Anthony Hargrove: No reward for Favre hit

[SAINTS 12]

Anthony Hargrove: No reward for Favre hit

[St.Fury]

So much for that argument, Florio.

[RaisingTheBar]

"First of all, the purpose of this statement is simply to address the comments that have been made about me in the media. I will not address anything to do with anyone else but myself.

"In regards to the hit I made on Brett Favre that has been talked about: it was one of about five times I got to him and the only one that was late. I agree it was a late hit, but in the heat of the moment I was simply trying to make a play. I can assure you that when I got up, I was thinking two things, one, that I cost my team, and two, that I might have just cost myself some money if the NFL fined me.

"To put things in perspective, I received a game ball for my play that day and yet got fined while receiving nothing and expecting to receive nothing for the play some keep referencing. Kudos to Brett, he even asked me if that was all I had! Gotta love him.

"And in regards to my comments that have been talked about where I say that Favre is done, I readily agree that it sounds bad in retrospect. A lot of things look bad when we look back and realize how they sound. Trust me, I've said much, much worse. Heck, I probably say worse every day.

"But did I personally want Favre INJURED? Absolutely and categorically NO! Did I feel like we, the Saints, had a better chance of being in the Super Bowl with Favre on the sideline? Of course. Would the Patriots and their fans have probably been excited to see Eli [Manning] on the bench with his foot up whispering that he was done [in Super Bowl XLVI]? Would players on the sideline have made comments to that effect? Right or wrong, I'm guessing yes.

"Probably every Saints fan, player and coach got an adrenaline rush when thinking Minnesota might be in trouble. I said what many people were probably thinking, though maybe I said it in a way that sounded a bit too excited. Those who know me best know that I lean toward the animated side a bit. Okay, a lot! It's who God made me. I do regret saying it, though.

"I have made many mistakes in my life and have paid dearly for some of them, and the late hit and the comments were both mistakes, in my opinion. But players all over the league do the same thing every Sunday, make late hits and say stupid things. But I can say with absolute certainty that neither the late hit nor the comment have anything whatsoever to do with the issue being so hotly discussed in the media."

his statement ^

[SaintsSpringBayou]

Glad someone came out and said something about this. He did well, it was classy and honest.

[Pdlc]

Thanks for speaking up Anthony.

[DMaestro]

Good statement, frank and thorough.

[Saint Droopy]

I'm glad Tony hargrove came out and defended himself, but he really shouldn't have had to. Guys like Peter King and Florio need to just get over their butt-hurt from us beating the vikings. its getting sickening... that was 3 years ago guys let it go.

[efil4stnias]

just as i said in the Florio thread on this one topic....his comments to the bench guys were to fire them up.

That was it.

It was yanked completely out of context by Florio to fit his arguement ( King too )

Now they are fools.

[panther17]

Let's be honest people.

If the situation was turned and this was the Panthers going through this, you'd be reading his statement with a grain of salt.

You expect him to implicate himself?

Deny deny deny.

He could be being completely honest right now and fans of other teams will not believe him.

[rajncajn]

Originally Posted by panther17

Let's be honest people.

If the situation was turned and this was the Panthers going through this, you'd be reading his statement with a grain of salt.

You expect him to implicate himself?

Deny deny deny.

He could be being completely honest right now and fans of other teams will not believe him.

Unfortunately this is 100% accurate.

[efil4stnias]

Originally Posted by panther17

Let's be honest people.

If the situation was turned and this was the Panthers going through this, you'd be reading his statement with a grain of salt.

You expect him to implicate himself?

Deny deny deny.

He could be being completely honest right now and fans of other teams will not believe him.

I am not asking for your forgiveness or sympathy. Cant speak for the rest of the Saints fans, but I could care less what a Panther fan "thinks" of the Saints.

Plus, after that Jan 1 drubbing to end your season, i can only imagine.

[RaisingTheBar]

Originally Posted by panther17

Let's be honest people.

If the situation was turned and this was the Panthers going through this, you'd be reading his statement with a grain of salt.

You expect him to implicate himself?

Deny deny deny.

He could be being completely honest right now and fans of other teams will not believe him.

its just the fact that no player has issued a statement denying it like this yet. get out of here dude.

[panther17]

Originally Posted by efil4stnias

I am not asking for your forgiveness or sympathy. Cant speak for the rest of the Saints fans, but I could care less what a Panther fan "thinks" of the Saints.

Plus, after that Jan 1 drubbing to end your season, i can only imagine.

Well good then. Don't read my post.

I think if you read my post history on here, I have been very civil for being a rival fan. All I wanted to point out in my post was that from non-saints fans view, people would read it with skepticism.

I'm sure there is an ignore feature if you would not like my input.

[Saildawg]

My only question is why is it buried in an NFL North blog and not front and center of the ESPN home page?

[panther17]

Originally Posted by Saildawg

My only question is why is it buried in an NFL North blog and not front and center of the ESPN home page?

That's easy. Doesn't get the mobs blood boiling.