08-12-2016, 12:10 PM
(08-12-2016, 11:52 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: It just shows how biased the media is. James Harrison was the same type of player in his prime. Known for his vicious/dirty hits and the multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines he received. The league got on him about head hunting, so he started targeting knees.These are both unfortunate (to steal Nantz's descriptive wording) realities in the NFL. Having such a glaring double standard is frustrating. Your illustration from that game last year made me equally sick to have to sit and listen to. And I lost some respect for Nantz (never had much for Simms to begin with, so not much lost on that end) for commenting on the involved players the way he did.
I do remember some talk of him being a dirty player, but he was never flat-out demonized the way Burfict is. Some of the things Simms (and especially) Nantz said during the wild card game was ridiculous. Like when Nantz said Burfict used a "pile drive move" on Ben, while calling the Shazier hit on Gio "unfortunate". I think it just boils down to which team he suits up for and how big the fan base is.
