re: Derrick "Tonya Harding" Brown... Earned His NFL Nickname

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So, if Brown intentionally goes after Tua's ankle while Tua's feet are planted well after releasing a throw... you're going to be fine with that? Hard hits that happen in normal play are part of the game. Cheap shots that can end a season (or career) are NOT.

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I probably wouldn’t be happy about it, but I also wouldn’t be wishing injury on him as payback either. And I definitely wouldn’t be embarrassing myself on the rant by pretending anybody gives a shite about some fairly dumb nickname I came up with (particularly since hardly any of the players in the league are even old enough to remember the incident you’re referring to.)

Here’s the reality: it was one play that may or may not have been intentional. Nobody will even remember it in a couple weeks. Now if Brown has a reputation for this kind of stuff then yeah, maybe you’d have a point, but by all accounts he’s a good kid who plays hard, clean, and is phenomenally talented. Best to just let this one go bud.