Interesting Development For Falcons V. Eagles: Qb's Knees Are Fair Game On Read Option

[Hashbrown3]

Knock the F out of Bradford early and often. If he's running the read option, he's no different than a RB at that point. Period. Anybody who saw that replay of Suggs saw nothing but a guy trying to tackle the QB. Nothing more. It was what he said afterwards that wasn't so brilliant but he's right.

Same if Ryan runs a bootleg to the backside. His azz is open to blast from top to bottom. Nuff said.

[TheFatboi]

Knock the F out of Bradford early and often. If he's running the read option, he's no different than a RB at that point. Period. Anybody who saw that replay of Suggs saw nothing but a guy trying to tackle the QB. Nothing more. It was what he said afterwards that wasn't so brilliant but he's right.

Same if Ryan runs a bootleg to the backside. His azz is open to blast from top to bottom. Nuff said.

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[Jesus]

What the awesome Michael Bennett had to say:

"Quarterback is the only position in the NFL where you could be mediocre and get paid," Bennett told 710 ESPN's "Brock and Salk" program. "At every other position, you can't be mediocre. If I was (Miami's) Ryan Tannehill and the most games I ever won was seven, how could you get a $100 million for that? I guess that's the value of the position.

"And then it's like, you're sitting at home and there's breaking news and it says that Brian Hoyer is the quarterback of the Texans. I'm like, who cares? That's not breaking news. It's really not breaking news."

Bennett -- the rare gem in a landscape of warmed-over athlete-speak -- wasn't finished:

"There's some mediocre quarterbacks in the NFL that make a lot of money," Bennett said. "You take a guy like (Eagles passer) Sam Bradford -- he's never played really in the last three years, but he's made more money than most guys in the NFL."

Bennett also pointed to the debate generated by a low hit Bradford took from Ravens pass-rusher Terrell Suggs during Saturday's preseason tilt, calling it just more special treatment for guys under center.

"Then quarterbacks get protected more than any other player," Bennett said. "I mean, he gets hit in his knees and he's about to cry, making a whimpering sound: 'They hit me in my legs.' Everybody gets hit in their legs. Every play somebody tries to hit me in my legs. So what makes him different? What makes his life better than mine? I've got kids. I've got stuff I like to do on the weekend. But because he gets hit in his legs, he gets a flag. He gets up with a sad face like the world just ended because he got hit. I mean, you got hit in an NFL game. Who cares? Get back up and be like, 'Good job.'"