Sporting Achievements
Have to give credit to Favre-less GB wideout James Jones for providing an excellent example of “takes a licking and keeps on ticking”. Any hit that knocks your helmet off your head and 10 yards down field is impressive, and to then turn that into a TD reception does count as manly.
Jones’ quote after the game:
“It was an in route, you know, we got the right coverage that we wanted, Aaron (Rodgers) threw it. I knew I was going to get hit. I didn’t know how hard I was going to get hit. I knew I was going to get hit though. Going through my head, was just, ‘catch the ball,’ and instead of tackling me, he tried to take me out for good … I was rang for a minute. Like I said, I was just praying I was going the right direction. I was rang for a minute pretty good, I had a little stinger. But it was fine.”
In all seriousness, you have to wonder how long the NFL will ignore head injuries, and recognize that concussions pose a major threat to player health. For decades the NFL has neglected retired players worse than we ignore our own Veterans, but I think we’re just one high-profile head injury away from it becoming a BIG DEAL.
Oh yeah, and that Phelps guy got another gold. I guess 8 golds counts as manly. But even more impressive is missing the 50 meter freestyle gold by 0.01 seconds… when you’re 41! Wow.
