney voted for? Not himself, obviously. Says Harrison,
All I can say is as many guys as say I'm a dirty player, just as many come up and tell me they admire how I play, the hard work, the commitment, the toughness. That's the pride you're looking for. I take pride in that.Does that mean 23% of the league admires him for his toughness, too? I'm guessing no. I'm guessing he's as deluded about his image as he is about his play.
The Patriots safety leads the list by a wide margin. Joey Porter and Jon Runyan come in second, each with 6% of the 361 votes. Now, I have no idea how Sports Illustrated conducted the poll. But it's hard to argue with these results. Imagine we thought that Porter, Runyan, and Harrison were all equally dirty—say 12% each—and that this outcome was just a statistical anomaly. Then the statistics would say, "No! Not a chance!" Okay, there's a chance. But it's like one in a trillion (according to a chi-squared test treating all other votes as one bin). I don't think that's what happened.
No, the NFL players think Rodney Harrison plays dirty, just like Evan thinks.
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Anybody that's cryin about somebody playing dirty needs to man-up and get a pair!
Man-up and get a pair. Great advice ... but not for the people complaining about dirty play, for the people who are playing dirty. Often times, people play dirty when they aren't good enough to keep up otherwise. They're getting lit up in bball so they pinch, grab and hold. Harrison takes cheap shots so it looks like he's in on plays that he just doesn't get to in time to make an actual impact. Condoning dirty play is absolutely absurd. Harrison, and those of his ilk, need to man-up and get a pair, play hard, and make actual plays. Train harder so they can make the plays they want to be making or hang 'em up.
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