:poke: Orton has some Cutler in him :poke:
 

James Harrison says Kyle "Pro Bowl" Orton "got what he had coming"

Posted by Mike Florio on August 30, 2010 1:04 PM ET

When a bank robber gets away with the money, the last thing he should do is call the bank the next day, identify himself, and say, "You're damn right I took the money."

A similar concept applies when a football player apparently gets away with a fairly blatant case of unnecessary roughness.

After recovering a fumble, which eventually was ruled not a fumble, in Sunday night's game between the Steelers and the Broncos, linebacker James Harrison encountered Broncos quarterback Kyle "Pro Bowl" Orton. Orton, not cognizant of the line between bravery and lunacy, tried to tackle Harrison. So Harrison unloaded on Orton. Hard.

"He was running his mouth and getting in the way of the train," Harrison said after the game, per Mike Klis of the Denver Post. "And the train wasn't coming off the track."

If Harrison had said nothing more, we think he'd be fine. It was a rough play, but no one told Orton to get in the way of the train. But then Harrison added a sentence or two that creates the impression that he was trying to injure Orton.

"He was popping off down there the first time they were about to score," Harrison said. "So you run your mouth, expect to get something. Everything's between the lines, so he got what he had coming."

Even though Orton wasn't throwing the ball or otherwise within the protections that apply to quarterbacks, the rules prevent specific instances of unnecessary roughness. Despite the fact that no flag was thrown, Harrison's word could be enough to trigger a letter from the league office informing him that he's getting what he has coming, as in money coming out of his check

Orton doesn't really strike me as a trash talker, but it is what it is... if you're going to try and tackle, you're going to get hit.

The Steelers were playing rough last night
I thought the Donkhole returner that got upended
would need the cart after landing on his bent neck head

fixed your post?

If they fine Harrison,its a complete travesty! Freedom of SPEECH mother****ers!!!!!!

Aren't you and the LJ lover the same poster

I only loved LJ his past 2 years in KC. For lol purposes, though.

"He was popping off down there the first time they were about to score," Harrison said. "So you run your mouth, expect to get something. Everything's between the lines, so he got what he had coming."

<i>This</i> is supposed to be a statement that would get somebody a fine?

IMO it may be (but not really) different if BEFORE the game,something was said about putting one on him,but not after the fact.All he did was state pure football FACT.

I don't think so.

Either way, players should watch what they say (verbally or via twitter, fb, etc)... comments can be taken out of context and the league could fine them.

I get what you're saying but it was a good,solid football hit.No one on the Broncos side seemed to have a problem with it.I'm sure they would have jumped in and backed Orton up if they had felt that it was dirty.It's all is a wash to me anyway,Orton instigated the contact with Harrison IMO.He could have chosen not to tackle a sledge hammer with a cotton ball but he didn't.He decided to go head to head with a much larger player and took a hit.Harrison simply stated that's what you get in that scenario.

I'd like to buy Mr. Harrison a drink.

Purple drank?ROFL

It was a dirty hit, but it was not an illegal hit.