Thursday, November 14, 2013

NFL Celebrations by it’s players!


I guess I am an old f—t because I am not a fan of all of this celebrating for just doing what your being paid handsomely to do anyway! I especially abhor someone who for instance acts like he’s just won the Super Bowl after catching a ten yard pass when his team is down by 30 points late in the 4th qtr! Why do players go crazy when they sack the quarterback once in 60 + plays! You don’t see the offensive tackles celebrating by jumping up and down and flailing their arms after each play that they prevented a sack!? Football is a team game and these individuals who celebrate their accomplishments without recognizing what the other ten players had to do to enable it are selfish and self-centered! I remember back in high school when our quarterback started to become cocky about how great he was while ignoring the offensive line that allowed him the time he needed to complete all those passes and get all of those rushing yards! As we all entered our senior year he was getting a lot of interest from major universities who wanted him for their schools football team. That made his head really swell and he went on and on about how great he was! So as we started practice we (the O line) decided to teach him some humility! When the ball was snapped the O line let a few of the defenders through so he didn’t have the time he needed to complete all those passes and the holes he was used run though unabated were gone and he looked like an also ran quarterback. This was done during closed practices in pads, helmets and shorts so we weren’t putting his health or any scholarships in jeopardy! It became apparent finally to him that we were an integral part to his success! We went on to finish second in the state championship and the quarterback did receive a scholarship! It was nice when at the year-end banquet he recognized all of his teammates and especially the O line for his success and he wouldn’t have received the scholarship without them! So when the quarterback throws 50 TD’s or the running backs and wide receivers are breaking records it should be the other 10 teammates who should be getting the rewards and recognition!  I wish Joe Kleko and Mark Gastineau would have been ejected from games for inventing the sack dance which started all of this! “When you get into the end zone, act like you've been there before.” — Vince Lombardi

 

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