Bears call Lions dirty, starting with Matthew Stafford

[Big Bid'Ness]

Fromrofootballtalk.com

Another team has accused the Lions of playing dirty, and this time Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford is bearing the brunt of the blame.

When Bears defensive back D.J. Moore blocked Stafford after an interception, Stafford grabbed Moore by the helmet and threw him to the ground. Moore responded to that by getting up and running head first into Stafford, after the play was over. And even though Moore was ejected while Stafford wasn’t penalized, Moore insisted after the game that it was Stafford who committed the dirty play.

“If you’re going to grab my helmet and threaten my career, I’m going to come after you,” Moore told John Mullin of CSNChicago.com. “You have to do something. When you are going after my livelihood, my neck, and you’re trying to hurt me, I just can’t let that go.”

Several other Bears joined Moore after the game in ripping the Lions, but when Detroit coach Jim Schwartz was asked whether Stafford could face league discipline for throwing Moore to the ground, Schwartz insisted that that’s ridiculous.

“Discipline for what?” Schwartz said. “For their guy getting kicked out of the game? For their guy getting kicked out of the game? Did Matt get penalized? No, Matt did not get penalized.”

The Bears also complained about other infractions, including chop blocks from the Lions, and a pair of hits on Jay Cutler, one from Ndamukong Suh that didn’t draw a penalty and one from Nick Fairley that did. But it was Stafford throwing Moore to the ground that started a fight, and Stafford who drew the Bears’ wrath afterward.

 

[RipCity32]

Yeah, we are dirty as fuck.

 

[elcheato]

Take a shower then

 

[cruzg24]

I think the Bears got the Lions number. If the Lions are going to the playoffs, they will have to get past them.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Pussification of America continues....

 

[Pugz]

no shit, we arent playing flag football or two hand touch. quit bitching already. everyone already thinks we're a "dirty" team, no need to keep repeating it.

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

This is football last I knew, league is turning into a joke. These players today would have never been able to play 30 years ago. It's just ridiculous, complain about every thing. What more do they want? You can't even play football as it is.

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

no shit, we arent playing flag football or two hand touch. quit bitching already. everyone already thinks we're a "dirty" team, no need to keep repeating it.

There's a difference between playing physical and the shit the Detroit Lions do...

Obviously, being from Detroit and growing up with the Bad Boy Pistons, it might be hard to recognize what is dirty, but the shit Donkey Kong Suh and Nick Fairly pull is down right dirty.

You wanna see physical football, look at the hit Lance Briggs or should I say Optimus Prime, put on Calvin Johnson. Led perfectly with his shoulder.

Why he was penalized is beyond me, but I guarantee after an appeal he won't be getting a fine in the mail.

Also, it was a pretty unnecessary for Matt Stafford to tear D.J. Moore down by the face mask, but I guess I can let it slide from a QB that probably doesn't practice getting off blocks and had just thrown his third interceptions.

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

I just don't think they really care, that's just who they are whether people like it or not, that's what I've gathered. I can't say I like it, but it is what it is.

 

[Pugz]

im sick of everyone bringing up suh. talk all the crap you want but if he was on your team you would all love it. its just getting annoying. every team, every week says how dirty we are. cool. we get it. we arent changing. we arent even getting fines. just stop whining.

 

[NV]

It's like a broken record with how much I hear people complaining about the Lions

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

I just don't think they really care, that's just who they are whether people like it or not, that's what I've gathered. I can't say I like it, but it is what it is.

I agree, and I'm definitley not complaining, we won the damn game and are now 6-3 with a very favorable schedule ahead, in the end, that's all that matters.

This is the mentality their head coach has installed in the team, and this is how they are going to play.

Is it dirty? Probably.

It's one of those things that you love if you are a fan, hate if you are an opponent.

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

Kind of on topic, kind of off topic...

Check out these quotes from the commish -

Minutes after Lance Briggs was flagged for unnecessary roughness on a seemingly clean hit that leveled Lions WR Calvin Johnson Sunday evening, NFL officials were scrambling as it finally became clear the league no longer had the ability to distinguish a dirty hit from a clean one.

“That hit certainly looked clean, but I’ve seen a bunch of hits in this game that probably weren’t but didn’t get flagged,” said commissioner Roger Goodell. “I’m pretty sure we now have absolutely no idea what a clean hit is anymore.”

Goodell has publicly tried to “clean up” the game in recent years, leveling huge fines on players for hits that would have been on a highlight real just a few seasons earlier. As a result of this hysteria, Goodell is now concerned referees and players no longer know what is legal and what isn’t.

“Let’s be honest, there’s a fine line between clean and dirty and we’ve completely lost sight of it,” said Goodell. “We’ll try to get it figured out, but in the meantime guys like Lance Briggs should expect the fines to keep coming, clean hits or not.”

Can you say idiot? Guys are going to get fined whether the hit is clean or not? LOL

 

[TTN2810]

LMAO.
But anyways, Shwartz's teams/defenses have always been labelled dirty. When he was with the Titans, they were like the Lions getting called dirty every week. Just his style. Whether it's dirty or not, I don't know.

 

[RipCity32]

Doesn't bother most Lion fans one bit. We enjoy it typically lol.