Roy Williams Suspended for Roy Williams-ing McNabb

Via Cowboys Corner:

Cowboys safety Roy Williams has been suspended for Saturday's game at Carolina for his third illegal horse collar tackle this season, the NFL announced Monday.

Williams will be suspended without pay for one game. He was flagged for a horse collar penalty after pulling down Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb in Sunday's loss. Williams had been fined twice for horse collar calls earlier this season.

Our favorite part of the episode was Williams' denial and vehement protest that he'd done nothing wrong (while he got pegged with three flags).

Comments

[DannyD]

I am glad the NFL suspended him; he absolutely deserved it. Williams is an idiot--learn the rules, dumbass!

[Mick O]

Colin Campbell is also reviewing the video of the incident from the Eagles-Cowboys game and is expected to issue a suspension as well.

"I told the Flyers they were on notice. While not directly related to this football incident, the culture of permissiveness in the Flyers organization probably contributed to this unfortunate act. After all, we all know that if something happened, it was probably the Flyers' fault. Therefore I am suspending Daniel Briere for 15 games for Roy Williams' attempt to injure Donovan McNabb," sais Campbell is a conference call with reporters this afternoon. "Maybe next time Briere and his teammates can show some responsibility for the violence in all contact sports."

[Kyle A.]

you would think, that if a rule was put in place because of you, you would make sure to know said rule, and be sure never to break it again, let alone 3 times in one season. stupid cowboy

[Mike H.]

I go back and forth on what I'm going to call him from now on. "Punk-Ass Bitch" has a nice ring to it, but it implies toughness. Any help here?

[Chris]

Found this comment on espn.com

And as for the guy claiming Philadelphia fans are the most classless in the history of the world, Philadelphia fans prize effort and heart above all else. There's no place for whiners and criers and guys that don't give it their all. When we see those players, we boo. Lots of other towns do too, but nobody ever notices that. NY Jets fans boo their team every draft. Of course, we didn't throw beer bottles onto the field to the point where a game got delayed (Cleveland), nor do we have a reputation for throwing batteries (Oakland, Denver). No, we just boo losers, and yes, we get a lot of opportunities. Show us a winner, and we'll show you class. That shouldn't be too much to ask.

Well I agree with most of it but throwing batteries...come on, we invented that, screw JD Drew. I'm sure we've had many bottles on that field too. Even snowballs right in Jimmy Johnsons fat head. God, I love Philly.

[Joe Manning]

It is unacceptable that Roy Williams continues to do this. The leagues suspension is well-deserved. I think you should be ejected from the game for violating this rule - at least you should if you are Roy Williams.

As a defender: you commit this penalty, you are flagged, and the offense is given 15 yards. Big deal. It's one play - 15 yards. Meanwhile, the player who gets horse-collared could potentially have their CAREER ENDED.

Roy Williams did this to T.O. three years ago, and broke his ankle. Only because T.O. is a maniac was he able to return in time for the superbowl. If he wasn't injured, and entered the playoffs (and the superbowl) at full strength, who knows what would have happened for the Eagles.

Yesterday, Williams does it to Donovan McNabb, a QB coming off major knee surgery, and finally starting to get back to his former self. It's amazing that McNabb isn't hurt on the play. He could have easily landed a little differently, and fucked up his leg even more.

I understand that football is a violent sport - and that injuries are inevitable. However - this type of tackle is carried out with the INTENTION to hurt someone. There is no need to grab someone from behind, and drag them to the ground by their shoulder-pads. Besides, if you didn't get beat on the damn play, you wouldn't be in a position to have to do this anyway ...