ShulaSteakhouse Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Story linkHampton joins Big Ben in calling Falcons dirty birds By ALAN ROBINSON, AP Sports WriterOctober 26, 2006PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Casey Hampton rattled off several expletives Thursday while complaining Atlanta guard Tyson Clabo intentionally tried to hurt him with a block to the back of his legs. "I can't tell you what I told him but it was all dirty, man," Hampton said. "That's like you have no respect for the game. You're just out there trying to hurt somebody and I'm out there trying to make a living. I was real, real mad and I let him know I was real mad, too." Hampton said the block came as he was trying to run down a receiver along the sideline during the Falcons' 41-38 overtime victory Sunday in Atlanta. Hampton, a Pro Bowl lineman last season, became the second Steelers player in two days to complain about Atlanta's style of play. On Wednesday, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said a Falcons defensive player he wouldn't name taunted him about his surgically repaired face before sacking him -- the play in which the Super Bowl-winning quarterback received a concussion.Asked to identify the player, Roethlisberger said, "I'll remember his number." Hampton injured a hamstring against Atlanta and is questionable for Sunday's game at Oakland, but the injury did not occur on the play that angered him. Hampton was upset because Clabo, who was starting his first game, appeared to be looking to not just take him off his feet but to knock him out of the game. Clabo was starting because left guard Matt Lehr drew a four-game suspension last week for violating the NFL's steroids policy. "That's the kind of stuff where you say, `I want to see you in the street, because it's more like you're really trying to hurt me,"' Hampton said. "There's nothing on the field I can do to you without getting fined or something." Last week, defensive end Brett Keisel said the Steelers had to be prepared for the Falcons offensive line's cut-blocking techniques. The Falcons are well known around the NFL for blocking below the knees, a technique that forces a defensive player to drop his hands and effectively cuts his feet out from beneath him. Like Roethlisberger, Hampton said he will remember the incident. However, the AFC-NFC scheduling format prevents another Steelers-Falcons game until 2010, unless it occurs during the playoffs. "I take that personally, more than anything, if you're going for the back of my legs," Hampton said. "It's one thing when I'm engaged and you're coming down and you're chop-blocking me. You're basically saying you can't block me. I can accept that." A chop block is when one lineman joins another in a high-low hit that takes out an opposing player. Falcons running back Warrick Dunn was penalized for a chop block against Pittsburgh. "But when you're coming out here in the game and throw down at the back of my legs, now you're trying to hurt me," Hampton said. That's how I feel about that." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC_Bengals_Fan Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Has anyone checked the Pittsburgh injury report? Roethlisberger was listed as Doubtful with a strained mangina.Quitcherbitchin! I've never heard a player whine that much in my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazkal Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Casey I do agree with.They wanna protect QB's I mean players well they need do something about chop blocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalboomer7 Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Remember that cut block on Tony Williams against the JAgs a couple of years ago. It was brutal. I hope we don't see that kind of play on Sunday, we're banged up enough as it is. As far as Ben goes, I don't know what kinds of friends he has, but we'd make fun of our buddies for s**t like that. We used to have all kinds of mean ass nicknames for each other, so he's going a little limpwrist here. Every week it's a different excuse with Ben. Have you heard one mention hardly by palmer about his knee since the season began? No, but with Ben it always something. Just shut up and play football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiOH91604 Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 I think you guys are being harsh..Roethlisberger is a good guy. I went to school with him and he always was down to earth off the field. When he was a senior, Carson use to invite him down to hang out in Cincinnati and have chats.Just cuz he plays for s**ttsburg doesnt mean you have to patronize him about his previous injuries.That said, I think that this is a serious ordeal. we are already having run stopping issues, but then add chop blocking and potential injuries to some DLinemen--now yo'ure talking for a recipe for disaster.dont take this article so lightly..it might be us talking next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABengalsFan09 Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 was that harold and kumar in your avatar?!?!?!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMThor Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 BS. I used to like Ben at Miami. But he has turned into a big girl. He whines more than I have ever heard from an NFL QB. That is hands down, name me another whiner like him. You cannot.He always complains, never accepts responsibility. Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiOH91604 Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 was that harold and kumar in your avatar?!?!?!?!?!?!lol actually thats me and Kal Penn at Barney's Beanery one night..my buddy thought it'd be funny to take the picture..as you can tell (sorta) i'm cracking up.Kal has no sense of humor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonahdsage Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 listen to those guys talk about their hits, the other team etc., listen to hasselback talk about his "hit", and then listen to carson. they're worlds apart. every week with ben it's something different. There have been SEVERAL times this season he's panicked and been scared in the pocket trying to avoid a hit. any time i've seen an interception or a mental error on his part we get a nice stomach grab or hold onto your knee -- it's always something with him, never just a bad play, never he needs to get better. I'm sick of that dude -- loved him at miami but i would be embarassed to have him as my quarterback for how he's whined this season. Carson's the man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 Rottenfurburger takes every opportunity to bitch like a little girl... This is a recent change of opinion for me, as I use to give him the benefit of the doubt. Problem is, everytime I would defend him, he came back the following week and bitched MORE !!! I don't give a sh*t what he did in Miami, he needs to stop acting like a chick or start wearing a dress !!!WHODEY !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck3y3d Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 Apparently Palmer needed to watch his knees... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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