Adam Jones fined 35K

[Shake n Blake]

(09-17-2015, 11:55 AM)jj22 Wrote: Stiff arm? Wait who had the ball? I've never saw a non ball carrier execute a stiff arm (twice) sigh. Enough with the excuses for Cooper. Why all the excuses by Bengal fans for a non Bengal, over a Bengal. Weird. You won't see that with other fan bases. It's time we rally around our players instead of listening to the national media and slamming them because the media does. They didn't watch the game (just the highlights of Jones actions), and we all saw how Oakland got when they start losing (chirpy, cheap shots etc). Typical of Oakland teams. Cooper didn't have the ball so no he wasn't stiff arming anyone. He was jabbing him in the throat. And I bet if he plays Jones again he won't try him again. Don't start something you can't finish. That's the moral to this story, and what we all as Bengal fans should be preaching as we circle the wagon around Jones, who we all know has come a long way and deserves our support. Especially as he's stepped up as a leader of the D.

Nobody got mad when Burfict set the tone for the defense in what some could deem a dirty way. Lets try to remember that when we slam Jones. Unless those same posters slammed Burfict too. Which I can pretty much guarantee they didn't.

I fully expected to see people standing up for Jones once they found out he was punched in the throat, but I guess I underestimated these boards. Why do people think Amari Cooper called it "physical football" and didn't rip Adam Jones publicly? It's not because he's a classy dude, it's probably because he knew he wasn't being a boy scout himself, and didn't want to bring any more attention to the matter, lest he wind up getting fined as well. 

(09-17-2015, 12:48 PM)jj22 Wrote: Then Jones gave Cooper a stiff arm that sent his head into his helmet then. Since a stiff arm is just the extension of the arm by definition. That's what your telling me.

I just don't think it was a stiff arm in the football sense. I've never saw a stiff arm from a non-ball carrier. So that was a jab (double) to the throat. Lets call it what it was and I'm fine with everyones opinion on the outcome.

That'd be way too easy (and truthful).