Poor Trent Green. The guy signs a deal with the horrible Miami Dolphins and "leads" them to an 0-4 start. Game 5 presents a chance to beat a mediocre Houston Texans team on the road and Green was giving his all to help his team win.
Problem is, Travis Johnson is a 300+ pound monster. Unfortunately, Green forgot the great Jack Parkman's advice in Major League 2 about not "standing on the train tracks when the train is coming through."
Please take note Mr. Green: Quarterbacks should never try to block anyone, let alone a nose tackle with his full momentum moving towards making a play on a ball carrier.
What happened next, though, was sad and deplorable.
Trent Green tried to cut block Johnson, legally according to the current rules. He managed to make Johnson flip head over heels, but in the process jarred his neck/head and laid motionless on the Reliant Stadium turf. It was a sad moment and one that will probably lead to the end of Green's career after a major concussion last year and now this Grade 3 one.
The play had finished and Johnson got up and proceeded to taunt and point fingers at Green, while probably cursing him out every which way possible. This was happening while Green still lay MOTIONLESS on the ground, possibly concussed, paralyzed, or dead for all we knew.
It was a deplorable sight and totally classless.
Of course, its understood that Johnson could have easily busted his knee up or suffered a season-ending or even career threatening injury due to Green going very low on his block. But, the guy is a quarterback...blocking isn't really his expertise.
It was amazing that no Dolphins came to Green's defense aside from their long-haired Samoan rookie center, and even he really did nothing but point a finger to the refs hoping for a flag.
The game finished and the Dolphins lost in typical fashion.
Then, Johnson's wonderful post-game interview session.
Ah, the idiocy!
Johnson went off on a tirade against Green, cursing him and using a reference to the Wizard of Oz which he botched up pretty badly. He had no apology for his earlier reaction, which definitely happened in the heat of the moment.
Instead he just took the time to question Green and call him out. Nice show of compassion for a guy who's career might be done thanks to that play. He wasn't trying to hurt you, he was trying to make a play. Sure, Johnson could have been hurt on the play, but he could have easily used better tact and judgment when responding and reacting to the block in the post-game press conference.
As a Florida State University alum, its sad for me to see how Johnson reacted to this play and the post-game questioning. Although according to his NFLPlayers.com page, he went to school at Florida, he was a Seminole defensive lineman a few years ago. After this recent incident, I wish he was a Gator product, because that type of reaction both post-play and post-game were unacceptable and classless.
Johnson then gave a forced apology in a secondary interview which was obviously forced on him by some Texan P.R. staff member, but it couldn't correct what he already did.
Keith Olberman was right on point last night, Travis Johnson, you are this week's "Worst Person in the NFL".
Of course, its understood that Johnson could have easily busted his knee up or suffered a season-ending or even career threatening injury due to Green going very low on his block. But, the guy is a quarterback...blocking isn't really his expertise.
It was amazing that no Dolphins came to Green's defense aside from their long-haired Samoan rookie center, and even he really did nothing but point a finger to the refs hoping for a flag.
The game finished and the Dolphins lost in typical fashion.
Then, Johnson's wonderful post-game interview session.
Ah, the idiocy!
Johnson went off on a tirade against Green, cursing him and using a reference to the Wizard of Oz which he botched up pretty badly. He had no apology for his earlier reaction, which definitely happened in the heat of the moment.
Instead he just took the time to question Green and call him out. Nice show of compassion for a guy who's career might be done thanks to that play. He wasn't trying to hurt you, he was trying to make a play. Sure, Johnson could have been hurt on the play, but he could have easily used better tact and judgment when responding and reacting to the block in the post-game press conference.
As a Florida State University alum, its sad for me to see how Johnson reacted to this play and the post-game questioning. Although according to his NFLPlayers.com page, he went to school at Florida, he was a Seminole defensive lineman a few years ago. After this recent incident, I wish he was a Gator product, because that type of reaction both post-play and post-game were unacceptable and classless.
Johnson then gave a forced apology in a secondary interview which was obviously forced on him by some Texan P.R. staff member, but it couldn't correct what he already did.
Keith Olberman was right on point last night, Travis Johnson, you are this week's "Worst Person in the NFL".
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