Man I've always respected you, and if it were truly just that, I would totally agree. Of course people take hits. I can even concede that in the play where he got kneed in the head he was sort of pushed backwards onto the player. I acknowledge that it might or might not have been deliberate. As you say, it's football.
But you seem to be applying a lot of personal bias here to excuse atrocious behaviour because you don't like the guy or his Dad. Let me put it another way: if this had happened to Baker Mayfield in college, and believe me I can't stand that MF (if I'm honest, mostly for that flag planting bullshit), I'd be just as upset.
He's one of the top 5 passers in the NCAA. Even if he was a QB on a division III team, that was egregious. A deliberate full-speed dive to the broadside of a QBs knee, hell to any player's knee, has an extremely high chance of serious injury, in this case it could have been career threatening. That should have been flagged as targeting and the player should have been ejected. The fact that it didn't happen represents a serious problem with the rules and with the system. And when the other no-call happened, yeah I would very much feel like the system failed me and frankly I'd have done something even more extreme.
To be clear, I do not think Shadeur Sanders will be a good professional QB. Maybe I'll be proven wrong, who knows. But some fuckwad shouldn't get away with trying to ruin that process for a young man, no matter who he is. Let him make it (or fail) on his own.
No, I am not excusing atrocious behavior. I don't understand what you're thinking.
He took a hit in the first half from an opponent, and later, when the two teams were jawing back and forth, shoved a ref.
I don't condone a late hit or going at someone's knee no matter who it is. I have no animosity toward Shedeur (or you). I just don't get excusing a player shoving a ref as retaliation for something earlier by a different party.
And I don't condone applying different rules for star players, allowing him to stay in the game when you may very likely have ejected a "lesser" player.
I get that you are saying he was mad. But you don't get to shoot a cop because they didn't catch the guy who robbed you.
And when you bring up that he's a Top 5 passer (with which I agree), it seems clear you think he is entitled to a different set of rules. That is absurd!
And, yes, I do think Colorado players and coaches love calling everyone haters if they objectively evaluate the Buffaloes. If you don't fawn over them - as many former NFL players and many celebs immediately did - then you're labeled a "hater". That's bullshit.
They haven't beaten a single good team. They're 8-3 with two of the top 10 players in college, and Deion is treated like he's some genius as a coach and touted for every job that is rumored to be open. I think we need to see more before crowning him.
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