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01-18-2006, 09:10 AM
From ProFootballTalk.com...
WARREN REITERATES HIS "KILL THE HEAD" THING
When defensive tackle Gerard Warren was a member of the Cleveland Browns in 2004, he got himself in a little hot water before a contest with the Steelers due to his comments regarding then-rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Warren said he would "go across the head" of Big Ben, explaining that if you "[k]ill the head [then] the body's dead."
Warren was warned by the NFL that he would face a big fine if he followed through on his statements, and Warren behaved.
This week, however, he reiterated that his "kill the head" thing "will always be my motto." And Warren claims that he wasn't really promising to whack Big Ben upside the brain basket.
"Basically, I look at the team as a body and the quarterback as the head," Warren said. "If you can rattle the head, then the body doesn't function as well, so if you kill the head, the body's dead. You frustrate the quarterback and keep him uneasy. It's pretty much like we did this past week with Tom Brady. I don't think the team is so successful."
Nice try, Gerard. But we ain't buying it.
After the NFL warned Warren in 2004 that his stated intentions would be a decisive factor supporting a suspension if Warren had committed a flagrant foul against Roethlisberger, Warren admitted an intent to go for Big Ben's grill: "I didn't say knock him out of the game, I said just go across his head a time or two," said Warren. "There's a difference."
So either Warren has a bad memory, or he's lying. Or a little bit of both.
WARREN REITERATES HIS "KILL THE HEAD" THING
When defensive tackle Gerard Warren was a member of the Cleveland Browns in 2004, he got himself in a little hot water before a contest with the Steelers due to his comments regarding then-rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Warren said he would "go across the head" of Big Ben, explaining that if you "[k]ill the head [then] the body's dead."
Warren was warned by the NFL that he would face a big fine if he followed through on his statements, and Warren behaved.
This week, however, he reiterated that his "kill the head" thing "will always be my motto." And Warren claims that he wasn't really promising to whack Big Ben upside the brain basket.
"Basically, I look at the team as a body and the quarterback as the head," Warren said. "If you can rattle the head, then the body doesn't function as well, so if you kill the head, the body's dead. You frustrate the quarterback and keep him uneasy. It's pretty much like we did this past week with Tom Brady. I don't think the team is so successful."
Nice try, Gerard. But we ain't buying it.
After the NFL warned Warren in 2004 that his stated intentions would be a decisive factor supporting a suspension if Warren had committed a flagrant foul against Roethlisberger, Warren admitted an intent to go for Big Ben's grill: "I didn't say knock him out of the game, I said just go across his head a time or two," said Warren. "There's a difference."
So either Warren has a bad memory, or he's lying. Or a little bit of both.