McBoog Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 (edited) This was part of the about LT. An overlooked and unbpublicised side note to the Charger/Bronco game. Defensive end Igor Olshansky was fined $10,000 by the NFL and Broncos center Tom Nalen was fined $25,000 for their incident Sunday. Nalen dived at Olshansky's knee on a spike play late in the game and Olshansky retaliated by punching Nalen twice. Olshansky was ejected. If you saw the game, you saw Igor lose it on Nalen, he was flagged and ejected, probably rightfully so. BUT, upon futher review... Nalen gets fined more than twice than Olshansky for his actions that were overlooked by the field refs. When I saw the play BEFORE replay, I went nuts and I was sure the flag was going to be on Nalen. He took a dive at Igor's knees, ON A yumpING SPIKE PLAY! This how they have played and been coached for years, and The League is too Rosie O'Donnell to do anything about it. A lot of what they do is "leagal" within the rules, but it is HOW and WHEN they apply these techniques that pisses people off. This is at least a little vindication. BTW, this can't be a "whining thread", the Charger won! Edited November 22, 2006 by McBoog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 It certainly was dirty. ...and effective! If only we had a real QB, we might have won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 No question Nalen should have been fined more than Olshansky. That was a cheap shot on a spike play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I don't think a one-game suspension is in order, but I wish the league could bench someone for a quarter or something...since there are several coaches that will do nothing about it (see Joe Gibbs in DC with Sean Taylor's behavior). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I don't think a one-game suspension is in order, but I wish the league could bench someone for a quarter or something...since there are several coaches that will do nothing about it (see Joe Gibbs in DC with Sean Taylor's behavior). Follow the examples of hockey and rugby and introduce a "sin bin". That would definitely get the coaches attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 No question Nalen should have been fined more than Olshansky. That was a cheap shot on a spike play. Agreed. And I'm a big Nalen fan. Dude's definitely one of the elite centers in the league and might even be a HOF candidate one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Dirty but is the rock of our O-Line. I would've took a few pops at his head as well though. Going after my career and what puts food on my kid's plate that could've easily turned into a brawl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Dirty but is the rock of our O-Line. I would've took a few pops at his head as well though. Going after my career and what puts food on my kid's plate that could've easily turned into a brawl. So then like if he dove at your deep fryer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundaynfl Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I wonder if diving at his knees, which I don't agree with, was in retaliation to the punch that Igor threw into Cooper Carlisle's kidney's a few plays earlier??? Cooper is listed on the injury report as "back". I haven't seen video, but it has been mentioned on the NFL Network a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 (edited) I don't think a one-game suspension is in order, A one-game suspension is exactly what should have happened. I'd much rather see Koren Robinson and Antonio Bryant catch a TD while high on cocaine and booze next year than see this punk dip$hit end someone's career with an intentional cheap shot. Edited November 23, 2006 by bushwacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawks21 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 You gotta be kidding me with this!! Defensive players do all sorts of crazy crap on those spike and kneel plays, where are the fines and suspensions then?? The play probably warranted a fifteen yarder on Nalen, but anything beyond that was ridiculous. From experience, I can tell you I would have been nothing as a lineman without the cut block. A good cut block is the best weapon you have as far as slowing these freaks down a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBoog Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 You gotta be kidding me with this!! Defensive players do all sorts of crazy crap on those spike and kneel plays, where are the fines and suspensions then?? The play probably warranted a fifteen yarder on Nalen, but anything beyond that was ridiculous. From experience, I can tell you I would have been nothing as a lineman without the cut block. A good cut block is the best weapon you have as far as slowing these freaks down a bit. Agreed... But that was not a "good" cut block! All the spitting, punching and "extras" that goes on in the trenches does not EVER validate going after a guys knees on a trash down. The play was over, and no matter what excuses they make for the guy, EVERYONE else on that team played a spike play! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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