ANQUAN BOLDIN

Anybody know what happened to Anquan Boldin....He got hurt real bad REAL BAAAAADDD!!!!!

classy

did something happen?

he uh

died? idk. he looked like he got paralyzed on a helmet-to-helmet hit. it was in garbage time too.

yeah it was really awful

like "i cannot watch a replay of that hit" awful

also, kurt warner led an impromptu prayer session between both teams

fuck, w/27 seconds left. wtf dudes. what sort of play was it on?

pass to the end zone, jets player is going to get hella fines for the hit too. who spears someone else in the neck?

it was bad, there was no fucking around -- the ambulance was brought out basically immediately.

fuck, jets were up by 21 too. what a douche move to put it mildly.

well they're the team that went for two on their last td (you know, the one that put them up by 21 in the last two minutes) so hey douchebaggery is apparently the name of the game.

mangini learned from the best after all

a dude from the broncos got taken off on a stretcher today as well

ugh seriously? i hadn't heard of that.

yeah he gave a thumbs up though

espn chat, can't vouch for the veracity but:

Justin (Tempe, AZ): on the radio they said, anquan was talking and moving after the game. i dont have any other info though

SCOUTS INC.'S MATT WILLIAMSON: Wow. That is good to hear. Gotta love the way that guys plays the game and seems like a class act all around. Sometimes those things look much worse than they really are-lets hope so.

Yeah, he's got movement in the ol' "extremities."

oh holy shit i just saw the hit. how is he alive?

i was talking about this with my brother, and he said that he thought that it actually was better for boldin that he got hit on both sides of his head because it prevented his head/neck from snapping really violently in either direction (which is what killed dale earnhardt). dunno if this is actually true or not but it seems to make some sense to me

It's still dirty and I hope Eric Smith gets fined back to 1963.

If by 1963 you mean a one game suspension then yes.

he should've been hung upside down in central park with david blaine.

It's football, not chess. Shit like this happens. The suspension is fair, I don't think the fine is.

that's because you're completely nuts.

bill magill why do you post on i love nfl when you so clearly hate nfl

turns out anquan boldin rated the britney spears album over the high on fire album on his idolator ballot, so you know, bill magill otm

bill magill is otm regarding: its football, not chess

just in case there was anyone laboring under the impression that the cards-jets game was a chess game

although it's true that Favre can only move one square in any direction

He's such a Queen.

"bill magill is otm regarding: its football, not chess"

Damn, you're on fire today man.

I stand by it. The play on the opening kickoff last night was helmet to helmet as well, no talk (that I've seen) about that guy getting suspended. If you watch the Boldin play, he gets knocked foward, and down, by the defender behind him. Smith was aiming at his chest but got his head instead. I don't think the fine was warranted.

They fine based on result, not intent.

which is stupid

did he intend to seriously injure the guy? no. was the hit dirty? yes, it was. i'm not sure how you are spinning this, i mean at best you're advocating chop blocking here.

how are you justifying the suspension is ok, if this is stupid?

You kind of can't spear someone with your helmet in the chest or the head.

"did he intend to seriously injure the guy? no"

That's how I'm spinning it

"how are you justifying the suspension is ok, if this is stupid?"

the suspension is enough. Save the fines where there is intent.

The suspension is generally considered the more serious form of punishment.

I was just reading the AP report on this, yikes. I don't want to see any video of this hit because it sounds horrifying.

Warner, who threw for 472 yards but had five turnovers in the game, said he went to Boldin's side and told him he loved him. <--- waht

I hear Boldin is a great man, and Peter King told me that Warner likes to pick up the tab of random families having dinner in restaurants. Lotsa love on them Cards.

\O_o/

the way you are "spinning" it still doesn't have anything to do with the fact that THE HIT WAS DIRTY. very few players mean to seriously injure people with dirty hits! that doesn't make it more acceptable. you might've only meant to burn down the old warehouse for insurance money, but if there were people inside the warehouse, you're still a murderer on top of an arsonist.

and yeah the whole "suspension is worse than fines" angle is generally how the nfl operates but whatever dude! you make up your own rules!

Oh, I said the suspension was worse because I was thinking Bill was arguing that the fine was worse since he said the suspension was "enough." This sort of confusion can happen when you must explain something slowly and deliberately.

No. He didn't intend to hit him in the head with his helmet. Being dirty is a question of intent. Here's Smith's take:

"'They just look at the end result, rather than everything that goes into the play,' Smith said of those who think it was a dirty hit. 'I'm coming to break up a pass and if I don't, it's going to be a touchdown. So, I'm going 100 percent and so is Kerry from the backside. Sometimes, somebody gets hit, angles change and things like that happen. It's not like I was directly leading with the top of my head from what I saw on the film.'"

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For what it's worth, here's the rule:

using any part of a player’s helmet (including the top/crown and forehead/“hairline” parts)
or facemask to butt, spear, or ram an opponent violently or unnecessarily; although such
violent or unnecessary use of the helmet and facemask is impermissible against any opponent,
game officials will give special attention in administering this rule to protecting those
players who are in virtually defenseless postures (e.g., a player in the act of or just after
throwing a pass, a receiver catching or attempting to catch a pass, a runner already in the
grasp of a tackler, a kickoff or punt returner attempting to field a kick in the air, or a player
on the ground at the end of a play). All players in virtually defenseless postures are protected
by the same prohibitions against use of the helmet and facemask that are described
in the roughing-the-passer rules (see Article 11, subsection 3 below of this
Rule 12, Section 2);

Leading with the helmet is dirty and fineable. Doesn't matter where he intended to hit him.

x-post thank you poly

I usually don't like Peter King, but he agrees with my point namely that football, especially the NFL, is such a fast sport that things like this will happen:

"I know Jets safety Eric Smith will get fined for the helmet-to-helmet hit on Anquan Boldin, and I support the league trying to make the game safer. But it's impossible for a player to avoid another player when both are in full flight trying to make a play."

haha so you're quoting the player who performed an illegal hit, and peter king. okay bro.

Both have probably forgotten more about football than you'll ever know!

ahahaha

he wasn't trying to make a play on the ball! he clearly launched himself head first into boldin's head! this dude needs to remember to do 2 things that many other players remember to do:

1. don't lead with your head!
2. don't hit a receiver in the head!

No one is denying that "these things will happen." That does not preclude punishment. I don't know why this is so hard to understand.

temp ban why because you are stupid xposts

I feel that Smith was punished accordingly, but perhaps I should restrict my opinion to Springsteen.

peter king has forgotten more about football than you'll ever know, ally!

i consider a suspension to be enough punishment, but read rule book before come back >:[

you can feel that smith is punished accordingly but please to use opinions other than "he did not mean to severely injure boldin therefore it is ok because hell it is not chess"

also please to not be unpleasant person in general all over the goddamned board >:[

once i killed a dude, with a knife, but i didnt mean to, on account of the angle, and things happening

Bill McGill has obviously never played murder chess.

heehee i meant to just do it as a joeks for 15 minutes but i can't figure out how to unban him from board now whoops

murder chess = last season of twin peaks

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/2008/09/29/20080929boldinupdate.html

this story notable for bidwell the pilot mention (also dude is seemingly gonna be ok etc)

peter king has forgotten more about football than you will ever know

^This is very possible, Peter King appears to have forgotten a great deal about football.

he has not forgotten theee brett favre though

If Brett Favre texted me every day I could say the same.

>:[

The real question is why the fuck did Whisenhunt have Boldin on the field with 0:27 left in a blowout?

And yeah there is no doubt that football gods will smite the Jets later in the season for going for two there. All I ask is that it be against Buffalo.

also fractured sinus sounds like a funny non-injury (like turf toe) but fucking sucks and messes with your game (like turf toe)

"And yeah there is no doubt that football gods will smite the Jets later in the season for going for two there"

I agree with this completeley. What the hell was that about? Unless the kicker was hurt again, there's no reason for that.

The concept of a fractured sinus scares the shit out of me. Could fuck up your breathing for life and what you're saying there is that you broke your goddamn skull.
http://www.thedisabledlist.com/files/images/sinus.jpg