Andrew Longman
01-26-08, 01:03 PM
I listened to Carl Banks talk on the radio yesterday talk about the chatter going back and forth of Giants and Pats being "dirty players"
He admitted that in the Bills Super Bowl, he hit Reed so hard he was trying to break his hip, but still considered it a clean hit.
Carl was never a trash talker. He never talked at all to the other team, but he would get pissed enough to shut people up. He told a story about a yappy rookie running back who wouldn't shut up. So when he got his chance tackled him hard around the knees and blew one out. It was a legal hit so he didn't consider it "dirty", just vengeful. He wouldn't say who it was but he said the back was never the same.
So, do recall Banks playing against your team, either as a Giant, Skin or Brown and taking out your star rookie running back?
I guess I would know better how I feel about his comments if I knew who it was. I played for a lot of years, mostly as a lineman and I rarely/never played a completely legal game and I absolutely didn't care if I hurt anyone, but I don't think I ever deliberately tried to take someone out of the game.
He admitted that in the Bills Super Bowl, he hit Reed so hard he was trying to break his hip, but still considered it a clean hit.
Carl was never a trash talker. He never talked at all to the other team, but he would get pissed enough to shut people up. He told a story about a yappy rookie running back who wouldn't shut up. So when he got his chance tackled him hard around the knees and blew one out. It was a legal hit so he didn't consider it "dirty", just vengeful. He wouldn't say who it was but he said the back was never the same.
So, do recall Banks playing against your team, either as a Giant, Skin or Brown and taking out your star rookie running back?
I guess I would know better how I feel about his comments if I knew who it was. I played for a lot of years, mostly as a lineman and I rarely/never played a completely legal game and I absolutely didn't care if I hurt anyone, but I don't think I ever deliberately tried to take someone out of the game.