While I will never stick up for a Browns player, I have to give a little credit to Cleveland WR Josh Cribbs for his comments regarding Steelers LB James Harrison.
If you missed it, Cribbs STUCK UP for his former teammate in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on Saturday, saying that he didn’t have an issue with the hit he laid on Cribbs which knocked him out of Sunday’s Steelers 28-10 win over the Browns.
“He plays to knock people out,” Cribbs told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Wouldn’t you want a linebacker like that on your team? Honestly, a guy that you know is going to try to knock the key players out of the game?
“If he played for our team, we’d be applauding his efforts. You don’t want a guy to change his habits. And I’m just trying to be fair. He might come off wrong in the media saying he wants to hurt guys. But it’s two different things saying hurt and injure.”
Good for Cribbs. At least he identifies that Harrison isn’t a dirty player, which seems to be the stance that the suits in the NFL want to take over a guy that has fought to earn every award and compliment he’s ever gotten in the NFL.
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DrGeorge
October 27, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Matt, I don’t think it is sticking up for a Browns player to recognize the integrity behind J. Cribb’s comment on Harrison. His defense of Harrison couldn’t have thrilled Browns’ fans or the NFL front office. In spite of that, Cribbs knowingly took an unpopular position and made an intelligent point in the process. Frankly, I wish more players were this fair-minded about the game and willing to take a stand on principle. In that vein, I was equally pleased to hear B.Uhrlacker defend Harrison’s hit, knowing R. Goodell would be none too happy with him. It’s good for kids all over the country to know that tough competitors can also be honest and fair men. That’s a far better message to send young fans than the hypocritical message implicit in the stance taken by the NFL commissioner.