Burfict: I'm Being Singled Out, I'll Have To Change

[BonnieBengal]

(02-24-2016, 10:12 AM)Wyche Wrote: Actually Bonnie, I gotta disagree.  I think it was worse.  While Zim was here, Taze was doing the nut slaps, ankle twists, and various other things AFTER the play.  He developed the rep early.....now he's getting flagged for stuff that's happening DURING plays.


Absolutely the timing was bad, I agree.  However, as Soly said, he could've destroyed AB....but actually pulled up at the last moment, contrary to popular sentiment and media narratives.  He earned his rep early on....but then, so did Joey Porter....much more so.  Where was his penalty?  Where was his suspension?  I mean, Taze might be a touch over the top on the field of play, but at least he's never waited outside of a team bus to fight, or mugged a fellow player.  Vontaze has a rep, but the Bengals WERE singled out in that game.  If you've ever been on a field with such lopsided officiating, and your teammates are getting hurt while the officials do nothing, you'd understand the mentality of that situation.  Try playing in some places in Eastern Kentucky on a Friday night back in the 80s/90s!   (I've seen flooded fields in drought season, been pelted with beer bottles, had a human fence of State Troopers and local LEOs from the locker room to the back of the bus, then escorted out of town......and that's just high school!)

Honestly, that was some of the worst "homecooking" I've ever seen......and it was on OUR field!

I don't think he was doing the ankle twists while Zimmer was here.  He went to the pro bowl while Zimmer was here.  The Cam Newton ankle twist happened under Guenther.