Rodney Harrison: "You're Making the Game Soft"

Rodney Harrison n the new rule changes, including the Tom Brady rule:

“It’s crazy Dan.  Dan, it’s crazy.  I mean you sit back and you’ve been taught since you’ve been six or seven years old to finish the play, and that’s all the coaches yell and scream.  ‘Finish the play! Finish the Play,’ and now all of the sudden you are on the ground and even that was my quarterback that’s a good friend of mine, you gotta continue to finish the play, you gotta tackle this guy; football is a violent sport played at 100 miles per hour with reckless abandon.  Guys are gonna get hurt, and I just think has really been soft right now.  Yeah, from the public eye it might look good that they’re trying to make rule changes and protect players but yet still, when you’re going to knock somebody’s head off and you might be on the left side of their helmet with your helmet and all of the sudden they move one inch to the left side and now it’s helmet to helmet.  How can you control that?  How can you stop that?  You’re making the game soft.  What about the days with Dick Butkus and all those guys?  That’s football.  Now all of the sudden it’s like pattycakes…”

As usual, you’ve got to love Rodney Harrison.  The guy is old school, tough, and a great player.  Plays the game the way it should be played.

This interview was on the Dan Patrick show, and I suggest you listen to it.  Very interesting interview, where Rodney Harrison touches on his thoughts about his future in football, the Tom Brady situation, and much more.  You’ll get a few good laughs too.