09-17-2015, 12:45 PM
(09-17-2015, 12:40 PM)jj22 Wrote: I understand why people rob banks too, that doesn't mean I can't argue against it. I just know how to respectfully disagree with others (by admitting I understand where people are coming from). The stiff arm excuse is what brought me back to the subject. A stiff arm? Really. That's searching for excuses for Cooper. He didn't even have the ball. Have you ever heard of a non ball carrier executing stiff arms? That's going out of your way to make excuses for Cooper. If your going to go out of your way to make excuses for someone do so for a Bengal. That's what fans do (and that's why I brought up being a fan).
Not going out the way for excuses at all, it's merely stating EXACTLY what happened during the play.
Cooper threw out a stiff arm to Jones.
Unfortunately for Cooper (and Jones' bank account), a stiff arm when you aren't carrying the ball isn't legal in the NFL, and Jones retaliated for that very reason.
A stiff arm is a stiff arm whether you have the ball or not, but it's legal with the ball and illegal without it. The fact that he wasn't a ballcarrier doesn't make it not a stiff arm anymore though, so I don't know why you're saying people are making excuses. They're calling it as the play happened. It was a football move, but not a legal one. I don't think anyone has disputed it by saying that Cooper made a legal move, or did they? I missed it if somebody tried saying it was legal.
