Woodley: “Football Is Turning Soft Now”

LaMarr Woodley was a guest Wednesday morning on Sirius XM NFL Radio.

“Football is turning soft now,” Woodley said. “Too many fines. Too many penalties protecting the quarterback every single play. Defensive guys can’t be defensive guys no more. I mean, that’s what Pittsburgh, that’s what we’re built on … playing aggressive football, attacking, hitting people hard, you know, making quarterback’s shake. … You can’t even touch them.

“Having all the fines and the penalties is stupid because it’s taking away from the game. We knew what we were signing up for when we started playing football. We knew that. Everybody knew that. Every quarterback knew that, (NFL Commissioner) Roger Goodell knew that, but I don’t know if he ever played football, so I don’t if he really understands the hard hitting of the sport.”

Woodley said the Steelers have won the most Super Bowls in NFL history because “we play hard-nosed football. We didn’t get six Lombardis by playing soft football. We got it by playing aggressive football — hitting teams hard — and I don’t think that will ever change. I don’t care how many times you get fined.”