Jonathan Vilma Speaks About the Brady Quinn Cheap Shot
by Saintsational on Nov 19, 2009 11:09 AM CST
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In week 4's matchup against the Jets, Jonathan Vilma took a low-blow block from Mark Sanchez, for which Sanchez was fined. Now he's speaking out against Brady Quinn's cheap shot on Baltimore's Terrell Suggs last week. Here is what Vilma had to say on his PlayMaker Mobile page last night.
What bothers me about this play is, for one, Brady Quinn is not a rookie—he's a third year guy. Two, he knows right and wrong, he knows fair and foul play. And three, as much emphasis as there is put on protecting quarterbacks, quarterbacks need to understand they need to do the same thing. There is a reason defensive players can't go low on quarterbacks. Look at Tom Brady. Look what happened to him. So why would you reciprocate and do the same thing if you're the QB? That's what really bothers me.
It's not like Mark Sanchez where it was his fourth game starting and he was a little bewildered and he was just out there. Brady Quinn has been around and he understands right from wrong. He understands fair and foul play. That bothers me. Yeah, Brady Quinn gets fined but that fine isn't going to help the Ravens, it's not gonna help Terrell Suggs get back any quicker, and now they've got to play Peyton Manning this weekend.
Not having Suggs impacts them in so many different ways. Now do they not only miss one of their best pass rushers but they miss one of their best players on defense, period. The guy can stop the run and the pass and you need that against a guy like Peyton Manning, where everyone says "don't blitz Peyton," but you need someone to rush the passer and that was their guy. That's what's especially frustrating. To see that happen, the way it happened, being on the defensive side it really bothers. We have to be really conscious about where and how and how hard we hit a quarterback, and now QBs are just going after defensive players because they're afraid of being blocked, they're afraid of being hit, and that's just not right.
What do you guys think about Vilma's thoughts and words?
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I agree
Losing a player of Suggs’ caliber to a cheap shot is frustrating. Especially when it comes from a player/position that enjoys extra protection by the rules. I think that the only way the league can truly cut out these flagrant fouls would be that if an injury occurs directly due to a cheap shot causing loss of playing time, the offender should be suspended until the injured player is able to return. That would make guys think twice about taking shots like Quinn put on Suggs. Do the crime, do the time.
by WhoDat_OH on Nov 19, 2009 11:23 AM CST via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Dam get out of my head ...... lol
I was thinking the exact same thing about a fitting punishment for cheap shots like that. Sit out till the other players is back seems more than fair. Maybe with a min. 1 or 2 games out no matter what. It seems so wrong to tie the hands of the defensive players then leave them wide open to cheap shots like this. The rules should either be about protecting all the players or not. Seems wrong to skew them only for the QB’s.
Here's to a fresh Brees blowing in NOLA!!!
by ValientC on Nov 20, 2009 3:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Forget Suggs, Vilma needs to focus on Kellen Winslow II:
“You can ask Vilma, man. Vilma couldn’t guard me…..” Winslow said. “It is what it is. They’ll tell you the same thing. Vilma probably won’t, but yeah, I owned those guys.”
He said, "Son, now don't be silly. She's been dead since 1929."
by stujo4 on Nov 19, 2009 11:46 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
agreed
worry about the bucs game and not some play from last week with 2 teams that have absolutely no bearing on our season
by mississippisaintsfan on Nov 21, 2009 8:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Vilma's absolutely right
Quarterbacks should play in skirts. Except for Drew, of course. Keep your hands off of Drew.
Super Bowl 44: "If you play in this league and it's not your goal, there's something wrong with you." -- Marques Colston
by MtnExile on Nov 19, 2009 11:48 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Mr Vilma
First let me say for all of us that we are so excited about having you on our team! You have proven yourself to not only be a player of the highest caliber… but the ‘kind’ of human/player we can all admire and respect. Your game and your attitude are part of why the New Orleans Saints are such a fantastic club now! We have not just built a great team this year, we have the makings of an elite organization that should be a force to contend with for the rest of our years. It takes a total commitment to quality and integrity both personal and on the field to achieve this status and we are showing everyone, it’s what we are now all about! You are one of my very favorite players now and the addition of guys like you, Shockey, Sharper and some of the other guys who have left teams that you might not have fit into as well to our Saints where you are all someone we are proud to have represent our city New Orleans as well as our team.
Thank You,
Much Respect from the GGM, Voodoo Surgeon General
Gris Gris Man, Voodoo Surgeon General and Master of Witch Doctory
by Gris Gris Man on Nov 19, 2009 12:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I guess Vilma will just have to do the best he can covering him and then
Harper can separate Winslow’s head from his torso right after the catch!!
"I think we agree, the past is over" - George W Bush
"The greatest enemy of knowlege is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge" Stephen Hawking
by Philinwood on Nov 19, 2009 12:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
lame
yea i think it is lame that Qb’s hit D players at the knees to. Quinn is a terd playing for a terd team in Cleveland. He is just a terd!
by Saintsfan4life on Nov 19, 2009 12:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
KW 2
He is talking alot since going from a horrible team to just a bad team. Terd works too for the Browns and the Bucs.
Who Dat!! Vote the Dome Patrol to the Hall!
by FLDune Patrol on Nov 19, 2009 12:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I've seen a replay of this play 3 times
and every time I watch it, I’m more convinced it wasn’t dirty. It looks like Brady was aiming for his thighs and just missed. It definitely sucks for the Ravens to lose a player like Suggs even for 2 weeks – especially these next 2 weeks against Indy and Pittsburgh.
by HB-NOLA on Nov 19, 2009 1:18 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I noticed
No one is talking about Dwan Edwards cheap shot on Cribbs on the last play of the game that put him out he had to be carried off the field.
by mississippisaintsfan on Nov 21, 2009 6:18 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder what
What would Suggs fine have been if he had hit Brady Quinn low and took him out for a few weeks?
by andyp111 on Nov 19, 2009 2:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I agree with Vilma
Its really a double standard when it comes to cheap shots. If a defensive play accidently GRAZES a QB’s helmet or kness all hell breaks loose… but when a QB basically puts his whole body into a defensive player knees then its “frowned upon”. Like he said Quinn has been in the league long enough to know right from wrong. If it were in reverse and Quinn would have been injured on a play like that Suggs would have been considered the devil. Just like Pollard after the Brady hit.
Get ready to FEEL DAT BREES!!!
by born in areacode 318 on Nov 19, 2009 2:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
When did Pollard hit Brady?
Oh, you mean the time he got blocked towards him and kind of breathed towards Brady’s knee? Yeah I do remember that.
"Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth." --Mike Tyson
by vicvega26 on Nov 19, 2009 9:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait
I thinking about the one earlier this year against Baltimore. You know the one. One of the Ravens, It may have been Suggs, came close to Brady’s knees and a flag was thrown because Brady promised the ref he would blow him under the bleachers after the game.
"Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth." --Mike Tyson
by vicvega26 on Nov 19, 2009 9:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
come on man!!!
Don't worry I got your back cuz...
by TAYDIGGA on Nov 20, 2009 10:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
As a Bengals fan I am not a fan of either the Ravens or Browns but..............
Brady Quinn is a real piece of work. He is just a bad player and all of his potential was just illusion. He can’t win so he takes a cheap shot. Suggs is a great player and as much as I hate facing him twice a year I do respect him. The Ravens team has guys who go over the top occasionally and some of their hits could be considered marginal but they play like men.
I take it personally as the Bengals are in a race with the Steelers and we were depending on the Ravens to hand a loss or maybe two to them. Suggs is a big blow and makes the road easier for Pittsburg and harder for Cincy. I would love to see Maualuga meet Quinn in the back field and give him the licking he deserves.
" My enemy said "Love your enemy". I obeyed and loved myself." Gibran
by JUNGLEJOHN on Nov 19, 2009 2:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Who dey vs. Who Dat......
What a game that would be!
by saints fan in cowboyland! on Nov 19, 2009 4:32 PM CST via mobile reply actions 0 recs
It could happen.
"Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth." --Mike Tyson
by vicvega26 on Nov 19, 2009 9:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I would love that. Definitely my two favorite NFL teams.
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
by coldpizza on Nov 20, 2009 2:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
A Who Dat vs. Who Dey Superbowl and The Who is playing the halftime show! LOL
"Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth." --Mike Tyson
by vicvega26 on Nov 22, 2009 5:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes it would be a great game but.....
we have a lot of work to do. We are not a SB caliber team at this point. We get better every game and I hope we can keep it up.
" My enemy said "Love your enemy". I obeyed and loved myself." Gibran
by JUNGLEJOHN on Nov 19, 2009 10:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Poor linebacker
Did he get hurt by the big bad quarterback.I couldn’t care less about a Baltimore Ravens player.This is football suck it up,If your team didnt employ a murderer like Ray Lewis maybe i would have a different attitude
by simone219 on Nov 20, 2009 4:06 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Nice...
….what did Suggs do to deserve the cheap shot he took?
Or even Ray Lewis, ON THAT PLAY?
What happened 10 or so years ago is over, I’m not a Ray Lewis fan myself, but his past has no bearing on the play under discussion.
If you want to berate Lewis, or the Ravens, please go somewhere else and do it, this is a Saints blog, and we’re discussing Vilma’s comments on a play, not what a player not involved in the play at all did 10 years ago.
Irony: An atheist Saints fan.
by GSO Saints Fan on Nov 20, 2009 7:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I am with you GSO
These smack talking mouth breathers who have no respect for the game really twist my nads. As I said I am a Bengals fan but I am also a fan of hard honest football. If we get the chance to play the Saints that is what it will be. Two teams playing their hearts out to win. It will be a great game – win or lose.
Hey I will let a Who Dey out once in a while but when I visit another teams board I come there to discuss football, their team and ours. Not talk meaningless smack. I never understood the the motive. Do they actually think the smack talk makes them sound tough? It doesn’t. It makes them sound stupid.
" My enemy said "Love your enemy". I obeyed and loved myself." Gibran
by JUNGLEJOHN on Nov 20, 2009 8:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i gues i'll just stick around here
and keep giving my opinions as i see fit
by simone219 on Nov 20, 2009 2:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What a shame......
Comments like that earlier one really lower the credibility of the site that is now my favorite one for intelligent information on the best team in the NFL. * Go Saints*
Please go troll with the off topic stuff on ESPN or FOX they love to stir the pot about things that mean nothing.
Here's to a fresh Brees blowing in NOLA!!!
by ValientC on Nov 20, 2009 2:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i'll say it slower for you
i t h i n k i ’ l l j u s t s t a y h e r e
by simone219 on Nov 20, 2009 2:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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