Justin Tuck rips 'bush league' Adams
by Ed Valentine on Sep 21, 2009 9:50 AM EDT
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PrintNew York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck was not shy about expressing his unhappiness with Dallas offensive tackle Flozell Adams after Tuck was injured Sunday night when Adams tripped him.
Ralph Vacchiano has Tuck's tirade.
Justin Tuck’s injured left shoulder was still hurting after last night’s game. And he absolutely blamed Cowboys left tackle Flozell Adams for what he called a “bush league” play.
Tuck hurt his shoulder in the first half of the Giants’ 33-31 win when he appeared to beat Adams with an inside move and the tackle stuck out his right leg and tripped him. At first it appeared that Tuck injured his right knee - - which is where Adams’ kick hit him. But Tuck actually fell awkwardly on his left shoulder and hurt it bad enough that he left Cowboys Stadium wearing a sling.
“I think it was bush league,” Tuck said when asked what he thought of the play. “He did it a few times in that game. Unfortunately he didn’t get called the other times.”
Asked if he wanted to see Adams punished, Tuck said “I would’ve liked to have the rest of the game to punish him for that, but it didn’t happen.”
Tuck said Adams is known around the league for that “bush league” maneuver. “He’s athletic so he can make it look like an accident. But when it happens to you over and over again …”
The Giants come out OK here. They won, and Tuck should play next week. Adams, though, deserves some punishment from the NFL. There's no way that was an accident, especially since he tried to do it to Osi Umenyiora later in the game.
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Any footage?
Can anyone link to footage of the trips?
by G Fan in England on Sep 21, 2009 10:01 AM EDT reply actions
The Cowboys have history of dirty line play
Remember Nate Newton was notorious for going after the knees of opposing players.
Dirty Cowboys
Yes I do John W. And they call the Cowboys America’s Team.
Just read some of the post on BTB
Seems that they are well aware of the Adams leg whip. This seems to be a part of his game. Another thing, I had no idea that they hated Romo so much. Cowboy fans come here to brag on Romo but rip him a new one on their own site.
its a common occurance with NFC East fans....
sometimes (ahem…us Giants fans…) we just don’t know what we have until its gone.
They don’t remember last year do they? Eagles fans don’t remember the Detmer’s do they? Redskins fans, well, Campbell really is average…..
What the f$%k is the internet?
by FreeBradshaw on Sep 21, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey
If Eli threw 3 picks in a game (some of them pretty bad throws) the fans on this site would be calling for his head (and other parts of his body)
main reason why fans can be idiots at times...
especially in a loss.
What the f$%k is the internet?
by FreeBradshaw on Sep 22, 2009 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Eli and his bad performance's
What’s right and wrong with this is the fact that he’s been criticized, bashed and so on and so forth. He does play in NY. One of, if not one of the hardest places to play and please the fans. Not only has he won us a ring, but he has improved. He’s improved and that’s what is important. You tend to lash out when it’s habitual. He’s maturing as a passer and doing what he needs to do, improve on past failures.
Coincidentally, he’s tied with Tom Brady for the most 4th quarter comebacks with 12. That’s 12 wins. He’s not responsible for any defensive losses! You will forget the bad when the improvements lead to victories and beyond. That is what he has done. Some QB’s will have a career of being questioned, but it seems like now, Eli has answered some, few or all?!
Not every game will be perfect nor expected. But he is what he is, an improved QB that people will deny!
You know what else bugged me about that trip? Adams trips Tuck, an illegal play, and Tuck gets hurt, and the Giants get charged a time out for it.
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Sep 21, 2009 10:22 AM EDT reply actions
Yeah I was bitching about that rule too
It needs to be change. I’m just glad it didn’t mean a whole lot in the game.
Just know, if there's ever a riot at Citi Field and Oliver Perez was the starter, I started the riot.
Yep
I know they don’t want guys ‘faking’ injuries, but there needs to be some discretion when a guy is legitimately injured.
by Ed Valentine on Sep 21, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Sure would be hard to enforce
Only thing that comes to mind would be having that player sit out the rest of the half. But at the very least an enforced penalty should take precedence, especially if it’s on the opposing team.
by YankeeDudeL on Sep 21, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Here's a nice rule to have
If a player trips, leg whips an a player and injures that player, he must sit out as long as the injured party. If you leg whip someone and they are done for the game, then so are you.
If someone goes down
they either have to call a Timeout to keep that player eligible, or that player is out for the rest of the half (no exceptions). That would likely cut down on a lot of faking injuries to stall for time.
not to mention
the cowboys only lost a couple yards since they were so deep in their own territory. very unfair. he better get fined or suspended
Flozell Adams plays cheap
The NFL should suspend Adams for 2 games for this kind of play. It looks harmless until you realize he is over 300 pounds kicking into your knees. His skills have deteriorated to the point that he has to use these tactics. I couldn’t believe when the cameras caught him trying to do it again later in the game against Kiwi.
I’m glad we pulled out the win and I was secretly hoping someone would throw their entire body into that leg he sticks out to break it. And I don’t normally wish those things on anyone.
GO NY GIANTS!!
It's not enough the Cowgirls have the "Roy Williams rule"
Old horsecollar Roy would be proud of his boy that fat piece of [bleep] Flozell. I was so peeved all game by that. Now we need a “Flozell Adams rule?”
So that was the Hate Bowl 2009. Guess what: Ya took cheap shots, Dallas, ya played dirty, and ya lost. That’s a $1.15 billion loss, Jerry, you bug-eyed [bleep]. If I ever feel sad I am going to remember Wade Worthless Phillips, aka Boss Hog, and his little girly hissy “oh darn” fist swipe after the field goal was good. He practically had his hand up that side judge’s [bleep] working him like a muppet to call that timeout. THE GOOD GUYS WON. whew. The old Cowgirls vitriol boiling up inside me again… probably due in part to realizing that the Cowgirls are a better team than the Eggles.
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Sep 21, 2009 10:44 AM EDT reply actions
Not likely he gets suspended
Might get a fine.
There were some priceless faces though
Jerry Jones looked more dead than Al Davis and Phillips looked like he was going to flop on the ground and start wailing like a 4 year old in mid-tantrum.
The last half of the 4th quarter may have taken a few months off my life too!
I can’t even call Adams’ play a leg whip, he flat out kick/tripped him because Tuck was going past and had a bee-line to Romo. I missed the other ones, but if that’s not a fine for a dirty play, I don’t know what is. Well, except Haynesworth raking Gurode’s face with his cleats, that was worse.
Tuck don't run--He will run over Adams
Adams is a veteran player and has to resort that kind of play in order to do his job, maybe he needs to rethink his career choice. That kind of move just torques me to no end. I was so disappointed when Tuck couldn’t go back in the game. I would and will love to see them come face to face again. Tuck will put the whippin on him!!!
Come on..this is the NFL, not schoolyard basketball
Let’s simply say the play that hurt Tuck was a cheap shot from a past his prime player who was glorified for being HUGE,(Insert FAT as Hell here) and as a result has never worked hard to be a true NFL caliber player. Adams has survived cause its hard to run around him, but his years have caught up to him and he cannot play at this level without cheating. Now, to the important stuff from yesterday, the Giants are looking as confident and talented as they did this time last year, No,actually they are looking better! Instead of putting all our eggs in the shaky basket named Plaxico, we have developed thru the draft a squad of competant wide receivers, any of whom are capable of having the big day Eli and the offense needs. Go Blue! now no let down going to play a weaker Buc team then the first two we faced. This could be an ambush game! The Giants have to concentrate and not lose what they worked so hard to get!
I don’t TC is gonna let this team settle into anything even though we are playing a weaker team. We still have a lot to work on mainly stopping the run and running it ourselves.
by g-men_fan on Sep 21, 2009 12:05 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
if flozell isnt suspended id be shocked
With the way the NFL has been coming down with harsh suspensions and fines lately, this will not go unnoticed. this was a primetime game where the cameras caught him tripping not once BUT twice and he could have severely injured someone (looks like Tuck is gonna play next week, so he says). His play last night was cheap, dirty, and dangerous and a suspension needs to be levied to shut him down. These players make so much money that a $15,000 dollar fine is practically nothing, sit him out a couple games and make him, the Cowboys, and any other linemen that use the same tactics know that this will not be tolerated.
by GiantsReignSupreme on Sep 21, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions
floozy adams will get his
adams will be taken care of in time for this kinda stuff, if not by the league, then by a player. g-men_fan is right. we must shore up our rush defense for the games ahead of us and not worry about what’s in the rear-view mirror. we got tampa next and they gashed dallas for 174. dallas blew thru us for over 200 yards. we gotta get this fixt or we’ll be in for a long season.
having a healthy Sintim and Canty should help
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Sep 21, 2009 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
It's all about X's and O's vs. an opponent and who's available for your team!
It’s prepping throughout the week for what you expect them to do. Coincidentally, T.B. ran through Dallas and everyone thought the Giants would do the same. Dallas had alot of big plays against Tampa in the passing game, (Giants secondary is banged up) so each team preps for this. The outcome mirrors the opposite of each teams success because of this.
To this point, the Giants have had to do more with less. Even sacrificing personnel packages whether it’s on D or O! You can only prep to their ability, for who’s healty. If this team could play with a healthy 52, er 53 player deck, sky’s the limit!
Were 2-0 banged up. Just imagine 100% health?! Soooo, much more to do, it’ll get better!!!!
Adams is a HACK!!!
If the NFL wants to back-up the claims they make about trying to keep the players ‘safe’ and the game ‘clean’, then Adams should serve a suspension…PERIOD!
Time was, NFL teams
would retaliate against players like Adams by running the “bootsie” play right over him.
PS, the bootsie was run against
dirty defenders. I can’t rememeberany specific plays run by Ds to retaliate against dirty offensive players, but I’d bet there was something.
No, there was no retaliation..but
If that skunk shows up at the next game against us he’ll pay dearly..Don’t think for one split second that these guys don’t cover each other..just like MLB pitchers..you intentionally try to hit my teamate, watch out!..In the NFL..It is the next game..Tuck sent a strong message..and I am sure Osi is not pleased, nor anyone else..Either Goodall straightens this punk out or the Giants will..or any one else in the league that plays against that dirty bum.
Could be,
but Adams has been up to the same crap for years w/o suffering consequences.
BTW, the last time I remever the Giants running a bootsie was after Bucko Kilroy
broke their QBs back (Arnold Galiffa) by spearing him with his helmet. I think Kilroy suffered some minor damage, but wan’t intimidated. The dirtiest guy I can remember (or most effective in an at least marginal move was a guy on the 49ers(?) Hardy (?) something who would tackle with a blow like a long outlawed boxing punch, a straight-armed backhanded blow to the head or neck. This guy got his shoulder into it, too. He poleaxed people . It wasn’t illegal then, and he used it routinely I can’t remember anyine else who did. I think he knocked two Giants unconscious in one game: Giff and Rote. Football and basketball were a lot tougher then. A lot of basketball teams carried an enforcer (the Celts always did.) The one I remember best was the guy Russel replaced at Center, Jim Loscutoff, who broke Knicks’ Center Kenny Sears’s jaw with a punch
PPS
I found the name of that 49er, Hardy Brown. I described hst patented hit from memory of films I saw of him delivering blows. Actually, it was more shoulder then anything else, right to neck or chin. You can google his name and see him in actiont.
Goodall was at the game..
Adams is a dirty player..I saw it..Goodall saw it..He needs a serious fine..He’s a bum..and should also be suspended. He also tried to take Osi out..If you can’t play the game clean, don’t..Maybe he belongs in Vick’s new condo..Federal Prison. Vick can rent him his room there.
do you really expect the cowboys to suffer when the advertisers just love them?
flozell is a faggot name anyhow. do you really expect him to be anything but a pussy??? but the damn cowboys get those same bogus calls ON THE ROAD! also!!
i hate them with a passion. so when our qb goes the length of the field for the winning field goal…………that makes we as happy as an opposum eating grapes, expecially since i’ve lived in texas the last 47 years. and living here this long………..i can guarantee you won’t see a cowboy cap, t-shirt anywhere in the state. they are the biggest turncoats anywhere!! who ever is going good that’s who they are for. belie dat! GO GIANTS…………
I was thinking Flozell is a stupid name too
“Trip” Adams has hella better ring to it
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Sep 22, 2009 7:42 AM EDT up reply actions
they review the ball off the tight ends heel. realize it touch the ground and call the play dead??? how the hell
is that possible? there was no one in front of him………..nobody would’ve caught him…………officials come up with sh*t like that all the time, especially when it involves the cowgirls. so if we whipped them with our starting cornerbacks out and our two starting safeties playing hurt, and chris canty out…………..what makes any dumb*ss cowboy fan think we won’t abuse them in new york……………duh! see you next year chumps………….make that 13 years without a playoff win…………i ask you, how embarassing is that?? hehe
It was blown dead because of the whistle.
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by bigbluethruandthru on Sep 21, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn't hear no stinkin whistle til much after
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Sep 22, 2009 7:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Cowboys linemen have been cheapshots for years
Everyone knows about the Roy Williams rule because it’s recent, but anyone remember Erik Williams? Before him a lineman could put his hand up in the defenders facemask and push it back. He did it to Stray for years, until they changed the rule in his honor.
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by bigbluethruandthru on Sep 21, 2009 8:23 PM EDT reply actions
what do you expect its the cowgirls?
What a game! “oh the giants can’t win without plaxico.” Plaxico who?
Adam Trip
The guys is so inferior that he had to resort to cheating. Why don’t they kick guys like that out of the game.
He ought to change his name to Adam Trip.
THE TRIP
NEW STADIUM, SAME OLE ADAMS.
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by GIANTS BLOOD RICH on Sep 22, 2009 4:48 PM EDT reply actions
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